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Alex Ferguson
James Alexander Ferguson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 16, 1897 in Montclair, NJ
High School: Bloomfield (Bloomfield, NJ) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 16, 1918
Final Game: May 18, 1929
Died: April 26, 1976 in Sepulveda, CA
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1918 21 NYY AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 8 2.400 10.8 0.0 10.8 5.4 0.50
1921 24 NYY AL 3 1 .750 5.91 17 4 7 1 0 1 56.1 64 40 37 4 27 9 4 0 1 258 72 1.615 10.2 0.6 4.3 1.4 0.33
1922 25 BOS AL 9 16 .360 4.31 39 27 7 10 1 2 198.1 201 108 95 5 62 44 6 0 2 851 94 1.326 9.1 0.2 2.8 2.0 0.71
1923 26 BOS AL 9 13 .409 4.04 34 27 5 11 0 0 198.1 229 115 89 5 67 72 9 1 6 871 102 1.492 10.4 0.2 3.0 3.3 1.07
1924 27 BOS AL 14 17 .452 3.79 41 32 6 15 0 2 237.2 259 114 100 6 108 78 6 3 2 1086 115 1.544 9.8 0.2 4.1 3.0 0.72
1925 28 TOT AL 9 5 .643 6.18 33 15 9 3 0 2 125.1 157 101 86 11 70 49 5 0 0 591 69 1.811 11.3 0.8 5.0 3.5 0.70
1925 28 BOS AL 0 2 .000 10.91 5 4 1 0 0 1 15.2 22 22 19 6 5 5 1 0 0 77 41 1.723 12.6 3.4 2.9 2.9 1.00
1925 28 NYY AL 4 2 .667 7.79 21 5 7 0 0 1 54.1 83 57 47 3 42 20 2 0 0 280 55 2.301 13.7 0.5 7.0 3.3 0.48
1925 28 WSH AL 5 1 .833 3.25 7 6 1 3 0 0 55.1 52 22 20 2 23 24 2 0 0 234 131 1.355 8.5 0.3 3.7 3.9 1.04
1926 29 WSH AL 3 4 .429 7.74 19 4 8 0 0 1 47.2 69 51 41 4 18 16 3 0 0 233 50 1.825 13.0 0.8 3.4 3.0 0.89
1927 30 PHI NL 8 16 .333 4.84 31 31 0 16 0 0 227.0 280 132 122 15 65 73 6 1 2 1001 81 1.520 11.1 0.6 2.6 2.9 1.12
1928 31 PHI NL 5 10 .333 5.55 34 19 10 5 1 2 134.2 168 86 83 14 52 51 6 0 1 597 79 1.634 11.2 0.9 3.5 3.4 0.98
1929 32 TOT NL 1 3 .250 13.50 8 7 0 1 0 0 14.2 26 25 22 4 11 4 0 0 0 82 38 2.523 16.0 2.5 6.8 2.5 0.36
1929 32 PHI NL 1 2 .333 12.08 5 4 0 1 0 0 12.2 19 18 17 2 10 3 0 0 0 67 43 2.289 13.5 1.4 7.1 2.1 0.30
1929 32 BRO NL 0 1 .000 22.50 3 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 7 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 15 21 4.000 31.5 9.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
10 Seasons 61 85 .418 4.89 257 166 53 62 2 10 1241.2 1455 772 675 68 482 397 45 5 14 5578 85 1.560 10.5 0.5 3.5 2.9 0.82
162 Game Avg. 10 14 .418 4.89 41 27 9 10 0 2 200 234 124 109 11 77 64 7 1 2 897 85 1.560 10.5 0.5 3.5 2.9 0.82
BOS (4 yrs) 32 48 .400 4.20 119 90 19 36 1 5 650.0 711 359 303 22 242 199 22 4 10 2885 100 1.466 9.8 0.3 3.4 2.8 0.82
PHI (3 yrs) 14 28 .333 5.34 70 54 10 22 1 2 374.1 467 236 222 31 127 127 12 1 3 1665 77 1.587 11.2 0.7 3.1 3.1 1.00
NYY (3 yrs) 7 3 .700 6.73 39 9 15 1 0 2 112.1 149 97 84 7 71 30 6 0 1 546 63 1.958 11.9 0.6 5.7 2.4 0.42
WSH (2 yrs) 8 5 .615 5.33 26 10 9 3 0 1 103.0 121 73 61 6 41 40 5 0 0 467 76 1.573 10.6 0.5 3.6 3.5 0.98
BRO (1 yr) 0 1 .000 22.50 3 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 7 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 15 21 4.000 31.5 9.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
AL (7 yrs) 47 56 .456 4.66 184 109 43 40 1 8 865.1 981 529 448 35 354 269 33 4 11 3898 90 1.543 10.2 0.4 3.7 2.8 0.76
NL (3 yrs) 14 29 .326 5.43 73 57 10 22 1 2 376.1 474 243 227 33 128 128 12 1 3 1680 76 1.600 11.3 0.8 3.1 3.1 1.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1925 28 WSH AL WS L PIT 1 1 .500 3.21 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 13 6 5 1 6 1 11 1 0 0 64 1.357 8.4 0.6 3.9 7.1 1.83
1 WS 1 1 .500 3.21 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 13 6 5 1 6 1 11 1 0 0 64 1.357 8.4 0.6 3.9 7.1 1.83

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1918 21 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1921 24 NYY AL 17 19 19 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .211 .211 .211 .421 7 4 0 0 1
1922 25 BOS AL 39 73 65 1 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 22 .092 .119 .092 .212 -44 6 0 6 1
1923 26 BOS AL 34 71 62 0 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 24 .097 .138 .113 .251 -33 7 1 6 1
1924 27 BOS AL 41 96 86 2 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 32 .140 .159 .163 .322 -17 14 0 8 1
1925 28 TOT AL 33 47 39 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .077 .122 .103 .225 -42 4 0 6 1
1925 28 BOS AL 5 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -46 0 0 0 /1
1925 28 NYY AL 21 17 15 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .200 .333 -16 3 0 2 1
1925 28 WSH AL 7 25 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .050 .095 .050 .145 -62 1 0 4 /1
1926 29 WSH AL 19 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 -4 2 0 1 1
1927 30 PHI NL 31 85 70 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 5 34 .100 .160 .100 .260 -28 7 0 10 1
1928 31 PHI NL 34 43 39 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 .026 .073 .026 .099 -74 1 0 2 1
1929 32 TOT NL 8 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 -2 1 0 0 /1
1929 32 PHI NL 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1929 32 BRO NL 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 401 1 0 0 /1
10 Seasons 257 452 397 13 42 4 0 0 22 0 1 15 150 .106 .140 .116 .256 -33 46 1 39
162 Game Avg. 162 285 250 8 26 3 0 0 14 0 9 95 .106 .140 .116 .256 -33 29 1 25
BOS (4 yrs) 119 245 217 4 24 3 0 0 13 0 1 7 80 .111 .142 .124 .267 -30 27 1 20
PHI (3 yrs) 70 132 113 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 7 47 .071 .125 .071 .196 -47 8 0 12
NYY (3 yrs) 39 37 35 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .171 .171 .200 .371 -5 7 0 2
WSH (2 yrs) 26 37 31 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 .097 .125 .097 .222 -42 3 0 5
BRO (1 yr) 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 401 1 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 184 319 283 8 33 4 0 0 19 0 1 8 103 .117 .144 .131 .275 -28 37 1 27
NL (3 yrs) 73 133 114 5 9 0 0 0 3 0 7 47 .079 .132 .079 .211 -43 9 0 12

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1925 28 WSH AL WS PIT L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1918 NYY AL 21 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80
1921 NYY AL 24 P 17 18 2 15 1 0 .944 1.00 .956 1.56
1922 BOS AL 25 P 39 55 10 43 2 4 .964 1.36 .964 1.48
1923 BOS AL 26 P 34 54 5 45 4 5 .926 1.47 .961 1.49
1924 BOS AL 27 P 41 73 12 60 1 1 .986 1.76 .958 1.32
1925 TOT AL 28 P 33 31 4 26 1 2 .968 0.91 .961 1.40
1925 BOS AL 28 P 5 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.40 .950 1.40
1925 NYY AL 28 P 21 21 2 18 1 1 .952 0.95 .962 1.40
1925 WSH AL 28 P 7 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.14 .962 1.40
1926 WSH AL 29 P 19 17 2 14 1 1 .941 0.84 .959 1.39
1927 PHI NL 30 P 31 66 12 49 5 3 .924 1.97 .959 1.29
1928 PHI NL 31 P 34 44 9 35 0 0 1.000 1.29 .966 1.27
1929 TOT NL 32 P 8 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.88 .957 1.24
1929 PHI NL 32 P 5 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 1.24
1929 BRO NL 32 P 3 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 .950 1.23
10 Seasons P 257 365 57 293 15 16 .959 1.36 .961 1.39
10 Seasons TOT 257 365 57 293 15 16 .959 1.36 .919 1.39

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1924 AL--2.954--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1924 AL--41--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1924 AL--78--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1924 AL--32--9th
1927 NL--31--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1925 AL--11--10th
1927 NL--15--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1924 AL--108--2nd

Hits s c a p y
1927 NL--280--6th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1922 AL--.227--4th
1923 AL--.227--5th
1924 AL--.227--9th

Losses s c a p y
1922 AL--16--7th
1924 AL--17--1st
1927 NL--16--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1927 NL--122--4th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1923 AL--6--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1923 AL--9--9th
1927 NL--6--7th
1928 NL--6--7th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1924 AL--1086--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 7 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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.

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