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Bob Ferguson
Robert Vavasour Ferguson (Death to Flying Things)
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Weight: 149 lb.

Born: January 31, 1845 in Brooklyn, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1871
Final Game: July 1, 1884
Died: May 3, 1894 in Brooklyn, NY
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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
1871 26 NYU NA 33 161 158 30 38 6 1 0 25 4 4 3 2 .241 .255 .291 .546 63 46 *54/21
1872 27 BRA NA 37 168 165 33 46 5 0 0 19 4 2 3 0 .279 .292 .309 .601 72 51 *5/2
1873 28 BRA NA 51 232 228 36 59 3 5 0 25 1 2 4 9 .259 .272 .316 .587 82 72 *5/1
1874 29 BRA NA 56 247 245 34 64 4 0 0 18 4 3 2 7 .261 .267 .278 .545 83 68 *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 *5/1
1876 31 HAR NL 69 312 310 48 82 8 5 0 32 2 11 .265 .269 .323 .592 88 100 *5
1877 32 HAR NL 58 257 254 40 65 7 2 0 35 3 10 .256 .265 .299 .564 85 76 *5/1
1878 33 CHC NL 61 269 259 44 91 10 2 0 39 10 12 .351 .375 .405 .781 150 105 *6/42
1879 34 TRO NL 30 127 123 18 31 5 2 0 4 4 3 .252 .276 .325 .601 103 40 5/4
1880 35 TRO NL 82 356 332 55 87 9 0 0 22 24 24 .262 .312 .289 .601 100 96 *4
1881 36 TRO NL 85 368 339 56 96 13 5 1 35 29 12 .283 .340 .360 .700 114 122 *4
1882 37 TRO NL 81 342 319 44 82 15 2 0 32 23 21 .257 .307 .317 .624 105 101 *4/6
1883 38 PHI NL 86 347 329 39 85 9 2 0 27 18 21 .258 .297 .298 .595 88 98 *4/1
1884 39 PIT AA 10 41 41 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .146 .146 .146 .293 -3 6 0 /O35
14 Seasons 824 3596 3468 544 920 104 30 1 356 15 12 128 137 .265 .291 .313 .605 94 1087 0
162 Game Avg. 162 707 682 107 181 20 6 0 70 25 .265 .291 .313 .605 94 214
TRO (4 yrs) 278 1193 1113 173 296 42 9 1 93 80 60 .266 .315 .323 .638 107 359
BRA (3 yrs) 144 647 638 103 169 12 5 0 62 9 7 9 16 .265 .275 .299 .574 79 191
HAR (2 yrs) 127 569 564 88 147 15 7 0 67 5 21 .261 .267 .312 .579 87 176
PIT (1 yr) 10 41 41 2 6 0 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
NYU (1 yr) 33 161 158 30 38 6 1 0 25 4 4 3 2 .241 .255 .291 .546 63 46
CHC (1 yr) 61 269 259 44 91 10 2 0 39 10 12 .351 .375 .405 .781 150 105
HAR (1 yr) 85 369 366 65 88 10 4 0 43 2 1 3 5 .240 .247 .290 .536 80 106
NL (8 yrs) 552 2378 2265 344 619 76 20 1 226 113 114 .273 .308 .326 .634 104 738
NA (5 yrs) 262 1177 1162 198 295 28 10 0 130 15 12 15 23 .254 .263 .295 .559 77 343
AA (1 yr) 10 41 41 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .146 .146 .146 .293 -3 6 0

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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
1871 26 NYU NA 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 8 9 3 0 0 0 0 14 8.000 72.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1873 28 BRA NA 0 1 .000 6.05 4 1 1 0 0 19.1 41 30 13 2 2 0 0 50 2.224 19.1 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.00
1874 29 BRA NA 0 1 .000 4.00 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 12 10 4 0 3 15 0 71 1.667 12.0 0.0 3.0 15.0 5.00
1875 30 HAR NA 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 9 7 4 1 0 0 0 14 4.500 40.5 4.5 0.0 0.0
1877 32 HAR NL 1 1 .500 3.96 3 2 1 2 0 0 25.0 38 15 11 0 2 1 0 0 110 62 1.600 13.7 0.0 0.7 0.4 0.50
1883 38 PHI NL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 34 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Seasons 1 3 .250 5.65 11 4 2 4 0 0 57.1 110 73 36 3 7 16 0 0 117 49 2.041 17.3 0.5 1.1 2.5 2.29
162 Game Avg. 5 14 .250 5.65 50 18 18 0 0 260 499 331 163 14 32 73 0 49 2.041 17.3 0.5 1.1 2.5 2.29
BRA (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 5.40 5 2 2 0 0 28.1 53 40 17 2 5 15 0 55 2.047 16.8 0.6 1.6 4.8 3.00
PHI (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 34 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NYU (1 yr) 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 8 9 3 0 0 0 0 14 8.000 72.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HAR (1 yr) 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 9 7 4 1 0 0 0 14 4.500 40.5 4.5 0.0 0.0
HAR (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.96 3 2 1 2 0 0 25.0 38 15 11 0 2 1 0 0 110 62 1.600 13.7 0.0 0.7 0.4 0.50
NA (4 yrs) 0 2 .000 6.89 7 2 2 0 0 31.1 70 56 24 3 5 15 0 43 2.394 20.1 0.9 1.4 4.3 3.00
NL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 4.15 4 2 2 2 0 0 26.0 40 17 12 0 2 1 0 0 117 59 1.615 13.8 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.50

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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 LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1871 NYU NA 26 3B 20 115 31 58 26 3 .774 4.45 .670 3.56
1871 NYU NA 26 2B 11 64 29 22 13 4 .797 4.64 .830 5.56
1871 NYU NA 26 C 5 23 19 0 4 0 .826 3.80 .843 4.08 0
1871 NYU NA 26 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
1872 BRA NA 27 3B 37 324 84 178 62 7 .809 7.08 .740 4.31
1872 BRA NA 27 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 0
1873 BRA NA 28 3B 50 424 109 211 104 9 .755 6.40 .764 4.35
1873 BRA NA 28 P 4 5 0 4 1 0 .800 1.00 .780 1.80
1874 BRA NA 29 3B 55 312 79 158 75 1 .760 4.31 .757 4.22
1874 BRA NA 29 C 2 13 8 1 4 0 .692 4.50 .831 4.80 0
1874 BRA NA 29 P 1 4 0 3 1 1 .750 3.00 .825 2.00
1875 HAR NA 30 3B 85 399 173 157 69 7 .827 3.88 .750 3.53
1875 HAR NA 30 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
1876 HAR NL 31 3B 69 311 124 133 54 5 .826 3.72 .802 3.63
1877 HAR NL 32 3B 56 314 109 155 50 6 .841 4.71 .841 3.49
1877 HAR NL 32 P 3 9 4 4 1 0 .889 2.67 .922 1.90
1878 CHC NL 33 SS 57 337 71 226 40 17 .881 5.21 .876 4.26
1878 CHC NL 33 2B 4 27 13 10 4 0 .852 5.75 .878 6.30
1878 CHC NL 33 C 1 11 7 2 2 0 .818 9.00 .900 6.50 9
1879 TRO NL 34 3B 24 104 29 55 20 5 .808 3.50 .835 3.34
1879 TRO NL 34 2B 6 55 24 26 5 4 .909 8.33 .896 6.82
1880 TRO NL 35 2B 82 607 294 255 58 38 .904 6.70 .896 6.31
1881 TRO NL 36 2B 85 572 263 254 55 47 .904 6.08 .903 6.19
1882 TRO NL 37 2B 79 512 247 221 44 38 .914 5.92 .894 6.06
1882 TRO NL 37 SS 2 13 1 6 6 0 .538 3.50 .908 4.35
1883 PHI NL 38 2B 86 636 261 287 88 38 .862 6.37 .894 6.00
1883 PHI NL 38 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.00
1884 PIT AA 39 OF 6 7 5 0 2 0 .714 0.83 .871 1.62 0-1-5
1884 PIT AA 39 1B 3 38 34 0 4 0 .895 11.33 .961 10.47
1884 PIT AA 39 3B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .800 2.90
9 Seasons 3B 397 2305 740 1105 460 43 .800 4.65 .772 3.80
7 Seasons 2B 353 2473 1131 1075 267 169 .892 6.25 .895 6.13
2 Seasons SS 59 350 72 232 46 17 .869 5.15 .877 4.26
6 Seasons P 11 19 4 12 3 1 .842 1.45 .863 1.92
4 Seasons C 9 47 34 3 10 0 .787 4.11 .853 4.61 9
1 Season OF 6 7 5 0 2 0 .714 0.83 .871 1.62 0-1-5
1 Season 1B 3 38 34 0 4 0 .895 11.33 .961 10.47
14 Seasons TOT 838 5239 2020 2427 792 230 .849 5.31 .688 4.81 0-1-5 9
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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--9--4th

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

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1871 NA--4--3rd
1874 NA--3--7th

AB per SO s c a p y
Career--25.010--47th

Outs Made s c a p y
1871 NA--124--2nd
1875 NA--279--2nd
1876 NL--228--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1874 NA--15--3rd

Games Finished s c a p y
1877 NL--1--8th

Oldest s c a p y
1877 NL--born 1845-01-31--6th
1878 NL--born 1845-01-31--4th
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 (374), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 29 (666), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 4 (1673), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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