Cot Deal

Ellis Ferguson Deal

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 23, 1923 in Arapaho, OK
High School: Central HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1947
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/RedSox 1947-1954

Final Game: September 9, 1954
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1941	18	PIT-min	C	1	1	.500	3.10	5	1					29.0	24	19	10		20							1.517	7.4		6.2			HUT · WA
1946	23	OAK-min	AAA	6	6	.500	5.58	16	14		6	0		79.0	88	63	49		63	35	0	0	2			1.911	10.0		7.2	4.0	0.56	TTO · IL
1947	24	BOS-min	AAA	9	17	.346	3.42	33	24		18	1		200.0	194	100	76		88	80	4	1	6			1.410	8.7		4.0	3.6	0.91	TTO · IL
1947	24	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	9.24	5	2	2	0	0	0	12.2	20	13	13	0	7	6	0	0	2	63	43	2.132	14.2	0.0	5.0	4.3	0.86
1948	25	BOS-min	AAA	5	7	.417	4.80	14			7	1		75.0	80	51	40		34	34	3	0	5			1.520	9.6		4.1	4.1	1.00	LOU · AA
1948	25	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	0.00	4	0	4	0	0	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	3	18		1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	4.5	0.67

1949	26	BOS-STL-min	AAA	15	9	.625	2.97	33			19	2		221.0	216	88	73		88	119	2	0	11			1.376	8.8		3.6	4.8	1.35	LOU,CLB · AA
1950	27	STL-min	AAA	10	14	.417	4.61	29	24		13	2		166.0	174	98	85		97	65	1	1	9			1.633	9.4		5.3	3.5	0.67	CLB · AA
1950	27	STL	NL	0	0		18.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	5	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	9	32	5.000	27.0	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50

1951	28	STL-min	AAA	1	2	.333	6.95	4			2			22.0	25	21	17	1	12	9	0	0	2			1.682	10.2	0.4	4.9	3.7	0.75	CLB · AA
1952	29	STL-min	AAA	14	9	.609	3.56	29	26		13	2		200.0	194	90	79		80	91	7	0	9			1.370	8.7		3.6	4.1	1.14	ROC · IL
1953	30	STL-min	AAA	16	9	.640	3.72	41	18		9	2		218.0	214	102	90	15	84	84	1	0	2			1.367	8.8	0.6	3.5	3.5	1.00	ROC · IL
1954	31	STL	NL	2	3	.400	6.28	33	0	12	0	0	1	71.2	85	56	50	14	36	25	4	1	3	338	66	1.688	10.7	1.8	4.5	3.1	0.69
1955	32	STL-min	AAA	7	4	.636	2.73	24	7		3	1		89.0	84	36	27	3	37	36	4	0	0			1.360	8.5	0.3	3.7	3.6	0.97	ROC · IL
1956	33	STL-min	AAA	15	7	.682	4.39	45	19		9	0		205.0	213	116	100	22	81	96	4	1	8			1.434	9.4	1.0	3.6	4.2	1.19	ROC · IL
1957	34	STL-min	AAA	9	9	.500	4.57	27	14		8	2		130.0	146	71	66	15	36	66	2	0	1			1.400	10.1	1.0	2.5	4.6	1.83	ROC · IL
1958	35	STL-min	AAA	0	0			3																								ROC · IL
4 Yrs				3	4	.429	6.55	45	2	19	0	0	1	89.1	111	74	65	14	48	34	4	1	8	428	63	1.780	11.2	1.4	4.8	3.4	0.71
162 Game Avg.				4	6	.429	6.55	65	3	27	0	0	1	129	161	107	94	20	69	49	6	1	12	619	63	1.780	11.2	1.4	4.8	3.4	0.71

STL (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	6.44	36	0	13	0	0	1	72.2	88	61	52	14	38	26	4	1	3	347	65	1.734	10.9	1.7	4.7	3.2	0.68
BOS (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	7.02	9	2	6	0	0	0	16.2	23	13	13	0	10	8	0	0	5	81	59	1.980	12.4	0.0	5.4	4.3	0.80

NL (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	6.44	36	0	13	0	0	1	72.2	88	61	52	14	38	26	4	1	3	347	65	1.734	10.9	1.7	4.7	3.2	0.68
AL (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	7.02	9	2	6	0	0	0	16.2	23	13	13	0	10	8	0	0	5	81	59	1.980	12.4	0.0	5.4	4.3	0.80

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1947	24	BOS	AL	12.2	5	2	13	9.24	4.09	0.07	0.00	107.4	4.32	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-6	.367	.496	$
1948	25	BOS	AL	4.0	4	0	0	0.00	5.54	0.17	0.00	100.9	5.42	2	0.2	.4	-0.1	0.2	3	.562	.502	$

1950	27	STL	NL	1.0	3	0	5	45.00	6.99	0.13	0.00	106.0	7.28	-4	-0.4	.4	0.1	-0.3	-4	.375	.498	$

1954	31	STL	NL	71.2	33	0	56	7.03	4.60	0.08	0.00	103.1	4.66	-19	-1.8	1.0	-0.2	-1.3	-11	.445	.489	$
4 Seasons				89.1	45	2	74	7.46	4.60	0.08	0.00	103.6	4.68	-27	-2.6	.9	-0.2	-2.0	-18	.442	.496	$

STL (2 yrs)				72.2	36	0	61	7.56	4.63	0.08	0.00	103.1	4.70	-23	-2.2	1.0	-0.1	-1.6	-15	.439	.493	$
BOS (2 yrs)				16.2	9	2	13	7.02	4.44	0.09	0.00	105.8	4.58	-4	-0.4	.7	-0.1	-0.4	-3	.454	.499	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1948	25	BOS	AL	4	14	15	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	.200	.333	.267	.600	.231	4	0	0	0	0	0

1950	27	STL	NL	3	5	6	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.500	.625	.500	1.125	.600	3	0	0	1	0	1

1954	31	STL	NL	33	312	286	56	85	12	5	14	2	0	36	25	.297	.378	.521	.899	.282	149	9	4	7	5	9
3 Yrs				40	331	307	61	91	13	5	14	2	0	41	28	.296	.381	.508	.889	.285	156	9	4	8	5	10
162 Game Avg.				68	563	522	104	155	22	9	24	3	0	70	48	.296	.381	.508	.889	.285	265	15	7	14	9	17
MLB Averages																.261	.337	.371	.709	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	25	BOS	AL	2.1	0.2	16	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.14	0.0	0.1	1.8	0.2	0.14	0.9	0	0	3

1950	27	STL	NL	-2.5	-0.2	7	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.18	-0.1	-0.1	-2.3	-0.2	0.14	-1.1	0	0	2

1954	31	STL	NL	-16.7	-1.6	317	-1.6	3.0	-4.5	.63	-1.9	-0.6	-19.6	-1.9	0.63	-22.4	7	7	13
4 Yrs				-23.4	-2.2	340	-1.6	3.0	-4.6	.60	-1.9	-0.7	-20.1	-1.9	0.60	-22.6	7	7	18

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1947	24	BOS	AL	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	32.5	42	23	0	1	5.5		5.3
1 Yr				5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	32	42	23	0	1	5.5		5.3
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	111	-11			4.6	4.5	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1947	24	BOS	AL	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0														0	1		0	2.0
1948	25	BOS	AL	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%		.140	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	3.0

1950	27	STL	NL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.176	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	1.0

1954	31	STL	NL	33	33	12	2	3	2	1	1	50%	3	0	26	8	31%	4	.632	7	7	13	3	3	24	14	16	21	7	19	3	6.5
4 Yrs				45	43	19	3	3	2	1	1	50%	3	0	27	8	30%		.604	7	7	18	3	3	29	15	20	22	11	20	3	5.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1947	24	BOS	AL	63		0.0%	9.5%	11.1%				78%
1948	25	BOS	AL	18	64%	0.0%	14.3%	21.4%	7.1%	33%	1.67	93%	2	0	0%

1950	27	STL	NL	9	80%	0.0%	20.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0%		100%	3	0	0%

1954	31	STL	NL	338	69%	4.5%	8.0%	11.5%	9.9%	37%	1.19	81%	72	9	13%
4 Yrs				428	69%	3.6%	8.6%	12.2%	8.1%	29%	1.21	81%	77	9	12%
MLB Averages					50%	2.3%	12.0%	11.6%	6.4%	23%	0.95	91%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1947	24	BOS	AL		20			0												2
1948	25	BOS	AL	14	3			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0%	0	3	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4

1950	27	STL	NL	5	3			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4

1954	31	STL	NL	312	85			14	0	16	4	9	5	8	34	20	1	59%	9	3	0	129	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	26
4 Yrs				331	111			14	0	19	4	9	5	8	38	21	1	55%	10	8	0	135	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	34
MLB Averages																		53%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1947	24	0	1	.000	9.24	5	2	2	0	12.2	20	13	13	0	7	6	0	0	2	63	43	2.132	14.2	0.0	5.0	4.3	0.86	43
1948	25	1	1	.500	7.02	9	2	6	0	16.2	23	13	13	0	10	8	0	0	5	81	59	1.980	12.4	0.0	5.4	4.3	0.80	59
1949	26	1	1	.500	7.02	9	2	6	0	16.2	23	13	13	0	10	8	0	0	5	81	59	1.980	12.4	0.0	5.4	4.3	0.80	59
1950	27	1	1	.500	7.64	12	2	7	0	17.2	26	18	15	0	12	9	0	0	5	90	56	2.151	13.2	0.0	6.1	4.6	0.75	56
1951	28	1	1	.500	7.64	12	2	7	0	17.2	26	18	15	0	12	9	0	0	5	90	56	2.151	13.2	0.0	6.1	4.6	0.75	56
1952	29	1	1	.500	7.64	12	2	7	0	17.2	26	18	15	0	12	9	0	0	5	90	56	2.151	13.2	0.0	6.1	4.6	0.75	56
1953	30	1	1	.500	7.64	12	2	7	0	17.2	26	18	15	0	12	9	0	0	5	90	56	2.151	13.2	0.0	6.1	4.6	0.75	56
1954	31	3	4	.429	6.55	45	2	19	1	89.1	111	74	65	14	48	34	4	1	8	428	63	1.780	11.2	1.4	4.8	3.4	0.71	63

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1947	24	0	1	.000	10.50	12.0	21	16	14	0	7	6	0	2.333	15.8	5.3	4.5	0.86	0.0	5
1948	25	0	0		0.00	4.0	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	1.500	6.8	6.8	4.5	0.67	0.0	4

1950	27	0	0		18.00	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	5.000	27.0	18.0	9.0	0.50	0.0	3

1954	31	2	6	.250	5.92	76.0	87	56	50	14	37	27	4	1.632	10.3	4.4	3.2	0.73	1.7	33
4 Yrs		2	7	.222	6.39	93.0	114	74	66	14	49	36	4	1.753	11.0		3.5	0.73	1.4	45

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