Alex Ferson
Alexander Ferson (Colonel)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 14, 1866 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1889
Final Game: July 25, 1892
Died: December 5, 1957 in Boston, MA
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Standard Pitching

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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
1889 22 WHS NL 17 17 .500 3.90 36 34 2 28 1 0 288.1 319 199 125 9 105 85 12 0 9 1274 101 1.471 10.0 0.3 3.3 2.7 0.81
1890 23 BUF PL 1 7 .125 5.45 10 10 0 7 0 0 71.0 88 66 43 5 40 13 1 0 2 331 75 1.803 11.2 0.6 5.1 1.6 0.33
1892 25 BLN NL 0 1 .000 11.00 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 17 13 11 1 6 8 0 0 0 0 31 2.556 17.0 1.0 6.0 8.0 1.33
3 Seasons 18 25 .419 4.37 48 45 2 36 1 0 368.1 424 278 179 15 151 106 13 0 11 1605 91 1.561 10.4 0.4 3.7 2.6 0.70
162 Game Avg. 13 18 .419 4.37 35 33 1 26 1 0 269 310 203 131 11 110 78 10 0 8 1174 91 1.561 10.4 0.4 3.7 2.6 0.70
BLN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 11.00 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 17 13 11 1 6 8 0 0 0 0 31 2.556 17.0 1.0 6.0 8.0 1.33
WHS (1 yr) 17 17 .500 3.90 36 34 2 28 1 0 288.1 319 199 125 9 105 85 12 0 9 1274 101 1.471 10.0 0.3 3.3 2.7 0.81
BUF (1 yr) 1 7 .125 5.45 10 10 0 7 0 0 71.0 88 66 43 5 40 13 1 0 2 331 75 1.803 11.2 0.6 5.1 1.6 0.33
NL (2 yrs) 17 18 .486 4.12 38 35 2 29 1 0 297.1 336 212 136 10 111 93 12 0 9 1274 95 1.503 10.2 0.3 3.4 2.8 0.84
PL (1 yr) 1 7 .125 5.45 10 10 0 7 0 0 71.0 88 66 43 5 40 13 1 0 2 331 75 1.803 11.2 0.6 5.1 1.6 0.33

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1889 22 17 17 .500 3.90 36 34 2 28 1 0 288.1 319 199 125 9 105 85 12 0 9 1274 101 1.471 10.0 0.3 3.3 2.7 0.81 101
1890 23 18 24 .429 4.21 46 44 2 35 1 0 359.1 407 265 168 14 145 98 13 0 11 1605 94 1.536 10.2 0.4 3.6 2.5 0.68 94
1891 24 18 24 .429 4.21 46 44 2 35 1 0 359.1 407 265 168 14 145 98 13 0 11 1605 94 1.536 10.2 0.4 3.6 2.5 0.68 94
1892 25 18 25 .419 4.37 48 45 2 36 1 0 368.1 424 278 179 15 151 106 13 0 11 1605 91 1.561 10.4 0.4 3.7 2.6 0.70 91

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
1889 22 26 14 .650 2.93 362.0 340 131 118 10 112 107 13 1.249 8.5 2.8 2.7 0.96 0.2 36
1890 23 6 4 .600 3.39 93.0 87 39 35 5 40 17 1 1.366 8.4 3.9 1.6 0.43 0.5 10
1892 25 0.00 0.0 0 10 9 0 0 0 0 2
3 Seasons 32 18 .640 3.20 455.0 427 180 162 15 152 124 14 1.273 8.4 2.5 0.82 0.3 48

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hits s c a p y
1889 NL  319 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1889 NL  17 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1889 NL  12 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  8. Johnny Werts (978)
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