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Ron Fairly

Positions: First Baseman and Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: July 12, 1938 in Macon, GA us

Died: October 30, 2019 in Palm Desert, CA

High School: Jordan HS (Long Beach, CA)

School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 9, 1958 (Age 20-059d, 11,574th in major league history)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 1978 (Age 40-073d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: Ronald Ray Fairly

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

34.9

7184

1913

215

.266

931

RBI

1044

OBP

.360

SLG

.408

OPS

.768

OPS+

117

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
2	2	Apr 12	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	3	Apr 14	LAD		STL	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
4	4	Apr 15	LAD		STL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
5	5	Apr 16	LAD		STL	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
6	8 (2)	Apr 19	LAD		CHC	W,8-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
7	11 (2)	Apr 22	LAD		SFG	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
8	12	Apr 24	LAD	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
9	13	Apr 25	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	14	Apr 26	LAD	@	STL	W,17-11	GF	39	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	15	Apr 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
12	16	Apr 29	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	6	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	19 (2)	May 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-16	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
14	20	May 3 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
15	24 (3)	May 6	LAD	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	42	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	RF
16	25	May 7	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
17	27 (1)	May 9	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
18	28	May 10	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	31 (2)	May 13	LAD		PIT	L,4-6	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
20	32	May 14	LAD		PIT	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
21	35 (2)	May 18	LAD		CIN	L,7-9	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	36	May 19	LAD		CIN	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
23	37	May 20 (1)	LAD		CIN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	38	May 20 (2)	LAD		CIN	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
25	39	May 22	LAD		SFG	W,2-1		17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	40	May 23	LAD		SFG	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
27	41	May 24	LAD		SFG	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
28	42	May 25	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-0	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
29	43	May 26	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-6	CG	35	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
30	44	May 27	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
31	45	May 28	LAD		CHC	L,5-7	GF	17	3.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH RF
32	46	May 29	LAD		CHC	L,4-9	GS	33	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF
33	47	May 30	LAD		STL	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
34	48	May 31	LAD		STL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	49	Jun 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
36	50	Jun 3	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-1	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
37	51	Jun 4	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
38	52	Jun 5	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
39	53	Jun 6	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
40	54	Jun 7	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	55	Jun 9	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
42	56	Jun 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
43	57	Jun 11	LAD	@	PHI	W,11-0	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR RF
44	59 (1)	Jun 13	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
45	60	Jun 14 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
46	61	Jun 14 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
47	62	Jun 15	LAD		MLN	W,4-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
48	65 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	LAD		MLN	W,4-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
49	68 (2)	Jun 20	LAD		CIN	W,9-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
50	69	Jun 21	LAD		CIN	L,3-17	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
51	76 (6)	Jun 28	LAD		PIT	W,9-4	GF	19	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	77	Jun 29	LAD		SFG	L,4-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	79 (1)	Jul 2	LAD	@	STL	W,4-0	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
54	81 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
55	82	Jul 4 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
56	83	Jul 5 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
57	84	Jul 5 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	85	Jul 9	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
59	87 (1)	Jul 12	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	39	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
60	96 (8)	Jul 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
61	100 (3)	Jul 25	LAD		STL	L,2-4	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
62	101	Jul 26	LAD		STL	W,8-2	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	102	Jul 28	LAD		PIT	W,9-4	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
64	103	Jul 29	LAD		PIT	W,2-0	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	104	Jul 30	LAD		PIT	L,4-5	CG	51	12.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	109 (4)	Aug 5	LAD		CIN	W,6-3	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	113 (3)	Aug 12	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-11	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
68	114	Aug 13	LAD	@	STL	W,7-6	GS	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
69	115	Aug 14	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
70	116	Aug 15	LAD	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
71	117	Aug 16	LAD	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
72	118	Aug 17 (1)	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
73	119	Aug 17 (2)	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
74	120	Aug 18	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-6	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
75	122 (1)	Aug 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
76	123	Aug 21	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	CF
77	124	Aug 22	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
78	126 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	47	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	136 (9)	Sep 6 (2)	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
80	138 (1)	Sep 9	LAD		PHI	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
81	141 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	LAD		PIT	W,4-0	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF RF
82	144 (2)	Sep 15	LAD		MLN	W,8-7	GF	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF RF
83	148 (3)	Sep 19 (2)	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-3	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
84	149	Sep 20	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
85	152 (2)	Sep 25	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-4	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
86	154 (1)	Sep 27	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-1	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
87	155	Sep 28	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
88	156	Sep 29	LAD		MLN	W,6-5	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
							94gm		551.1	98	8	4	110	1