MLB / Players

Alex Ferson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 9 in · 165 lb
BornJuly 14, 1866 · Philadelphia, PA, USA
MLB debutMay 4, 1889
Final gameJuly 25, 1892
Seasons3 (1889–1892)

Washington Nationals 1889; Buffalo Bisons 1890; Baltimore Orioles 1892

Percentile snapshot

1889 season — qualified pitchers

G
36
47.4
GS
34
49.1
W
17
54.4
L
17
35.1
SV
0
0
CG
28
43.9
SHO
1
36.8
H
319
42.1
ER
125
50.9
BB
105
45.6
SO
85
24.6
HR
9
47.4
IP
288.3
49.1
ERA
3.90
47.4
WHIP
1.471
38.6
K/9
2.65
14
FIP
4.02
43.9
FIP-
100.0
52.6
ERA+
103.1
49.1
sWAR
2.7
43.9

of 58 qualified 1889 pitchers (min 127 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
2.1
70.5

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1889361241146133103104710.114.185.158.34315.2-4.1.1772.7
18901139324700026710.219.359.219.57876.755.8.3090.1
18922440000000200.000.000.000.000-75.3-100.0.000-0.7

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1889363417170281319125105859288.33.901.4712.654.02100.0103.12.7
189010101707088434013571.05.451.8031.655.22123.577.60.1
1892210101017116819.011.002.5568.004.10124.929.9-0.7

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
49
PA
167
AB
150
R
10
H
20
2B
3
3B
1
HR
0
RBI
5
BB
16
SO
56
SB
2
BA
.1333
OBP
.2216
SLG
.1667
OPS
.3883

Pitching

G (P)
48
GS
45
W
18
L
25
SV
0
CG
36
SHO
1
IP
368
SO (P)
106
BB allowed
151
ERA
4.374
WHIP
1.5611
K/9
2.59

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.