MLB / Players

Cecil Ferguson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 165 lb
BornAugust 27, 1883 · Ellsworth, IN, USA
MLB debutApril 19, 1906
Final gameJuly 21, 1911
Seasons6 (1906–1911)

New York Giants 1906–1907; Boston Doves 1908–1910; Boston Rustlers 1911

Percentile snapshot

1909 season — qualified pitchers

G
36
69
GS
30
72.6
W
5
20.2
L
23
2.4
SV
0
0
CG
19
61.9
SHO
3
48.8
H
235
16.7
ER
94
1.2
BB
83
15.5
SO
87
52.4
HR
2
31
IP
226.7
57.1
ERA
3.73
4.8
WHIP
1.403
6
K/9
3.45
36.9
FIP
2.75
26.2
FIP-
100.2
44
ERA+
73.6
8.3
sWAR
-0.5
6

of 85 qualified 1909 pitchers (min 155 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
2.0
70.3

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
19062216152520021410.333.375.467.842159.1162.3.4050.8
19071520180100001400.056.105.056.161-62.8-50.0.0920.8
1908387365811110051400.169.229.215.44436.940.8.2241.9
1909368073215200361600.205.266.233.49948.050.2.253-0.5
191026434017101711300.175.195.275.47018.132.0.2230.3
19116971200012200.286.444.286.730112.996.4.382-1.3

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19062212071143152432152.32.581.2805.502.77105.7101.80.8
19071553214063152037264.02.111.2975.202.4497.4118.70.8
19083721111101331685784981208.02.471.2124.242.40100.896.61.9
1909363052301932359483872226.73.731.4033.452.75100.273.6-0.5
191026147701011105258403123.03.801.3662.933.63111.885.40.3
191163130004026124324.09.752.1671.505.42144.938.3-1.3

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
143
PA
241
AB
218
R
14
H
41
2B
6
3B
1
HR
1
RBI
13
BB
16
SO
53
SB
1
BA
.1881
OBP
.2436
SLG
.2385
OPS
.4821

Pitching

G (P)
142
GS
74
W
29
L
46
SV
8
CG
47
SHO
8
IP
698
SO (P)
298
BB allowed
281
ERA
3.340
WHIP
1.3467
K/9
3.84

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.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1908-05-25ATL @ PIT Gameday312010004
1910-09-22CIN @ ATL Gameday411001404
1910-09-17PIT @ ATL Gameday402100003
1909-05-24PIT @ ATL Gameday202000102
1910-07-07SF @ ATL Gameday302000102

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1909-07-16CHC @ ATL Gameday9.08403120
1908-09-12ATL @ PHI Gameday10.116502110
1909-05-18STL @ ATL Gameday9.0430980
1908-08-24ATL @ STL Gameday8.0630380
1907-04-17SF @ LAD Gameday10.0410370

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.