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Alex Ferson
Alexander Ferson (Colonel)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 165 lb.

Debut May 4, 1889
Final Game July 25, 1892
Born July 14, 1866 in Philadelphia, PA
Died December 5, 1957 in Boston, MA

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1889 22 WHS NL  17  17  36  34  28   1   2  0  288.3  319  199  125   9  105   85  12   9  1274       0  3.90  3.94  101 1.471
 1890 23 BUF PL   1   7  10  10   7   0   0  0   71.0   88   66   43   5   40   13   1   2   331       0  5.45  4.10   75 1.803
 1892 25 BLN NL   0   1   2   1   1   0   0  0    9.0   17   13   11   1    6    8   0   0     0       0 11.00  3.42   31 2.556
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .419  18  25  48  45  36   1   2  0  368.3  424  278  179  15  151  106  13  11  1605       0  4.37  3.96   91 1.561
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  18  35  32  26   0   1  0  269.0  310  203  130  10  110   77   9   8  1173   0   0  4.37  3.96   91 1.561
 Career High     17  17  36  34  28   1   2  0  288.3  319  199  125   9  105   85  12   9  1274   0   0  3.90  4.10  101 1.471

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1889 22 WHS NL  36  114    6   13   3  1   0    3   1     10  47  .114  .185  .158   -1   18               0    
 1890 23 BUF PL  11   32    4    7   0  0   0    2   1      6   7  .219  .359  .219   61    7               1    
 1892 25 BLN NL   2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       49  150   10   20   3  1   0    5   2  0  16  56  .133  .222  .167   11   25   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        496   33   66  10  3   0   17   7  0  53 185  .133  .222  .167   11   83   0   0   0   3   0
 Career High     36  114    6   13   3  1   0    3   1  0  10  47                          18   0   0   0   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1889 22 WHS NL  124  101    3   0.8    91| .114  .265| .185  .335| .158  .362| .343  .698|  -1  .042 -15.4  -1.6     
 1890 23 BUF PL   39   25    2   2.1    98| .219  .271| .359  .348| .219  .377| .578  .725|  61  .178  -1.2  -0.1     
 1892 25 BLN NL    4    4    0   0.0    83| .000  .255| .000  .329| .000  .341| .000  .670|-100  .000  -1.0  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       167  130    5   1.0    92| .133  .266| .222  .338| .167  .365| .389  .703|  11  .063 -17.6  -1.8     

* 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    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1889 22 WHS NL P 36 4 50 8 1 .871 .905 1.50 1.93 1.69 2.22 34 288.3 1890 23 BUF PL P 10 1 19 0 0 1.000 .913 2.00 2.42 2.54 2.80 10 71.0 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 0 1 1892 25 BLN NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.15 0.00 2.50 1 9.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1890 23 BUF PL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 0 1 1889 22 WHS NL P 36 4 50 8 1 .871 .905 1.50 1.93 1.69 2.22 34 288.3 1890 23 BUF PL P 10 1 19 0 0 1.000 .913 2.00 2.42 2.54 2.80 10 71.0 1892 25 BLN NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.15 0.00 2.50 1 9.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 48 5 69 8 1 .902 .907 1.54 2.04 45 368.3 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 0 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 49 5 69 8 1 .902 .907 1.51 2.04
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.

Hits Allowed
1889 NL-319-10

Losses
1889 NL-17-9

Hit Batsmen
1889 NL-12-8

HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1584) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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