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

Glossary

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	152
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	109
1940	HG	NN2	26	SP	2	1	.667	5	3		2	0	0	26.2	14	10	19		15	13	1		1		3.38	146
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	71
1942	CAG	NAL	28	SP	0	5	.000	6	5		2	0	0	33.2	23	15	42		11	14	0		0		4.01	102
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	188
2	Homestead Grays			SP	3	2	.600	7	5		4	0	0	44.1	26	21	39		22	19	1		1		4.26	115
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	102

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%	14.0%	8.6%	7.6%	1.09	1.84	1.2%	0.9%
1938	JRC	NAL	24	SP	25.2	1.32	1.31	8.3%	14.5%	10.1%	7.4%	0.82	1.96	0.9%	0.8%
1939	CBR/HG	NAL/NN2	25	SP	23.2	1.31	1.41	9.1%	11.8%	8.1%	8.0%	1.13	1.38
1940	HG	NN2	26	SP	26.2	1.28	1.51	11.5%	11.2%	13.3%	9.2%	0.87	1.22
1941	CAG	NAL	27	RP	20.2	1.40	1.22	7.8%	14.6%	5.6%	7.2%	1.40	2.03
1942	CAG	NAL	28	SP	33.2	1.57	1.39	9.3%	12.1%	7.3%	7.4%	1.27	1.64
1943	CAG	NAL	29	RF	9.0	0.44	1.28	3.4%	11.8%	3.4%	7.1%	1.00	1.66	0.0%	0.5%
7	4			SP	194.2	1.39	1.38	9.1%	13.0%	8.6%	7.7%	1.05	1.69	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%	14.0%	8.6%	7.6%	1.09	1.84	1.2%	0.9%
2	Jacksonville Red Caps			SP	31.2	1.20	1.30	9.2%	14.3%	9.2%	7.5%	1.00	1.90	0.9%	0.8%
2	Homestead Grays			SP	44.1	1.38	1.49	9.9%	10.8%	11.5%	8.7%	0.86	1.25
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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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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