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Will Ferrell's historic 10-team Spring Training day by the numbers

We recall Will Ferrell's big day using numbers

By Matt Monagan

Will Ferrell had a nice little Thursday at Spring Training in Arizona. He played 10 positions for 10 different Cactus League teams. Here's the complete rundown to get you all caught up. 

But let's take a second look at his historic leap into the baseball world and recap it all by the numbers - from highest to lowest. Because numbers are important, and so is Mr. Ron John William Ferrell Burgundy.

100-plus - Number of hot dogs he bought for a section of fans at the D-backs' Salt River Fields

76.8 - Miles driven and helicoptered by Will and his team. 

14 - Number of hours #FerrellTakesTheField trended in the U.S. top ten on Twitter on Thursday

10 - Number of teams Ferrell played for, including the A's, Mariners, Angels, Cubs, D-backs, Reds, White Sox, Giants, Dodgers and Padres

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9 - Number of times Ferrell was traded in a nine-hour span. Although only one of those deals involved a washing machine.

5 - Number of balls fielded, including this gem while playing center field for the Angels. Mike Trout who?

Double 5 - The sign for the slurge pitch Ferrell learned how to throw in Japan

3 - Total amount of players Ferrell puts ahead of himself in baseball history

2 - Number of dramatic fist pumps

1 - Number of times he made contact. He did it while batting for the White Sox and then quickly struck out

0 - Number of press interviews. Beast Mode don't do press interviews

 

0.00 - His ERA after throwing one pitch and recording one out for the Dodgers

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