Wes Ferrell

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

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)

Debut: September 9, 1927 (Age 19-219d, 6,596th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

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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Team Record in Appearances: 15-13 / in Starts: 14-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 1

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	339	1	Apr 18	WSH		PHA	W,12-8	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	16	8	7	3	2	0	0	7.00	3.61	43	13	11	0	0	14	24			0	0	1	39	1	3	0	2	0	0	.60	-0.087	1.59	-0.14%	-2.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	340	5	Apr 23	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	7	4	4	8	1	1	0	5.50	5.27	41	18	11	1	2	3	50			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.50	0.144	4.70	0.27%	1.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
3	341	10	Apr 28	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	8	2	1	5	5	0	0	4.00	4.72	39	7	14	1	0	8	65			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.207	2.28	0.39%	3.29	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	342	15	May 3	WSH		CLE	L,9-10	GS-5	L(3-1)	4	4.1	9	8	7	2	0	2	0	5.46	5.51	25	7	8	0	3	8	13			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.507	4.06	-1.01%	-5.48	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d5
5	343	20	May 8	WSH		SLB	W,9-7	GS-8	W(4-1)	4	7.1	11	7	7	1	2	1	0	6.05	5.35	32	16	2	1	0	11	29			1	0	0	31	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.047	3.10	0.09%	-2.79	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a1
6	344	25	May 13	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-10	CG(8)	L(4-2)	4	8.0	13	10	6	3	1	0	0	6.17	5.11	41	10	15	2	2	12	22			3	0	0	38	0	0	0	1	0	1	.53	-0.168	2.37	-0.45%	-4.85	1b start tie	8b 3 out d10
7	345	29	May 18	WSH	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	6	1	0	5.34	5.01	36	20	0	0	0	6	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.405	2.40	0.72%	4.90	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
8	346	33	May 22	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-9	GS-6	L(5-3)	3	6.0	5	5	5	5	0	0	0	5.55	5.06	27	5	12	0	3	5	37			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	-0.179	3.99	-0.31%	-1.21	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
9	347	36	May 26	WSH	@	SLB	W,12-10	8-GF	W(6-3)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.37	5.00	6	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.233	3.12	0.30%	1.21	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 2
10	348	38	May 29	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(7-3)	2	9.0	10	3	3	4	0	0	0	5.08	4.92	42	15	13	1	0	10	51			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	0.338	4.26	0.65%	2.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	349	43	Jun 3	WSH		CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.63	4.78	35	10	14	3	0	6	70			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.86	0.299	2.80	0.58%	4.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
12	350	48	Jun 8	WSH		SLB	L,5-11	GS-2	L(8-4)	4	1.2	6	6	6	1	1	0	0	5.18	4.76	12	2	3	0	0	5	19			0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.364	3.20	-0.57%	-5.26	1t start tie	2t --3 2 out d6
13	351	52	Jun 12	WSH		DET	L,12-18	GS-		3	5.1	12	8	8	1	2	2	0	5.68	4.93	28						13						27					0
14	352	56	Jun 17(1)	WSH	@	DET	W,12-10	GS-9	W(9-4)	4	8.0	11	7	5	5	3	0	0	5.68	4.87	40	6	15	0	0	11	34			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	2	.69	0.098	1.32	0.11%	-0.79	1b start a 5	9b 12- 0 out a7
15	353	61	Jun 22	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-16	GS-	L(9-5)	4	2.0	6	4	4	3	0	0	0	5.93	4.93	13						25						10					0
16	354	65	Jun 26(2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	W(10-5)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	0	5.60	4.74	37						63						36	1	0			0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	355	69	Jul 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-12	GS-5	L(10-6)	5	5.0	10	7	6	2	2	3	0	5.83	5.03	29	6	9	0	0	10	21			1	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	2	.82	-0.277	1.12	-0.23%	-3.94	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
18	356	75	Jul 9	WSH		PHA	W,7-4	GS-9	W(11-6)	6	8.2	7	4	4	3	3	0	0	5.71	4.91	36	19	4	0	1	7	54			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.95	0.247	.76	0.12%	0.26	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a3
19	357	81	Jul 15	WSH		CHW	L,3-11	GS-4	L(11-7)	5	3.0	7	7	6	2	2	1	0	6.01	4.99	18	4	4	0	0	6	19			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.396	1.04	-0.24%	-5.31	1t start tie	4t --- 0 out d6
20	358	85	Jul 20	WSH		DET	W,7-2	CG	W(12-7)	4	9.0	9	2	2	5	0	0	0	5.74	4.97	39	13	13	0	0	8	56			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.29	0.261	.80	0.10%	3.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	359	90	Jul 26	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-6		5	5.2	10	5	5	0	1	1	0	5.83	4.97	25	11	5	2	1	8	30			0	1	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.237	.78	-0.10%	-1.58	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	360	96	Aug 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS-	W(13-7)	6	8.1	7	3	1	6	0	0	0	5.56	4.99	37						55						31					0
23	361	100	Aug 7(1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-14	GS-2	L(13-8)	4	1.2	7	7	7	1	0	1	1	5.92	5.09	14	1	4	1	0	7	12			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.374	.10	-0.02%	-5.31	1b start tie	2b 1-3 2 out d5
				Player went from Washington Nationals to New York Yankees
24	362	107	Aug 18(1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG(11)	W(14-8)	10	11.0	12	5	5	5	2	0	0	5.79	5.02	48	16	14	1	3	11	50			0	0	0	42	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.93	0.353	3.87	0.43%	1.20	1b start tie	11b 3 out a1
25	363	113	Aug 23(1)	NYY		CHW	L,3-11	GS-5	L(14-9)	4	5.0	11	9	9	2	1	4	0	6.11	5.30	27	11	2	0	0	11	8			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.57	-0.366	.36	-0.14%	-5.94	1t start tie	5t 3 out d8
26	364	119	Aug 26(1)	NYY		CLE	W,15-9	GS-6	W(15-9)	2	5.2	13	7	4	3	1	0	0	6.12	5.27	32	9	6	0	2	13	19			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.03	-0.078	.42	-0.02%	-2.82	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	365	129	Sep 3	NYY		BOS	L,3-9	6-GF		7	4.0	5	1	1	5	0	0	0	6.03	5.30	20	5	5	0	2	5		1	1	0	0	0	14	1	1	1	1	0	0	.07	-0.006	.00	0.00%	0.86	6t 1-- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
28	366	144	Sep 19	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-13	GS-5	L(15-10)	15	4.1	11	11	8	3	3	2	0	6.28	5.41	27	7	4	0	0	10	3			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	2	0	1	.61	-0.294	.00	0.00%	-6.99	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d8
							15-13		W-L:15-10	4.1	179.0	245	144	125	86	43	19	1	6.28	5.41	849	1.26		3%	4%	196	35	1	100%	6	1	1	756	25	10	2	21	0	13	.99	-0.701	2.12	0.54%	-32.78

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