Willie Ferrell - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Willie Ferrell

William O'Neal Ferrell
(Red)

Born: November 6, 1913 in Empire, AL

Bats:

Throws: L

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 180

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Notes:

• High School: Birmingham HS (Birmingham, AL)

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1937	BBB	NAL	23	SP	3	4	.429	10	8		5	0	0	55.1	49	35	64	3	22	24	0	0	4	256	5.69	77
1938	JRC	NAL	24	SP	1	1	.500	3	2		2	0	0	25.2	12	7	23	1	11	9	0		1	109	2.45	151
1939	CBR/HG	NAL/NN2	25	SP	2	1	.667	3	2		2	0	0	23.2	12	11	23		8	9			0		4.18	108
1940	HG	NN2	26	SP	2	1	.667	5	3		2	0	0	26.2	14	10	19		15	13	1		1		3.38	145
1941	CAG	NAL	27	RP	2	0	1.000	4	1		1	1	0	20.2	13	12	24		5	7	1		1		5.23	73
1942	CAG	NAL	28	SP	0	5	.000	6	5		2	0	0	33.2	23	15	42		11	14	0		0		4.01	101
1943	CAG	NAL	29	RF	1	0	1.000	1	1		1	1	0	9.0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0		0	29	0.00
7	4			SP	11	12	.478	32	22		15	2	0	194.2	123	90	198	4	73	77	2	0	7	394	4.16	103
162 Game Average					14	15	.478	40	28		19	3	0	245.0	155	113	249	11	92	97	3	0	9	1072	4.16	103

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	3	4	.429	10	8		5	0	0	55.1	49	35	64	3	22	24	0	0	4	256	5.69	77
2	Jacksonville Red Caps			SP	2	1	.667	4	2		2	0	0	31.2	12	7	26	1	12	12	0		1	109	1.99	186
2	Homestead Grays			SP	3	2	.600	7	5		4	0	0	44.1	26	21	39		22	19	1		1		4.26	114
3	Chicago American Giants			SP	3	5	.375	11	7		4	2	0	63.1	36	27	69	0	17	22	1		1	29	3.84	103

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1937	BBB	NAL	23	SP	55.1		1.55	1.39		9.4%	14.1%		8.6%	7.6%		1.09	1.85		1.2%	0.9%
1938	JRC	NAL	24	SP	25.2		1.32	1.29		8.3%	14.9%		10.1%	7.4%		0.82	2.02		0.9%	0.9%
1939	CBR/HG	NAL/NN2	25	SP	23.2		1.31	1.40		9.1%	11.8%		8.1%	8.0%		1.13	1.39
1940	HG	NN2	26	SP	26.2		1.28	1.50		11.5%	11.2%		13.3%	9.1%		0.87	1.23
1941	CAG	NAL	27	RP	20.2		1.40	1.24		7.8%	14.5%		5.6%	7.2%		1.40	2.01
1942	CAG	NAL	28	SP	33.2		1.57	1.38		9.3%	12.2%		7.3%	7.4%		1.27	1.65
1943	CAG	NAL	29	RF	9.0		0.44	1.29		3.4%	11.8%		3.4%	7.1%		1.00	1.65		0.0%	0.5%
7	4			SP	194.2		1.39	1.37		9.1%	13.1%		8.6%	7.7%		1.05	1.71		1.0%	0.9%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	55.1		1.55	1.39		9.4%	14.1%		8.6%	7.6%		1.09	1.85		1.2%	0.9%
2	Jacksonville Red Caps			SP	31.2		1.20	1.29		9.2%	14.6%		9.2%	7.5%		1.00	1.95		0.9%	0.9%
2	Homestead Grays			SP	44.1		1.38	1.48		9.9%	10.9%		11.5%	8.6%		0.86	1.26
3	Chicago American Giants			SP	63.1		1.36	1.32		8.1%	12.9%		6.3%	7.3%		1.29	1.77		0.0%	0.5%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1937	BBB	NAL	23	SP	10	256	222	49	64	9	9	3	3	0	22	24	0	4	8		5	.288	.363	.450	.813
1938	JRC	NAL	24	SP	3	109	95	12	23	4	1	1	4		11	9		1	2		2	.242	.327	.337	.664
1939	CBR/HG	NAL/NN2	25	SP	3			12	23						8	9		0
1940	HG	NN2	26	SP	5			14	19						15	13		1
1941	CAG	NAL	27	RP	4			13	24						5	7		1
1942	CAG	NAL	28	SP	6			23	42						11	14		0
1943	CAG	NAL	29	RF	1	29	28	0	3	1	0	0	0		1	1		0	0			.107	.138	.143	.281
7	4			SP	32	394	345	123	198	14	10	4	7	0	73	77	0	7	10		7	.261	.336	.394	.730

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	10	256	222	49	64	9	9	3	3	0	22	24	0	4	8		5	.288	.363	.450	.813
2	Jacksonville Red Caps			SP	4	109	95	12	26	4	1	1	4		12	12		1	2		2	.242	.327	.337	.664
2	Homestead Grays			SP	7			26	39						22	19		1				.000	.000	.000	.000
3	Chicago American Giants			SP	11	29	28	36	69	1	0	0	0		17	22		1	0			.107	.138	.143	.281

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