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Wes Ferrell

Wesley Cheek Ferrell

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 2, 1908 in Greensboro, NC
High School: Guilford HS (Guilford, NC)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1927
Teams (by GP): Indians/RedSox/Senators/Yankees/Braves/... 1927-1941

Final Game: May 6, 1941
Died: December 9, 1976 in Sarasota, FL
Buried: New Garden Cemetery, Greensboro, NC
Relatives: Brother of Rick Ferrell
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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
1927 19 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1928 20 CLE AL 2 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .750 1.000 153 3 0 0 /1
1929 21 CLE AL 47 102 93 12 22 5 3 1 12 1 0 6 28 .237 .283 .387 .670 69 36 0 3 1
1930 22 CLE AL 53 133 118 19 35 8 3 0 14 0 0 12 15 .297 .362 .415 .777 94 49 0 3 1
1931 23 CLE AL 48 128 116 24 37 6 1 9 30 0 0 10 21 .319 .373 .621 .994 152 72 0 2 1 MVP-11
1932 24 CLE AL 55 140 128 14 31 5 2 2 18 0 0 6 21 .242 .276 .359 .635 58 46 0 6 1 MVP-19
1933 25 CLE AL 61 161 140 26 38 7 0 7 26 0 0 20 22 .271 .363 .471 .834 115 66 0 1 17O AS
1934 26 BOS AL 34 88 78 12 22 4 0 4 17 1 0 7 15 .282 .341 .487 .828 108 38 0 3 1 MVP-8
1935 27 BOS AL 75 179 150 25 52 5 1 7 32 0 0 21 16 .347 .427 .533 .960 141 80 0 8 1 MVP-2
1936 28 BOS AL 61 154 135 20 36 6 1 5 24 0 0 14 10 .267 .336 .437 .773 85 59 0 5 1
1937 29 TOT AL 71 158 139 14 39 7 0 1 25 0 0 16 21 .281 .355 .353 .707 80 49 0 3 1 AS
1937 29 BOS AL 18 41 33 7 12 2 0 1 9 0 0 7 3 .364 .475 .515 .990 144 17 0 1 1
1937 29 WSH AL 53 117 106 7 27 5 0 0 16 0 0 9 18 .255 .313 .302 .615 58 32 0 2 1
1938 30 TOT AL 31 83 61 7 13 3 0 1 7 0 0 16 11 .213 .377 .311 .688 79 19 0 6 1
1938 30 WSH AL 26 70 49 6 11 2 0 1 6 0 0 15 7 .224 .406 .327 .733 92 16 0 6 1
1938 30 NYY AL 5 13 12 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .167 .231 .250 .481 20 3 0 0 /1
1939 31 NYY AL 3 8 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .250 .375 -6 2 0 0 0 /1
1940 32 BRO NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1941 33 BSN NL 4 5 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 .500 .600 1.250 1.850 426 5 0 0 0 /1
15 Yrs 548 1345 1176 175 329 57 12 38 208 2 0 129 185 .280 .351 .446 .797 100 524 0 0 40
162 Game Avg. 162 398 348 52 97 17 4 11 61 1 38 55 .280 .351 .446 .797 100 155 0 12
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
CLE (7 yrs) 267 668 599 95 164 31 10 19 100 1 0 54 107 .274 .334 .454 .788 99 272 0 15
BOS (4 yrs) 188 462 396 64 122 17 2 17 82 1 0 49 44 .308 .384 .490 .874 116 194 0 17
WSH (2 yrs) 79 187 155 13 38 7 0 1 22 0 0 24 25 .245 .346 .310 .656 70 48 0 8
NYY (2 yrs) 8 21 20 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .150 .190 .250 .440 10 5 0 0 0
BSN (1 yr) 4 5 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 .500 .600 1.250 1.850 426 5 0 0 0
BRO (1 yr) 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
AL (13 yrs) 542 1338 1170 173 327 57 12 37 206 2 0 128 182 .279 .351 .444 .794 99 519 0 0 40
NL (2 yrs) 6 7 6 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 .333 .429 .833 1.262 250 5 0 0 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
1927 19 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1928 20 CLE AL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .529 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1929 21 CLE AL 47 102 -6 0 0 0 11 6 0.5 3 9 0.5 .512 .503 0.5 0.0 9 $ 1
1930 22 CLE AL 53 133 -1 0 0 0 14 13 1.2 4 17 1.2 .522 .507 1.1 0.0 17 $ 1
1931 23 CLE AL 48 128 8 0 0 0 13 21 1.9 4 25 1.9 .540 .512 1.9 0.0 25 $20,000 1 MVP-11
1932 24 CLE AL 55 140 -10 0 0 0 15 6 0.5 4 10 0.5 .509 .503 0.5 0.0 10 $18,000 1 MVP-19
1933 25 CLE AL 61 161 3 0 0 1 10 14 1.3 5 19 1.3 .522 .508 1.2 0.1 18 $12,000 17O AS
1934 26 BOS AL 34 88 0 0 0 0 10 10 0.9 3 13 0.9 .528 .506 1.0 0.0 13 $ 1 MVP-8
1935 27 BOS AL 75 179 10 0 0 0 17 27 2.5 6 33 2.5 .533 .515 2.5 -0.0 33 $ 1 MVP-2
1936 28 BOS AL 61 154 -4 0 0 0 18 14 1.2 5 18 1.2 .519 .507 1.2 0.0 18 $ 1
1937 29 BOS AL 18 41 3 0 0 0 4 7 0.7 1 9 0.7 .537 .504 0.7 0.0 9 $ 1 AS
1937 29 WSH AL 53 117 -7 0 0 0 11 4 0.4 4 8 0.4 .507 .502 0.4 0.0 8 $ 1 AS
1938 30 WSH AL 26 70 1 0 0 0 8 9 0.8 2 11 0.8 .530 .505 0.8 0.0 11 $ 1
1938 30 NYY AL 5 13 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1939 31 NYY AL 3 8 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .484 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $11,500 /1
1940 32 BRO NL 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .479 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1941 33 BSN NL 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .554 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /1
15 Seasons 548 1345 -6 2 0 1 135 132 12.0 42 174 12.1 .522 .504 12.0 0.1 173 $61,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CLE (7 yrs) 267 668 -7 1 0 1 64 60 5.5 21 81 5.5 .521 .505 5.3 0.1 80 $50,000
BOS (4 yrs) 188 462 9 1 0 0 49 58 5.2 14 73 5.3 .528 .508 5.4 -0.0 73 $
WSH (2 yrs) 79 187 -6 0 0 0 19 13 1.2 6 19 1.2 .515 .504 1.2 0.0 19 $
NYY (2 yrs) 8 21 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .492 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $11,500
BSN (1 yr) 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .554 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $
BRO (1 yr) 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .479 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $

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
1928 20 CLE AL 4 3 1 8.9 109 .250 .250 .290 .250 .355 .750 .412 1.000 .767 153 .760 0.1 0.0 1.000 .500 .500
1929 21 CLE AL 102 74 10 3.6 115 .328 .237 .296 .283 .363 .387 .427 .670 .790 69 .360 -5.1 -0.5 .606 .226 .151 1.0
1930 22 CLE AL 133 86 18 5.6 118 .340 .297 .299 .362 .364 .415 .439 .777 .803 94 .526 -1.1 -0.1 .735 .220 .119
1931 23 CLE AL 128 81 27 8.9 112 .326 .319 .293 .373 .360 .621 .418 .994 .779 152 .748 7.9 0.7 1.038 .388 .302 .0
1932 24 CLE AL 140 103 13 3.4 118 .276 .242 .295 .276 .367 .359 .433 .635 .800 58 .328 -9.1 -0.9 .536 .164 .117 .0
1933 25 CLE AL 161 103 24 6.3 110 .279 .271 .287 .363 .359 .471 .413 .834 .772 115 .623 3.0 0.3 .843 .343 .200 .0
1934 26 BOS AL 88 59 13 5.9 115 .305 .282 .293 .341 .368 .487 .422 .828 .790 108 .571 0.5 0.0 .821 .308 .205 1.6
1935 27 BOS AL 179 106 34 8.6 116 .354 .347 .295 .427 .368 .533 .426 .960 .794 141 .727 9.4 0.9 1.031 .327 .187 .0
1936 28 BOS AL 154 104 20 5.1 127 .258 .267 .306 .336 .383 .437 .450 .773 .832 85 .463 -4.2 -0.4 .737 .274 .170 .0
1937 29 TOT AL 158 103 18 4.6 115 .325 .281 .287 .355 .363 .353 .428 .707 .791 80 .442 -3.7 -0.4 .650 .187 .072 .0
1937 29 BOS AL 41 22 8 9.6 121 .379 .364 .296 .475 .372 .515 .441 .990 .813 144 .751 2.8 0.2 1.143 .364 .152 .0
1937 29 WSH AL 117 81 10 3.3 113 .307 .255 .285 .313 .359 .302 .424 .615 .784 58 .295 -6.5 -0.6 .519 .132 .047
1938 30 TOT AL 83 54 8 3.9 112 .245 .213 .282 .377 .359 .311 .420 .688 .779 79 .365 -0.9 -0.1 .729 .361 .098 .0
1938 30 WSH AL 70 44 7 4.2 111 .244 .224 .280 .406 .357 .327 .417 .733 .774 92 .396 0.6 0.1 .816 .408 .102 .0
1938 30 NYY AL 13 10 1 2.6 118 .250 .167 .290 .231 .369 .250 .432 .481 .801 20 .219 -1.5 -0.1 .400 .167 .083
1939 31 NYY AL 8 7 0 0.0 113 .167 .125 .285 .125 .360 .250 .422 .375 .782 -6 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .286 .125 .125
1940 32 BRO NL 2 2 0 0.0 104 .000 .280 .000 .346 .000 .402 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1941 33 BSN NL 5 2 3 40.2 89 .500 .500 .259 .600 .328 1.250 .364 1.850 .692 426 .985 1.7 0.2 3.000 1.000 .750 .0
15 Yrs 1345 887 189 5.7 116 .305 .280 .294 .351 .365 .446 .428 .797 .794 100 .550 -3.3 -0.3 .773 .277 .166 3.8
162 Game Avg. 398 262 56 5.7 116 .305 .280 .294 .351 .365 .446 .428 .797 .794 100 .550 -3.3 -0.3 .773 .277 .166 1
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CLE (7 yrs) 668 450 93 5.5 115 .307 .274 .293 .334 .362 .454 .426 .788 .788 99 .549 -4.2 -0.4 .752 .272 .180 1.9
BOS (4 yrs) 462 291 75 6.9 120 .313 .308 .298 .384 .373 .490 .435 .874 .808 116 .623 8.5 0.8 .891 .308 .182 1.9
WSH (2 yrs) 187 125 17 3.6 113 .287 .245 .283 .346 .359 .310 .422 .656 .781 70 .332 -5.9 -0.5 .615 .219 .065 .0
NYY (2 yrs) 21 17 1 1.6 116 .214 .150 .288 .190 .366 .250 .428 .440 .794 10 .099 -2.8 -0.3 .353 .150 .100
BSN (1 yr) 5 2 3 40.2 89 .500 .500 .259 .600 .328 1.250 .364 1.850 .692 426 .985 1.7 0.2 3.000 1.000 .750 .0
BRO (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 104 .000 .280 .000 .346 .000 .402 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
AL (13 yrs) 1338 883 186 5.6 116 .305 .279 .294 .351 .366 .444 .428 .794 .794 99 .544 -4.4 -0.4 .770 .275 .164 3.8
NL (2 yrs) 7 4 3 20.1 94 .500 .333 .266 .429 .333 .833 .377 1.262 .710 250 .946 1.1 0.1 1.500 .667 .500 .0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1933 CLE AL 25 DNP
1937 WSH AL 29 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1928 20 CLE AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 100% 100%
1929 21 CLE AL 102 1.0% 27.5% 5.9% 8.8% 41% 4.67 3.3 93.0 7.8 63%
1930 22 CLE AL 133 0.0% 11.3% 9.0% 8.3% 31% 1.25 7.9 8.4 77%
1931 23 CLE AL 128 7.0% 16.4% 7.8% 12.5% 43% 2.10 5.5 12.9 3.9 67%
1932 24 CLE AL 140 1.4% 15.0% 4.3% 6.4% 29% 3.50 6.1 64.0 7.1 75%
1933 25 CLE AL 161 4.4% 13.7% 12.4% 8.7% 37% 1.10 6.4 20.0 5.4 69%
1934 26 BOS AL 88 4.6% 17.1% 8.0% 9.1% 36% 2.14 5.2 19.5 4.6 67%
1935 27 BOS AL 179 3.9% 8.9% 11.7% 7.3% 25% 0.76 9.4 21.4 4.7 71%
1936 28 BOS AL 154 3.3% 6.5% 9.1% 7.8% 33% 0.71 13.5 27.0 5.6 78%
1937 29 TOT AL 158 0.6% 13.3% 10.1% 5.1% 21% 1.31 6.6 139.0 5.6 74%
1937 29 BOS AL 41 2.4% 7.3% 17.1% 7.3% 25% 0.43 11.0 33.0 3.7 71%
1937 29 WSH AL 117 0.0% 15.4% 7.7% 4.3% 19% 2.00 5.9 6.6 75%
1938 30 TOT AL 83 1.2% 13.3% 19.3% 4.8% 31% 0.69 5.5 61.0 8.7 59%
1938 30 WSH AL 70 1.4% 10.0% 21.4% 4.3% 27% 0.47 7.0 49.0 8.2 59%
1938 30 NYY AL 13 0.0% 30.8% 7.7% 7.7% 50% 4.00 3.0 12.0 62%
1939 31 NYY AL 8 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 12.5% 100% 4.0 8.0 75%
1940 32 BRO NL 2 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1941 33 BSN NL 5 20.0% 20.0% 20.0% 20.0% 50% 1.00 4.0 4.0 2.0 40%
15 Yrs 1345 2.8% 13.8% 9.6% 8.0% 33% 1.43 6.4 30.9 5.7 71%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.4% 8.3% 6.9% 28% 1.00 10.7 65.3 7.7 80%
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

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
1928 20 3 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .750 1.000 153 3 0 0
1929 21 50 106 97 12 23 5 4 1 12 1 0 6 28 .237 .282 .402 .684 72 39 0 3
1930 22 103 239 215 31 58 13 7 1 26 1 0 18 43 .270 .326 .409 .735 84 88 0 6
1931 23 151 367 331 55 95 19 8 10 56 1 0 28 64 .287 .343 .483 .826 107 160 0 8
1932 24 206 507 459 69 126 24 10 12 74 1 0 34 85 .275 .325 .449 .773 94 206 0 14
1933 25 267 668 599 95 164 31 10 19 100 1 0 54 107 .274 .334 .454 .788 99 272 0 15
1934 26 301 756 677 107 186 35 10 23 117 2 0 61 122 .275 .335 .458 .793 100 310 0 18
1935 27 376 935 827 132 238 40 11 30 149 2 0 82 138 .288 .352 .472 .824 108 390 0 26
1936 28 437 1089 962 152 274 46 12 35 173 2 0 96 148 .285 .350 .467 .816 104 449 0 31
1937 29 508 1247 1101 166 313 53 12 36 198 2 0 112 169 .284 .350 .452 .803 101 498 0 34
1938 30 539 1330 1162 173 326 56 12 37 205 2 0 128 180 .281 .352 .445 .797 100 517 0 40
1939 31 542 1338 1170 173 327 57 12 37 206 2 0 128 182 .279 .351 .444 .794 99 519 0 0 40
1940 32 544 1340 1172 173 327 57 12 37 206 2 0 128 184 .279 .350 .443 .793 99 519 0 0 40
1941 33 548 1345 1176 175 329 57 12 38 208 2 0 129 185 .280 .351 .446 .797 100 524 0 0 40

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
1928 20 2 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .750 1.000 1 2
1929 21 50 106 97 11 22 5 3 1 11 1 6 30 .227 .272 .371 .643 10 47
1930 22 56 133 119 16 32 7 3 0 12 0 11 16 .269 .331 .378 .709 15 53
1931 23 50 128 117 21 34 6 1 8 26 0 9 22 .291 .341 .564 .905 23 48
1932 24 58 141 130 12 28 5 2 2 15 0 5 22 .215 .244 .331 .575 11 55
1933 25 65 165 145 23 36 7 0 7 23 0 19 23 .248 .335 .441 .777 21 61
1934 26 36 90 80 11 21 4 0 4 15 1 7 16 .263 .322 .463 .784 12 34
1935 27 79 181 153 22 49 5 1 7 28 0 20 17 .320 .399 .503 .902 30 75
1936 28 64 152 135 16 32 5 1 4 19 0 12 10 .237 .299 .378 .677 16 61
1937 29 74 162 143 13 39 7 0 1 23 0 16 22 .273 .346 .343 .689 17 71
1938 30 33 84 63 6 12 3 0 1 6 0 15 12 .190 .346 .286 .632 6 31
1939 31 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1940 32 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1941 33 4 5 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 .500 .600 1.250 1.850 3 4
14 Yrs 576 1361 1200 153 308 54 12 36 180 2 121 195 .257 .325 .412 .736 165 547
162 Game Avg. 162 383 338 43 87 15 3 10 51 1 34 55 .257 .325 .412 .736 46 547

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1949 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1956 BBWAA ( 3.6%)
1958 BBWAA ( 3.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 3.0%)
1962 BBWAA ( 0.6%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1931 AL (11, 15%)
1932 AL (19, 6%)
1934 AL (8, 20%)
1935 AL (2, 78%)
1.19 Career Shares (203rd)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1929 AL  6.1 (9th)
1930 AL  8.7 (4th)
1931 AL  7.6 (4th)
1932 AL  6.8 (6th)
1935 AL  10.4 (1st)
1936 AL  7.7 (3rd)
Career  57.2 (170th)

Youngest s c a p y
1927 AL  born 1908-02-02 (1st)
1928 AL  born 1908-02-02 (6th)
1929 AL  born 1908-02-02 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1505), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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