Alex Ferguson
1918–1929 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators (1901-60)
257G
.106AVG
.140OBP
.116SLG
More career statistics
42H
0HR
22RBI
0SB
61–85W–L
1,241.2IP
397K
4.93ERA
166GS
10SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 397 | 398 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 2 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 452 | 453 |
| Batting · RBI | 22 | 21 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,573 | 5,574 |
| Pitching · p er | 680 | 676 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,455 | 1,454 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,725 | 3,729 |
| Pitching · p k | 397 | 402 |
| Pitching · p r | 778 | 777 |
| Pitching · p w | 482 | 485 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 257 | 452 | 397 | 13 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 150 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | .106 | .140 | .116 | .256 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,241.7 | 257 | 166 | 62 | 61 | 85 | 10 | 1,455 | 778 | 680 | 68 | 482 | 397 | 0 | 0 | 4.93 | 1.560 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1921-05-13 to 1921-05-25
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1929-05-18 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1924-06-28 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1925-07-16 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 126 | 211 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 74 | .078 | .100 | .083 |
| Away | 131 | 242 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 76 | .128 | .149 | .142 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 27 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | .024 | .067 | .024 |
| May | 53 | 84 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | .197 | .190 | .197 |
| June | 54 | 74 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | .121 | .135 | .121 |
| July | 44 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 24 | .100 | .123 | .129 |
| August | 41 | 85 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 31 | .066 | .082 | .066 |
| September | 37 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 26 | .099 | .136 | .127 |
| October | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 29 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | .105 | .127 | .123 |
| st-louis-browns | 28 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | .208 | .207 | .208 |
| cleveland-guardians | 26 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | .100 | .091 | .125 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 25 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 17 | .136 | .143 | .159 |
| detroit-tigers | 24 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .079 | .119 | .079 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 24 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .111 | .113 | .133 |
| new-york-yankees | 19 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .115 | .148 | .115 |
| cincinnati-reds | 12 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .105 | .125 | .105 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 |  New York Yankees | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 1 | 1 |
| 1921 | New York Yankees | 17 | 20 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .200 | 56 | 9 |
| 1922 |  Boston Red Sox | 39 | 64 | 6 | – | 6 | – | .094 | 198 | 45 |
| 1923 | Boston Red Sox | 34 | 63 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .095 | 198 | 74 |
| 1924 | Boston Red Sox | 41 | 86 | 12 | – | 5 | – | .140 | 238 | 80 |
| 1925 | Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 33 | 39 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .077 | 126 | 49 |
| 1926 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 19 | 11 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .182 | 47 | 16 |
| 1927 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 31 | 70 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .100 | 227 | 73 |
| 1928 | Philadelphia Phillies | 34 | 39 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .026 | 134 | 51 |
| 1929 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies | 8 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | .200 | 14 | 4 |