Wes Ferrell
1927–1941 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1901-60)
548G
.280AVG
.351OBP
.446SLG
More career statistics
329H
38HR
208RBI
2SB
193–128W–L
2,623.0IP
985K
4.04ERA
323GS
13SV
12Rare 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 | 1,176 | 1,175 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 185 | 187 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,345 | 1,344 |
| Batting · RBI | 208 | 211 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 11,568 | 11,563 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,177 | 1,176 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,845 | 2,849 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 7,869 | 7,863 |
| Pitching · p k | 985 | 989 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,040 | 1,041 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 548 | 1,345 | 1,176 | 175 | 329 | 57 | 12 | 38 | 208 | 129 | 185 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 524 | .280 | .351 | .446 | .797 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,623.0 | 374 | 323 | 227 | 193 | 128 | 13 | 2,845 | 1,384 | 1,177 | 132 | 1,040 | 985 | 0 | 0 | 4.04 | 1.481 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1933-09-17 to 1933-09-24
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1931-04-29 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1932-05-05 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1937-08-19 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 293 | 683 | 165 | 17 | 113 | 77 | 88 | .283 | .354 | .443 |
| Away | 255 | 661 | 164 | 21 | 98 | 52 | 99 | .277 | .327 | .449 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 42 | 115 | 35 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 12 | .333 | .374 | .543 |
| May | 100 | 208 | 50 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 34 | .282 | .365 | .435 |
| June | 102 | 235 | 56 | 8 | 45 | 24 | 22 | .275 | .340 | .436 |
| July | 112 | 279 | 66 | 10 | 38 | 25 | 39 | .270 | .326 | .467 |
| August | 101 | 259 | 67 | 9 | 45 | 21 | 33 | .293 | .340 | .467 |
| September | 89 | 240 | 53 | 4 | 33 | 24 | 44 | .254 | .321 | .373 |
| October | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .286 | .375 | .286 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 83 | 160 | 36 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 29 | .252 | .312 | .371 |
| detroit-tigers | 80 | 186 | 47 | 7 | 31 | 21 | 25 | .297 | .366 | .506 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 80 | 216 | 52 | 5 | 43 | 21 | 30 | .277 | .338 | .452 |
| st-louis-browns | 79 | 199 | 51 | 8 | 42 | 21 | 26 | .298 | .362 | .485 |
| chicago-white-sox | 76 | 222 | 65 | 8 | 38 | 20 | 20 | .332 | .383 | .536 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 71 | 176 | 38 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 28 | .241 | .295 | .373 |
| boston-red-sox | 42 | 109 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 13 | .274 | .321 | .411 |
| cleveland-guardians | 31 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | .200 | .290 | .250 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 |  Cleveland Guardians | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 1928 | Cleveland Guardians | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | 16 | 4 |
| 1929 | Cleveland Guardians | 47 | 93 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 1 | .237 | 242 | 102 |
| 1930 | Cleveland Guardians | 53 | 118 | 35 | – | 14 | – | .297 | 296 | 143 |
| 1931 | Cleveland Guardians | 48 | 116 | 37 | 9 | 30 | – | .319 | 275 | 124 |
| 1932 | Cleveland Guardians | 55 | 128 | 31 | 2 | 19 | – | .242 | 287 | 106 |
| 1933 | Cleveland Guardians | 61 | 140 | 38 | 7 | 26 | – | .271 | 201 | 41 |
| 1934 |  Boston Red Sox | 34 | 77 | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | .286 | 181 | 67 |
| 1935 | Boston Red Sox | 75 | 150 | 52 | 7 | 33 | – | .347 | 322 | 110 |
| 1936 | Boston Red Sox | 61 | 135 | 36 | 5 | 24 | – | .267 | 301 | 106 |
| 1937 | Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 71 | 139 | 39 | 1 | 25 | – | .281 | 281 | 123 |
| 1938 | New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 31 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 8 | – | .213 | 179 | 43 |
| 1939 |  New York Yankees | 3 | 8 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .125 | 19 | 6 |
| 1940 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 4 | 4 |
| 1941 |  Boston Braves | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | .500 | 14 | 10 |