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Wes Ferrell
Wesley Cheek Ferrell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 9, 1927
Final Game May 6, 1941
Born February 2, 1908 in Greensboro, NC
Died December 9, 1976 in Sarasota, FL

Brother of Rick Ferrell

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1927 19 CLE AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    3    3    3   0    2    0   0   0     8       0 27.00  4.18   15 5.000
 1928 20 CLE AL   0   2   2   2   1   0   0  0   16.0   15    5    4   0    5    4   0   0    67       0  2.25  4.16  185 1.250
 1929 21 CLE AL  21  10  43  25  18   1  12  5  242.7  256  112   97   7  109  100   3   2  1061       3  3.60  4.45  124 1.504
 1930 22 CLE AL  25  13  43  35  25   1   8  3  296.7  299  141  109  14  106  143   0   5  1274       1  3.31  4.83  146 1.365
 1931 23 CLE AL  22  12  40  35  27   2   4  3  276.3  276  134  115   9  130  123   3   3  1227       0  3.75  4.60  123 1.469 MVP-11
 1932 24 CLE AL  23  13  38  34  26   3   3  1  287.7  299  141  117  17  104  105   0   4  1244       1  3.66  4.79  131 1.401 MVP-19
 1933 25 CLE AL  11  12  28  26  16   1   2  0  201.0  225  108   94   8   70   41   2   1   886       0  4.21  4.50  107 1.468 AS
 1934 26 BOS AL  14   5  26  23  17   3   3  1  181.0  205   87   73   4   49   67   0   3   785       0  3.63  4.72  130 1.403 MVP-8
 1935 27 BOS AL  25  14  41  38  31   3   3  0  322.3  336  149  126  16  108  110   3   5  1391       0  3.52  4.72  134 1.377 MVP-2
 1936 28 BOS AL  20  15  39  38  28   3   1  0  301.0  330  160  140  11  119  106   6   3  1341       0  4.19  5.29  126 1.492
 1937 29 TOT AL  14  19  37  35  26   0   2  0  281.0  325  177  153  25  122  123   3   2  1266       0  4.90  4.52   92 1.591 AS
         BOS AL   3   6  12  11   5   0   1  0   73.3  111   66   62  14   34   31   1   1   357       0  7.61  4.76   63 1.977
         WSH AL  11  13  25  24  21   0   1  0  207.7  214  111   91  11   88   92   2   1   909       0  3.94  4.44  113 1.454
 1938 30 TOT AL  15  10  28  26  10   0   2  0  179.0  245  144  125  18   86   43   1   5   848       1  6.28  4.51   72 1.849
         WSH AL  13   8  23  22   9   0   1  0  149.0  193  111   98  12   68   36   1   3   694       1  5.92  4.50   76 1.752
         NYY AL   2   2   5   4   1   0   1  0   30.0   52   33   27   6   18    7   0   2   154       0  8.10  4.55   56 2.333
 1939 31 NYY AL   1   2   3   3   1   0   0  0   19.3   14   10   10   2   17    6   0   1    85       0  4.66  4.34   93 1.603
 1940 32 BRO NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    4.0    4    3    3   0    4    4   1   0    21       0  6.75  4.00   59 2.000
 1941 33 BSN NL   2   1   4   3   1   0   1  0   14.0   13    8    8   1    9   10   1   1    64       0  5.14  3.56   69 1.571
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 15 Yr WL% .601 193 128 374 323 227  17  43 13 2623.0 2845 1382 1177 132 1040  985  23  35 11568       6  4.04  4.70  116 1.481
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    18  12  36  31  22   1   4  1  255.7  277  134  114  12  101   96   2   3  1128   0   0  4.04  4.70  116 1.481
 Career High     25  19  43  38  31   3  12  5  322.3  336  177  153  25  130  143   6   5  1391   0   3  3.31  5.29  146 1.365
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1928 20 CLE AL   2    4    0    1   0  1   0    0   0  0   0   0  .250  .250  .750  153    3   0           0    
 1929 21 CLE AL  47   93   12   22   5  3   1   12   1  0   6  28  .237  .283  .387   68   36   3           0    
 1930 22 CLE AL  53  118   19   35   8  3   0   14   0  0  12  15  .297  .362  .415   93   49   3           0    
 1931 23 CLE AL  48  116   24   37   6  1   9   30   0  0  10  21  .319  .373  .621  151   72   2           0     MVP-11
 1932 24 CLE AL  55  128   14   31   5  2   2   18   0  0   6  21  .242  .276  .359   58   46   6           0     MVP-19
 1933 25 CLE AL  61  140   26   38   7  0   7   26   0  0  20  22  .271  .363  .471  115   66   1           0     AS
 1934 26 BOS AL  34   78   12   22   4  0   4   17   1  0   7  15  .282  .341  .487  107   38   3           0     MVP-8
 1935 27 BOS AL  75  150   25   52   5  1   7   32   0  0  21  16  .347  .427  .533  140   80   8           0     MVP-2
 1936 28 BOS AL  61  135   20   36   6  1   5   24   0  0  14  10  .267  .336  .437   85   59   5           0    
 1937 29 TOT AL  71  139   14   39   7  0   1   25   0  0  16  21  .281  .355  .353   80   49   3           0     AS
         BOS AL  18   33    7   12   2  0   1    9   0  0   7   3  .364  .475  .515  145   17   1           0    
         WSH AL  53  106    7   27   5  0   0   16   0  0   9  18  .255  .313  .302   58   32   2           0    
 1938 30 TOT AL  31   61    7   13   3  0   1    7   0  0  16  11  .213  .377  .311   78   19   6           0    
         WSH AL  26   49    6   11   2  0   1    6   0  0  15   7  .224  .406  .327   91   16   6           0    
         NYY AL   5   12    1    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   4  .167  .231  .250   20    3   0           0    
 1939 31 NYY AL   3    8    0    1   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .125  .125  .250   -6    2   0           0   0
 1940 32 BRO NL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1941 33 BSN NL   4    4    2    2   0  0   1    2   0      1   1  .500  .600 1.250  423    5   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     548 1176  175  329  57 12  38  208   2  0 129 185  .280  .351  .446  100  524  40   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        348   52   97  17  4  11   61   1  0  38  55  .280  .351  .446  100  155  12   0   0   0   0
 Career High     75  150   26   52   8  3   9   32   1  0  21  28                          80   8   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 20 CLE AL    4    3    1   8.9   109| .250  .290| .250  .355| .750  .412|1.000  .767| 153  .760   0.1   0.0   0%
 1929 21 CLE AL  102   74   10   3.6   116| .237  .297| .283  .364| .387  .429| .670  .793|  68  .359  -5.2  -0.5 100%
 1930 22 CLE AL  133   86   18   5.6   119| .297  .300| .362  .365| .415  .441| .777  .806|  93  .526  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1931 23 CLE AL  128   81   27   8.9   113| .319  .294| .373  .362| .621  .420| .994  .782| 151  .748   7.7   0.7   0%
 1932 24 CLE AL  140  103   13   3.4   118| .242  .295| .276  .367| .359  .433| .635  .800|  58  .328  -9.1  -0.9   0%
 1933 25 CLE AL  161  103   24   6.3   110| .271  .287| .363  .359| .471  .413| .834  .772| 115  .623   3.0   0.3   0%
 1934 26 BOS AL   88   59   13   5.9   116| .282  .294| .341  .369| .487  .424| .828  .793| 107  .571   0.4   0.0 100%
 1935 27 BOS AL  179  106   34   8.6   117| .347  .296| .427  .370| .533  .428| .960  .797| 140  .727   9.2   0.9   0%
 1936 28 BOS AL  154  104   20   5.1   127| .267  .306| .336  .383| .437  .450| .773  .832|  85  .463  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1937 29 TOT AL  158  103   18   4.6   115| .281  .287| .355  .362| .353  .428| .708  .790|  80  .442  -3.7  -0.3   0%
         BOS AL   41   22    8   9.6   120| .364  .295| .475  .371| .515  .439| .990  .810| 145  .751   2.8   0.3   0%
         WSH AL  117   81   10   3.3   113| .255  .285| .313  .359| .302  .424| .615  .784|  58  .295  -6.5  -0.6   0%
 1938 30 TOT AL   83   54    8   3.9   113| .213  .283| .377  .360| .311  .422| .688  .782|  78  .365  -1.0  -0.1   0%
         WSH AL   70   44    7   4.2   112| .224  .281| .406  .359| .327  .419| .733  .778|  91  .396   0.5   0.0   0%
         NYY AL   13   10    1   2.6   118| .167  .290| .231  .369| .250  .432| .481  .801|  20  .219  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 1939 31 NYY AL    8    7    0   0.0   113| .125  .285| .125  .360| .250  .422| .375  .782|  -6  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1940 32 BRO NL    2    2    0   0.0   103| .000  .278| .000  .344| .000  .401| .000  .746|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
 1941 33 BSN NL    5    2    3  40.2    90| .500  .260| .600  .329|1.250  .366|1.850  .696| 423  .985   1.7   0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     1345  887  189   5.7   116| .280  .294| .351  .366| .446  .429| .797  .795| 100  .550  -4.1  -0.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1927 19 CLE AL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.40  0.00  2.70    0    1.0
 1928 20 CLE AL   P    2      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  2.50  1.35  2.81  2.42    2   16.0
 1929 21 CLE AL   P   43     10   63    2    3  .973  .958  1.70  1.29  2.71  2.34   25  242.7
 1930 22 CLE AL   P   43     19   39    2    0  .967  .946  1.35  1.18  1.76  2.20   35  296.7
 1931 23 CLE AL   P   40     19   74    3    3  .969  .954  2.33  1.19  3.03  2.21   35  276.3
 1932 24 CLE AL   P   38     14   59    1    5  .986  .958  1.92  1.21  2.28  2.24   34  287.7
 1933 25 CLE AL   P   28     12   48    0    4 1.000  .960  2.14  1.18  2.69  2.28   26  201.0 AS
                 OF   13     31    1    0    1 1.000  .970  2.46  2.21                           13    0    0 AS
 1934 26 BOS AL   P   26      8   23    1    2  .969  .957  1.19  1.11  1.54  2.14   23  181.0
 1935 27 BOS AL   P   41      9   76    2    1  .977  .949  2.07  1.12  2.37  2.15   38  322.3
 1936 28 BOS AL   P   39      9   42    2    2  .962  .957  1.31  1.04  1.52  1.99   38  301.0
 1937 29 TOT AL   P   37     11   55    2    4  .971  .954  1.78  1.09  2.11  2.05   35  281.0 AS
         BOS AL   P   12      6   21    1    4  .964  .954  2.25  1.09  3.32  2.05   11   73.3
         WSH AL   P   25      5   34    1    0  .975  .954  1.56  1.09  1.69  2.05   24  207.7
 1938 30 TOT AL   P   28     10   41    2    6  .962  .951  1.82  1.12  2.56  2.11   26  179.0
         WSH AL   P   23      8   32    1    3  .976  .952  1.74  1.12  2.42  2.11   22  149.0
         NYY AL   P    5      2    9    1    3  .917  .948  2.20  1.12  3.30  2.10    4   30.0
 1939 31 NYY AL   P    3      0    4    0    0 1.000  .952  1.33  0.97  1.87  1.91    3   19.3
 1940 32 BRO NL   P    1      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  1.10  6.75  2.25    0    4.0
 1941 33 BSN NL   P    4      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.25  1.10  0.64  2.25    3   14.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1933 25 CLE AL  OF   13     31    1    0    1 1.000  .970  2.46  2.21                           13    0    0

 1927 19 CLE AL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.40  0.00  2.70    0    1.0
 1928 20 CLE AL   P    2      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  2.50  1.35  2.81  2.42    2   16.0
 1929 21 CLE AL   P   43     10   63    2    3  .973  .958  1.70  1.29  2.71  2.34   25  242.7
 1930 22 CLE AL   P   43     19   39    2    0  .967  .946  1.35  1.18  1.76  2.20   35  296.7
 1931 23 CLE AL   P   40     19   74    3    3  .969  .954  2.33  1.19  3.03  2.21   35  276.3
 1932 24 CLE AL   P   38     14   59    1    5  .986  .958  1.92  1.21  2.28  2.24   34  287.7
 1933 25 CLE AL   P   28     12   48    0    4 1.000  .960  2.14  1.18  2.69  2.28   26  201.0
 1934 26 BOS AL   P   26      8   23    1    2  .969  .957  1.19  1.11  1.54  2.14   23  181.0
 1935 27 BOS AL   P   41      9   76    2    1  .977  .949  2.07  1.12  2.37  2.15   38  322.3
 1936 28 BOS AL   P   39      9   42    2    2  .962  .957  1.31  1.04  1.52  1.99   38  301.0
 1937 29 TOT AL   P   37     11   55    2    4  .971  .954  1.78  1.09  2.11  2.05   35  281.0
         BOS AL   P   12      6   21    1    4  .964  .954  2.25  1.09  3.32  2.05   11   73.3
         WSH AL   P   25      5   34    1    0  .975  .954  1.56  1.09  1.69  2.05   24  207.7
 1938 30 TOT AL   P   28     10   41    2    6  .962  .951  1.82  1.12  2.56  2.11   26  179.0
         WSH AL   P   23      8   32    1    3  .976  .952  1.74  1.12  2.42  2.11   22  149.0
         NYY AL   P    5      2    9    1    3  .917  .948  2.20  1.12  3.30  2.10    4   30.0
 1939 31 NYY AL   P    3      0    4    0    0 1.000  .952  1.33  0.97  1.87  1.91    3   19.3
 1940 32 BRO NL   P    1      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  1.10  6.75  2.25    0    4.0
 1941 33 BSN NL   P    4      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.25  1.10  0.64  2.25    3   14.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 374    122  532   17   30  .975  .954  1.75  1.16              323 2623.0
                 OF   13     31    1    0    1 1.000  .970  2.46  2.21                           13    0    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       387    153  533   17   31  .976  .955  1.77  1.19
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1933   CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1937   WSH AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1933
1937

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1931-AL-11-0.15
1932-AL-19-0.06
1934-AL-8-0.20
1935-AL-2-0.78
Car-197-1.19 shares

ERA
1929 AL-3.60-7
1930 AL-3.31-2
1931 AL-3.75-9
1932 AL-3.66-8
1934 AL-3.63-8
1935 AL-3.52-7
1936 AL-4.19-8

Wins
1929 AL-21-2
1930 AL-25-2
1931 AL-22-2
1932 AL-23-4
1935 AL-25-1
1936 AL-20-3
1938 AL-15-8

Won-Loss %
1929 AL-.677-4
1930 AL-.658-7
1931 AL-.647-6
1932 AL-.639-10
1934 AL-.737-5
1935 AL-.641-10
1938 AL-.600-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1934 AL-1.403-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1930 AL-9.07-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1934 AL-2.44-1
1935 AL-3.02-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1929 AL-3.71-8
1930 AL-4.34-10
1931 AL-4.01-9
1937 AL-3.94-9

Games
1929 AL-43-3
1930 AL-43-5

Saves
1929 AL-5-4
1930 AL-3-10
1931 AL-3-10

Innings
1930 AL-296.7-2
1931 AL-276.3-4
1932 AL-287.7-3
1935 AL-322.3-1
1936 AL-301.0-1
1937 AL-281.0-1

Strikeouts
1929 AL-100-8
1930 AL-143-4
1931 AL-123-6
1932 AL-105-10
1935 AL-110-6
1936 AL-106-7
1937 AL-123-8

Games Started
1930 AL-35-3
1931 AL-35-3
1932 AL-34-4
1935 AL-38-1
1936 AL-38-1
1937 AL-35-2

Comp. Games
1929 AL-18-10
1930 AL-25-2
1931 AL-27-1
1932 AL-26-2
1933 AL-16-7
1934 AL-17-7
1935 AL-31-1
1936 AL-28-1
1937 AL-26-1

Shutouts
1930 AL-1-10
1931 AL-2-3
1932 AL-3-3
1934 AL-3-5
1935 AL-3-4
1936 AL-3-6

Home Runs Allow.
1932 AL-17-7
1935 AL-16-8
1937 AL-25-1
1938 AL-18-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1929 AL-109-3
1930 AL-106-2
1931 AL-130-1
1932 AL-104-6
1935 AL-108-3
1936 AL-119-5
1937 AL-122-4
Car-1040-96

Hits Allowed
1930 AL-299-3
1931 AL-276-10
1932 AL-299-4
1935 AL-336-1
1936 AL-330-1
1937 AL-325-1
1938 AL-245-7

SO to Walk
1934 AL-1.37-6

Losses
1935 AL-14-7
1936 AL-15-8
1937 AL-19-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1935 AL-126-2
1936 AL-140-3
1937 AL-153-1
1938 AL-125-4

Wild Pitches
1930 AL-5-6
1935 AL-5-10
1938 AL-5-10

Hit Batsmen
1936 AL-6-3

Batters Faced
1930 AL-1274-2
1931 AL-1227-2
1932 AL-1244-2
1935 AL-1391-1
1936 AL-1341-1
1937 AL-1266-1

Adjusted ERA+
1929 AL-124-7
1930 AL-146-2
1931 AL-123-7
1932 AL-131-6
1934 AL-130-6
1935 AL-134-5
1936 AL-126-6

Youngest Player
1927 AL-19-1
1928 AL-20-6
1929 AL-21-9

      

Black Ink: Pitching - 25 (66) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 170 (69) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.0 (1492) Pitching - 22.0 (247) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 75.0 (151) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

May 25, 1934: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Dick Porter to the Boston Red Sox for Bob Weiland, Bob Seeds, and $25,000.

June 11, 1937: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Mel Almada and Rick Ferrell to the Washington Senators for Ben Chapman and Bobo Newsom.

August 12, 1938: Released by the Washington Senators.

August 14, 1938: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

May 28, 1939: Released by the New York Yankees.

January 10, 1940: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

May 14, 1940: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

February 10, 1941: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves.

May 8, 1941: Released by the Boston Braves.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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