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Bob Ferguson

Robert Vavasour Ferguson (Death to Flying Things)

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 149 lb.

Born: January 31, 1845 in Brooklyn, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1871
Teams (by GP): Trojans/DarkBlues/Atlantics/Quakers/HartfordsofBrooklyn/... 1871-1884

Final Game: July 1, 1884
Died: May 3, 1894 in Brooklyn, NY
Buried: Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
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Standard Batting

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
1871 26 NYU NA 33 161 158 30 38 6 1 0 25 4 4 3 2 .241 .255 .291 .546 62 46 0 0 *54/21
1872 27 BRA NA 37 167 164 33 46 3 0 0 19 4 2 3 0 .280 .293 .299 .592 73 49 1 0 *5/2
1873 28 BRA NA 51 232 228 36 59 3 5 0 25 1 2 4 8 .259 .272 .316 .587 81 72 3 0 *5/1
1874 29 BRA NA 56 247 245 34 64 4 0 0 19 5 3 2 7 .261 .267 .278 .545 85 68 2 0 *5/21
1875 30 HAR NA 85 369 366 65 88 10 4 0 43 2 1 3 5 .240 .247 .290 .536 80 106 3 0 *5/1
1876 31 HAR NL 69 312 310 48 82 8 5 0 32 2 11 .265 .269 .323 .592 90 100 0 *5
1877 32 HAR NL 58 257 254 40 65 7 2 0 35 3 10 .256 .265 .299 .564 86 76 0 *5/1
1878 33 CHC NL 61 269 259 44 91 10 2 0 39 10 12 .351 .375 .405 .781 149 105 0 *6/42
1879 34 TRO NL 30 127 123 18 31 5 2 0 4 4 3 .252 .276 .325 .601 101 40 0 5/4
1880 35 TRO NL 82 356 332 55 87 9 0 0 22 24 24 .262 .312 .289 .601 101 96 0 *4
1881 36 TRO NL 85 368 339 56 96 13 5 1 35 29 12 .283 .340 .360 .700 115 122 0 *4
1882 37 TRO NL 81 342 319 44 82 15 2 0 32 23 21 .257 .307 .317 .624 105 101 0 *4/6
1883 38 PHI NL 86 347 329 39 85 9 2 0 27 18 21 .258 .297 .298 .595 88 98 0 *4/1
1884 39 PIT AA 10 41 41 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 .146 .146 .146 .293 -3 6 0 /O35
14 Yrs 824 3595 3467 544 920 102 30 1 357 16 12 128 136 .265 .292 .313 .604 94 1085 9 0
162 Game Avg. 162 707 682 107 181 20 6 0 70 25 .265 .292 .313 .604 94 213 0
TRO (4 yrs) 278 1193 1113 173 296 42 9 1 93 80 60 .266 .315 .323 .638 107 359 0
BRA (3 yrs) 144 646 637 103 169 10 5 0 63 10 7 9 15 .265 .276 .297 .572 80 189 6 0
HAR (2 yrs) 127 569 564 88 147 15 7 0 67 5 21 .261 .267 .312 .579 88 176 0
PIT (1 yr) 10 41 41 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 .146 .146 .146 .293 -3 6 0
PHI (1 yr) 86 347 329 39 85 9 2 0 27 18 21 .258 .297 .298 .595 88 98 0
NYU (1 yr) 33 161 158 30 38 6 1 0 25 4 4 3 2 .241 .255 .291 .546 62 46 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 61 269 259 44 91 10 2 0 39 10 12 .351 .375 .405 .781 149 105 0
HAR (1 yr) 85 369 366 65 88 10 4 0 43 2 1 3 5 .240 .247 .290 .536 80 106 3 0
NL (8 yrs) 552 2378 2265 344 619 76 20 1 226 113 114 .273 .308 .326 .634 104 738 0
NA (5 yrs) 262 1176 1161 198 295 26 10 0 131 16 12 15 22 .254 .264 .294 .557 77 341 9 0
AA (1 yr) 10 41 41 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 .146 .146 .146 .293 -3 6 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1871 26 NYU NA 33 161 -7 -2 0 6 1 -2 -0.1 4 2 0.3 .496 .499 0.0 0.4 -5 $ *54/21
1872 27 BRA NA 37 167 -7 -0 0 19 1 13 0.8 7 20 1.6 .523 .505 0.4 1.3 1 $ *5/2
1873 28 BRA NA 51 232 -4 -1 0 16 3 14 0.9 8 22 1.8 .518 .506 0.7 1.1 6 $ *5/1
1874 29 BRA NA 56 247 -0 -1 0 8 2 9 0.6 8 17 1.5 .512 .504 0.9 0.7 9 $ *5/21
1875 30 HAR NA 85 369 -8 0 0 6 3 1 -0.0 17 17 1.8 .501 .500 1.3 0.7 11 $2,500 *5/1
1876 31 HAR NL 69 312 -6 0 0 4 2 1 -0.0 9 10 1.0 .501 .500 0.7 0.5 6 $ *5
1877 32 HAR NL 58 257 -2 0 0 10 2 11 0.9 7 18 1.7 .517 .506 0.8 1.1 8 $ *5/1
1878 33 CHC NL 61 269 14 0 0 5 4 23 2.2 8 30 3.0 .536 .514 2.5 0.9 25 $ *6/42
1879 34 TRO NL 30 127 1 0 0 -1 1 1 0.1 4 5 0.5 .504 .501 0.6 -0.0 6 $ 5/4
1880 35 TRO NL 82 356 1 0 0 -5 2 -2 -0.3 11 9 0.9 .498 .499 1.4 -0.4 14 $ *4
1881 36 TRO NL 85 368 8 0 0 -5 2 5 0.3 11 16 1.5 .505 .503 2.1 -0.3 21 $ *4
1882 37 TRO NL 81 342 5 0 0 -4 2 2 0.1 10 12 1.2 .503 .501 1.6 -0.3 16 $ *4/6
1883 38 PHI NL 86 347 0 0 0 -18 2 -16 -1.5 10 -5 -0.4 .484 .492 1.3 -1.5 13 $ *4/1
1884 39 PIT AA 10 41 -4 0 0 -2 -0 -7 -0.6 1 -6 -0.6 .437 .496 -0.4 -0.2 -4 $ /O35
14 Seasons 824 3595 -9 -4 0 39 27 53 3.3 113 166 15.8 .505 .502 13.9 4.1 127 $2,500
TRO (4 yrs) 278 1193 16 0 0 -15 6 6 0.3 36 42 4.1 .502 .501 5.7 -1.0 57 $
BRA (3 yrs) 144 646 -12 -2 0 43 6 36 2.3 22 58 4.9 .517 .505 2.0 3.2 15 $
HAR (2 yrs) 127 569 -7 0 0 14 5 11 0.9 17 28 2.7 .508 .503 1.5 1.6 14 $
PIT (1 yr) 10 41 -4 0 0 -2 -0 -7 -0.6 1 -6 -0.6 .437 .496 -0.4 -0.2 -4 $
PHI (1 yr) 86 347 0 0 0 -18 2 -16 -1.5 10 -5 -0.4 .484 .492 1.3 -1.5 13 $
NYU (1 yr) 33 161 -7 -2 0 6 1 -2 -0.1 4 2 0.3 .496 .499 0.0 0.4 -5 $
CHC (1 yr) 61 269 14 0 0 5 4 23 2.2 8 30 3.0 .536 .514 2.5 0.9 25 $
HAR (1 yr) 85 369 -8 0 0 6 3 1 -0.0 17 17 1.8 .501 .500 1.3 0.7 11 $2,500

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1871 26 NYU NA 161 124 11 2.4 83 .244 .241 .278 .255 .302 .291 .373 .546 .675 62 .179 -6.7 -0.6 .395 .070 .051 .0
1872 27 BRA NA 167 121 14 3.1 87 .280 .280 .304 .293 .316 .299 .371 .592 .687 73 .328 -5.3 -0.5 .446 .049 .018 .0
1873 28 BRA NA 232 174 19 3.0 77 .268 .259 .284 .272 .298 .316 .353 .587 .650 81 .287 -5.0 -0.5 .431 .070 .057 .0
1874 29 BRA NA 247 186 18 2.6 62 .269 .261 .262 .267 .271 .278 .322 .545 .593 85 .309 -3.4 -0.4 .387 .033 .016 .0
1875 30 HAR NA 369 282 26 2.5 62 .244 .240 .265 .247 .272 .290 .325 .536 .597 80 .371 -7.5 -0.9 .390 .060 .049 .0
1876 31 HAR NL 312 228 27 3.2 70 .274 .265 .276 .269 .289 .323 .335 .592 .624 90 .449 -4.0 -0.4 .058
1877 32 HAR NL 257 189 20 2.9 66 .266 .256 .263 .265 .281 .299 .328 .564 .608 86 .367 -3.5 -0.4 .043
1878 33 CHC NL 269 168 39 6.3 71 .368 .351 .273 .375 .292 .405 .336 .781 .628 149 .751 14.1 1.6 .054
1879 34 TRO NL 127 92 11 3.2 63 .258 .252 .254 .276 .270 .325 .329 .601 .599 101 .465 0.2 0.0 .073
1880 35 TRO NL 356 245 30 3.3 64 .282 .262 .251 .312 .274 .289 .331 .601 .605 101 .514 1.5 0.2 .027
1881 36 TRO NL 368 243 41 4.5 78 .291 .283 .269 .340 .300 .360 .353 .700 .653 115 .592 7.0 0.8 .077
1882 37 TRO NL 342 237 31 3.5 67 .275 .257 .248 .307 .276 .317 .338 .624 .613 105 .482 3.1 0.3 .060
1883 38 PHI NL 347 244 29 3.1 73 .276 .258 .257 .297 .284 .298 .354 .595 .639 88 .394 -3.7 -0.4 .040
1884 39 PIT AA 41 35 1 0.8 66 .146 .146 .241 .146 .279 .146 .328 .293 .608 -3 .065 -4.5 -0.6 .000
14 Yrs 3595 2568 317 3.3 70 .276 .265 .266 .292 .285 .313 .340 .604 .625 94 .436 -17.7 -1.7 .474 .086 .048 1.9
162 Game Avg. 707 505 62 3.3 70 .276 .265 .266 .292 .285 .313 .340 .604 .625 94 .436 -17.7 -1.7 .474 .086 .048
TRO (4 yrs) 1193 817 113 3.7 69 .280 .266 .256 .315 .282 .323 .339 .638 .621 107 .526 11.8 1.3 .057
BRA (3 yrs) 646 481 51 2.9 74 .272 .265 .281 .276 .292 .297 .346 .572 .638 80 .305 -13.7 -1.4 .418 .050 .031 .0
HAR (2 yrs) 569 417 47 3.1 68 .271 .261 .270 .267 .285 .312 .332 .579 .617 88 .412 -7.5 -0.8 .051
PIT (1 yr) 41 35 1 0.7 66 .146 .146 .241 .146 .279 .146 .328 .293 .608 -3 .064 -4.5 -0.6 .000
PHI (1 yr) 347 244 29 3.1 73 .276 .258 .257 .297 .284 .298 .354 .595 .639 88 .394 -3.7 -0.4 .040
NYU (1 yr) 161 124 11 2.4 83 .244 .241 .278 .255 .302 .291 .373 .546 .675 62 .178 -6.7 -0.6 .395 .070 .051 .0
CHC (1 yr) 269 168 39 6.3 71 .368 .351 .273 .375 .292 .405 .336 .781 .628 149 .751 14.1 1.6 .054
HAR (1 yr) 369 282 26 2.5 62 .244 .240 .265 .247 .272 .290 .325 .536 .597 80 .371 -7.5 -0.9 .390 .060 .049 .0
NL (8 yrs) 2378 1646 228 3.7 70 .287 .273 .262 .308 .284 .326 .339 .634 .623 104 .513 14.7 1.7 .053
NA (5 yrs) 1176 887 88 2.7 71 .259 .254 .275 .264 .287 .294 .343 .557 .630 77 .300 -27.9 -2.9 .406 .056 .040 .0
AA (1 yr) 41 35 1 0.7 66 .146 .146 .241 .146 .279 .146 .328 .293 .608 -3 .064 -4.5 -0.6 .000

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1871 26 33 161 158 30 38 6 1 0 25 4 4 3 2 .241 .255 .291 .546 62 46 0 0
1872 27 70 328 322 63 84 9 1 0 44 8 6 6 2 .261 .274 .295 .569 68 95 1 0
1873 28 121 560 550 99 143 12 6 0 69 9 8 10 10 .260 .273 .304 .577 73 167 4 0
1874 29 177 807 795 133 207 16 6 0 88 14 11 12 17 .260 .271 .296 .567 76 235 6 0
1875 30 262 1176 1161 198 295 26 10 0 131 16 12 15 22 .254 .264 .294 .557 77 341 9 0
1876 31 331 1488 1471 246 377 34 15 0 163 16 12 17 33 .256 .265 .300 .565 80 441 9 0
1877 32 389 1745 1725 286 442 41 17 0 198 16 12 20 43 .256 .265 .300 .564 81 517 9 0
1878 33 450 2014 1984 330 533 51 19 0 237 16 12 30 55 .269 .280 .314 .593 90 622 9 0
1879 34 480 2141 2107 348 564 56 21 0 241 16 12 34 58 .268 .279 .314 .593 90 662 9 0
1880 35 562 2497 2439 403 651 65 21 0 263 16 12 58 82 .267 .284 .311 .595 92 758 9 0
1881 36 647 2865 2778 459 747 78 26 1 298 16 12 87 94 .269 .291 .317 .608 95 880 9 0
1882 37 728 3207 3097 503 829 93 28 1 330 16 12 110 115 .268 .293 .317 .610 96 981 9 0
1883 38 814 3554 3426 542 914 102 30 1 357 16 12 128 136 .267 .293 .315 .608 95 1079 9 0
1884 39 824 3595 3467 544 920 102 30 1 357 16 12 128 136 .265 .292 .313 .604 94 1085 9 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1871 26 191 842 831 74 137 22 4 0 62 14 11 12 .165 .176 .201 .377 29 33
1872 27 182 725 716 68 137 9 0 0 39 12 9 0 .191 .201 .204 .405 29 37
1873 28 188 790 779 75 157 8 13 0 52 3 11 29 .202 .213 .245 .458 40 51
1874 29 156 651 647 63 141 9 0 0 35 11 4 20 .218 .223 .232 .455 34 56
1875 30 260 1075 1068 137 218 25 10 0 91 5 7 15 .204 .209 .246 .456 55 85
1876 31 172 739 735 84 167 16 10 0 56 0 4 27 .227 .231 .276 .508 47 69
1877 32 157 683 675 97 165 18 5 0 85 0 8 27 .244 .253 .286 .539 49 58
1878 33 162 678 655 92 209 23 5 0 81 0 23 32 .319 .342 .369 .712 82 61
1879 34 61 253 245 33 59 10 4 0 7 0 8 6 .241 .265 .314 .579 20 30
1880 35 156 666 623 95 156 16 0 0 38 0 43 46 .250 .299 .276 .575 51 82
1881 36 164 686 636 91 167 23 9 2 57 0 50 23 .263 .316 .336 .653 68 85
1882 37 154 636 596 73 144 26 4 0 53 0 40 40 .242 .289 .299 .588 51 81
1883 38 141 549 523 53 124 13 3 0 36 0 26 34 .237 .273 .273 .547 39 86
1884 39 16 66 66 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .152 .152 .152 .303 2 10
14 Yrs 2160 9039 8795 1039 1991 218 67 2 692 45 244 311 .226 .247 .267 .514 596 824
162 Game Avg. 162 678 660 78 149 16 5 0 52 18 .226 .247 .267 .514 45 824

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1878 NL  3.0 (6th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1873 NA  1.8 (8th)
1878 NL  3.0 (2nd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1878 NL  2.5 (2nd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1871 NA  0.4 (4th)
1872 NA  1.3 (1st)
1873 NA  1.1 (1st)
1874 NA  0.7 (3rd)
1877 NL  1.1 (2nd)
1878 NL  0.9 (5th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1878 NL  .351 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1878 NL  .375 (1st)

Slugging % s c a p y
1878 NL  .405 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1878 NL  .781 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1871 NA  33 (1st)
1875 NA  85 (4th)
1876 NL  69 (5th)
1881 NL  85 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1871 NA  158 (5th)
1875 NA  366 (9th)
1876 NL  310 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1871 NA  161 (7th)
1875 NA  369 (9th)
1876 NL  312 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1878 NL  44 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1878 NL  91 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1878 NL  105 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1877 NL  35 (8th)
1878 NL  39 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1878 NL  10 (8th)
1880 NL  24 (1st)
1881 NL  29 (2nd)
1882 NL  23 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1873 NA  8 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1878 NL  79 (3rd)
1880 NL  78 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1878 NL  150 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1878 NL  39 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1878 NL  14 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1878 NL  1.6 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1878 NL  101 (5th)
1881 NL  125 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1878 NL  .751 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1873 NA  3 (6th)
1875 NA  3 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1871 NA  4 (3rd)
1874 NA  3 (8th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Career  25.2 (53rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1871 NA  124 (2nd)
1875 NA  282 (2nd)
1876 NL  228 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1877 NL  born 1845-01-31 (7th)
1878 NL  born 1845-01-31 (3rd)
1879 NL  born 1845-01-31 (2nd)
1880 NL  born 1845-01-31 (2nd)
1881 NL  born 1845-01-31 (2nd)
1882 NL  born 1845-01-31 (2nd)
1883 NL  born 1845-01-31 (2nd)
1884 AA  born 1845-01-31 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 36 (683), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Ernie Courtney (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Jim Bucher (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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