Charlie Ferguson

Charles J. Ferguson

Positions: Pitcher, Outfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 17, 1863 in Charlottesville, VA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1884
Team: Quakers 1884-1887

Final Game: October 8, 1887
Died: April 29, 1888 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, VA
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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
1884	21	PHI	NL	21	25	.457	3.54	50	47	3	46	2	1	416.2	443	297	164	13	93	194		0	33	1844	82	1.286	9.6	0.3	2.0	4.2	2.09
1885	22	PHI	NL	26	20	.565	2.22	48	45	3	45	5	0	405.0	345	197	100	5	81	197		3	15	1657	126	1.052	7.7	0.1	1.8	4.4	2.43
1886	23	PHI	NL	30	9	.769	1.98	48	45	2	43	4	2	395.2	317	145	87	11	69	212		0	11	1582	161	0.976	7.2	0.3	1.6	4.8	3.07
1887	24	PHI	NL	22	10	.688	3.00	37	33	4	31	2	1	297.1	297	154	99	13	47	125	11	0	5	1227	141	1.157	9.0	0.4	1.4	3.8	2.66
4 Yrs				99	64	.607	2.67	183	170	12	165	13	4	1514.2	1402	793	450	42	290	728	11	3	64	6310	120	1.117	8.3	0.2	1.7	4.3	2.51
162 Game Avg.				19	12	.607	2.67	35	33	2	32	3	1	292	270	153	87	8	56	140		1	12	1216	120	1.117	8.3	0.2	1.7	4.3	2.51

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1884	21	PHI	NL	416.2	50	47	297	6.42	5.59	-0.36	98.0	5.83	-16	-1.5	1.0	-1.0	1.1	9	.470	.491	$1,500
1885	22	PHI	NL	405.0	48	45	197	4.38	5.00	0.22	99.0	4.73	24	2.4	1.0	-0.4	5.4	48	.550	.515	$1,800
1886	23	PHI	NL	395.2	48	45	145	3.30	5.24	0.45	97.0	4.65	71	7.2	1.0	-0.5	10.1	96	.650	.545	$1,800
1887	24	PHI	NL	297.1	37	33	154	4.66	5.95	0.09	104.0	6.10	59	5.3	1.0	-0.4	7.5	82	.643	.533	$2,500
4 Seasons				1514.2	183	170	793	4.71	5.41	0.09	99.2	5.28	138	13.4	1.0	-2.2	24.1	235	.573	.521	$7,600

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1884	21	21	25	.457	3.54	50	47	3	46	2	1	416.2	443	297	164	13	93	194		0	33	1844	82	1.286	9.6	0.3	2.0	4.2	2.09	82
1885	22	47	45	.511	2.89	98	92	6	91	7	1	821.2	788	494	264	18	174	391		3	48	3501	99	1.171	8.6	0.2	1.9	4.3	2.25	99
1886	23	77	54	.588	2.60	146	137	8	134	11	3	1217.1	1105	639	351	29	243	603		3	59	5083	114	1.107	8.2	0.2	1.8	4.5	2.48	114
1887	24	99	64	.607	2.67	183	170	12	165	13	4	1514.2	1402	793	450	42	290	728	11	3	64	6310	120	1.117	8.3	0.2	1.7	4.3	2.51	120

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
1884	21	49	22	.690	2.67	643.0	571	212	191	17	120	299	0	1.075	8.0	1.7	4.2	2.49	0.2	50
1885	22	54	13	.806	1.93	610.0	477	146	131	7	112	297	0	0.966	7.0	1.7	4.4	2.65	0.1	48
1886	23	50	9	.847	1.67	532.0	387	110	99	13	84	285	0	0.885	6.5	1.4	4.8	3.39	0.2	48
1887	24	34	9	.791	2.00	396.0	316	98	88	14	50	166	12	0.924	7.2	1.1	3.8	3.32	0.3	37
4 Yrs		187	53	.779	2.10	2181.0	1751	566	509	51	366	1047	12	0.971	7.2		4.3	2.86	0.2	183

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1885 NL 7.4 (5th) 1886 NL 11.0 (1st) 1887 NL 9.4 (2nd)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1885 NL 5.4 (6th) 1886 NL 10.1 (2nd) 1887 NL 7.5 (3rd)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1885 NL 2.22 (7th) 1886 NL 1.98 (2nd) 1887 NL 3.00 (3rd) Career 2.67 (71st)	Wins s c a p y 1884 NL 21 (7th) 1885 NL 26 (5th) 1886 NL 30 (6th) 1887 NL 22 (8th)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1885 NL .565 (6th) 1886 NL .769 (2nd) 1887 NL .688 (2nd) Career .607 (95th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1885 NL 1.052 (6th) 1886 NL 0.976 (2nd) 1887 NL 1.157 (3rd) Career 1.117 (28th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1885 NL 7.667 (6th) 1886 NL 7.211 (2nd) 1887 NL 8.990 (8th) Career 8.331 (249th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1885 NL 1.800 (8th) 1886 NL 1.570 (2nd) 1887 NL 1.423 (3rd) Career 1.723 (41st)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1885 NL 4.378 (6th) 1886 NL 4.822 (8th) 1887 NL 3.784 (6th)	Games Played s c a p y 1884 NL 50 (6th) 1885 NL 48 (8th) 1886 NL 48 (7th)	Saves s c a p y 1884 NL 1 (3rd) 1886 NL 2 (1st) 1887 NL 1 (1st)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1884 NL 416.7 (6th) 1885 NL 405.0 (7th) 1886 NL 395.7 (7th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1884 NL 194 (7th) 1885 NL 197 (6th) 1886 NL 212 (8th) 1887 NL 125 (7th)	Games Started s c a p y 1884 NL 47 (6th) 1885 NL 45 (9th) 1886 NL 45 (7th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1884 NL 46 (6th) 1885 NL 45 (8th) 1886 NL 43 (7th) Career 165 (191st)	Shutouts s c a p y 1884 NL 2 (10th) 1885 NL 5 (6th) 1886 NL 4 (2nd) 1887 NL 2 (5th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1884 NL 13 (7th) 1886 NL 11 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1884 NL 93 (7th) 1885 NL 81 (10th)	Hits s c a p y 1884 NL 443 (6th) 1885 NL 345 (10th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1885 NL 2.432 (5th) 1886 NL 3.073 (3rd) 1887 NL 2.660 (2nd) Career 2.510 (92nd)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1884 NL 0.281 (7th) 1885 NL 0.111 (6th) Career 0.250 (229th)	Losses s c a p y 1884 NL 25 (2nd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1884 NL 164 (1st)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1884 NL 33 (6th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1884 NL 1,844 (6th) 1885 NL 1,657 (8th) 1886 NL 1,582 (10th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1884 NL 3 (3rd) 1885 NL 3 (1st) 1886 NL 2 (7th) 1887 NL 4 (2nd)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1885 NL 124 (6th) 1886 NL 165 (2nd) 1887 NL 141 (3rd) Career 120 (119th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1885 NL 20 (6th) 1886 NL 57 (2nd) 1887 NL 38 (3rd)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1885 NL 1.9 (6th) 1886 NL 5.5 (2nd) 1887 NL 3.4 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 6 (380), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 99 (214), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 49 (273), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 27 (174), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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