Alex Ferguson (baseball)

Alex Ferguson
Alex Ferguson
Strikeouts	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);

James Alexander Ferguson (February 16, 1897 – April 26, 1976) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for five different teams between 1918 and 1929. Listed at 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m), 180 lb., Ferguson batted and threw right-handed.

Born in

Sepulveda, California

, at age 79.

Professional career

Ferguson was one of the first

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

saves, and 12412⁄3 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 Óliver Pérez of the New York Mets, who posted a 6.55 ERA during the regular season before starting Game 4 of the NL Championship Series.

Alex Ferguson, 1925

References

^ Lamb, Bill. "Alex Ferguson", Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed September 11, 2019.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Baseballistic Wordpress
Retrosheet

[1] Lamb, Bill. "Alex Ferguson", Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed September 11, 2019.