Wes Ferrell

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: February 2, 1908 in Greensboro, NC us

Died: December 9, 1976 in Sarasota, FL

Buried: New Garden Cemetery, Greensboro, NC

High School: Guilford HS (Guilford, NC)

Debut: September 9, 1927 (Age 19-219d, 6,596th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: May 6, 1941 (Age 33-093d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1929 season

Full Name: Wesley Cheek Ferrell

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Relatives: Brother of Rick Ferrell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

60.1

193

128

ERA

4.04

374

323

2623.0

985

WHIP

1.481

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-44 / in Starts: 16-19
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	65 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 158 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	122 (66-38-18) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 158 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	106 (53-34-18)

Most Driven In
B Myer	6
F Gaffke	3
P Higgins	3
C Travis	2
J Kuhel	2
R Ferrell	2
F Sington	2
B Doerr	1

Most Driven In By
D Cramer	3
M Almada	2
B Lewis	2
Self	1
J Cronin	1
F Gaffke	1
J Kuhel	1

1937 Batting Game Log

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1937 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	438	1	Apr 20	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.400	.500	.900	9	.35	-0.033	.92	-0.05%	-0.57	P
2	439	3 (1)	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	L,3-9	GS-7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.571	.600	1.171	9	.93	0.052	2.40	0.08%	0.57	P
3	440	5 (1)	Apr 30	BOS		PHA	W,15-5	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.444	.545	.889	1.434	9	.48	0.098	1.16	0.14%	1.70	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	441	8 (2)	May 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-6	GS-4	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.545	.615	1.000	1.615	9	1.38	0.196	3.63	0.31%	2.08	P
5	442	11 (2)	May 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.571	.625	.929	1.554	9	1.57	-0.043	4.92	-0.08%	0.05	P
6	443	12	May 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.533	.588	.867	1.455	9	1.06	-0.028	3.44	-0.05%	-0.19	PH
7	444	13	May 10	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.556	.813	1.368	1	1.58	-0.037	4.79	-0.07%	-0.51	PH
8	445	15 (1)	May 13	BOS	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.421	.476	.684	1.160	9	1.18	-0.091	3.67	-0.17%	-0.88	P
9	446	16	May 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.400	.455	.650	1.105	9						PH
10	447	17	May 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.381	.435	.619	1.054	9	2.75	-0.070	7.19	-0.11%	-0.21	PH
11	448	18	May 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0	0	.333	.407	.542	.949	9						P
12	449	20 (1)	May 20	BOS		CLE	L,5-16	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.393	.520	.913	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
13	450	22 (1)	May 22	BOS		DET	W,11-9	GS-5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.414	.520	.934	9	1.05	0.041	1.97	0.05%	0.41	P
14	451	23	May 23	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	10-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.433	.520	.953	8	3.02	0.107	5.73	0.12%	0.67	PH
15	452	26 (2)	May 26	BOS		SLB	W,11-9	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.455	.536	.990	9	.89	0.111	1.82	0.14%	1.71	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	453	32 (5)	Jun 3	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-11	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.457	.517	.974	9	.56	0.011	1.24	0.02%	0.28	P
17	454	36 (3)	Jun 7	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.487	.531	1.018	9	.87	0.111	1.83	0.14%	1.48	P
18	455	37	Jun 8	BOS	@	CLE	W,10-8	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.475	.515	.990	9	1.25	0.031	2.82	0.04%	0.12	PH
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Washington Nationals
19	456	45	Jun 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,8-14	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.463	.500	.963	9	.19	-0.005	.20	0.00%	-0.49	PH
20	457	46	Jun 12	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.368	.467	.526	.993	9	1.17	0.042	1.02	0.02%	0.96	P
21	458	48 (1)	Jun 13 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.478	.538	1.017	8	1.59	0.037	1.37	0.02%	0.22	PH
22	459	49	Jun 15	WSH		DET	L,8-9	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.489	.575	1.064	9	.59	0.037	.40	0.02%	1.88	PH
23	460	50	Jun 16	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.356	.442	.511	.953	9	1.67	-0.215	.90	-0.07%	-1.48	P
24	461	51	Jun 18	WSH		SLB	L,0-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.348	.434	.500	.934	9	.21	-0.006	.11	0.00%	-0.27	PH
25	462	53 (1)	Jun 20	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.347	.439	.490	.928	9						P
26	463	57 (3)	Jun 25	WSH		CHW	L,6-7	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.435	.462	.897	9	2.77	-0.026	2.23	-0.01%	-0.71	P
27	464	58	Jun 26	WSH		CHW	L,5-6	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.429	.453	.881	9	1.82	-0.054	1.13	-0.02%	-0.35	PH
28	465	59	Jun 27	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.333	.438	.463	.900	9						PH
29	466	60	Jun 29	WSH		BOS	T,2-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.431	.455	.885	9	2.13	-0.053	.73	-0.01%	-0.33	PH
30	467	61	Jun 30	WSH		BOS	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.435	.448	.883	9	2.46	0.307	.92	0.07%	0.88	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	468	63 (1)	Jul 2	WSH		NYY	W,8-3	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.429	.441	.869	9	.55	-0.016	.32	-0.01%	-0.26	PH
32	469	64	Jul 3	WSH		NYY	L,4-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.423	.433	.856	9	2.68	-0.063	1.76	-0.03%	-0.51	PH
33	470	65	Jul 4	WSH		NYY	L,0-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.423	.433	.856	9						P
34	471	67 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	T,2-2	11-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.417	.426	.843	9	6.91	-0.181	1.77	-0.03%	-0.83	PH
35	472	69 (1)	Jul 10	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-12	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.411	.419	.830	9	1.13	-0.029	.23	0.00%	-0.34	P
36	473	70	Jul 11 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.405	.413	.818	9	1.56	-0.043	.20	0.00%	-0.13	PH
37	474	73 (2)	Jul 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.413	.422	.835	9	.26	0.011	.01	0.00%	0.28	PH
38	475	74	Jul 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.408	.415	.823	9	.43	-0.012	.01	0.00%	-0.12	P
39	476	77 (2)	Jul 19	WSH	@	DET	L,4-8	5-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.416	.424	.840	9	.93	0.053	.01	0.00%	0.94	PH
40	477	78	Jul 20	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1		0	0	.300	.395	.400	.795	9	1.86	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.76	P
41	478	80 (1)	Jul 23	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-8	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.390	.394	.785	9	.31	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.60	PH
42	479	81	Jul 24 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.386	.389	.774	9	3.00	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.11	PH
43	480	82	Jul 24 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-5	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.393	.397	.790	9	2.11	0.172	.00	0.00%	0.91	PH
44	481	83	Jul 25 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,16-10	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.308	.393	.397	.791	9						P
45	482	86 (2)	Jul 28	WSH		CHW	W,11-8	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.389	.392	.781	9	.81	-0.038	.01	0.00%	-0.58	PH
46	483	87	Jul 29	WSH		CHW	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.387	.383	.770	9	1.13	-0.004	.02	0.00%	-0.05	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	484	90 (2)	Aug 1	WSH		CLE	L,2-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.383	.378	.761	8	.07	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.77	PH
48	485	91	Aug 3	WSH		SLB	W,3-2	CG(12)	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.374	.379	.753	9	1.87	-0.196	.01	0.00%	-0.66	P
49	486	92	Aug 4	WSH		SLB	L,3-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.370	.375	.745	9	2.41	-0.045	.02	0.00%	-0.09	PH
50	487	93	Aug 5	WSH		SLB	L,4-7	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.376	.382	.758	9	1.73	0.074	.01	0.00%	1.00	PH
51	488	94	Aug 6	WSH		DET	L,3-10	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.373	.378	.750	9	2.87	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.47	PH
52	489	95	Aug 7 (1)	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.377	.376	.754	9	1.80	-0.012	.00	0.00%	0.77	P
53	490	96	Aug 7 (2)	WSH		DET	W,8-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.374	.372	.746	9	2.44	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.39	PH
54	491	100 (3)	Aug 11	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.364	.361	.724	9	.66	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.92	P
55	492	101	Aug 12	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.360	.357	.718	9	1.84	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PH
56	493	104 (2)	Aug 15 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,8-3	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1				0	0	.280	.368	.360	.728	9						P
57	494	108 (3)	Aug 18	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-7	4-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.374	.366	.740	9	.76	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.29	PH
58	495	109	Aug 19	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG(12)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.375	.368	.743	9	2.49	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
59	496	111 (1)	Aug 24	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.387	.382	.769	9	.76	0.127	.00	0.00%	2.03	P
60	497	113 (1)	Aug 26	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.384	.378	.762	9	5.62	-0.363	.00	0.00%	-1.67	PH
61	498	115 (1)	Aug 28	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.307	.383	.386	.769	9	1.23	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.09	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
62	499	120 (4)	Sep 1	WSH	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.379	.381	.760	9	.68	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.40	P
63	500	124 (3)	Sep 5	WSH		NYY	L,5-10	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.376	.378	.754	9	.21	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
64	501	125	Sep 6 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.365	.366	.731	9	.90	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-1.12	P
65	502	133 (7)	Sep 10	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.362	.362	.724	9	1.70	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
66	503	134	Sep 11	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.359	.359	.719	9	1.41	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.37	PH
67	504	138 (3)	Sep 15	WSH		DET	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1		0	0	.290	.359	.359	.717	9	1.13	0.084	.00	0.00%	0.28	P
68	505	144 (5)	Sep 21	WSH		CLE	L,3-6	CG	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				0	0	.293	.369	.368	.738	9						P
69	506	148 (3)	Sep 26	WSH		PHA	T,7-7	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.367	.366	.732	9	2.98	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
70	507	151 (2)	Sep 29 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.364	.363	.727	9	2.88	-0.070	.00	0.00%	0.10	PH
71	508	153 (1)	Sep 30 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.355	.353	.707	9	1.00	-0.104	.00	0.00%	-1.25	P
							24-44		158	139	14	39	7	0	1	25	16	0	21	0	3		2		0	0	.281	.355	.353	.707		1.44	-0.698	.90	0.44%	-0.36

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