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George
Ferguson		  
Nickname: Cecil
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 170
 
Born: August 19, 1886 in Usa, IN, ELLSWORTH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1914    1921    1922   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1906 19 CHN NL $ 300,000 6 3 4 4 4 5 4 10 10 10
1907 20 CHN NL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 4 5 5 8 8 8
1908 21 CHN NL $ 300,000 6 3 4 4 4 6 5 8 8 8
1909 22 CHN NL $ 300,000 6 3 4 3 5 6 6 9 9 9
1910 23 CHN NL $ 350,000 6 2 3 3 5 6 6 9 9 9
1911 24 CHN NL $ 350,000 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 10 10 10
1912 25 CHN NL $ 350,000 6 3 4 4 6 7 7 9 9 9
1913 26 CHN NL $ 5,000,000 6 4 5 5 7 9 8 10 10 10
1914 27 SLN NL $ 5,000,000 6 5 6 6 9 10 10 10 10 10
1915 28 CIN NL $ 5,000,000 6 5 6 6 9 10 10 10 10 10
1916 29 NY1 NL $ 18,000,000 6 5 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
1917 30 NY1 NL $ 18,000,000 6 5 6 6 9 10 10 10 10 10
1918 31 NY1 NL $ 18,000,000 6 5 6 6 9 10 10 10 10 10
1919 32 NY1 NL $ 18,000,000 6 5 6 6 9 10 10 10 10 10
1920 33 BRO NL $ 18,000,000 5 5 6 5 9 10 10 10 10 10
1921 34 WAS AL $ 6,000,000 5 4 5 5 9 10 9 8 9 8
1922 35 WAS AL $ 6,000,000 5 4 5 4 9 10 9 9 9 9
1923 36 BOS AL $ 2,420,000 5 4 4 4 8 9 8 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 2 3 3 4 5 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 18,000,000 6 5 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1906 19 CHN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1907 20 CHN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1908 21 CHN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1909 22 CHN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1910 23 CHN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1911 24 CHN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1912 25 CHN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1913 26 CHN NL $ 5,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1914 27 SLN NL $ 5,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1915 28 CIN NL $ 5,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1916 29 NY1 NL $ 18,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1917 30 NY1 NL $ 18,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1918 31 NY1 NL $ 18,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1919 32 NY1 NL $ 18,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1920 33 BRO NL $ 18,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1921 34 WAS AL $ 6,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1922 35 WAS AL $ 6,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1923 36 BOS AL $ 2,420,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 18,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1906 19 CHN NL 1 4 .200 8 0 0 0 1 10.0 13 3 0 3 2 2.70 .310 .356 .310 .665 0.5
    A   0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 2 9.00 .250 .250 .500 .750  
1907 20 CHN NL 1 1 .500 9 0 0 0 3 6.7 6 2 0 3 5 2.70 .214 .290 .214 .505 1.0
1908 21 CHN NL 0 3 .000 15 0 0 0 8 15.0 16 3 1 5 5 1.80 .254 .319 .333 .652 2.4
1909 22 CHN NL 0 2 .000 6 0 0 0 2 6.0 6 3 0 4 1 4.50 .261 .370 .304 .675 0.3
1910 23 CHN NL 1 9 .100 24 0 0 0 2 25.7 36 16 1 15 16 5.61 .319 .403 .398 .801 0.0
1911 24 CHN NL 2 1 .667 9 0 0 0 1 6.7 9 1 0 3 3 1.35 .300 .364 .300 .664 1.6
1912 25 CHN NL 3 4 .429 22 0 0 0 7 21.0 25 7 0 11 6 3.00 .313 .391 .363 .754 3.2
1913 26 CHN NL 0 3 .000 16 0 0 0 7 17.7 25 9 0 6 8 4.59 .347 .397 .417 .814 1.0
1914 27 SLN NL 25 9 .735 38 38 24 0 0 323.0 312 103 7 75 186 2.87 .255 .299 .323 .622 28.2
1915 28 CIN NL 17 17 .500 40 40 26 3 0 335.7 347 134 5 63 198 3.59 .265 .302 .340 .641 18.2
1916 29 NY1 NL 22 17 .564 42 42 32 5 0 361.7 319 103 1 64 189 2.56 .236 .273 .313 .586 34.0
1917 30 NY1 NL 18 16 .529 42 42 28 4 0 359.3 329 115 3 49 175 2.88 .245 .275 .305 .579 28.6
1918 31 NY1 NL 16 14 .533 40 40 21 3 0 335.3 294 82 0 55 168 2.20 .236 .270 .293 .564 33.1
1919 32 NY1 NL 18 16 .529 39 39 19 0 0 324.0 334 104 2 65 143 2.89 .268 .305 .325 .631 27.4
1920 33 BRO NL 11 12 .478 25 25 15 2 0 205.0 212 85 2 30 94 3.73 .266 .295 .350 .644 15.9
1921 34 WAS AL 16 6 .727 30 23 16 0 2 205.3 247 90 4 33 68 3.94 .302 .328 .397 .725 17.8
1922 35 WAS AL 4 2 .667 25 1 0 0 7 34.7 48 16 2 9 12 4.15 .336 .375 .448 .823 3.4
1923 36 BOS AL 0 8 .000 26 1 0 0 5 26.0 43 20 0 16 3 6.92 .361 .431 .471 .901 0.0
18 Years Sim 155 144 .518 456 291 181 17 45 2618.6 2621 896 28 509 1282 3.08 .261 .298 .331 .629 216.5
1 Years A 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 2 9.00 .250 .250 .500 .750  
Season Average 8 8 .500 25 16 10 0 2 145.5 145 49 1 28 71 3.08 .261 .298 .331 .629  
Career Highs 25 17 .735 42 42 32 5 8 361.7 347 134 7 75 198 6.92 .361 .431 .471 .901  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1116 395 9 150 688   .246 .270 .310 .580
vs LH   1505 501 19 359 594   .273 .317 .349 .666
Home 86 66 .566 216 150 93 9 8 1353.9 1323 422 13 260 650 2.81 .255 .291 .324 .614
Away 69 78 .469 240 141 88 8 37 1264.6 1298 474 15 249 632 3.37 .267 .303 .339 .642
Mar/Apr 12 16 .429 52 27 15 1 8 249.3 258 91 2 50 131 3.29 .265 .300 .337 .638
May 24 33 .421 84 57 36 3 10 497.3 561 213 11 96 232 3.85 .285 .318 .368 .687
June 27 22 .551 77 54 34 4 9 475.9 492 162 2 86 217 3.06 .270 .303 .336 .639
July 35 29 .547 87 60 41 2 8 535.6 532 178 8 94 247 2.99 .258 .290 .326 .616
August 24 23 .511 75 45 27 2 4 417.9 377 124 1 99 218 2.67 .243 .289 .307 .596
Sep/Oct 33 21 .611 81 48 29 5 6 442.3 401 128 4 84 237 2.60 .240 .277 .307 .584
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1910 23 CHN NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0
1911 24 CHN NL 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1912 25 CHN NL 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1913 26 CHN NL 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0
1914 27 SLN NL 38 134 17 31 0 1 0 15 0 0 3 64 .231 .248 .246 .494 6.9 0.0
1915 28 CIN NL 40 123 11 25 3 0 0 7 1 0 2 62 .203 .216 .228 .444 3.7 0.0
1916 29 NY1 NL 42 133 13 31 4 1 0 12 1 3 5 47 .233 .261 .278 .539 8.4 0.0
1917 30 NY1 NL 42 127 10 23 0 0 0 7 1 2 5 58 .181 .212 .181 .393 1.6 0.0
1918 31 NY1 NL 40 116 8 22 0 0 0 10 1 1 2 57 .190 .202 .190 .391 3.1 0.0
1919 32 NY1 NL 39 117 8 27 2 0 0 8 1 0 3 49 .231 .250 .248 .498 5.7 0.0
1920 33 BRO NL 25 75 5 17 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 31 .227 .244 .240 .484 4.5 0.0
1921 34 WAS AL 30 77 12 18 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 24 .234 .225 .286 .511 5.7 0.0
1922 35 WAS AL 25 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
1923 36 BOS AL 26 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.2
14 Years Sim 418 915 84 197 12 3 0 73 5 6 24 395 .215 .234 .235 .469 40.8 0.3
162 Game Average 354 32 76 4 1 0 28 1 2 9 153 .215 .234 .235 .469 15.8  
Career Highs 42 134 17 31 4 1 0 15 1 3 5 64 .500 1.000 .500 1.000 8.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   693 63 151 11 2 0 51 3 4 16 297 .218 .235 .240 .474 31.7
vs LH   222 21 46 1 1 0 22 2 2 8 98 .207 .233 .221 .453 9.3
Home 171 443 45 92 9 2 0 33 4 2 10 205 .208 .224 .237 .461 18.8
Away 203 472 39 105 3 1 0 40 1 4 14 190 .222 .243 .233 .476 22.1
RISP   238 0 52 5 1 0 71 0 0 7 100 .218 .236 .248 .484 12.2
Close/Late   99 6 17 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 45 .172 .212 .172 .383 2.3
Mar/Apr 33 89 5 18 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 42 .202 .202 .202 .404 1.9
May 61 170 14 34 2 0 0 11 1 1 5 72 .200 .219 .212 .431 5.9
June 55 167 18 43 5 0 0 24 1 1 5 75 .257 .276 .287 .563 12.3
July 68 192 23 40 3 0 0 10 1 1 7 82 .208 .236 .224 .460 8.3
August 57 140 12 22 1 3 0 11 1 2 5 68 .157 .186 .207 .393 2.8
Sep/Oct 55 157 12 40 1 0 0 14 1 0 2 56 .255 .264 .261 .525 9.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1906 19 CHN NL P 8 0 10.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.70    
1907 20 CHN NL P 9 0 6.7 0 2 1 0 .667 2.70    
1908 21 CHN NL P 15 0 15.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.20    
1909 22 CHN NL P 6 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1910 23 CHN NL P 24 0 25.7 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.81    
1911 24 CHN NL P 9 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1912 25 CHN NL P 22 0 21.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.71    
1913 26 CHN NL P 16 0 17.7 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.04    
1914 27 SLN NL P 38 38 323.0 17 72 0 2 1.000 2.48    
1915 28 CIN NL P 40 40 335.7 21 68 5 6 .947 2.39    
1916 29 NY1 NL P 42 42 361.7 43 73 8 7 .935 2.89    
1917 30 NY1 NL P 42 42 359.3 32 88 3 4 .976 3.01    
1918 31 NY1 NL P 40 40 335.3 30 86 2 4 .983 3.11    
1919 32 NY1 NL P 39 39 324.0 20 71 3 4 .968 2.53    
1920 33 BRO NL P 25 25 205.0 13 54 4 2 .944 2.94    
1921 34 WAS AL P 30 23 205.3 19 57 1 3 .987 3.33    
1922 35 WAS AL P 25 1 34.7 0 8 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1923 36 BOS AL P 26 1 26.0 5 3 0 0 1.000 2.77    
Career Totals   456 291 2618.6 205 600 27 34 .968 2.77    
Career Highs   42 42 361.7 43 88 8 7 1.000 3.33    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1914 27 SLN NL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 6 2 0 0 7 2.25 .214 .214 .250 .464
1921 34 WAS AL 1 0 1.000 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 8 3 0 0 5 3.00 .235 .235 .235 .471
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 2 2 1 0 0 17.0 14 5 0 0 12 2.65 .226 .226 .242 .468
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1914 27 SLN NL 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
1921 34 WAS AL 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400
Career Post-Season Batting 2 8 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .500 .875
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1914-7-2.87
1916-6-2.56
1918-2-2.20
1919-5-2.89
1921-5-3.94
CAR-17-3.08
 Wins
1914-3-25
1916-6-22
1917-9-18
1919-8-18
1921-7-16
 Losses
1915-10-17
1916-10-17
1919-5-16
 Winning Pct
1914-2-.735
1921-2-.727
 Saves
1908-4-8
1910-10-2
1912-3-7
1913-3-7
1922-3-7
1923-9-5
CAR-21-45
 Games Pitched
1916-5-42
1917-4-42
1918-7-40
1919-4-39
CAR-28-456
Games Started
1915-9-40
1916-2-42
1917-3-42
1918-4-40
1919-2-39
 Complete Games
1916-6-32
1917-10-28
 Shutouts
1915-7-3
1916-2-5
1917-4-4
1918-10-3
1920-6-2
 Innings Pitched
1915-10-335.7
1916-1-361.7
1917-5-359.3
1918-9-335.3
1919-4-324.0
 Hits Allowed
1915-4-347
1916-6-319
1917-9-329
1918-9-294
1919-4-334
 Homeruns Allowed
1914-9-7
Strikeouts
1914-7-186
1915-3-198
1916-5-189
1917-7-175
1918-6-168
1919-8-143
CAR-48-1282
 Walks per 9IP
1914-8-2.1
1915-4-1.7
1916-7-1.6
1917-3-1.2
1918-5-1.5
1919-9-1.8
1920-2-1.3
1921-3-1.4
CAR-32-1.7
 Hits per 9IP
1914-10-8.7
1916-8-7.9
1918-6-7.9
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1914-8-5.2
1915-4-5.3
1916-9-4.7
1917-10-4.4
1918-7-4.5
1920-9-4.1
1921-10-3.0
CAR-33-4.4
 WHiP
1916-4-1.06
1917-2-1.05
1918-2-1.04
1919-9-1.23
1920-6-1.18
1921-7-1.36
CAR-29-1.20
 OAVG
1914-10-.255
1916-8-.236
1918-8-.236
1920-10-.266
OOBP
1915-10-.302
1916-3-.273
1917-2-.275
1918-2-.270
1919-8-.305
1920-5-.295
1921-7-.328
CAR-19-.298
 OSLG
1914-10-.323
1916-9-.313
1917-9-.305
1918-7-.293
1919-9-.325
1920-9-.350
CAR-34-.331
 OOPS
1916-6-.586
1917-4-.579
1918-3-.564
1919-8-.631
1920-5-.644
CAR-25-.629
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 157    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 52nd overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1906
Earned first career win on 8/10/1906
2/13/1910: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/11/1912: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/18/1913 to a 3-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Traded from Chicago (N) to St. Louis (N) on 2/8/1914 (Going to CHN: 1B Ed Konetchy. Going to SLN: P George Ferguson)
Had first career hit on 4/20/1914, off Jim Bagby (CHN)
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1914
Traded from St. Louis (N) to Cincinnati on 4/14/1915 (Going to CIN: P George Ferguson. Going to SLN: P George Daly, 3B Ossie Vitt)
Won Player of the Week award on 10/4/1915, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/16/1916 to a 5-year deal worth $18,000,000 per year
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1916, going 5-3, 1.96
Won Player of the Week award on 8/6/1916, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 9/10/1916, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 10/1/1916, winning 2 games with a 3.50 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 5/14/1917, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 6/11/1917, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Injured on 3/31/1918 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/20/1918 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from New York (N) to Brooklyn on 3/2/1920 (Going to NY1: P Trade Z Bait. Going to BRO: P George Ferguson)
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/11/1921 to a 2-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Won World Series with Washington in 1921
Won World Series with Washington in 1922
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/13/1923 to a 1-year deal worth $2,420,000 per year
 
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