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Joe
Ferguson		  
Nickname: Schmendrick
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: September 19, 1946 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974   
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
1970 23 COL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 5
1971 24 COL NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 5
1972 25 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 5
1973 26 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 5
1974 27 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 8 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 5
1975 28 COL NL $ 2,600,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 5
1976 29 COL NL $ 4,200,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 5
1977 30 COL NL $ 4,200,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 5
1978 31 COL NL $ 4,200,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 5
1979 32 COL NL $ 4,200,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 5
1980 33 KCR AL $ 5,790,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 5
1981 34 KCR AL $ 5,790,000   6 6 6 7 6 7 4 4 4 10 10 10 5 5 5
1982 35 KCR AL $ 5,790,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10 5 5 5
1983 36 KCR AL $ 1,750,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
1984 37 SDP NL $ 1,750,000   3 3 3 2 1 2 4 3 3 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 1 2 4 3 3 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,790,000   6 6 7 8 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 5
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
1970 23 COL NL 7 34 3 5 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 7 .147 .216 .353 .569 2.6 0.0
    AAA   105 374 62 104 17 4 20 56 2 1 92 88 .278 .421 .505 .926 82.1  
    AA   26 89 17 31 7 0 6 17 0 1 27 9 .348 .500 .629 1.129 26.0  
1971 24 COL NL 131 432 54 98 15 1 14 49 1 0 86 112 .227 .353 .363 .716 63.1 11.0
    AAA   26 93 23 27 4 0 6 20 3 2 25 12 .290 .441 .527 .968 22.1  
1972 25 COL NL 153 534 77 150 16 1 21 81 0 0 97 127 .281 .391 .433 .823 92.0 19.1
1973 26 COL NL 144 494 78 126 14 3 15 62 0 0 88 103 .255 .366 .387 .753 73.8 13.2
1974 27 COL NL 147 483 85 116 17 2 17 69 3 1 92 106 .240 .359 .389 .748 77.5 11.9
1975 28 COL NL 149 506 78 140 18 2 22 74 2 0 93 113 .277 .386 .451 .836 92.7 18.2
1976 29 COL NL 151 508 98 148 22 1 22 96 0 0 108 97 .291 .413 .469 .881 100.9 23.5
1977 30 COL NL 156 520 80 132 25 0 17 65 2 3 100 108 .254 .370 .400 .770 84.3 18.3
1978 31 COL NL 148 487 87 121 16 0 13 60 1 2 99 90 .248 .372 .361 .733 74.1 13.2
1979 32 COL NL 144 506 75 132 21 3 17 67 0 1 101 96 .261 .382 .415 .797 81.1 18.1
1980 33 KCR AL 153 534 92 126 15 3 26 70 0 1 121 107 .236 .374 .421 .796 92.2 17.6
1981 34 KCR AL 152 597 102 156 20 2 26 80 3 4 100 113 .261 .365 .432 .797 100.2 20.0
1982 35 KCR AL 155 590 114 151 22 2 22 67 2 5 125 131 .256 .384 .412 .796 102.0 21.3
1983 36 KCR AL 130 480 62 118 12 2 13 69 0 0 61 111 .246 .328 .360 .689 58.6 9.3
1984 37 AA   134 465 64 120 14 2 6 28 1 0 125 94 .258 .415 .335 .751 79.4  
14 Years Sim 1920 6705 1085 1719 234 22 247 912 14 17 1274 1421 .256 .373 .408 .781 1095.1 214.6
2 Years AAA 131 467 85 131 21 4 26 76 5 3 117 100 .281 .421 .510 .931 104.2  
2 Years AA 160 554 81 151 21 2 12 45 1 1 152 103 .273 .429 .383 .811 105.3  
4 Years Minors 291 1021 166 282 42 6 38 121 6 4 269 203 .276 .425 .441 .866 209.5  
162 Game Average 565 91 145 19 1 20 76 1 1 107 119 .256 .373 .408 .781 92.4  
Career Highs 156 597 114 156 25 3 26 96 3 5 125 131 .291 .413 .469 .881 102.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4469 679 1129 142 17 157 572 9 12 765 979 .253 .360 .397 .757 689.7
vs LH   2236 406 590 92 5 90 340 5 5 509 442 .264 .397 .430 .828 416.9
Home 954 3272 538 845 111 12 128 450 9 9 608 700 .258 .372 .417 .789 546.2
Away 966 3433 547 874 123 10 119 462 5 8 666 721 .255 .373 .400 .773 560.4
RISP   1627 0 422 59 3 56 647 0 0 341 345 .259 .377 .403 .779 278.5
Pinch Hitting   88 12 25 3 0 3 18 0 0 16 20 .284 .383 .420 .804 15.4
Close/Late   798 105 228 24 2 29 127 0 0 147 169 .286 .395 .430 .825 142.9
Mar/Apr 290 1045 174 267 41 2 42 137 0 5 181 241 .256 .364 .419 .784 168.3
May 347 1216 174 284 53 2 35 153 4 3 220 250 .234 .349 .367 .716 172.7
June 327 1135 192 316 37 7 43 156 5 3 233 220 .278 .398 .437 .835 210.9
July 313 1104 178 290 30 3 45 165 2 3 214 245 .263 .382 .418 .799 189.5
August 341 1206 195 303 41 5 49 183 2 2 218 266 .251 .362 .415 .777 196.4
Sep/Oct 302 999 172 259 32 3 33 118 1 1 208 199 .259 .384 .396 .780 168.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1970 23 COL NL LF 1 0 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 24 COL NL RF 79 75 666.3 149 7 0 1 1.000 2.11 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    LF 47 46 410.0 108 4 2 2 .982 2.46 0 0 .000 0  
    C 3 0 6.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 10.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 25 COL NL C 42 41 365.0 264 18 5 1 .983 6.95 35 10 .286 1 2.3
    LF 17 13 117.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.53 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 4 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1973 26 COL NL C 129 122 1104.3 816 59 5 3 .994 7.13 76 36 .474 3 8.3
    LF 5 0 11.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1974 27 COL NL RF 133 128 1076.7 244 4 0 0 1.000 2.07 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    LF 4 2 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
1975 28 COL NL RF 101 96 813.0 182 2 0 0 1.000 2.04 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 29 COL NL C 43 41 371.7 281 10 2 0 .993 7.05 31 4 .129 0 1.3
    RF 30 26 222.3 41 2 1 0 .977 1.74 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    LF 7 1 21.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.86 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 1 10.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 30 COL NL RF 133 131 1144.0 262 4 0 1 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 5.0
    LF 19 15 142.7 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 31 COL NL RF 136 130 1153.0 224 5 0 0 1.000 1.79 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    C 5 5 42.0 29 2 2 0 .939 6.64 10 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 10 1 29.7 7 14 0 2 1.000 6.37 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1979 32 COL NL RF 116 116 1023.0 229 4 1 2 .996 2.05 0 0 .000 0 3.0
1980 33 KCR AL LF 126 124 1123.3 213 2 0 2 1.000 1.72 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    RF 23 23 211.0 42 1 0 0 1.000 1.83 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 34 KCR AL LF 149 148 1335.3 262 4 0 1 1.000 1.79 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    C 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 35 KCR AL LF 146 144 1310.7 237 2 1 0 .996 1.64 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    RF 4 4 36.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 6 0 12.3 2 8 0 1 1.000 7.30 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1983 36 KCR AL SS 125 123 1116.0 162 495 19 80 .972 5.30 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 763 729 6360.3 1382 29 2 4 .999 2.00 0 0 .000 0 22.8
  LF 526 494 4520.6 882 14 3 6 .997 1.78 0 0 .000 0 10.4
  C 226 209 1895.0 1400 90 14 4 .991 7.08 152 50 .329 4 12.1
  SS 146 125 1175.0 173 523 19 83 .973 5.33 0 0 .000 0 4.9
  CF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1662 1558 13958.9 3839 656 38 97 .992 2.90 152 50 .329 4 50.2
Career Highs   156 148 1359.0 820 495 19 80 1.000 7.04 76 36 .474 3  
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
1973 26 COL NL 11 45 4 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 .222 .271 .244 .515
1974 27 COL NL 18 61 15 12 3 0 0 9 1 0 20 15 .197 .386 .246 .631
1975 28 COL NL 11 42 6 15 0 0 2 9 0 0 4 10 .357 .413 .500 .913
1976 29 COL NL 18 62 15 20 5 0 1 11 0 0 16 12 .323 .456 .452 .907
1977 30 COL NL 14 29 5 9 1 0 1 4 0 0 7 6 .310 .444 .448 .893
1980 33 KCR AL 7 30 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .067 .125 .067 .192
1981 34 KCR AL 7 27 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .222 .300 .259 .559
1982 35 KCR AL 5 17 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 .176 .364 .176 .540
Career Post-Season Batting 91 313 50 77 11 0 4 39 1 0 59 68 .246 .364 .319 .684
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.
On-Base Pct
1972-3-.391
1975-9-.386
1976-1-.413
1979-7-.382
1980-10-.374
1982-4-.384
 OPS
1976-5-.881
 XR
1975-9-92.7
1976-4-100.9
1980-8-92.2
1981-8-100.2
1982-3-102.0
 Games
1977-5-156
1982-8-155
 Runs
1976-8-98
1980-10-92
1981-3-102
1982-1-114
 Homeruns
1975-9-22
1980-6-26
1981-6-26
1982-10-22
Walks
1971-4-86
1972-3-97
1973-6-88
1974-4-92
1975-7-93
1976-2-108
1977-6-100
1978-3-99
1979-5-101
1980-1-121
1981-1-100
1982-1-125
CAR-30-1274
 Strikeouts
1972-7-127
1975-8-113
1977-8-108
1979-10-96
1980-9-107
1981-6-113
1982-1-131
CAR-47-1421
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 54    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 45    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  5. Al Cuccinello (826)
  6. Alex Kampouris (823)
  7. Cass Michaels (822)
  8. Wayne Causey (821)
  9. Ken Boyer (821)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Colorado in 1970
Injured on 7/17/1970 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 9/22/1970, off John Gelnar (TOR)
Hit first career homerun on 9/23/1970, off Don Drysdale (TOR)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1972, hitting .483 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 5/4/1973
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Cleveland (N) on 6/20/1974
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 7/31/1974
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,600,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1975, hitting .440 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
10/22/1975: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $4,200,000 per year, for 4 years
7/1/1979: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $5,790,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 7/26/1979 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Colorado to Kansas City on 3/4/1980 (Going to KCR: SS Dick Allen, C Johnny Bench, RF Joe Ferguson, 3B Oscar Gamble, CF Johnny Grubb. Going to COL: 3B Jim Morrison, SS Doug Rader)
 
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