Bob Ferguson (MLB second baseman)
[edit] Biography
Bob Ferguson (Robert Vavasour Ferguson) was born on January 31, 1845 in Brooklyn, New York. He made his Major League debut on May 18, 1871 for the New York Mutuals. In 1871, his rookie year, he hit .241 with 0 home runs and 25 RBI. Ferguson played for the New York Mutuals, Brooklyn Atlantics, Hartford Dark Blues, Chicago White Stockings, Troy Trojans, Philadelphia Quakers and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 14 year career.
Most people believe that Bob Ferguson's best season was 1881, when he hit for a .283 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1871
| MUT
| n
| 33
| 158
| 30
| 38
| 0
| 25
| .241
| .255
| .291
| 6
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1872
| ATL
| n
| 37
| 164
| 33
| 46
| 0
| 19
| .280
| .293
| .299
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
|
| 1873
| ATL
| n
| 51
| 228
| 36
| 59
| 0
| 25
| .259
| .272
| .316
| 3
| 5
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1874
| ATL
| n
| 56
| 245
| 34
| 64
| 0
| 19
| .261
| .267
| .278
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1875
| HAR
| n
| 85
| 366
| 65
| 88
| 0
| 43
| .240
| .247
| .290
| 10
| 4
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1876
| HAR
| N
| 69
| 310
| 48
| 82
| 0
| 32
| .265
| .269
| .323
| 8
| 5
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1877
| HAR
| N
| 58
| 254
| 40
| 65
| 0
| 35
| .256
| .265
| .299
| 7
| 2
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1878
| CHI
| N
| 61
| 259
| 44
| 91
| 0
| 39
| .351
| .375
| .405
| 10
| 2
| 10
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1879
| TRO
| N
| 30
| 123
| 18
| 31
| 0
| 4
| .252
| .276
| .325
| 5
| 2
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1880
| TRO
| N
| 82
| 332
| 55
| 87
| 0
| 22
| .262
| .312
| .289
| 9
| 0
| 24
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1881
| TRO
| N
| 85
| 339
| 56
| 96
| 1
| 35
| .283
| .340
| .360
| 13
| 5
| 29
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1882
| TRO
| N
| 81
| 319
| 44
| 82
| 0
| 32
| .257
| .307
| .317
| 15
| 2
| 23
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| PHI
| N
| 86
| 329
| 39
| 85
| 0
| 27
| .258
| .297
| .298
| 9
| 2
| 18
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| PIT
| a
| 10
| 41
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .146
| .146
| .146
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 552
| 2265
| 344
| 619
| 1
| 226
| .273
| .308
| .326
| 76
| 20
| 113
| 114
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NA
|
| 262
| 1161
| 198
| 295
| 0
| 131
| .254
| .264
| .294
| 26
| 10
| 15
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 10
| 41
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .146
| .146
| .146
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 824
| 3467
| 544
| 920
| 1
| 357
| .265
| .292
| .313
| 102
| 30
| 128
| 137
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1871
| MUT
| n
| C
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .826
|
| 1871
| MUT
| n
| 3B
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 58
| 26
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .774
|
| 1871
| MUT
| n
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1871
| MUT
| n
| 2B
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 22
| 13
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .797
|
| 1872
| ATL
| n
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1872
| ATL
| n
| 3B
| 36
| 36
| 309
| 84
| 178
| 62
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .809
|
| 1873
| ATL
| n
| 3B
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 109
| 211
| 104
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .755
|
| 1873
| ATL
| n
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1874
| ATL
| n
| P
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1874
| ATL
| n
| 3B
| 55
| 55
| 479
| 79
| 158
| 75
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .760
|
| 1874
| ATL
| n
| C
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .692
|
| 1875
| HAR
| n
| 3B
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 173
| 157
| 69
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .827
|
| 1875
| HAR
| n
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1876
| HAR
| N
| 3B
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 124
| 133
| 54
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .826
|
| 1877
| HAR
| N
| 3B
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 109
| 155
| 50
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .841
|
| 1877
| HAR
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1878
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 71
| 226
| 40
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .881
|
| 1878
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .852
|
| 1878
| CHI
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .818
|
| 1879
| TRO
| N
| 3B
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 55
| 20
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .808
|
| 1879
| TRO
| N
| 2B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 26
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1880
| TRO
| N
| 2B
| 82
| 0
| 0
| 294
| 255
| 58
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .904
|
| 1881
| TRO
| N
| 2B
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 263
| 254
| 55
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .904
|
| 1882
| TRO
| N
| 2B
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 247
| 221
| 44
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .914
|
| 1882
| TRO
| N
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .538
|
| 1883
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 86
| 0
| 0
| 261
| 287
| 88
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .862
|
| 1883
| PHI
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1884
| PIT
| a
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| 1884
| PIT
| a
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1884
| PIT
| a
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .714
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 353
| 0
| 0
| 1131
| 1075
| 267
| 169
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .892
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .714
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 396
| 91
| 788
| 740
| 1105
| 460
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 11
| 1
| 9
| 4
| 12
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .842
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .787
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 72
| 232
| 46
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .869
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1871
| MUT
| n
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27.00
| 0
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1873
| ATL
| n
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 6.05
| 0
| 30
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 19.1
| 41
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1874
| ATL
| n
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4.00
| 0
| 10
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1875
| HAR
| n
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18.00
| 0
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1877
| HAR
| N
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 3.96
| 1
| 15
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 38
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| PHI
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 4.15
| 1
| 17
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 40
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NA
|
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 6.89
| 0
| 56
| 24
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 31.1
| 70
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 11
| 4
| 1
| 3
| 5.65
| 1
| 73
| 36
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 57.1
| 110
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
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