Willie Ferrell
1937–1943 · bats ? / throws L · Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, CI2, CV9, Homestead Grays, JAX
68G
.259AVG
.282OBP
.316SLG
More career statistics
41H
1HR
16RBI
0SB
14–13W–L
242.0IP
87K
4.50ERA
27GS
1Rare feat
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 | 158 | 100 |
| Batting · Doubles | 2 | 3 |
| Batting · Hits | 41 | 23 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 167 | 107 |
| Batting · Runs | 17 | 14 |
| Batting · RBI | 16 | 13 |
| Batting · Walks | 5 | 4 |
| Pitching · Games | 41 | 52 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,085 | 821 |
| Pitching · p cg | 18 | 23 |
| Pitching · p er | 121 | 68 |
| Pitching · p gs | 27 | 35 |
| Pitching · p h | 261 | 241 |
| Pitching · p hr | 8 | 11 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 726 | 830 |
| Pitching · p k | 87 | 55 |
| Pitching · p r | 165 | 177 |
| Pitching · p w | 93 | 64 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 167 | 158 | 17 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | .259 | .282 | .316 | .598 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 242.0 | 41 | 27 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 261 | 165 | 121 | 8 | 93 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1.463 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1937-07-27 to 1938-07-01
5longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1937-06-13 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 16 | 29 | 9 | – | 8 | – | .310 | 66 | 18 |
| 1938 | JAX | 3 | 9 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .222 | 26 | 8 |
| 1939 | CV9, Homestead Grays | 6 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | .100 | 35 | 7 |
| 1940 |  Homestead Grays | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | .400 | 29 | 4 |
| 1941 | CGChicago American Giants | 10 | 11 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 46 | 10 |
| 1942 | CGChicago American Giants | 12 | 15 | 4 | – | – | – | .267 | 57 | 8 |
| 1943 | Chicago American Giants, CI2 | 12 | 21 | 5 | – | – | – | .238 | 15 | – |