Ron Fairly

First Base

1958—1978

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
First Base RANK
#64

Player Detail

Ronald Ray
GIVEN NAME
Fairly
SURNAME
July 12, 1938, in Macon, GA
BORN
October 30, 2019, in Palm Desert, CA, USA
DIED
1958—1978
Playing Career
Played from 19-39
PLAYING AGE
Los Angeles Dodgers
Montreal Expos
St. Louis Cardinals
Oakland A's
Toronto Blue Jays
California Angels
Teams Played For
First Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Los Angeles Dodgers
PRIMARY TEAM
1959-1963, 1965
World Series titles
Red
NICKNAME
6
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-10 / 175
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Left
BATTED / THREW
September 9, 1958
Major League Debut
September 23, 1978
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Ron Fairly?

Red-headed professional hitter who spent 21 years in the game. Made first All-Star team when he was 34 years old.
Over the course of his career that included 21 years as a player and 27 as a broadcaster, Fairly was on the job at more than 7,000 major league games.
  • Ron Fairly Scouting Report

60

HITTING

50

POWER

40

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2442
1913
215
1044
.266
2 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
29.5
52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.768
.769
100.3

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.266
.360
.408

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Willie McCovey
Orlando Cepeda
Deron Johnson
Bill White

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.274
.370
.420

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Ted Simmons
Gil Hodges
Bobby Grich
Maury Wills
Bob Bailey
Tommy Davis
Willie Davis
Rusty Staub
Sandy Koufax
Nolan Ryan
Walter Alston

Ron Fairly Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Fairly
511
136
66
22
2
15
74
75
62
2
208
214
.266
.360
.408
768
AVG 1B
533
143
69
24
3
19
56
85
5
229
202
.268
.339
.430
.769

Ron Fairly Rankings

AT First Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
64
63
72
71
67
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT First Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
58
81
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Ron Fairly PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
35.2
23.9
16.3
12.3
2.33
62.1
42.4
30.7
21.0
5.09
BLUE = Ron Fairly
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
267.8
142.4
100.0
67.5
17.7
348.1
202.5
145.2
97.0
26.5
BLUE = Ron Fairly
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B