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Alex Ferguson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: February 16, 1897 in Montclair, NJ us

Died: April 26, 1976 in Sepulveda, CA

Buried: Conejo Mountain Memorial Park, Camarillo, CA

High School: Bloomfield HS (Bloomfield, NJ)

Debut: August 16, 1918 (Age 21-181d, 4,733rd in major league history)
vs. CLE 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 18, 1929 (Age 32-091d)
vs. PHI 0.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1921 season

Full Name: James Alexander Ferguson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.1

ERA

4.93

257

166

1241.2

397

WHIP

1.560

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-20 / in Starts: 10-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 5

1923 Pitching Game Log

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1923 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	58	2	Apr 19	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.1	8	7	3	2	3	0	0	5.06	3.04	27	33	0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	1	2.53	-0.16%
2	59	7	Apr 25	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	9	1	1	0	2	0	1	2.51	2.97	34	67	2	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.31	0.59%
3	60	11	Apr 30	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	CG(11)	L(1-2)	4	11.0	10	4	4	3	2	0	0	2.84	3.19	43	60	1	2	0	38	1	0	0	1	0	1	3.43	0.11%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
4	61	15	May 4	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS-2		3	1.2	6	3	3	2	0	1	0	3.67	3.89	12	29	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.27%
5	62	17	May 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	2-GF(8)		1	6.1	5	0	0	2	0	0	1	2.97	4.00	26		0	1	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.51	0.12%
6	63	27	May 24	BOS		WSH	L,1-7	GS-5	L(1-3)	17	4.0	9	5	5	1	2	0	0	3.86	3.87	22	25	0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	1	.60	-0.08%
7	64	30	May 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-6	7-GF	BW(2-3)	3	2.2	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.83	3.89	12		0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.11%
8	65	33	May 30(2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	W(3-3)	1	9.0	9	2	1	1	1	0	0	3.31	3.75	35	63				33	2	0	0		0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
9	66	37	Jun 4	BOS		CLE	L,5-6	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	2	5	2	0	0	3.27	3.87	30	49	0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	-0.02%
10	67	43	Jun 13	BOS		CHW	W,10-9	GS-2		8	1.2	5	5	5	4	1	0	0	3.97	4.03	12	22	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	-0.19%
11	68	47	Jun 18(1)	BOS		SLB	L,2-6	GS-8	L(3-4)	4	7.1	10	6	4	2	3	0	0	4.08	3.91	34	39	1	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	2	1	1.13	-0.10%
12	69	51	Jun 21	BOS		SLB	L,1-3	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.02	3.90	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.01%
13	70	53	Jun 23	BOS		NYY	L,0-4	8-GF		1	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.03	3.92	8		0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.01%
14	71	57	Jun 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(3-5)	5	8.0	7	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.84	3.69	33	66	0	0	0	30	0	2	2	0	0	0	.38	0.01%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
15	72	61	Jul 4(1)	BOS		PHA	L,1-3	CG	L(3-6)	4	9.0	8	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.75	3.66	35	59	0	2	0	32	4	1	0	1	0	1	.10	0.00%
16	73	67	Jul 8	BOS	@	CLE	L,10-15	GS-5		3	4.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	1	3.99	3.67	20	34	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.00%
17	74	71	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	GS-9	W(4-6)	3	8.2	15	5	5	4	5	0	1	4.10	3.67	43	35	1	1	0	37	3	0	0	0	1	0	.01	0.00%
18	75	76	Jul 15(2)	BOS	@	SLB	T,6-6	7-GF(11)	BS(2)	2	4.1	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	4.10	3.82	20		0	0	0	16	2	1	1	0	1	1	.01	0.00%
19	76	80	Jul 18(2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-11	GS-	L(4-7)	2	5.0	11	9	4	3	3	0	1	4.25	3.84	31	19				25	2	0	0		0
20	77	84	Jul 21(2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(4-8)	2	9.1	4	2	1	0	3	0	0	3.98	3.72	32	77	1	1	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
21	78	87	Jul 26(1)	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	GS-4		4	4.0	8	4	4	0	2	0	0	4.15	3.67	20	32	0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
22	79	95	Aug 1(2)	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	CG	W(5-8)	5	9.0	8	3	2	2	3	0	0	4.00	3.62	36	62	0	0	0	34	3	0	0	2	0	1	.00	0.00%
23	80	101	Aug 8(2)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(6-8)	6	9.0	7	2	2	3	4	0	1	3.87	3.61	35	66				30	1	0	0		0
24	81	105	Aug 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	7-8	H(1)	6	1.1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.89	3.64	8		0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
25	82	108	Aug 19	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-4		3	3.1	3	3	3	4	3	0	1	3.99	3.68	17	41	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
26	83	112	Aug 23	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-4	GS-6	L(6-9)	3	6.0	10	4	4	0	2	3	0	4.07	3.90	27	38	0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
27	84	116	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS-7	L(6-10)	3	7.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.01	3.84	27	59	0	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
28	85	119	Sep 1	BOS		PHA	W,6-1	CG	W(7-10)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.84	3.81	31	75	0	0	0	28	0	2	0	1	1	0	.00	0.00%
29	86	123	Sep 5	BOS		WSH	L,4-8	GS-	L(7-11)	3	1.2	6	6	5	1	1	0	0	4.07	3.80	13	21				11	0	1	0		0
30	87	130	Sep 13	BOS		CLE	W,9-8	1-6		7	5.1	7	4	4	1	2	0	1	4.16	3.79	24		1	0	0	19	2	1	0	1	3	0	.00	0.00%
31	88	134	Sep 17(2)	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	GS-9	W(8-11)	3	8.0	13	5	5	4	4	0	0	4.22	3.78	37	36	1	1	1	32	3	1	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	89	139	Sep 21(1)	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	W(9-11)	3	9.0	6	3	1	4	2	0	1	4.07	3.80	39	65				33	1	0	0		1
33	90	145	Sep 25	BOS		SLB	L,2-8	GS-3	L(9-12)	3	2.1	3	5	4	2	1	0	0	4.21	3.81	14	32	3	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
34	91	152	Oct 5(1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(9-13)	9	8.0	9	4	2	3	3	0	0	4.13	3.80	35	52	0	2	0	31	3	1	0	0	1	1	.00	0.00%
							13-20		W-L:9-13,BSv:2,Hld:1	3.7	198.1	227	113	91	68	74	5	10	4.13	3.80	875	47	11	12	1	773	50	14	3	10	10	13	.68	-0.09%

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