Wes Ferrell

Positions: Starting Pitcher, Outfielder and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: February 2, 1908 in Greensboro, NC us

Died: December 9, 1976 in Sarasota, FL

Buried: New Garden Cemetery, Greensboro, NC

High School: Guilford HS (Guilford, NC)

Last Game: May 6, 1941 (Age 33-093d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1929 season

Full Name: Wesley Cheek Ferrell

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Relatives: Brother of Rick Ferrell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

60.1

193

128

ERA

4.04

374

323

2623.0

985

WHIP

1.481

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1927	19	-9.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	0		27.00	27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	0	2		0	0	0	0	8	5.000	27.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
1928	20	-6.3	Terre Haute	IIIL	B		20	8	.714	2.74	3.04	33						240.0	218	81	73		46							1.100	8.2		1.7
1928	20	-8.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	2	.000	2.25	2.81	2	2	0	1	0	0	16.0	15	5	4	0	5	1	4	0	0	0	67	1.250	8.4	0.0	2.8	2.3	0.80
1929	21	-7.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	21	10	.677	3.60	4.15	43	25	12	18	1	5	242.2	256	112	97	7	109	11	100	3	3	2	1061	1.504	9.5	0.3	4.0	3.7	0.92
1930	22	-6.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	25	13	.658	3.31	4.28	43	35	8	25	1	3	296.2	299	141	109	14	106	4	143	0	1	5	1274	1.365	9.1	0.4	3.2	4.3	1.35
1931	23	-5.3	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	22	12	.647	3.75	4.36	40	35	4	27	2	3	276.1	276	134	115	9	130	8	123	3	0	3	1227	1.469	9.0	0.3	4.2	4.0	0.95
1932	24	-4.3	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	23	13	.639	3.66	4.41	38	34	3	26	3	1	287.2	299	141	117	17	104	5	105	0	1	4	1244	1.401	9.4	0.5	3.3	3.3	1.01
1933	25	-3.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	11	12	.478	4.21	4.84	28	26	2	16	1	0	201.0	225	108	94	8	70	4	41	2	0	1	886	1.468	10.1	0.4	3.1	1.8	0.59
1934	26	-2.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	14	5	.737	3.63	4.33	26	23	3	17	3	1	181.0	205	87	73	4	49	2	67	0	0	3	785	1.403	10.2	0.2	2.4	3.3	1.37
1935	27	-1.1	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	25	14	.641	3.52	4.16	41	38	3	31	3	0	322.1	336	149	126	16	108	3	110	3	0	5	1391	1.377	9.4	0.4	3.0	3.1	1.02
1936	28	-0.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	20	15	.571	4.19	4.78	39	38	1	28	3	0	301.0	330	160	140	11	119	6	106	6	0	3	1341	1.492	9.9	0.3	3.6	3.2	0.89
1937	29		2 Teams	AL	Maj	BOS-WSH	14	19	.424	4.90	5.67	37	35	2	26	0	0	281.0	325	177	153	25	122	11	123	3	0	2	1266	1.591	10.4	0.8	3.9	3.9	1.01
1937	29	0.2	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	3	6	.333	7.61	8.10	12	11	1	5	0	0	73.1	111	66	62	14	34	3	31	1	0	1	357	1.977	13.6	1.7	4.2	3.8	0.91
1937	29	0.2	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	11	13	.458	3.94	4.81	25	24	1	21	0	0	207.2	214	111	91	11	88	8	92	2	0	1	909	1.454	9.3	0.5	3.8	4.0	1.05
1938	30		2 Teams	AL	Maj	WSH-NYY	15	10	.600	6.28	7.24	28	26	2	10	0	0	179.0	245	144	125	18	86	2	43	1	1	5	848	1.849	12.3	0.9	4.3	2.2	0.50
1938	30	1.3	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	13	8	.619	5.92	6.70	23	22	1	9	0	0	149.0	193	111	98	12	68	0	36	1	1	3	694	1.752	11.7	0.7	4.1	2.2	0.53
1938	30	1.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	2	.500	8.10	9.90	5	4	1	1	0	0	30.0	52	33	27	6	18	2	7	0	0	2	154	2.333	15.6	1.8	5.4	2.1	0.39
1939	31	2.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	2	.333	4.66	4.66	3	3	0	1	0	0	19.1	14	10	10	2	17	0	6	0	0	1	85	1.603	6.5	0.9	7.9	2.8	0.35
1940	32	2.5	BRO	NL	Maj	BRO	0	0		6.75	6.75	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	0	4	2	4	1	0	0	21	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
1941	33	10.8	Leaksville-Draper-Spray	BIST	D		3	1	.750	4.71	6.64	7						42.0	56	31	22		9							1.548	12.0		1.9
1941	33	4.0	BSN	NL	Maj	BSN	2	1	.667	5.14	5.14	4	3	1	1	0	0	14.0	13	8	8	1	9	0	10	1	0	1	64	1.571	8.4	0.6	5.8	6.4	1.11

1946	38	12.6	Lynchburg	PIED	B	STL	0	2	.000		2.57	2			0	0		7.0	2	2			1		6	0	0	0		0.429	2.6		1.3	7.7	6.00

1949	41	13.5	Tampa	FLIN	B		0	0				1						0.1
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (15 seasons)					Majors		193	128	.601	4.04	4.74	374	323	43	227	17	13	2623.0	2845	1382	1177	132	1040	59	985	23	6	35	11568	1.481	9.8	0.5	3.6	3.4	0.95
Minors (4 seasons)					Minors		23	11	.676		3.55	43			0	0		289.1	276	114	95		56		6	0	0	0
All Levels (17 Seasons)							216	139	.608		4.62	417	323	43	227	17	13	2912.1	3121	1496	1272	132	1096	59	991	23	6	35	11568

B (3 seasons)					Minors		20	10	.667		3.02	36			0	0		247.1	220	83	73		47		6	0	0	0
D (1 season)					Minors		3	1	.750	4.71	6.64	7						42.0	56	31	22		9							1.548	12.0		1.9