MLB / Players

Charlie Ferguson

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 165 lb

BornApril 17, 1863 · Charlottesville, VA, USA

MLB debutMay 1, 1884

Final gameOctober 8, 1887

Seasons4 (1884–1887)

Philadelphia Quakers 1884–1887

Percentile snapshot

1887 season — qualified pitchers

38.3

31.9

61.7

87.2

29.8

SHO

59.6

297

72.3

85.1

89.4

125

68.1

21.3

297.3

ERA

3.00

93.6

WHIP

1.157

95.7

K/9

3.78

FIP

3.41

91.5

FIP-

84.2

91.5

ERA+

135.0

91.5

sWAR

8.2

85.1

of 48 qualified 1887 pitchers (min 128 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

120.6

90.2

sWAR

29.8

96.5

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1884	52	222	203	26	50	6	3	0	20	19	54	0	.246	.311	.305	.616	98.5	94.9	.288	2.4
1885	61	258	235	42	72	8	3	1	27	23	18	0	.306	.368	.379	.747	132.7	141.5	.351	8.6
1886	72	298	261	56	66	9	1	2	25	37	28	9	.253	.346	.318	.664	106.1	102.5	.319	10.6
1887	72	300	264	67	89	14	6	3	85	34	19	13	.337	.417	.470	.886	136.3	145.4	.407	8.2

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1884	50	47	21	25	1	46	2	443	164	93	194	13	416.7	3.54	1.286	4.19	3.00	100.8	84.1	2.4
1885	48	45	26	20	0	45	5	345	100	81	197	5	405.0	2.22	1.052	4.38	2.46	87.3	126.7	8.6
1886	48	45	30	9	2	43	4	317	87	69	212	11	395.7	1.98	.976	4.82	2.89	88.0	166.2	10.6
1887	37	33	22	10	1	31	2	297	99	47	125	13	297.3	3.00	1.157	3.78	3.41	84.2	135.0	8.2

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

257

1,078

963

191

277

RBI

157

113

119

.2876

OBP

.3636

SLG

.3718

OPS

.7354

Pitching

G (P)

183

170

165

191st-most career CG

SHO

478th-most career SHO

1,515

SO (P)

728

BB allowed

290

ERA

2.674

75th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.1171

35th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

4.33

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.