Hobe Ferris
1901–1909 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns
1,287G
.239AVG
.265OBP
.341SLG
More career statistics
1,146H
40HR
550RBI
89SB
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 1,287 | 1,279 |
| Batting · At bats | 4,800 | 4,797 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,146 | 1,144 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 13 | 14 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,111 | 5,122 |
| Batting · Runs | 473 | 472 |
| Batting · RBI | 550 | 542 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 89 | 92 |
| Batting · Triples | 89 | 88 |
| Batting · Walks | 161 | 171 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,287 | 5,111 | 4,800 | 473 | 1,146 | 192 | 89 | 40 | 550 | 161 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1,636 | .239 | .265 | .341 | .606 |
Streaks
26longest hitting streak · 1908-07-09 to 1908-08-05
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1902-06-21 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1904-08-11 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1905-07-08 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 647 | 2546 | 578 | 23 | 295 | 91 | 219 | .242 | .263 | .347 |
| Away | 632 | 2576 | 566 | 17 | 247 | 80 | 203 | .235 | .251 | .334 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 100 | 399 | 92 | 3 | 54 | 10 | 33 | .243 | .256 | .341 |
| May | 211 | 838 | 186 | 6 | 84 | 26 | 70 | .238 | .253 | .353 |
| June | 217 | 868 | 171 | 7 | 96 | 35 | 75 | .213 | .237 | .307 |
| July | 247 | 1003 | 234 | 6 | 107 | 19 | 81 | .243 | .252 | .333 |
| August | 244 | 990 | 213 | 9 | 105 | 50 | 76 | .232 | .266 | .336 |
| September | 244 | 962 | 231 | 9 | 91 | 31 | 80 | .258 | .272 | .370 |
| October | 16 | 62 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | .279 | .274 | .344 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 192 | 743 | 166 | 5 | 92 | 28 | 64 | .242 | .261 | .351 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 188 | 770 | 154 | 2 | 61 | 29 | 94 | .214 | .238 | .292 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 188 | 745 | 194 | 9 | 104 | 26 | 42 | .281 | .295 | .409 |
| detroit-tigers | 183 | 751 | 169 | 2 | 64 | 29 | 57 | .241 | .264 | .340 |
| cleveland-guardians | 174 | 692 | 146 | 7 | 62 | 20 | 60 | .222 | .240 | .321 |
| new-york-yankees | 140 | 557 | 127 | 6 | 65 | 13 | 65 | .239 | .251 | .344 |
| st-louis-browns | 121 | 484 | 94 | 4 | 43 | 12 | 17 | .207 | .219 | .288 |
| boston-red-sox | 38 | 149 | 32 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 14 | .229 | .248 | .307 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 |  Boston Red Sox | 138 | 524 | 131 | 2 | 63 | 13 | .250 | – | – |
| 1902 | Boston Red Sox | 133 | 496 | 121 | 8 | 63 | 11 | .244 | – | – |
| 1903 | Boston Red Sox | 141 | 524 | 132 | 9 | 69 | 11 | .252 | – | – |
| 1904 | Boston Red Sox | 156 | 566 | 120 | 3 | 63 | 7 | .212 | – | – |
| 1905 | Boston Red Sox | 142 | 521 | 116 | 6 | 52 | 13 | .223 | – | – |
| 1906 | Boston Red Sox | 130 | 496 | 121 | 2 | 38 | 8 | .244 | – | – |
| 1907 | Boston Red Sox | 143 | 560 | 133 | 4 | 57 | 11 | .237 | – | – |
| 1908 |  St. Louis Browns | 148 | 554 | 150 | 2 | 76 | 7 | .271 | – | – |
| 1909 | St. Louis Browns | 148 | 556 | 120 | 4 | 61 | 11 | .216 | – | – |