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Joe Ferguson

Joseph Vance Ferguson

Positions: Catcher and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 19, 1946 in San Francisco, CA
School: University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 8th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1970
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Astros/Cardinals/Angels 1970-1983

Final Game: June 17, 1983
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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1970 LAD NL 23 C 3 0 0 11.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 7.36 3.00 .987 6.87 6.83 0 0 1 0 0% 33% 0
1971 LAD NL 24 C 35 30 24 264.1 179 167 9 3 0 .983 0 0 5.99 5.03 .988 6.34 6.33 3 5 12 6 33% 35% 0
1972 LAD NL 25 C 7 6 4 50.0 38 37 1 0 1 1.000 1 24 6.84 5.43 .987 6.61 6.63 1 1 2 3 60% 37% 0
1972 LAD NL 25 OF 2 2 1 16.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 60 2.81 2.50 .978 2.19 2.20
1972 LAD NL 25 RF 2 2 1 16.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 60 2.81 2.50 .980 2.02 2.05
1973 LAD NL 26 C 122 118 108 1074.0 817 757 57 3 17 .996 -1 -1 6.82 6.67 .987 6.34 6.34 18 36 51 28 35% 36% 3 MVP-21
1973 LAD NL 26 OF 20 16 10 145.2 31 29 0 2 0 .935 -1 -12 1.79 1.45 .977 2.23 2.23 MVP-21
1973 LAD NL 26 RF 18 12 8 112.2 31 29 0 2 0 .935 -1 -10 2.32 1.61 .973 2.01 2.01 MVP-21
1973 LAD NL 26 LF 4 4 2 33.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -18 0.82 0.75 .977 2.05 2.05 MVP-21
1974 LAD NL 27 C 82 70 69 650.2 482 436 40 6 2 .988 2 4 6.58 5.80 .985 6.12 6.11 9 16 36 23 39% 33% 2
1974 LAD NL 27 OF 32 28 19 237.1 51 50 0 1 0 .980 -0 -3 1.90 1.56 .979 2.27 2.27
1974 LAD NL 27 RF 32 28 19 237.1 50 49 0 1 0 .980 -0 -3 1.86 1.53 .975 2.03 2.03
1975 LAD NL 28 C 35 31 26 266.0 175 158 16 1 1 .994 1 5 5.89 4.97 .985 6.03 6.02 5 11 13 9 41% 32% 1
1975 LAD NL 28 OF 34 26 24 251.1 62 57 4 1 3 .984 4 18 2.18 1.79 .978 2.29 2.28
1975 LAD NL 28 RF 34 26 24 249.2 61 56 4 1 3 .984 4 18 2.16 1.76 .974 2.03 2.03
1975 LAD NL 28 LF 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -72 0.00 0.00 2.16 2.10
1976 TOT NL 29 C 65 57 50 520.1 363 312 42 9 8 .975 1 2 6.12 5.45 .986 5.96 5.94 9 19 34 25 42% 33% 2
1976 TOT NL 29 OF 53 46 31 397.1 104 97 2 5 0 .952 0 0 2.24 1.87 .979 2.34 2.33
1976 TOT NL 29 RF 53 46 31 397.1 106 99 2 5 0 .953 0 0 2.29 1.91 .974 2.15 2.15
1976 LAD NL 29 OF 39 38 26 322.1 87 82 2 3 0 .966 3 12 2.35 2.15 .979 2.34 2.33
1976 LAD NL 29 RF 39 38 26 322.1 89 84 2 3 0 .966 3 12 2.40 2.21 .974 2.15 2.15
1976 LAD NL 29 C 17 12 10 128.1 87 74 10 3 2 .966 -2 -19 5.89 4.94 .986 5.96 5.94 2 5 16 5 24% 33% 1
1976 STL NL 29 C 48 45 40 392.0 276 238 32 6 6 .978 3 9 6.20 5.63 .986 5.96 5.94 7 14 18 20 53% 33% 1
1976 STL NL 29 OF 14 8 5 75.0 17 15 0 2 0 .882 -3 -50 1.80 1.07 .979 2.34 2.33
1976 STL NL 29 RF 14 8 5 75.0 17 15 0 2 0 .882 -3 -50 1.80 1.07 .974 2.15 2.15
1977 HOU NL 30 C 122 116 110 1041.2 725 634 80 11 10 .985 3 3 6.17 5.85 .985 6.49 6.49 16 32 94 61 39% 35% 0
1977 HOU NL 30 1B 1 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 10.00 10.00 .991 9.90 9.90
1978 TOT NL 31 C 113 103 80 896.2 631 572 52 7 2 .989 0 0 6.26 5.52 .985 6.17 6.12 9 26 69 31 31% 32% 1
1978 HOU NL 31 C 51 46 41 414.0 319 288 29 2 0 .994 1 3 6.89 6.22 .985 6.17 6.12 5 13 36 18 33% 32% 0
1978 LAD NL 31 C 62 57 39 482.2 312 284 23 5 2 .984 -1 -2 5.72 4.95 .985 6.17 6.12 4 13 33 13 28% 32% 1
1978 LAD NL 31 OF 3 2 0 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -34 0.64 0.33 .980 2.31 2.30
1978 LAD NL 31 LF 2 2 0 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -18 0.69 0.50 .980 2.01 1.95
1978 LAD NL 31 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1979 LAD NL 32 C 67 62 50 532.1 368 326 35 7 6 .981 -5 -11 6.10 5.39 .985 6.13 6.11 8 16 51 18 26% 34% 0
1979 LAD NL 32 OF 52 45 36 396.1 92 88 2 2 2 .978 0 0 2.04 1.73 .979 2.33 2.32
1979 LAD NL 32 RF 49 43 35 379.2 90 86 2 2 2 .978 0 0 2.09 1.80 .979 2.18 2.18
1979 LAD NL 32 LF 5 2 1 16.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.16 0.80 .970 2.00 2.00
1980 LAD NL 33 C 66 50 38 452.0 326 297 23 6 4 .982 -6 -16 6.37 4.85 .983 6.09 6.10 3 9 58 12 17% 31% 0
1980 LAD NL 33 OF 1 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -1 -630 0.00 0.00 .980 2.02 2.30
1980 LAD NL 33 RF 1 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -1 -630 0.00 0.00 .980 2.02 2.10
1981 TOT MLB 34 OF 5 3 2 30.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -24 1.80 1.20 .983 2.49 2.44
1981 TOT MLB 34 RF 2 1 0 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 51 3.86 1.50 .980 2.06 2.15
1981 LAD NL 34 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1981 LAD NL 34 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1981 CAL AL 34 C 8 8 8 70.2 41 35 5 1 1 .976 1 17 5.09 5.00 .987 5.51 5.49 1 2 5 5 50% 38% 0
1981 CAL AL 34 OF 4 3 2 29.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -25 1.86 1.50 .983 2.48 2.48
1981 CAL AL 34 LF 3 2 2 23.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -47 1.17 1.00 .980 2.39 2.37
1981 CAL AL 34 RF 1 1 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 4.50 3.00 .980 2.10 2.20
1982 CAL AL 35 C 32 22 19 213.2 152 138 13 1 2 .993 1 6 6.36 4.72 .988 5.69 5.66 2 5 20 13 39% 36% 0
1982 CAL AL 35 OF 2 1 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -96 0.90 0.50 .980 2.43 2.45
1982 CAL AL 35 RF 2 1 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -96 0.90 0.50 .980 2.25 2.25
1983 CAL AL 36 C 9 6 3 54.1 31 27 3 1 0 .968 0 0 4.97 3.33 .986 5.70 5.66 0 0 6 2 25% 33% 0
1983 CAL AL 36 OF 3 2 1 23.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -31 1.57 1.33 .980 2.50 2.47
1983 CAL AL 36 RF 2 1 1 15.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -32 1.80 1.50 .977 2.28 2.25
1983 CAL AL 36 LF 1 1 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 1.12 1.00 .980 2.36 2.30
14 Seasons C 766 679 589 6097.2 4337 3905 376 56 54 .987 -2 -0 6.32 5.59 .986 6.20 6.18 84 178 452 236 34% 34% 9
11 Seasons OF 207 171 125 1522.1 358 338 8 12 5 .966 -0 -0 2.05 1.67 .979 2.31 2.30
11 Seasons RF 196 160 120 1427.0 351 331 8 12 5 .966 1 1 2.14 1.73 .976 2.11 2.10
6 Seasons LF 16 11 5 95.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -24 1.13 0.75 .976 2.14 2.10
1 Season 1B 1 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 10.00 10.00 .991 9.90 9.90
14 Seasons TOT 974 851 715 7629.0 4705 4253 384 68 59 .986 -2 -0 5.47 4.76 .985 5.43 5.36 84 178 452 236 34% 34% 9
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1970 LAD NL 23 C 0 0 0
1971 LAD NL 24 C 0 0 0
1972 LAD NL 25 C 1 24 1
1972 LAD NL 25 RF 1 60 1 0 1 0
1973 LAD NL 26 C -1 -1 -1
1973 LAD NL 26 RF -1 -10 0 -1 1 -1
1973 LAD NL 26 LF -0 -18 -0 -0 -0 0
1974 LAD NL 27 C 2 4 2
1974 LAD NL 27 RF -0 -3 0 1 -0 -1
1975 LAD NL 28 C 1 5 1
1975 LAD NL 28 RF 4 18 4 2 2 0
1975 LAD NL 28 LF -0 -72 -0 0 -0 0
1976 LAD NL 29 RF 3 12 4 4 -0 -1
1976 LAD NL 29 C -2 -19 -2
1976 STL NL 29 C 3 9 3
1976 STL NL 29 RF -3 -50 -2 -2 -0 -1
1977 HOU NL 30 C 3 3 3
1977 HOU NL 30 1B -0 -13 -0 -0 0
1978 HOU NL 31 C 1 3 1
1978 LAD NL 31 C -1 -2 -1
1978 LAD NL 31 LF -0 -18 -0 -0 0 0
1978 LAD NL 31 RF -0 -240 -0 -0 0 0
1979 LAD NL 32 C -5 -11 -5
1979 LAD NL 32 RF 0 0 0 3 -3 0
1979 LAD NL 32 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 LAD NL 33 C -6 -16 -6
1980 LAD NL 33 RF -1 -630 -1 0 -1 0
1981 LAD NL 34 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CAL AL 34 C 1 17 1
1981 CAL AL 34 LF -1 -47 -1 -1 0 0
1981 CAL AL 34 RF 0 60 0 0 0 0
1982 CAL AL 35 C 1 6 1
1982 CAL AL 35 RF -1 -96 -1 -0 -0 0
1983 CAL AL 36 C 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 36 RF -0 -32 -0 -0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 36 LF -0 -30 -0 -0 0 0
14 Seasons C -2 -0 -2
11 Seasons RF 2 1 5 6 -1 -4
6 Seasons LF -2 -24 -2 -2 -0 0
1 Season 1B -0 -13 -0 -0 0
14 Seasons TOT -2 -0 3 4 -1 -4 -2
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1970 LAD NL 23 5 0 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1971 LAD NL 24 36 30 36 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1972 LAD NL 25 8 8 8 8 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
1973 LAD NL 26 136 134 136 136 0 122 0 0 0 0 4 0 18 21 0 2 0
1974 LAD NL 27 111 98 111 106 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 32 0 8 0
1975 LAD NL 28 66 57 66 64 0 35 0 0 0 0 1 0 34 35 0 9 0
1976 STL NL 29 71 53 71 60 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 0 13 0
1976 LAD NL 29 54 50 54 53 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 39 0 2 0
1977 HOU NL 30 132 117 132 123 0 122 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1978 LAD NL 31 67 59 67 64 0 62 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 6 0
1978 HOU NL 31 51 46 51 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1979 LAD NL 32 122 107 122 115 0 67 0 0 0 0 5 0 49 54 0 10 0
1980 LAD NL 33 77 50 77 67 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 0
1981 LAD NL 34 17 0 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 0
1981 CAL AL 34 12 11 12 12 0 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 0
1982 CAL AL 35 36 23 36 34 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0
1983 CAL AL 36 12 8 12 12 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0
14 Seasons 1013 851 1013 943 0 765 1 0 0 0 16 0 196 211 0 110 0
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1970 LAD NL 23 44 5.73 5.73 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 LAD NL 24 1107 3.64 3.95 13 100% 0 0 166 11 0 3 152 9 2 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1972 LAD NL 25 206 2.34 3.24 3 100% 0 0 36 3 0 2 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1973 LAD NL 26 4356 2.85 3.24 64 98% 0 0 759 41 1 9 707 53 19 2 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 5 1 1 2 8 100%
1974 LAD NL 27 2723 3.31 3.89 36 89% 0 0 439 20 2 7 409 39 10 0 1 5 6 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 8 88%
1975 LAD NL 28 1120 3.84 4.14 16 100% 0 0 158 13 0 3 142 16 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1976 STL NL 29 1686 3.31 3.88 23 96% 0 0 239 14 2 4 219 33 7 0 0 1 6 0 1 5 0 6 0 0 0 7 100%
1976 LAD NL 29 550 3.16 3.30 8 88% 0 0 75 4 0 3 68 10 3 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 4 75%
1977 HOU NL 30 4398 3.49 3.86 47 91% 3 0 630 25 1 22 582 82 7 4 0 9 11 1 5 5 1 11 2 1 3 6 83%
1978 LAD NL 31 1995 2.85 3.51 23 100% 0 0 284 16 0 5 263 23 7 0 0 3 5 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 100%
1978 HOU NL 31 1804 3.96 4.29 28 93% 0 0 288 12 1 7 268 28 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 100%
1979 LAD NL 32 2283 3.94 4.70 34 97% 0 0 326 26 0 13 287 33 7 0 0 6 7 0 3 4 1 5 0 0 0 4 100%
1980 LAD NL 33 1882 3.23 3.56 31 100% 0 0 294 25 4 9 256 23 6 0 0 5 6 1 0 5 0 4 0 1 1 3 100%
1981 CAL AL 34 284 2.29 2.93 4 100% 0 0 35 3 0 0 32 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1982 CAL AL 35 905 3.83 4.09 6 100% 0 0 139 4 0 2 133 14 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 100%
1983 CAL AL 36 236 4.31 4.47 2 100% 0 0 27 1 0 0 26 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
14 Seasons 25579 3.36 3.81 338 96% 3 0 3904 218 11 89 3584 372 87 6 1 41 56 3 17 36 4 42 3 3 8 63 95%
MLB Averages 3.72 4.20 95% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1970 LAD NL 23 0 0 13 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.01
1971 LAD NL 24 3 5 418 12 6 4 33% 9 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 27 7 1.40 0.89
1972 LAD NL 25 1 1 77 2 3 1 60% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 1.11 1.20
1973 LAD NL 26 18 36 1513 51 28 24 35% 45 24 6 2 0 2 3 0 132 35 1.43 1.51
1974 LAD NL 27 9 16 981 36 23 19 39% 31 19 5 2 0 2 2 1 84 30 1.26 1.40
1975 LAD NL 28 5 11 412 13 8 8 38% 13 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 38 9 1.08 1.00
1976 STL NL 29 7 14 640 18 20 20 53% 17 18 1 1 0 1 1 0 59 22 1.75 1.46
1976 LAD NL 29 2 5 196 16 5 5 24% 13 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 27 7 1.41 2.29
1977 HOU NL 30 16 32 1650 94 61 55 39% 90 58 4 2 0 1 0 0 175 71 1.20 1.19
1978 LAD NL 31 4 13 702 33 13 11 28% 31 10 2 2 0 1 1 0 61 18 1.16 1.21
1978 HOU NL 31 5 13 721 36 18 15 33% 34 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 64 21 1.42 1.40
1979 LAD NL 32 8 16 877 51 18 16 26% 43 13 7 3 1 2 0 0 85 23 1.39 1.60
1980 LAD NL 33 3 9 670 58 12 11 17% 53 11 5 0 0 1 0 0 84 14 1.37 1.32
1981 CAL AL 34 1 2 89 5 5 3 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 1.22 1.26
1982 CAL AL 35 2 5 337 20 13 10 39% 17 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 33 13 1.32 1.42
1983 CAL AL 36 0 0 99 6 2 2 25% 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1.78 1.17
14 Seasons 84 178 9395 452 235 204 34% 408 207 43 15 1 13 9 3 899 280 1.34 1.35
MLB Averages 35% 1.30 1.27

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1972 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 63 86% 83% 37% 7 71%
1973 LAD NL 26 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 20 7 35.0% 13 0 0.0% 0 512 60% 79% 23% 58 50%
1974 LAD NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 5 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 7 5 0 25 12 48.0% 13 0 0.0% 0 981 58% 81% 27% 99 49%
1975 LAD NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 14 5 0 8 3 0 4 3 0 5 0 1 8 4 1 39 15 38.5% 22 2 5.1% 2 997 61% 77% 30% 103 55%
1976 LAD NL 29 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 17 6 0 12 4 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 40 16 40.0% 23 1 2.5% 1 1351 58% 82% 28% 160 54%
1976 STL NL 29 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 16 5 31.3% 11 0 0.0% 0 341 56% 85% 27% 41 37%
1978 LAD NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 7 57% 71% 0% 1 0%
1979 LAD NL 32 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 23 10 0 10 4 0 4 2 0 5 0 2 10 6 0 52 22 42.3% 28 2 3.8% 0 1603 62% 80% 29% 166 52%
1980 LAD NL 33 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 7 43% 86% 43% 2 0%
1981 CAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 29 59% 97% 14% 6 50%
1981 LAD NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 50% 67% 33% 0
1982 CAL AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 50 74% 76% 22% 4 25%
1983 CAL AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 73 73% 86% 21% 7 43%
11 Seasons 12 0 12 0 4 8 0 1 1 5 86 35 0 45 12 0 18 12 1 16 1 3 38 22 1 203 82 40.4% 116 5 2.5% 3 6020 60% 81% 28% 654 51%
MLB Averages 41.8% 3.1% 61% 81% 27% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 LAD NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 134 58% 84% 28% 10 30%
1975 LAD NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 50% 88% 25% 1 0%
1978 LAD NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 86% 80% 22% 3 33%
1979 LAD NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 73 56% 82% 23% 7 57%
1981 CAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 107 61% 82% 22% 11 27%
1983 CAL AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 38 84% 95% 16% 5 20%
6 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 5 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 46.2% 7 0 0.0% 0 411 64% 84% 24% 37 32%
MLB Averages 59.5% 2.9% 61% 81% 27% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1977 HOU NL 30 35 89% 86% 29% 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 35 89% 86% 29% 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 81% 28% 94% 89%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1989 BBWAA ()

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1973 NL (21, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1973 NL  757 (3rd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1977 NL  80 (3rd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1976 NL  9 (3rd)
1977 NL  11 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1973 NL  18 (3rd)
1977 NL  16 (1st)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1977 NL  94 (4th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1977 NL  61 (1st)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1974 NL  39.0 (4th)
1976 NL  42.4 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1973 NL  6.82 (3rd)
1974 NL  6.58 (3rd)
1978 NL  6.26 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1973 NL  6.67 (2nd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1973 NL  .996 (1st)
1978 NL  .989 (3rd)

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Name and misspellings: Joseph Joe jose joseph Vance Ferguson

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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