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Joe Ferguson
Joseph Vance Ferguson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 19, 1946 in San Francisco, CA
School: University of the Pacific
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 8th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1970
Final Game: June 17, 1983
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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
1970 23 LAD NL 5 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .250 .429 .250 .679 91 1 0 0 0 1 0 /2
1971 24 LAD NL 36 115 102 13 22 3 0 2 7 1 0 12 15 .216 .304 .304 .608 78 31 3 1 0 0 1 2
1972 25 LAD NL 8 27 24 2 7 3 0 1 5 0 0 2 4 .292 .346 .542 .888 152 13 2 0 1 0 0 /29
1973 26 LAD NL 136 585 487 84 128 26 0 25 88 1 1 87 81 .263 .369 .470 .839 135 229 5 1 0 10 9 *29/7 MVP-21
1974 27 LAD NL 111 430 349 54 88 14 1 16 57 2 2 75 73 .252 .380 .436 .815 132 152 11 0 1 5 10 29
1975 28 LAD NL 66 241 202 15 42 2 1 5 23 2 1 35 47 .208 .325 .302 .627 79 61 4 1 1 2 5 29/7
1976 29 TOT NL 125 439 374 46 79 15 4 10 39 6 2 57 81 .211 .317 .353 .670 91 132 9 2 4 2 4 29
1976 29 LAD NL 54 213 185 24 41 7 0 6 18 2 0 25 41 .222 .318 .357 .674 93 66 3 1 2 0 1 92
1976 29 STL NL 71 226 189 22 38 8 4 4 21 4 2 32 40 .201 .317 .349 .666 89 66 6 1 2 2 3 29
1977 30 HOU NL 132 511 421 59 108 21 3 16 61 6 2 85 79 .257 .379 .435 .814 127 183 11 0 2 3 7 *2/3
1978 31 TOT NL 118 426 348 40 78 16 0 14 50 1 2 71 71 .224 .356 .391 .747 113 136 15 2 2 3 11 *2/79
1978 31 HOU NL 51 191 150 20 31 5 0 7 22 0 0 37 30 .207 .363 .380 .743 116 57 6 1 1 2 6 2
1978 31 LAD NL 67 235 198 20 47 11 0 7 28 1 2 34 41 .237 .350 .399 .749 110 79 9 1 1 1 5 2/79
1979 32 LAD NL 122 442 363 54 95 14 0 20 69 1 0 70 68 .262 .380 .466 .845 131 169 10 2 2 5 6 29/7
1980 33 LAD NL 77 214 172 20 41 3 2 9 29 2 2 38 46 .238 .371 .436 .807 126 75 8 0 1 3 11 2/9
1981 34 TOT MLB 29 57 44 7 9 2 0 1 6 0 0 11 13 .205 .357 .318 .675 97 14 1 0 1 1 0 /279
1981 34 LAD NL 17 16 14 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .143 .250 .214 .464 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 /9
1981 34 CAL AL 12 41 30 5 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 9 8 .233 .400 .367 .767 123 11 1 0 1 1 0 /279
1982 35 CAL AL 36 97 84 10 19 2 0 3 8 0 0 12 19 .226 .323 .357 .680 87 30 4 0 1 0 0 2/9
1983 36 CAL AL 12 33 27 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 8 .074 .219 .074 .293 -14 2 3 0 1 0 0 /297
14 Seasons 1013 3624 3001 407 719 121 11 122 445 22 12 562 607 .240 .358 .409 .767 116 1228 86 9 17 35 64
162 Game Avg. 162 580 480 65 115 19 2 20 71 4 2 90 97 .240 .358 .409 .767 116 196 14 1 3 6 10
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
LAD (11 yrs) 699 2525 2100 288 514 84 4 91 326 12 8 382 423 .245 .359 .419 .777 119 879 55 7 9 27 48
CAL (3 yrs) 60 171 141 18 28 3 0 4 15 0 0 26 35 .199 .321 .305 .626 76 43 8 0 3 1 0
HOU (2 yrs) 183 702 571 79 139 26 3 23 83 6 2 122 109 .243 .375 .420 .795 124 240 17 1 3 5 13
STL (1 yr) 71 226 189 22 38 8 4 4 21 4 2 32 40 .201 .317 .349 .666 89 66 6 1 2 2 3
NL (12 yrs) 953 3453 2860 389 691 118 11 118 430 22 12 536 572 .242 .359 .414 .774 118 1185 78 9 14 34 64
AL (3 yrs) 60 171 141 18 28 3 0 4 15 0 0 26 35 .199 .321 .305 .626 76 43 8 0 3 1 0

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
1974 27 LAD NL NLCS PIT W 4 19 13 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 1 .231 .444 .231 .675 3 0 0 1 0 0
1974 27 LAD NL WS OAK L 5 21 16 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 6 .125 .333 .313 .646 5 0 1 0 0 0
1978 31 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1978 31 LAD NL WS NYY L 2 4 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 13 46 35 6 7 2 0 1 4 1 0 9 9 .200 .378 .343 .721 12 1 1 1 0 0
2 NLCS 6 21 15 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 .200 .400 .200 .600 3 1 0 1 0 0
2 WS 7 25 20 3 4 2 0 1 2 1 0 4 7 .200 .360 .450 .810 9 0 1 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1970 LAD NL 23 C 3 0 11.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.36 3.00 .989 6.87 5.93 0 0 1 0 0%
1971 LAD NL 24 C 35 30 264.1 179 167 9 3 0 .983 0.0 0.0 0 5.99 5.03 .988 6.34 5.63 3 5 12 6 33%
1972 LAD NL 25 C 7 6 50.0 38 37 1 0 1 1.000 1.0 24.0 1 6.84 5.43 .987 6.61 5.87 1 1 2 3 60%
1972 LAD NL 25 OF 2 2 16.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 60.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 2.81 2.50 .980 2.19 1.95
1972 LAD NL 25 RF 2 2 16.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 60.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 2.81 2.50 .980 2.02 1.75
1973 LAD NL 26 C 122 118 1074.0 817 757 57 3 17 .996 -1.0 -1.1 -1 6.82 6.67 .987 6.34 5.58 18 36 51 28 35% MVP-21
1973 LAD NL 26 OF 20 16 145.2 31 29 0 2 0 .935 -1.4 -11.5 -0.4 0.7 -1.2 -1 1.79 1.45 .977 2.23 1.96 MVP-21
1973 LAD NL 26 RF 18 12 112.2 31 29 0 2 0 .935 -0.9 -9.6 0.1 0.8 -0.7 -1 2.32 1.61 .974 2.01 1.77 MVP-21
1973 LAD NL 26 LF 4 4 33.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -18.2 -0.5 -0.1 -0.5 0 0.82 0.75 .967 2.05 1.68 MVP-21
1974 LAD NL 27 C 82 70 650.2 482 436 40 6 2 .988 2.0 3.7 2 6.58 5.80 .985 6.12 5.37 9 16 36 23 39%
1974 LAD NL 27 OF 32 28 237.1 51 50 0 1 0 .980 -0.5 -2.5 0.5 -0.5 1.0 -1 1.90 1.56 .978 2.27 1.96
1974 LAD NL 27 RF 32 28 237.1 50 49 0 1 0 .980 -0.5 -2.5 0.5 -0.5 1.0 -1 1.86 1.53 .974 2.04 1.66
1975 LAD NL 28 C 35 31 266.0 175 158 16 1 1 .994 1.0 4.5 1 5.89 4.97 .985 6.03 5.24 5 11 13 9 41%
1975 LAD NL 28 OF 34 26 251.1 62 57 4 1 3 .984 3.7 17.7 3.7 1.9 1.8 0 2.18 1.79 .977 2.29 2.01
1975 LAD NL 28 RF 34 26 249.2 61 56 4 1 3 .984 3.8 18.3 3.8 2.0 1.8 0 2.16 1.76 .974 2.05 1.74
1975 LAD NL 28 LF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -72.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.16 1.70
1976 TOT NL 29 C 65 57 520.1 363 312 42 9 8 .975 1.0 2.3 1 6.12 5.45 .986 5.96 5.16 9 19 34 25 42%
1976 TOT NL 29 OF 53 46 397.1 104 97 2 5 0 .952 0.1 0.3 2.1 -0.3 2.4 -2 2.24 1.87 .980 2.34 2.03
1976 TOT NL 29 RF 53 46 397.1 106 99 2 5 0 .953 0.1 0.3 2.1 -0.3 2.4 -2 2.29 1.91 .975 2.15 1.83
1976 LAD NL 29 OF 39 38 322.1 87 82 2 3 0 .966 3.2 11.9 4.2 -0.1 4.3 -1 2.35 2.15 .979 2.34 2.03
1976 LAD NL 29 RF 39 38 322.1 89 84 2 3 0 .966 3.2 11.9 4.2 -0.1 4.3 -1 2.40 2.21 .974 2.15 1.83
1976 LAD NL 29 C 17 12 128.1 87 74 10 3 2 .966 -2.0 -18.7 -2 5.89 4.94 .986 5.96 5.16 2 5 16 5 24%
1976 STL NL 29 C 48 45 392.0 276 238 32 6 6 .978 3.0 9.2 3 6.20 5.63 .986 5.96 5.16 7 14 18 20 53%
1976 STL NL 29 OF 14 8 75.0 17 15 0 2 0 .882 -3.1 -49.6 -2.1 -0.2 -1.9 -1 1.80 1.07 .982 2.34 2.03
1976 STL NL 29 RF 14 8 75.0 17 15 0 2 0 .882 -3.1 -49.6 -2.1 -0.2 -1.9 -1 1.80 1.07 .976 2.15 1.83
1977 HOU NL 30 C 122 116 1041.2 725 634 80 11 10 .985 3.0 3.5 3 6.17 5.85 .985 6.49 5.54 16 32 94 61 39%
1977 HOU NL 30 1B 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 10.00 10.00 .990 9.90 8.30
1978 TOT NL 31 C 113 103 896.2 631 572 52 7 2 .989 0.0 0.0 0 6.26 5.52 .985 6.17 5.11 9 26 69 31 31%
1978 HOU NL 31 C 51 46 414.0 319 288 29 2 0 .994 1.0 2.9 1 6.89 6.22 .985 6.17 5.11 5 13 36 18 33%
1978 LAD NL 31 C 62 57 482.2 312 284 23 5 2 .984 -1.0 -2.5 -1 5.72 4.95 .985 6.17 5.11 4 13 33 13 28%
1978 LAD NL 31 OF 3 2 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -34.3 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.64 0.33 1.000 2.31 1.93
1978 LAD NL 31 LF 2 2 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -18.5 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.69 0.50 1.000 2.01 1.55
1978 LAD NL 31 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1979 LAD NL 32 C 67 62 532.1 368 326 35 7 6 .981 -5.0 -11.3 -5 6.10 5.39 .985 6.13 5.27 8 16 51 18 26%
1979 LAD NL 32 OF 52 45 396.1 92 88 2 2 2 .978 0.0 0.0 0.0 -2.6 2.6 0 2.04 1.73 .979 2.33 2.00
1979 LAD NL 32 RF 49 43 379.2 90 86 2 2 2 .978 0.0 0.0 0.0 -2.6 2.6 0 2.09 1.80 .979 2.19 1.87
1979 LAD NL 32 LF 5 2 16.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.16 0.80 .975 2.00 1.58
1980 LAD NL 33 C 66 50 452.0 326 297 23 6 4 .982 -6.0 -15.9 -6 6.37 4.85 .983 6.09 5.23 3 9 58 12 17%
1980 LAD NL 33 OF 1 0 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.7 -630.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 2.02 2.00
1980 LAD NL 33 RF 1 0 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.7 -630.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
1981 TOT MLB 34 OF 5 3 30.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -24.0 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 0 1.80 1.20 .983 2.49 2.12
1981 TOT MLB 34 RF 2 1 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 51.4 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.86 1.50 .967 2.06 1.70
1981 LAD NL 34 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1981 LAD NL 34 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1981 CAL AL 34 C 8 8 70.2 41 35 5 1 1 .976 1.0 17.0 1 5.09 5.00 .988 5.51 4.76 1 2 5 5 50%
1981 CAL AL 34 OF 4 3 29.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -24.8 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 0 1.86 1.50 .983 2.48 2.15
1981 CAL AL 34 LF 3 2 23.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -47.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 1.17 1.00 .967 2.39 2.00
1981 CAL AL 34 RF 1 1 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 60.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 4.50 3.00 .967 2.10 1.80
1982 CAL AL 35 C 32 22 213.2 152 138 13 1 2 .993 1.0 5.6 1 6.36 4.72 .988 5.69 4.90 2 5 20 13 39%
1982 CAL AL 35 OF 2 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -96.0 -0.8 -0.5 -0.2 0 0.90 0.50 1.000 2.43 2.15
1982 CAL AL 35 RF 2 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -96.0 -0.8 -0.5 -0.2 0 0.90 0.50 1.000 2.25 1.90
1983 CAL AL 36 C 9 6 54.1 31 27 3 1 0 .968 0.0 0.0 0 4.97 3.33 .987 5.70 4.76 0 0 6 2 25%
1983 CAL AL 36 OF 3 2 23.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -31.3 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 1.57 1.33 .975 2.50 2.17
1983 CAL AL 36 RF 2 1 15.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -32.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 1.80 1.50 .967 2.28 1.85
1983 CAL AL 36 LF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.36 1.90
14 Seasons C 766 679 6097.2 4337 3905 376 56 54 .987 -2.0 -0.4 -2 6.32 5.59 .986 6.20 5.33 84 178 452 236 34%
11 Seasons OF 207 171 1522.1 358 338 8 12 5 .966 -0.4 -0.3 3.6 -0.9 4.5 -4 2.05 1.67 .979 2.31 2.00
11 Seasons RF 196 160 1427.0 351 331 8 12 5 .966 1.5 1.3 5.5 -0.7 6.3 -4 2.14 1.73 .975 2.11 1.79
6 Seasons LF 16 11 95.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -23.9 -1.9 -0.2 -1.8 0 1.13 0.75 .975 2.14 1.71
1 Season 1B 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 10.00 10.00 .990 9.90 8.30
14 Seasons TOT 974 851 7629.0 4705 4253 384 68 59 .986 -2.5 -0.4 3.5 -0.9 4.4 -4 -2 5.47 4.76 .971 5.43 4.63 84 178 452 236 34%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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 (1339th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 NL  87 (8th)
1977 NL  85 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1973 NL  10 (1st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  64 (248th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1973 NL  19.5 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (468), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 8th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

June 15, 1976: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Fred Tisdale (minors) and Bob Detherage to the St. Louis Cardinals for Reggie Smith.

November 23, 1976: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Bob Detherage to the Houston Astros for Jerry Davanon and Larry Dierker.

July 1, 1978: Traded by the Houston Astros with cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers for players to be named later. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Rafael Landestoy (July 7, 1978) and Jeffrey Leonard (September 11, 1978) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

August 13, 1981: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

September 1, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

July 6, 1983: Released by the California Angels.

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