Alex Ferguson
[edit] Biography
Born on February 16, 1897 in Montclair, New Jersey, Alex Ferguson (James Alexander Ferguson) played for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Robins over the course of his 10 year career. Ferguson broke into the bigs on August 16, 1918 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 5.91 ERA in 56.1 innings pitched in 1921, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Alex Ferguson's best season was 1924, when he posted a 3.79 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 78 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1918
| NY
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| NY
| A
| 17
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 5.91
| 9
| 40
| 37
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 56.1
| 64
| 4
| 27
| 0
| 1
| 4
|
| 1922
| BOS
| A
| 39
| 27
| 9
| 16
| 4.31
| 44
| 108
| 95
| 10
| 1
| 2
| 198.1
| 201
| 5
| 62
| 0
| 2
| 6
|
| 1923
| BOS
| A
| 34
| 27
| 9
| 13
| 4.04
| 72
| 115
| 89
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 198.1
| 229
| 5
| 67
| 0
| 6
| 9
|
| 1924
| BOS
| A
| 41
| 32
| 14
| 17
| 3.79
| 78
| 114
| 100
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 237.2
| 259
| 6
| 108
| 0
| 2
| 6
|
| 1925
| WAS
| A
| 7
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 3.25
| 24
| 22
| 20
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 55.1
| 52
| 2
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1925
| NY
| A
| 21
| 6
| 4
| 2
| 7.79
| 20
| 57
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 54.1
| 83
| 3
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1925
| BOS
| A
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 1.91
| 5
| 22
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15.2
| 22
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1925
| TOT
| A
| 33
| 16
| 9
| 5
| 6.18
| 49
| 101
| 86
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 125.1
| 157
| 11
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1926
| WAS
| A
| 19
| 4
| 3
| 4
| 7.74
| 16
| 51
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 47.2
| 69
| 4
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1927
| PHI
| N
| 31
| 31
| 8
| 16
| 4.84
| 73
| 132
| 122
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 227
| 280
| 15
| 65
| 0
| 2
| 6
|
| 1928
| PHI
| N
| 34
| 19
| 5
| 10
| 5.55
| 51
| 86
| 83
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 134.2
| 168
| 14
| 52
| 0
| 1
| 6
|
| 1929
| PHI
| N
| 5
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 12.08
| 3
| 18
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 12.2
| 19
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| BRO
| N
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 22.50
| 1
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| TOT
| N
| 8
| 6
| 1
| 3
| 13.50
| 4
| 25
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 14.2
| 26
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 73
| 56
| 14
| 29
| 5.43
| 128
| 243
| 227
| 22
| 1
| 2
| 376.1
| 474
| 33
| 128
| 0
| 3
| 12
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 184
| 110
| 47
| 56
| 4.66
| 269
| 529
| 448
| 40
| 1
| 8
| 865.1
| 981
| 35
| 354
| 0
| 11
| 33
|
| Total
|
|
| 257
| 166
| 61
| 85
| 4.89
| 397
| 772
| 675
| 62
| 2
| 10
| 1241.2
| 1455
| 68
| 482
| 0
| 14
| 45
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1918
| NY
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1921
| NY
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1922
| BOS
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 43
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1923
| BOS
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 45
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| 1924
| BOS
| A
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 60
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1925
| WAS
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1925
| NY
| A
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 18
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1925
| BOS
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1925
| TOT
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 26
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1926
| WAS
| A
| P
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1927
| PHI
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 49
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .924
|
| 1928
| PHI
| N
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1929
| PHI
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1929
| BRO
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1929
| TOT
| N
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 257
| 0
| 0
| 57
| 293
| 15
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1918
| NY
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| NY
| A
| 19
| 19
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .211
| .211
| .211
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| BOS
| A
| 39
| 65
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 6
| .092
| .119
| .092
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 22
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| BOS
| A
| 34
| 62
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .097
| .138
| .113
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 24
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| BOS
| A
| 41
| 86
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 5
| .140
| .159
| .163
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 32
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| WAS
| A
| 7
| 20
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .050
| .095
| .050
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| NY
| A
| 21
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .133
| .133
| .200
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| BOS
| A
| 5
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .200
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| TOT
| A
| 33
| 39
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .077
| .122
| .103
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| WAS
| A
| 19
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 3
| .182
| .182
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| PHI
| N
| 31
| 70
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .100
| .160
| .100
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 34
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| PHI
| N
| 34
| 39
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .026
| .073
| .026
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| PHI
| N
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| BRO
| N
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| TOT
| N
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 73
| 114
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 3
| .079
| .132
| .079
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 47
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 186
| 283
| 8
| 33
| 0
| 19
| .117
| .144
| .131
| 4
| 0
| 8
| 103
| 1
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 259
| 397
| 13
| 42
| 0
| 22
| .106
| .140
| .116
| 4
| 0
| 15
| 150
| 1
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Claimed on waivers by Boston Red Sox from New York Yankees (February 24, 1922).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Bobby Veach to New York Yankees in exchange for Ray Francis and $9000 (May 5, 1925).
- Sold by New York Yankees to Washington Senators (August 17, 1925).
- Sold by Washington Senators to Philadelphia Phillies (October, 1926).
- Claimed on waivers by Brooklyn Robins from Philadelphia Phillies (May 13, 1929).
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