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Bob Ferguson
Robert Vavasour Ferguson (Death to Flying Things)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Weight 149 lb.

Debut May 18, 1871
Final Game July 1, 1884
Born January 31, 1845 in Brooklyn, NY
Died May 3, 1894 in Brooklyn, NY

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1871 26 NYU NA  33  158   30   38   6  1   0   25   4  4   3   2  .241  .255  .291   62   46                    
 1872 27 BRA NA  37  165   33   46   5  0   0   19   4  2   3   0  .279  .292  .309   73   51                    
 1873 28 BRA NA  51  228   36   59   3  5   0   25   1  2   4   9  .259  .272  .316   83   72                    
 1874 29 BRA NA  56  245   34   64   4  0   0   18   4  3   2   7  .261  .267  .278   84   68                    
 1875 30 HAR NA  85  366   65   88  10  4   0   43   2  1   3   5  .240  .247  .290   80  106                    
 1876 31 HAR NL  69  310   48   82   8  5   0   32          2  11  .265  .269  .323   88  100                    
 1877 32 HAR NL  58  254   40   65   7  2   0   35          3  10  .256  .265  .299   85   76                    
 1878 33 CHC NL  61  259   44   91  10  2   0   39         10  12  .351  .375  .405  150  105                    
 1879 34 TRO NL  30  123   18   31   5  2   0    4          4   3  .252  .276  .325  103   40                    
 1880 35 TRO NL  82  332   55   87   9  0   0   22         24  24  .262  .312  .289  100   96                    
 1881 36 TRO NL  85  339   56   96  13  5   1   35         29  12  .283  .340  .360  114  122                    
 1882 37 TRO NL  81  319   44   82  15  2   0   32         23  21  .257  .307  .317  105  101                    
 1883 38 PHI NL  86  329   39   85   9  2   0   27         18  21  .258  .297  .298   88   98                    
 1884 39 PIT AA  10   41    2    6   0  0   0    0   0      0      .146  .146  .146   -3    6               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     824 3468  544  920 104 30   1  356  15 12 128 137  .265  .291  .313   94 1087   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        682  107  181  20  6   0   70   3  2  25  27  .265  .291  .313   94  214   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     86  366   65   96  15  5   1   43   4  4  29  24  .351  .375  .405  150  122   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1871 26 NYU NA  161  124   11   2.4    83| .241  .278| .255  .302| .291  .373| .546  .675|  62  .179  -6.7  -0.6  50%
 1872 27 BRA NA  168  121   15   3.3    90| .279  .309| .292  .321| .309  .376| .601  .697|  73  .355  -5.4  -0.5  66%
 1873 28 BRA NA  232  171   19   3.0    75| .259  .282| .272  .295| .316  .349| .588  .644|  83  .299  -4.4  -0.4  33%
 1874 29 BRA NA  247  184   18   2.6    62| .261  .264| .267  .273| .278  .324| .545  .596|  84  .314  -3.7  -0.4  57%
 1875 30 HAR NA  369  279   26   2.5    62| .240  .264| .247  .271| .290  .323| .537  .595|  80  .376  -7.2  -0.8  66%
 1876 31 HAR NL  312  228   27   3.2    71| .265  .278| .269  .291| .323  .337| .592  .628|  88  .449  -4.4  -0.5     
 1877 32 HAR NL  257  189   20   2.9    66| .256  .264| .265  .282| .299  .329| .564  .611|  85  .367  -3.9  -0.4     
 1878 33 CHC NL  269  168   39   6.3    71| .351  .272| .375  .291| .405  .335| .780  .626| 150  .751  14.3   1.6     
 1879 34 TRO NL  127   92   11   3.2    61| .252  .252| .276  .267| .325  .326| .601  .593| 103  .465   0.5   0.1     
 1880 35 TRO NL  356  245   30   3.3    65| .262  .252| .312  .275| .289  .332| .601  .607| 100  .514   1.2   0.1     
 1881 36 TRO NL  368  243   41   4.5    78| .283  .270| .340  .301| .360  .354| .700  .655| 114  .592   6.6   0.7     
 1882 37 TRO NL  342  237   31   3.5    67| .257  .248| .307  .276| .317  .338| .624  .613| 105  .482   3.1   0.3     
 1883 38 PHI NL  347  244   29   3.1    73| .258  .257| .297  .284| .298  .354| .595  .639|  88  .394  -3.7  -0.4     
 1884 39 PIT AA   41   35    1   0.8    66| .146  .241| .146  .279| .146  .328| .292  .608|  -3  .065  -4.5  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     3596 2560  318   3.3    70| .265  .266| .291  .286| .313  .341| .604  .626|  94  .440 -18.2  -1.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1871 26 NYU NA   0   0   1   0   0   0      0    1.0    8    9    3   0    0    0                     0 27.00  3.80   14 8.000
 1873 28 BRA NA   0   1   4   1   1   0      0   19.3   41   30   13   2    2    0                     0  6.05  3.02   50 2.224
 1874 29 BRA NA   0   1   1   1   1   0      0    9.0   12   10    4   0    3   15                     0  4.00  2.84   71 1.667
 1875 30 HAR NA   0   0   1   0   0   0      0    2.0    9    7    4   1    0    0                     0 18.00  2.56   14 4.500
 1877 32 HAR NL   1   1   3   2   2   0   1  0   25.0   38   15   11   0    2    1       0   110       0  3.96  2.44   62 1.600
 1883 38 PHI NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    2    2    1   0    0    0       0     7       0  9.00  3.08   34 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .250   1   3  11   4   4   0   2  0   57.3  110   73   36   3    7   16       0   117       0  5.65  2.74   48 2.041
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4  13  49  18  18   0   9  0  259.7  498  330  163  13   31   72   0   0   530   0   0  5.65  2.74   48 2.041
 Career High      1   1   4   2   2   0   1  0   25.0   41   30   13   2    3   15   0   0   110   0   0                       

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1871 26 NYU NA 3B 20 31 58 26 3 .774 .701 4.45 3.56 2B 11 29 22 13 4 .797 .824 4.64 5.56 C 5 19 0 4 0 .826 .841 3.80 4.08 0 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1872 27 BRA NA 3B 37 84 178 62 7 .809 .757 7.08 4.31 C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 0 1873 28 BRA NA 3B 50 109 211 104 9 .755 .762 6.40 4.35 P 4 0 4 1 0 .800 .784 1.00 1.80 1.87 1.96 1 19.3 1874 29 BRA NA 3B 55 79 158 75 1 .760 .758 4.31 4.22 C 2 8 1 4 0 .692 .804 4.50 4.80 0 P 1 0 3 1 1 .750 .811 3.00 2.00 3.00 2.20 1 9.0 1875 30 HAR NA 3B 85 173 157 69 7 .827 .768 3.88 3.53 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1876 31 HAR NL 3B 69 124 133 54 5 .826 .807 3.72 3.63 1877 32 HAR NL 3B 56 109 155 50 6 .841 .841 4.71 3.49 P 3 4 4 1 0 .889 .920 2.67 1.90 2.88 2.09 2 25.0 1878 33 CHC NL SS 57 71 226 40 17 .881 .877 5.21 4.26 2B 4 13 10 4 0 .852 .875 5.75 6.30 C 1 7 2 2 0 .818 .891 9.00 6.50 9 1879 34 TRO NL 3B 24 29 55 20 5 .808 .830 3.50 3.34 2B 6 24 26 5 4 .909 .898 8.33 6.82 1880 35 TRO NL 2B 82 294 255 58 38 .904 .897 6.70 6.31 1881 36 TRO NL 2B 85 263 254 55 47 .904 .903 6.08 6.19 1882 37 TRO NL 2B 79 247 221 44 38 .914 .896 5.92 6.06 SS 2 1 6 6 0 .538 .854 3.50 4.35 1883 38 PHI NL 2B 86 261 287 88 38 .862 .890 6.37 6.00 P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.00 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1884 39 PIT AA OF 6 5 0 2 0 .714 .847 0.83 1.62 0 1 5 1B 3 34 0 4 0 .895 .958 11.33 10.47 3B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .833 2.00 2.90
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1884 39 PIT AA 1B 3 34 0 4 0 .895 .958 11.33 10.47 1871 26 NYU NA 2B 11 29 22 13 4 .797 .824 4.64 5.56 1878 33 CHC NL 2B 4 13 10 4 0 .852 .875 5.75 6.30 1879 34 TRO NL 2B 6 24 26 5 4 .909 .898 8.33 6.82 1880 35 TRO NL 2B 82 294 255 58 38 .904 .897 6.70 6.31 1881 36 TRO NL 2B 85 263 254 55 47 .904 .903 6.08 6.19 1882 37 TRO NL 2B 79 247 221 44 38 .914 .896 5.92 6.06 1883 38 PHI NL 2B 86 261 287 88 38 .862 .890 6.37 6.00 1871 26 NYU NA 3B 20 31 58 26 3 .774 .701 4.45 3.56 1872 27 BRA NA 3B 37 84 178 62 7 .809 .757 7.08 4.31 1873 28 BRA NA 3B 50 109 211 104 9 .755 .762 6.40 4.35 1874 29 BRA NA 3B 55 79 158 75 1 .760 .758 4.31 4.22 1875 30 HAR NA 3B 85 173 157 69 7 .827 .768 3.88 3.53 1876 31 HAR NL 3B 69 124 133 54 5 .826 .807 3.72 3.63 1877 32 HAR NL 3B 56 109 155 50 6 .841 .841 4.71 3.49 1879 34 TRO NL 3B 24 29 55 20 5 .808 .830 3.50 3.34 1884 39 PIT AA 3B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .833 2.00 2.90 1871 26 NYU NA C 5 19 0 4 0 .826 .841 3.80 4.08 0 1872 27 BRA NA C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 0 1874 29 BRA NA C 2 8 1 4 0 .692 .804 4.50 4.80 0 1878 33 CHC NL C 1 7 2 2 0 .818 .891 9.00 6.50 9 1884 39 PIT AA OF 6 5 0 2 0 .714 .847 0.83 1.62 0 1 5 1871 26 NYU NA P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1873 28 BRA NA P 4 0 4 1 0 .800 .784 1.00 1.80 1.87 1.96 1 19.3 1874 29 BRA NA P 1 0 3 1 1 .750 .811 3.00 2.00 3.00 2.20 1 9.0 1875 30 HAR NA P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1877 32 HAR NL P 3 4 4 1 0 .889 .920 2.67 1.90 2.88 2.09 2 25.0 1883 38 PHI NL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.00 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1878 33 CHC NL SS 57 71 226 40 17 .881 .877 5.21 4.26 1882 37 TRO NL SS 2 1 6 6 0 .538 .854 3.50 4.35
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 397 740 1105 460 43 .800 .778 4.65 3.80 2B 353 1131 1075 267 169 .892 .894 6.25 6.13 SS 59 72 232 46 17 .869 .876 5.15 4.26 P* 11 4 12 3 1 .842 .860 1.45 1.92 4 57.3 C 9 34 3 10 0 .787 .843 4.11 4.61 9 OF 6 5 0 2 0 .714 .847 0.83 1.62 0 1 5 1B 3 34 0 4 0 .895 .958 11.33 10.47 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 838 2020 2427 792 230 .849 .841 5.31 4.81
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Batting Average
1878 NL-.351-3

On-base %
1878 NL-.375-1

Slugging %
1878 NL-.405-10

OPS
1878 NL-.781-6

Games
1871 NA-33-1
1875 NA-85-4
1876 NL-69-5
1881 NL-85-1

At Bats
1871 NA-158-5
1875 NA-366-9
1876 NL-310-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1871 NA-161-7
1875 NA-369-9
1876 NL-312-10

Runs
1878 NL-44-10

Hits
1878 NL-91-4

Total Bases
1878 NL-105-10

RBI
1877 NL-35-8
1878 NL-39-4

Bases on Balls
1878 NL-10-8
1880 NL-24-1
1881 NL-29-2
1882 NL-23-7

Strikeouts
1873 NA-9-4

Singles
1878 NL-79-3
1880 NL-78-8

Adjusted OPS+
1878 NL-150-8

Runs Created
1878 NL-39-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1878 NL-14-7

Batting Wins
1878 NL-1.6-7

Times on Base
1878 NL-101-5
1881 NL-125-6

Offensive Win%
1878 NL-.751-5

Caught Stealing
1871 NA-4-3
1874 NA-3-7

At Bats per Strikeout
Car-25.0-47

Outs
1871 NA-124-2
1875 NA-279-2
1876 NL-228-4

Strikeouts
1874 NA-15-3

Games Finished
1877 NL-1-8

Oldest Player
1877 NL-32-6
1878 NL-33-4
1879 NL-34-2
1880 NL-35-2
1881 NL-36-2
1882 NL-37-2
1883 NL-38-2
1884 AA-39-1

       

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (407) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 36 (667) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 4 (1935) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3464) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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