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Alex Ferguson
James Alexander Ferguson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut August 16, 1918
Final Game May 18, 1929
Born February 16, 1897 in Montclair, NJ
Died April 26, 1976 in Sepulveda, CA

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1918 21 NYY AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.7    2    0    0   0    2    1   0   0     8       0  0.00  2.82  inf 2.400
 1921 24 NYY AL   3   1  17   4   1   0   7  1   56.3   64   40   37   4   27    9   4   1   258       0  5.91  4.24   72 1.615
 1922 25 BOS AL   9  16  39  27  10   1   7  2  198.3  201  108   95   5   62   44   6   2   851       0  4.31  4.11   95 1.326
 1923 26 BOS AL   9  13  34  27  11   0   5  0  198.3  229  115   89   5   67   72   9   6   871       1  4.04  4.10  102 1.492
 1924 27 BOS AL  14  17  41  32  15   0   6  2  237.7  259  114  100   6  108   78   6   2  1086       3  3.79  4.35  115 1.544
 1925 28 TOT AL   9   5  33  15   3   0   9  2  125.3  157  101   86  11   70   49   5   0   591       0  6.18  4.27   69 1.811
         BOS AL   0   2   5   4   0   0   1  1   15.7   22   22   19   6    5    5   1   0    77       0 10.91  4.52   41 1.723
         NYY AL   4   2  21   5   0   0   7  1   54.3   83   57   47   3   42   20   2   0   280       0  7.79  4.26   55 2.301
         WSH AL   5   1   7   6   3   0   1  0   55.3   52   22   20   2   23   24   2   0   234       0  3.25  4.21  129 1.355
 1926 29 WSH AL   3   4  19   4   0   0   8  1   47.7   69   51   41   4   18   16   3   0   233       0  7.74  3.86   50 1.825
 1927 30 PHI NL   8  16  31  31  16   0   0  0  227.0  280  132  122  15   65   73   6   2  1001       1  4.84  3.91   81 1.520
 1928 31 PHI NL   5  10  34  19   5   1  10  2  134.7  168   86   83  14   52   51   6   1   597       0  5.55  4.38   79 1.634
 1929 32 TOT NL   1   3   8   7   1   0   0  0   14.7   26   25   22   4   11    4   0   0    82       0 13.50  5.10   38 2.523
         PHI NL   1   2   5   4   1   0   0  0   12.7   19   18   17   2   10    3   0   0    67       0 12.08  5.18   43 2.289
         BRO NL   0   1   3   3   0   0   0  0    2.0    7    7    5   2    1    1   0   0    15       0 22.50  4.62   21 4.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .418  61  85 257 166  62   2  53 10 1241.7 1455  772  675  68  482  397  45  14  5578       5  4.89  4.17   85 1.560
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  13  41  26   9   0   8  1  199.3  233  124  108  10   77   63   7   2   896   0   0  4.89  4.17   85 1.560
 Career High     14  17  41  32  16   1  10  2  237.7  280  132  122  15  108   78   9   6  1086   0   3  3.79  4.38  115 1.326
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1918 21 NYY AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1921 24 NYY AL  17   19    1    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   5  .211  .211  .211    7    4   0           0    
 1922 25 BOS AL  39   65    1    6   0  0   0    6   0  0   2  22  .092  .119  .092  -44    6   6           0    
 1923 26 BOS AL  34   62    0    6   1  0   0    2   0  1   2  24  .097  .138  .113  -33    7   6           1    
 1924 27 BOS AL  41   86    2   12   2  0   0    5   0  0   2  32  .140  .159  .163  -17   14   8           0    
 1925 28 TOT AL  33   39    3    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   2  16  .077  .122  .103  -42    4   6           0    
         BOS AL   5    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .200  .000  -46    0   0           0    
         NYY AL  21   15    0    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   4  .133  .133  .200  -16    3   2           0    
         WSH AL   7   20    2    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  10  .050  .095  .050  -62    1   4           0    
 1926 29 WSH AL  19   11    1    2   0  0   0    3   0  0   0   3  .182  .182  .182   -4    2   1           0    
 1927 30 PHI NL  31   70    4    7   0  0   0    2   0      5  34  .100  .160  .100  -28    7  10           0    
 1928 31 PHI NL  34   39    1    1   0  0   0    1   0      2  11  .026  .073  .026  -74    1   2           0    
 1929 32 TOT NL   8    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .200  .200  .200   -2    1   0           0    
         PHI NL   5    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         BRO NL   3    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  401    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     257  397   13   42   4  0   0   22   0  1  15 150  .106  .140  .116  -33   46  39   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        250    8   26   3  0   0   14   0  1   9  95  .106  .140  .116  -33   29  25   0   0   1   0
 Career High     41   86    4   12   2  0   0    6   0  1   5  34                          14  10   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1918 21 NYY AL    1    1    0   0.0    83| .000  .263| .000  .334| .000  .335| .000  .669|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1921 24 NYY AL   19   15    1   1.8   116| .211  .302| .211  .368| .211  .424| .422  .793|   7  .129  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1922 25 BOS AL   73   65    1   0.4   109| .092  .292| .119  .357| .092  .410| .211  .766| -44  .011 -14.0  -1.4   0%
 1923 26 BOS AL   71   63    1   0.4   108| .097  .290| .138  .360| .113  .401| .251  .761| -33  .012 -12.3  -1.2   0%
 1924 27 BOS AL   96   82    2   0.6   112| .140  .298| .159  .368| .163  .409| .322  .776| -17  .024 -15.4  -1.5   0%
 1925 28 TOT AL   47   42    0   0.0   114| .077  .297| .122  .367| .103  .417| .225  .784| -42  .000  -8.6  -0.9   0%
         BOS AL    5    4    0   0.0   115| .000  .300| .200  .370| .000  .420| .200  .790| -46  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
         NYY AL   17   15    0   0.0   114| .133  .297| .133  .367| .200  .416| .333  .783| -16  .000  -2.7  -0.3   0%
         WSH AL   25   23    0   0.0   114| .050  .297| .095  .367| .050  .416| .145  .783| -62  .000  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1926 29 WSH AL   12   10    0   0.0   108| .182  .287| .182  .359| .182  .403| .364  .762|  -4  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1927 30 PHI NL   85   73    1   0.4   101| .100  .285| .160  .343| .100  .393| .260  .736| -28  .010 -12.6  -1.3     
 1928 31 PHI NL   43   40    0   0.0   115| .026  .299| .073  .364| .026  .425| .099  .789| -74  .000 -10.5  -1.0     
 1929 32 TOT NL    5    4    1   6.7   125| .200  .310| .200  .375| .200  .451| .400  .826|  -2  .588  -0.8  -0.1     
         PHI NL    4    4    0   0.0   126| .000  .312| .000  .377| .000  .454| .000  .831|-100  .000  -1.3  -0.1     
         BRO NL    1    0    1         119|1.000  .302|1.000  .366|1.000  .439|2.000  .805| 401         0.5   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      452  395    7   0.5   109| .106  .293| .140  .360| .116  .408| .256  .768| -33  .014 -79.0  -7.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1918 21 NYY AL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.80  0.00  2.65    0    1.7
 1921 24 NYY AL   P   17      2   15    1    0  .944  .955  1.00  1.56  2.72  2.70    4   56.3
 1922 25 BOS AL   P   39     10   43    2    4  .964  .964  1.36  1.48  2.41  2.60   27  198.3
 1923 26 BOS AL   P   34      5   45    4    5  .926  .960  1.47  1.49  2.27  2.72   27  198.3
 1924 27 BOS AL   P   41     12   60    1    1  .986  .959  1.76  1.32  2.73  2.53   32  237.7
 1925 28 TOT AL   P   33      4   26    1    2  .968  .962  0.91  1.40  2.15  2.65   15  125.3
         BOS AL   P    5      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.40  1.40  1.15  2.64    4   15.7
         NYY AL   P   21      2   18    1    1  .952  .962  0.95  1.40  3.31  2.65    5   54.3
         WSH AL   P    7      2    6    0    1 1.000  .964  1.14  1.40  1.30  2.65    6   55.3
 1926 29 WSH AL   P   19      2   14    1    1  .941  .958  0.84  1.39  3.02  2.66    4   47.7
 1927 30 PHI NL   P   31     12   49    5    3  .924  .958  1.97  1.29  2.42  2.33   31  227.0
 1928 31 PHI NL   P   34      9   35    0    0 1.000  .967  1.29  1.27  2.94  2.42   19  134.7
 1929 32 TOT NL   P    8      1    6    0    0 1.000  .959  0.88  1.24  4.29  2.39    7   14.7
         PHI NL   P    5      0    5    0    0 1.000  .962  1.00  1.24  3.54  2.41    4   12.7
         BRO NL   P    3      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  1.23  9.00  2.25    3    2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1918 21 NYY AL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.80  0.00  2.65    0    1.7
 1921 24 NYY AL   P   17      2   15    1    0  .944  .955  1.00  1.56  2.72  2.70    4   56.3
 1922 25 BOS AL   P   39     10   43    2    4  .964  .964  1.36  1.48  2.41  2.60   27  198.3
 1923 26 BOS AL   P   34      5   45    4    5  .926  .960  1.47  1.49  2.27  2.72   27  198.3
 1924 27 BOS AL   P   41     12   60    1    1  .986  .959  1.76  1.32  2.73  2.53   32  237.7
 1925 28 TOT AL   P   33      4   26    1    2  .968  .962  0.91  1.40  2.15  2.65   15  125.3
         BOS AL   P    5      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.40  1.40  1.15  2.64    4   15.7
         NYY AL   P   21      2   18    1    1  .952  .962  0.95  1.40  3.31  2.65    5   54.3
         WSH AL   P    7      2    6    0    1 1.000  .964  1.14  1.40  1.30  2.65    6   55.3
 1926 29 WSH AL   P   19      2   14    1    1  .941  .958  0.84  1.39  3.02  2.66    4   47.7
 1927 30 PHI NL   P   31     12   49    5    3  .924  .958  1.97  1.29  2.42  2.33   31  227.0
 1928 31 PHI NL   P   34      9   35    0    0 1.000  .967  1.29  1.27  2.94  2.42   19  134.7
 1929 32 TOT NL   P    8      1    6    0    0 1.000  .959  0.88  1.24  4.29  2.39    7   14.7
         PHI NL   P    5      0    5    0    0 1.000  .962  1.00  1.24  3.54  2.41    4   12.7
         BRO NL   P    3      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  1.23  9.00  2.25    3    2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 257     57  293   15   16  .959  .960  1.36  1.39  2.54  2.55  166 1241.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       257     57  293   15   16  .959  .960  1.36  1.39  2.54  2.55  166   1242

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1925   WS    WSH PIT     L   2   2   3.21  1  1  0  0  14    13   5   6  11 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1925   WS    WSH PIT     L   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts/9IP
1924 AL-2.95-9

Games
1924 AL-41-10

Strikeouts
1924 AL-78-7

Games Started
1924 AL-32-9
1927 NL-31-10

Home Runs Allow.
1925 AL-11-10
1927 NL-15-5

Bases On Balls Allow.
1924 AL-108-2

Hits Allowed
1927 NL-280-6

Losses
1922 AL-16-7
1924 AL-17-1
1927 NL-16-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1927 NL-122-4

Wild Pitches
1923 AL-6-4

Hit Batsmen
1923 AL-9-9
1927 NL-6-7
1928 NL-6-7

Batters Faced
1924 AL-1086-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 7 (1635) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 1.0 (1892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1118) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
February 24, 1922: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the New York Yankees.
May 5, 1925: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Bobby Veach to the New York Yankees for Ray Francis and $9,000.
August 17, 1925: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the New York Yankees.
October, 1926: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Washington Senators.
May 13, 1929: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Robins from the Philadelphia Phillies.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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Strikeouts/9IP 1924 AL-2.95-9	Games 1924 AL-41-10	Strikeouts 1924 AL-78-7	Games Started 1924 AL-32-9 1927 NL-31-10	Home Runs Allow. 1925 AL-11-10 1927 NL-15-5	Bases On Balls Allow. 1924 AL-108-2
Hits Allowed 1927 NL-280-6	Losses 1922 AL-16-7 1924 AL-17-1 1927 NL-16-6	Earned Runs Allow. 1927 NL-122-4	Wild Pitches 1923 AL-6-4	Hit Batsmen 1923 AL-9-9 1927 NL-6-7 1928 NL-6-7	Batters Faced 1924 AL-1086-9