Alex Ferguson (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
name=Alex Ferguson
position=Pitcher


bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=February 16, 1897
deathdate=death date and age|1976|4|26|1897|2|16
debutdate= August 16
debutyear= 1918
debutteam= New York Yankees
finaldate=May 18
finalyear=1929
finalteam= Brooklyn Robins
stat1label=Pitching record
stat1value=61-85
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=4.89
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=397
teams=
* New York Yankees (1918, 1921)
* Boston Red Sox (1922-1925)
* New York Yankees (1925)
* Washington Senators (1925-1926)
* Philadelphia Phillies (1927-1929)
* Brooklyn Robins (1929)
highlights=
*Participated in the 1925 World Series

James Alexander Ferguson (February 16, 1897 - April 26, 1976) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for five different teams between by|1918 and by|1929. Listed at 6' 0", 180 lb., Ferguson batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Montclair, New Jersey and died in Sepulveda, California, at age 79.

Professional career

Ferguson was one the first forkball specialist in major league history. He entered the majors in 1918 with the New York Yankees, playing for them two years (1918, 1921) before joining the Boston Red Sox (1922-1925), Washington Senators (1925-1926), again the Yankees (1925), and with the Philadelphia Phillies (1927-1929) and Brooklyn Robins (1925). He enjoyed his highest win season in 1924 with the seventh-place Red Sox, when he won 14 games while losing an American League-high 17. In 1925 he divided his playing time with Boston, New York and Washington, ending with a 5-1 mark and a 3.25 ERA in seven games for the Senators AL champion team. During the World Series, he pitched well against the Pittsburgh Pirates, going 1-1 with a 3.21 ERA in two starts.

In a 10-season career, Ferguson posted a 61-85 record with 397 strikeouts and a 4.89 ERA in 257 appearances, including 166 starts, 62 complete games, two shutouts, 10 saves, and 1241⅔ innings of work. In 1926 Ferguson set a major league record for the highest ERA during a regular season by a pitcher who started a postseason game the same year. Ferguson collected a combined 6.18 ERA while pitching with the Red Sox, Yankees and Senators. The mark was broken in 2006 by Oliver Pérez of the New York Mets, who posted a 6.55 ERA during the regular season before start Game 4 of the NL Championship Series.

ee also

*Boston Red Sox all-time roster

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fergual01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseballistic.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/mets-power-past-cardinals-to-even-nlcs/ Baseballistic Wordpress]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/F/Pferga101.htm Retrosheet]