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Wes
Ferrell		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: February 2, 1908 in Usa, NC, GREENSBORO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1935   
All-Star Selections 1931    1934    1937   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 22 CAL AL $ 2,714,286 80 41 44 43 46 50 48 56 56 56
1931 23 CAL AL $ 2,714,286 9 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
1932 24 BOS AL $ 4,507,143 9 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6
1933 25 BOS AL $ 5,510,000 9 6 7 6 5 6 6 8 8 8
1934 26 BOS AL $ 5,510,000 9 7 7 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1935 27 BOS AL $ 5,510,000 9 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
1936 28 BOS AL $ 10,000,000 9 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
1937 29 BOS AL $ 10,000,000 9 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6
1938 30 BOS AL $ 10,000,000 9 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1939 31 BOS AL $ 10,000,000 9 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1940 32 BOS AL $ 2,810,000 9 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1941 33 BOS AL $ 2,810,000 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1942 34 BOS AL $ 2,810,000 7 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,714,286 7 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,000,000 80 41 44 43 46 50 48 56 56 56
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 22 CAL AL $ 2,714,286   45 45 45 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 61 61 61
1931 23 CAL AL $ 2,714,286   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1932 24 BOS AL $ 4,507,143   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1933 25 BOS AL $ 5,510,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1934 26 BOS AL $ 5,510,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1935 27 BOS AL $ 5,510,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1936 28 BOS AL $ 10,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1937 29 BOS AL $ 10,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1938 30 BOS AL $ 10,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1939 31 BOS AL $ 10,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1940 32 BOS AL $ 2,810,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1941 33 BOS AL $ 2,810,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1942 34 BOS AL $ 2,810,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,714,286   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,000,000   45 45 45 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 61 61 61
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1930 22 CAL AL 13 18 .419 36 36 15 1 0 274.7 323 155 20 101 51 5.08 .293 .351 .408 .759 10.9
1931 23 CAL AL 24 11 .686 41 41 20 1 0 335.3 320 128 21 121 88 3.44 .253 .317 .348 .665 27.8
1932 24 BOS AL 12 11 .522 26 26 8 0 0 199.7 254 109 16 60 57 4.91 .309 .354 .426 .781 9.8
1933 25 BOS AL 14 14 .500 40 40 3 1 0 270.0 298 132 17 114 88 4.40 .282 .351 .393 .744 18.9
1934 26 BOS AL 17 16 .515 40 40 4 0 0 264.3 306 144 9 110 94 4.90 .289 .355 .377 .732 12.4
1935 27 BOS AL 11 10 .524 32 27 5 2 0 190.0 187 85 8 90 70 4.03 .260 .339 .355 .694 12.7
1936 28 OAK AL 9 7 .563 22 22 8 0 0 174.3 170 73 12 57 76 3.77 .257 .316 .365 .680 13.3
  BOS AL 12 3 .800 18 18 6 0 0 140.0 150 74 10 46 44 4.76 .275 .331 .387 .718 8.8
  TOT   21 10 .677 40 40 14 0 0 314.3 320 147 22 103 120 4.21 .265 .322 .375 .697 22.1
1937 29 BOS AL 21 10 .677 40 40 14 3 0 307.3 308 137 19 111 115 4.01 .262 .323 .387 .710 19.6
1938 30 BOS AL 12 12 .500 29 29 10 0 0 219.7 227 114 17 81 99 4.67 .271 .334 .406 .741 10.8
1939 31 BOS AL 16 21 .432 41 41 14 1 0 316.3 354 165 14 97 135 4.69 .284 .332 .402 .734 13.5
1940 32 BOS AL 16 12 .571 42 30 6 2 2 238.0 276 135 18 91 99 5.11 .289 .349 .395 .745 8.8
1941 33 BOS AL 3 2 .600 44 1 0 0 15 54.3 40 18 5 30 22 2.98 .206 .311 .304 .615 8.8
1942 34 BOS AL 1 6 .143 25 7 0 0 5 67.7 78 39 4 34 30 5.19 .291 .367 .399 .766 2.0
13 Years Sim 181 153 .542 476 398 113 11 22 3051.6 3291 1508 190 1143 1068 4.45 .276 .338 .386 .725 178.1
Season Average 13 11 .542 36 30 8 0 1 234.7 253 116 14 87 82 4.45 .276 .338 .386 .725  
Career Highs 24 21 .686 44 41 20 3 15 335.3 354 165 22 121 135 5.19 .309 .367 .426 .781  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1586 761 85 502 622   .260 .316 .361 .677
vs LH   1705 747 105 641 446   .294 .364 .413 .777
Home 92 79 .538 243 203 48 7 6 1570.3 1677 771 93 598 559 4.42 .273 .338 .384 .721
Away 89 74 .546 233 195 65 4 18 1481.3 1614 737 97 545 509 4.48 .280 .342 .389 .731
Mar/Apr 33 25 .569 81 67 16 2 6 502.6 556 240 35 183 185 4.30 .282 .343 .396 .740
May 30 37 .448 91 80 30 3 3 622.9 658 311 41 223 201 4.49 .271 .333 .383 .716
June 38 21 .644 80 70 21 2 5 538.6 549 233 38 196 192 3.89 .264 .327 .376 .704
July 31 30 .508 84 70 19 2 4 531.6 614 296 31 210 180 5.01 .291 .355 .400 .756
August 28 19 .596 74 61 15 1 3 462.3 517 246 26 167 157 4.79 .285 .345 .396 .741
Sep/Oct 21 21 .500 66 50 14 1 3 393.3 397 182 19 164 153 4.16 .263 .335 .363 .698
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 22 CAL AL 36 95 11 27 0 0 0 9 1 0 3 11 .284 .303 .284 .587 9.3 0.6
1931 23 CAL AL 41 119 7 29 2 0 0 7 1 0 2 14 .244 .256 .261 .517 6.9 0.0
1932 24 BOS AL 26 74 3 16 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 .216 .227 .216 .443 2.9 0.0
1933 25 BOS AL 40 107 7 24 3 0 0 8 0 0 1 12 .224 .231 .252 .484 5.3 0.0
1934 26 BOS AL 40 112 10 28 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 16 .250 .257 .250 .507 5.9 0.0
1935 27 BOS AL 32 75 5 20 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 13 .267 .267 .267 .533 3.7 0.0
1936 28 OAK AL 22 66 8 13 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 11 .197 .206 .197 .403 1.4 0.0
  BOS AL 18 53 7 21 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 6 .396 .396 .396 .792 7.0 1.2
  TOT   40 119 15 34 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 17 .286 .289 .286 .575 8.4 1.2
1937 29 BOS AL 40 116 13 38 0 2 1 14 1 0 3 12 .328 .345 .388 .732 14.1 2.1
1938 30 BOS AL 29 84 11 30 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 .357 .379 .369 .748 11.2 2.1
1939 31 BOS AL 41 103 7 21 0 1 1 13 0 0 4 18 .204 .239 .252 .491 6.8 0.0
1940 32 BOS AL 42 82 6 20 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 19 .244 .250 .256 .506 4.9 0.0
1941 33 BOS AL 44 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1942 34 BOS AL 25 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3 0.0
13 Years Sim 476 1101 96 287 7 3 2 92 3 0 19 153 .261 .274 .278 .551 78.0 6.0
162 Game Average 374 32 97 2 1 0 31 1 0 6 52 .261 .274 .278 .551 26.5  
Career Highs 44 119 15 38 3 2 1 15 1 0 4 19 .357 .379 .388 .748 14.1  
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   830 70 220 6 2 0 71 3 0 14 112 .265 .277 .277 .554 59.1
vs LH   271 26 67 1 1 2 21 0 0 5 41 .247 .263 .280 .543 18.3
Home 243 522 51 152 5 1 0 49 3 0 4 67 .291 .295 .305 .600 44.0
Away 212 579 45 135 2 2 2 43 0 0 15 86 .233 .254 .254 .508 33.4
RISP   303 0 83 1 2 1 89 0 0 4 38 .274 .280 .300 .580 24.0
Close/Late   69 6 23 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 9 .333 .347 .348 .695 7.6
Mar/Apr 67 182 20 39 0 0 0 16 0 0 3 21 .214 .230 .214 .444 6.8
May 80 229 20 72 2 0 0 20 0 0 5 27 .314 .329 .323 .652 23.1
June 70 202 18 49 3 1 0 10 0 0 5 34 .243 .263 .267 .530 12.7
July 79 191 11 45 0 1 0 20 1 0 2 25 .236 .242 .246 .488 9.9
August 66 153 16 42 1 0 1 13 1 0 4 26 .275 .291 .301 .592 13.0
Sep/Oct 66 144 11 40 1 1 1 13 1 0 0 20 .278 .278 .319 .597 11.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 22 CAL AL P 36 36 274.7 22 65 0 1 1.000 2.85    
1931 23 CAL AL P 41 41 335.3 20 79 6 8 .943 2.66    
1932 24 BOS AL P 26 26 199.7 23 45 3 3 .958 3.07    
1933 25 BOS AL P 40 40 270.0 14 55 1 3 .986 2.30    
1934 26 BOS AL P 40 40 264.3 17 52 2 2 .972 2.35    
1935 27 BOS AL P 32 27 190.0 18 44 1 3 .984 2.94    
1936 28 OAK AL P 22 22 174.3 9 32 1 2 .976 2.12    
  BOS AL P 18 18 140.0 7 26 0 2 1.000 2.12    
  TOT   P 40 40 314.3 16 58 1 4 .987 2.12    
1937 29 BOS AL P 40 40 307.3 28 75 3 12 .972 3.02    
1938 30 BOS AL P 29 29 219.7 13 39 0 4 1.000 2.13    
1939 31 BOS AL P 41 41 316.3 17 68 0 0 1.000 2.42    
1940 32 BOS AL P 42 30 238.0 17 40 3 6 .950 2.16    
1941 33 BOS AL P 44 1 54.3 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.99    
1942 34 BOS AL P 25 7 67.7 2 14 0 1 1.000 2.13    
Career Totals   476 398 3051.6 210 643 20 48 .977 2.52    
Career Highs   44 41 335.3 28 79 6 12 1.000 3.07    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1931 23 CAL AL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 23 15 4 2 4 10.38 .377 .397 .689 1.085
1933 25 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 6 2 0 3 4 2.57 .240 .321 .320 .641
1934 26 BOS AL 2 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 2 8.3 9 3 1 1 1 3.24 .290 .313 .419 .732
1935 27 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 7.7 9 5 0 2 6 5.87 .281 .324 .438 .761
1936 28 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 1 0 0 10.7 20 10 1 5 5 8.44 .400 .455 .580 1.035
1937 29 BOS AL 3 1 .750 4 4 1 0 0 27.7 38 19 1 17 10 6.18 .333 .420 .421 .841
Career Post-Season Pitching 9 2 .818 16 10 2 0 2 74.3 105 54 7 30 30 6.54 .335 .394 .492 .886
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1931 23 CAL AL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1933 25 BOS AL 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833
1935 27 BOS AL 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .667 1.167
1936 28 BOS AL 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1937 29 BOS AL 4 10 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .300 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 10 24 5 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 2 .208 .269 .292 .561
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1931-5-3.44
1935-6-4.03
 Wins
1931-2-24
1934-9-17
1936-7-21
1937-4-21
 Losses
1930-10-18
1939-3-21
 Winning Pct
1931-1-.686
1932-10-.522
1936-3-.677
1937-2-.677
1940-9-.571
 Saves
1941-2-15
 Games Started
1933-10-40
Complete Games
1931-9-20
1936-9-14
 Shutouts
1933-8-1
1935-4-2
1937-3-3
1940-4-2
 Innings Pitched
1939-9-316.3
 Hits Allowed
1939-4-354
 Homeruns Allowed
1930-5-20
1931-7-21
1933-9-17
1936-8-22
 Walks Allowed
1931-9-121
1933-7-114
1934-7-110
1937-8-111
Hits per 9IP
1931-5-8.6
1935-2-8.9
1936-5-9.2
1937-10-9.0
 WHiP
1931-10-1.32
1936-6-1.35
 OAVG
1931-7-.253
1935-5-.260
1936-6-.265
 OOBP
1931-9-.317
1936-9-.322
 OSLG
1931-5-.348
1934-8-.377
1935-2-.355
1936-10-.375
 OOPS
1931-5-.665
1935-6-.694
1936-7-.697
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 62    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Hugh Mulcahy (968)
  2. Whit Wyatt (937)
  3. Ralph Birkofer (919)
  4. Alan Foster (916)
  5. Marius Russo (915)
  6. Russ Meyer (908)
  7. Red Embree (905)
  8. Schoolboy Rowe (901)
  9. Al Javery (901)
  10. Fred Hutchinson (900)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Jack Salveson (977)
  2. Joe Wood (965)
  3. Schoolboy Rowe (962)
  4. Ed Head (960)
  5. Fred Hutchinson (959)
  6. Johnny Sain (957)
  7. Ralph Birkofer (956)
  8. Clay Bryant (954)
  9. Red Ruffing (953)
  10. Don Newcombe (948)
History
Earned first career win on 4/4/1930
Had first career hit on 4/12/1930, off George Earnshaw (TAM)
Injured on 8/3/1930 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,714,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/4/1931 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1931, going 6-1, 3.51
Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,507,143 through salary arbitration
5/16/1932: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $5,510,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 7/27/1932 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Injured on 6/17/1935 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1935
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/6/1936 to a 4-year deal worth $10,000,001 per year
Traded from Oakland to Boston (A) on 7/1/1936 (Going to BOS: P Wes Ferrell. Going to OAK: P Bill Zuber)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1936, going 6-1, 4.27
Injured on 9/18/1936 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Hit first career homerun on 9/27/1937, off Carl Hubbell (NYA)
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1937
Injured on 4/21/1938 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/4/1938 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
10/12/1939: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $2,810,000 per year, for 3 years
 
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