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Wes Ferrell Wes Ferrell

Full name: Wesley Cheek Ferrell Born: February 2, 1908, Greensboro, North Carolina Died December 9, 1976, Sarasota, Florida Buried at New Garden Friends Cemetery, Greensboro, North Carolina First Game: September 9, 1927; Final Game: May 6, 1941 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 195 Brother of Rick Ferrell P on TSN All-Star Team (1930) Wes Ferrell Collectibles! Wes Ferrell Memorabilia! Wes Ferrell Cards! Wes Ferrell Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week!

Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1927 CLE A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0   0        0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1927 CLE A
1928 CLE A                 2     4    0    1   0   1   0    0    0    0   0   0        0   0  .250  .250  .750   0.0 1928 CLE A
1929 CLE A                47    93   12   22   5   3   1   12    6   28   0   3        1   0  .237  .283  .387   0.0 1929 CLE A
1930 CLE A                53   118   19   35   8   3   0   14   12   15   0   3        0   0  .297  .362  .415   0.0 1930 CLE A
1931 CLE A                48   116   24   37   6   1   9   30   10   21   0   2        0   0  .319  .373  .621   0.0 1931 CLE A
1932 CLE A                55   128   14   31   5   2   2   18    6   21   0   6        0   0  .242  .276  .359   0.0 1932 CLE A
1933 CLE A                61   140   26   38   7   0   7   26   20   22   0   1        0   0  .271  .363  .471   0.1 1933 CLE A
1934 BOS A                34    78   12   22   4   0   4   17    7   15   0   3        1   0  .282  .341  .487   0.0 1934 BOS A
1935 BOS A                75   150   25   52   5   1   7   32   21   16   0   8        0   0  .347  .427  .533   0.0 1935 BOS A
1936 BOS A                61   135   20   36   6   1   5   24   14   10   0   5        0   0  .267  .336  .437   0.0 1936 BOS A
1937 BOS A                18    33    7   12   2   0   1    9    7    3   0   1        0   0  .364  .475  .515   0.0 1937 BOS A
1937 WAS A                53   106    7   27   5   0   0   16    9   18   0   2        0   0  .255  .313  .302   0.0 1937 WAS A
1937 TOT A                71   139   14   39   7   0   1   25   16   21   0   3        0   0  .281  .355  .353   0.0 1937 TOT A
1938 WAS A                26    49    6   11   2   0   1    6   15    7   0   6        0   0  .224  .406  .327   0.0 1938 WAS A
1938 NY  A                 5    12    1    2   1   0   0    1    1    4   0   0        0   0  .167  .231  .250   0.0 1938 NY  A
1938 TOT A                31    61    7   13   3   0   1    7   16   11   0   6        0   0  .213  .377  .311   0.0 1938 TOT A
1939 NY  A                 3     8    0    1   1   0   0    1    0    2   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .125  .250   0.0 1939 NY  A
1940 BRO N                 2     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2   0   0   0    0      .000  .000  .000   0.0 1940 BRO N
1941 BOS N                 4     4    2    2   0   0   1    2    1    1   0   0   0    0      .500  .600 1.250   0.0 1941 BOS N
Total NL                   6     6    2    2   0   0   1    2    1    3   0   0   0    0      .333  .429  .833   0.0 Total NL        
Total AL                 542  1170  173  327  57  12  37  206  128  182   0  40   0i   2   0  .279  .351  .444   0.1 Total AL        
Total                    548  1176  175  329  57  12  38  208  129  185   0  40   0i   2   0i .280  .351  .446   0.1 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

i - incomplete

Pitching RecordPitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HPB  BK   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1927 CLE A                 1   0   0   0   1   0    1      3     8   0    3    3    2    0   1   0   0   0   0   0  27.00  -0.1 1927 CLE A
1928 CLE A                 2   2   1   0   0   0   16     15    67   0    5    4    5    4   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.25   0.5 1928 CLE A
1929 CLE A                43  25  18   1  12   5  242.2  256  1061   7  112   97  109  100  33   2   3   3  21  10   3.60   3.3 1929 CLE A
1930 CLE A                43  35  25   1   8   3  296.2  299  1274  14  141  109  106  143  27   5   0   1  25  13   3.31   5.9 1930 CLE A
1931 CLE A                40  35  27   2   4   3  276.1  276  1227   9  134  115  130  123  11   3   3   0  22  12   3.75   5.0 1931 CLE A
1932 CLE A                38  34  26   3   3   1  287.2  299  1244  17  141  117  104  105   9   4   0   1  23  13   3.66   4.0 1932 CLE A
1933 CLE A                28  26  16   1   2   0  201    225   886   8  108   94   70   41  16   1   2   0  11  12   4.21   1.8 1933 CLE A
1934 BOS A                26  23  17   3   3   1  181    205   785   4   87   73   49   67   8   3   0   0  14   5   3.63   2.8 1934 BOS A
1935 BOS A                41  38  31   3   3   0  322.1  336  1391  16  149  126  108  110  20   5   3   0  25  14   3.52   6.8 1935 BOS A
1936 BOS A                39  38  28   3   1   0  301    330  1341  11  160  140  119  106  13   3   6   0  20  15   4.19   4.4 1936 BOS A
1937 BOS A                12  11   5   0   1   0   73.1  111   357  14   66   62   34   31   3   1   1   0   3   6   7.61  -1.4 1937 BOS A
1937 WAS A                25  24  21   0   1   0  207.2  214   909  11  111   91   88   92  12   1   2   0  11  13   3.94   1.5 1937 WAS A
1937 TOT A                37  35  26   0   2   0  281    325  1266  25  177  153  122  123  15   2   3   0  14  19   4.90   0.1 1937 TOT A
1938 WAS A                23  22   9   0   1   0  149    193   694  12  111   98   68   36   4   3   1   1  13   8   5.92  -1.9 1938 WAS A
1938 NY  A                 5   4   1   0   1   0   30     52   154   6   33   27   18    7   2   2   0   0   2   2   8.10  -1.2 1938 NY  A
1938 TOT A                28  26  10   0   2   0  179    245   848  18  144  125   86   43   6   5   1   1  15  10   6.28  -3.1 1938 TOT A
1939 NY  A                 3   3   1   0   0   0   19.1   14    85   2   10   10   17    6   4   1   0   0   1   2   4.66   0.0 1939 NY  A
1940 BRO N                 1   0   0   0   1   0    4      4    21   0    3    3    4    4   0   0   1   0   0   0   6.75  -0.1 1940 BRO N
1941 BOS N                 4   3   1   0   1   0   14     13    64   1    8    8    9   10   0   1   1   0   2   1   5.14  -0.2 1941 BOS N
Total NL                   5   3   1   0   2   0   18     17    85   1   11   11   13   14   0   1   2   0   2   1   5.50  -0.3 Total NL        
Total AL                 369 320 226  17  41  13 2605   2828 11483 131 1371 1166 1027  971 163  34  21   6 191 127   4.03  31.4 Total AL        
Total                    374 323 227  17  43  13 2623   2845 11568 132 1382 1177 1040  985 163  35  23   6 193 128   4.04  31.1 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HPB  BK   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team

i - incomplete

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1927 CLE A         P    1     0    0    0    0     -
1928 CLE A         P    2     1    4    0    0 1.000
1929 CLE A         P   43    10   63    2    3  .973
1930 CLE A         P   43    19   39    2    0  .967
1931 CLE A         P   40    19   74    3    3  .969
1932 CLE A         P   38    14   59    1    5  .986
1933 CLE A         P   28    12   48    0    4 1.000
1933 CLE A        OF   13    31    1    0    1 1.000    13    0    0 
1934 BOS A         P   26     8   23    1    2  .969
1935 BOS A         P   41     9   76    2    1  .977
1936 BOS A         P   39     9   42    2    2  .962
1937 BOS A         P   12     6   21    1    4  .964
1937 WAS A         P   25     5   34    1    0  .975
1937 TOT A         P   37    11   55    2    4  .971
1938 WAS A         P   23     8   32    1    3  .976
1938 NY  A         P    5     2    9    1    3  .917
1938 TOT A         P   28    10   41    2    6  .962
1939 NY  A         P    3     0    4    0    0 1.000
1940 BRO N         P    1     0    3    0    0 1.000
1941 BOS N         P    4     0    1    0    0 1.000
Total              P  374   122  532   17   30  .975
Total             OF   13    31    1    0    1 1.000    13    0    0 
Year Team        POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

TransactionsTransactions

Traded by Cleveland Indians with Dick Porter to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Bob
Weiland, Bob Seeds and $25000 (May 25, 1934).

Traded by Boston Red Sox with Rick Ferrell and Mel Almada to Washington Senators in
exchange for Ben Chapman and Bobo Newsom (June 11, 1937).

Released by Washington Senators (August 12, 1938).

Signed by New York Yankees (August 14, 1938).

Released by New York Yankees (May 28, 1939).

Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (January 10, 1940).

Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (May 14, 1940).

Signed by Boston Braves (February 10, 1941).

Released by Boston Braves (May 8, 1941).

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