- 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 the1925 World Series James Alexander Ferguson (
February 16 ,1897 -April 26 ,1976 ) was apitcher inMajor League Baseball who played for five different teams between by|1918 and by|1929. Listed at 6' 0", 180 lb., Ferguson batted and threwright-handed . He was born inMontclair, New Jersey and died inSepulveda ,California , at age 79.Professional career
Ferguson was one the first
forkball specialist in major league history. He entered the majors in 1918 with theNew York Yankees , playing for them two years (1918, 1921) before joining theBoston Red Sox (1922-1925), Washington Senators (1925-1926), again the Yankees (1925), and with thePhiladelphia 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 anAmerican 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 thePittsburgh 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
strikeout s and a 4.89 ERA in 257 appearances, including 166 starts, 62complete game s, twoshutout s, 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 byOliver Pérez of theNew York Mets , who posted a 6.55 ERA during the regular season before start Game 4 of the NL Championship Series.ee also
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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]
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