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James
Fergus		  
Nickname: Fireplug
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 220
 
Born: August 28, 1895 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1923   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1916 20 BOS AL 31 102 8 21 4 0 0 8 1 1 5 19 .206 .257 .245 .502 5.3 0.0
    AAA   85 314 36 93 19 1 4 49 6 3 38 61 .296 .372 .401 .773 46.8  
1917 21 BOS AL 119 416 43 115 31 7 1 43 8 1 35 69 .276 .334 .392 .726 52.4 13.3
1918 22 BOS AL 104 352 48 113 20 7 5 61 5 2 29 44 .321 .379 .460 .839 58.4 15.5
1919 23 BOS AL 28 111 14 24 9 0 0 17 2 0 7 16 .216 .263 .297 .560 7.6 0.6
    AAA   100 359 54 103 33 3 4 54 6 2 52 59 .287 .377 .429 .806 57.7  
1920 24 BOS AL 83 218 30 69 25 4 1 28 0 0 18 31 .317 .378 .482 .859 35.5 10.2
    AAA   46 174 18 39 12 0 5 18 2 0 25 32 .224 .322 .379 .701 22.7  
1921 25 BOS AL 149 522 69 145 39 6 10 65 0 0 41 78 .278 .344 .433 .777 75.0 12.9
1922 26 BOS AL 110 270 36 78 14 1 6 48 0 1 29 27 .289 .367 .415 .782 37.6 5.8
1923 27 BOS AL 137 459 77 146 39 9 10 99 3 2 51 50 .318 .386 .508 .894 86.4 17.1
1924 28 BOS AL 132 447 73 132 52 1 5 70 3 2 35 43 .295 .345 .450 .795 62.3 8.2
1925 29 BOS AL 134 462 65 120 45 7 12 85 0 0 50 55 .260 .337 .465 .802 70.6 9.8
1926 30 BOS AL 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .111 .250 .111 .361 0.4 0.0
    AAA   84 306 38 57 23 4 15 57 4 0 36 42 .186 .272 .435 .707 38.9  
11 Years Sim 1037 3368 464 964 278 42 50 525 22 9 302 434 .286 .350 .438 .788 491.4 93.3
4 Years AAA 315 1153 146 292 87 8 28 178 18 5 151 194 .253 .344 .415 .759 166.1  
162 Game Average 526 72 150 43 6 7 82 3 1 47 67 .286 .350 .438 .788 76.8  
Career Highs 149 522 77 146 52 9 12 99 8 2 51 78 .321 .386 .508 .894 86.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2511 339 743 216 34 41 417 20 6 227 307 .296 .359 .458 .817 385.1
vs LH   857 125 221 62 8 9 108 2 3 75 127 .258 .323 .380 .704 100.8
Home 522 1643 227 465 151 24 25 263 8 5 130 212 .283 .340 .450 .790 233.1
Away 515 1725 237 499 127 18 25 262 14 4 172 222 .289 .359 .427 .787 252.7
RISP   958 0 286 82 14 15 430 0 0 105 113 .299 .363 .460 .823 153.9
Pinch Hitting   136 15 43 17 2 1 27 0 0 12 9 .316 .375 .493 .868 22.4
Close/Late   394 32 108 31 6 9 64 0 0 27 39 .274 .335 .452 .787 54.2
Mar/Apr 115 410 70 126 43 7 10 88 5 2 43 59 .307 .375 .520 .894 73.3
May 195 671 92 187 48 4 10 93 5 1 71 87 .279 .351 .407 .758 93.9
June 184 569 68 143 31 4 7 63 2 1 48 75 .251 .315 .357 .672 62.5
July 187 549 78 162 58 5 5 84 4 1 52 71 .295 .366 .446 .812 82.1
August 171 536 69 163 44 12 6 84 2 3 39 57 .304 .358 .465 .822 80.2
Sep/Oct 185 633 87 183 54 10 12 113 4 1 49 85 .289 .344 .463 .807 93.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1916 20 BOS AL 2B 29 25 231.3 49 84 5 13 .964 5.17   0.7
    3B 2 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1917 21 BOS AL 3B 113 111 983.3 68 224 10 15 .967 2.67   7.3
    2B 3 2 19.0 6 9 0 0 1.000 7.11   0.1
1918 22 BOS AL 3B 97 97 835.7 56 177 16 11 .936 2.51   3.7
1919 23 BOS AL 3B 28 28 254.3 17 59 4 7 .950 2.69   0.8
1920 24 BOS AL 2B 53 45 391.3 103 144 13 35 .950 5.68   0.8
    3B 24 8 98.3 5 19 1 2 .960 2.20   0.3
1921 25 BOS AL 3B 145 140 1182.7 91 255 16 20 .956 2.63   5.0
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1922 26 BOS AL 3B 71 50 484.7 40 127 11 9 .938 3.10   2.2
    2B 27 0 63.7 21 22 2 9 .956 6.08   0.1
1923 27 BOS AL 3B 121 117 995.0 77 256 18 23 .949 3.01   3.6
    2B 8 0 20.3 8 11 1 4 .950 8.41   0.1
1924 28 BOS AL 3B 61 56 499.3 49 109 9 5 .946 2.85   1.4
    2B 61 52 435.3 121 192 19 42 .943 6.47   0.6
1925 29 BOS AL 3B 80 72 612.0 49 140 11 15 .945 2.78   2.9
    2B 52 51 425.0 111 186 17 43 .946 6.29   1.2
1926 30 BOS AL 2B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 743 679 5951.0 452 1366 96 107 .950 2.75   27.1
  2B 237 175 1593.0 420 651 57 147 .949 6.05   3.5
  RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   981 854 7544.9 873 2017 153 254 .950 3.45   30.6
Career Highs   147 140 1185.7 170 326 28 58 1.000 5.07    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1917-10-.276
 Slugging Pct
1917-6-.392
1918-9-.386*
1923-3-.508
 OPS
1917-5-.726
1923-2-.894
 OPS+
1917-4-135
1918-9-130
1923-3-138
 Games
1921-7-149
 Doubles
1917-2-31
1918-9-20
1921-4-39
1923-3-39
1924-1-52
1925-4-45
Homeruns
1918-3-5
 Extra Base Hits
1917-5-39
1921-9-55
1923-5-58
1924-5-58
1925-8-64
 RBIs
1918-5-61
1923-8-99
 Strikeouts
1921-2-78
1923-9-50
1925-7-55
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 39)
   Gray Ink Test: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 193)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 59)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bruno Brubaker (960)
  2. Hoss Mayweather (931)
  3. Joey Tartaglione (927)
  4. Carl Driscoll (906)
  5. Denholm Stevenson (903)
  6. Theodore Grignon (902)
  7. Stanley Standridge (896)
  8. Johnathan H. Molson (893)
  9. Dave Halberstam (890)
  10. John Frost (888)
History
Had first career hit on 9/4/1916, off Steve Smoke (PHA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/18/1917, off Llywelyn ap Rhys (NYA)
Won Player of the Week award on 10/7/1923, hitting .464 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Third Base in 1923
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1924, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 6/18/1925
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (A) on 10/1/1925
Released by Boston (A) on 8/16/1926
 
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