Red Ryan

Merven John Ryan
(Jabao)
Born Mervin Ferguson
Born: July 11, 1897 in Brooklyn, NY
Died: August 1969 in New York, NY
(72 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 170

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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+
1919	BRG	EAS	21	SP	1	2	.333	3	2		1	0	0	18.1	19	16	34	0	4	8	0	0	0	88	7.85	50
1919	NLG	NvS	21	SP	0	1	.000	2	1		0	0	0	1.2	6	3	2	1	1	3	0	0	2	12	16.20	12
1920	AC	EAS	22	SP	6	2	.750	12	7		7	1	0	75.2	14	8	55	0	15	48	0		1	295	0.95	237
1920-21	AC	NvC	23	SP	0	1	.000	3	1		1	0	0	17.1	5	3	14	0	10	5	0		0	73	1.56	111
1920-21	AC	CUB	23	SP	3	0	1.000	5	3		3	0	0	37.0	15	9	32	1	15	17	0		1	157	2.19	110
1921	AC	EAS	23	SP	7	5	.583	13	9		7	0	1	83.0	37	22	79	1	20	43	0		3	351	2.39	185
1921	AC	NvS	23	SP	1	2	.333	4	2		1	0	0	23.0	23	22	38	3	15	11	0	0	0	115	8.61	65
1922	HBG	IND	24	SP	2	3	.400	5	5		5	0	0	40.2	30	27	57	3	5	17	0		2	183	5.98	64
1923	HIL	ECL	25	SP	9	5	.643	16	13		10	0	0	112.2	44	31	102	2	22	54	0		3	465	2.48	147
1923	HIL	NvM	25	SP	0	1	.000	1	1		0	0	0	1.1	4	4	4	2	0	1	0		0	8	27.00	15
1923-24	HAB	CUB	26	RP	1	1	.500	5	1		0	0	0	7.1	11	11	16	1	4	5	1		2	39	13.50	28
1923-24	SC	CUB	26	SP	4	0	1.000	5	5		3	0	0	40.2	23	18	40	1	21	19	0		1	181	3.98	95
1923-24	SC	GP	26	SP	0	0		2	1		0	0	0	10.0	7	7	12	2	8	4	0		0	50	6.30	49
1923-24	HAB	GP	26	RP	1	0	1.000	4	0		0	0	0	11.1	3	3	8	0	3	2	0		0	43	2.38	128
1924	HIL	ECL	26	SP	13	7	.650	25	21		15	2	1	190.0	78	68	194		28	83	1		1		3.22	124
1924	HIL	WS	26	SP	0	0		2	2		0	0	0	6.1	7	7	8	1	2	3	0		1	30	9.95	27
1925	HIL	ECL	27	SP	5	2	.714	11	4		3	1	0	52.0	20	19	45		9	17	0		0	207	3.29	139
1925	HIL	WS	27	RP	1	0	1.000	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	7	0.00
1926	HIL	ECL	28	SP	8	11	.421	23	17		15	1	2	163.0	78	63	158	7	45	71	0		7	688	3.48	114
1926	HIL	NvM	28	SP	1	0	1.000	1	1		1	0	0	9.0	1	1	7	0	0	5	1		0	33	1.00	225
1927	HIL	ECL	29	SP	8	8	.500	18	15		12	1	0	145.2	70	50	131	7	52	44	1		3	612	3.09	145
1927	HG	NvM	29	SP	0	1	.000	1	1		1	0	0	9.0	4	3	11	0	2	3	0		0	40	3.00	81
1928	HIL	EAS	30	SP	8	5	.615	16	12		10	0	0	103.0	61	46	104	5	26	31	0		4	447	4.02	108
1929	BBS	ANL	31	SP	8	6	.571	19	14		8	1	0	99.2	65	52	113	6	34	29	1		2	450	4.70	112
1929	HIL	ANL	31	SP	2	0	1.000	4	3		3	0	0	27.0	7	5	22	1	8	12	0		1	105	1.67	316
1930	NLG	EAS	32	SP	4	4	.500	11	7		4	0	0	71.1	55	45	96	4	35	20	0		4	330	5.68	99
1931	HAR	IND	33	SP	0	1	.000	2	1		1	0	0	7.2	8	5	13	0	5	3	0		0	41	5.87	59
1931	HIL	IND	33	SP	3	0	1.000	3	3		3	0	0	28.0	5	2	21	0	5	5	0		0	108	0.64	515
1932	NWB	EWL	34	RP	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	5.2	3	2	6	0	3	2	0		0	26	3.18	131
14	11			SP	96	68	.585	218	152		114	7	4	1399.1	703	552	1423	48	397	566	5	0	38	5184	3.55	115
162 Game Average					18	12	.585	40	28		21	1	1	257.1	129	101	262	11	73	104	1	0	7	1088	3.55	115

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+
14	Negro Leagues				85	61	.582	185	135		104	7	4	1231.2	601	468	1239	37	318	491	3	0	32	4433	3.42	124
2	vs Latin Leagues				9	2	.818	24	11		7	0	0	123.2	64	51	122	5	61	52	1		4	543	3.71	84
2	vs Semipros				1	3	.250	6	3		1	0	0	24.2	29	25	40	4	16	14	0	0	2	127	9.12	51
3	vs Major Leagues				1	2	.333	3	3		2	0	0	19.1	9	8	22	2	2	9	1		0	81	3.72	80

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	Brooklyn Royal Giants			RF	1	2	.333	3	2		1	0	0	18.1	19	16	34	0	4	8	0	0	0	88	7.85	50
2	New York Lincoln Giants			SP	4	5	.444	13	8		4	0	0	73.0	61	48	98	5	36	23	0	0	6	342	5.92	85
2	Bacharach Giants I			SP	17	10	.630	37	22		19	1	1	236.0	94	64	218	5	75	124	0	0	5	991	2.44	146
1	Harrisburg Giants			SP	2	3	.400	5	5		5	0	0	40.2	30	27	57	3	5	17	0		2	183	5.98	64
8	Hilldale Club			SP	58	39	.598	121	92		72	5	3	840.0	375	296	797	25	197	327	3		20	2710	3.17	128
1	Habana			RP	2	1	.667	9	1		0	0	0	18.2	14	14	24	1	7	7	1		2	82	6.75	53
1	Santa Clara			SP	4	0	1.000	7	6		3	0	0	50.2	30	25	52	3	29	23	0		1	231	4.44	80
1	Homestead Grays			RP	0	1	.000	1	1		1	0	0	9.0	4	3	11	0	2	3	0		0	40	3.00	81
1	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	8	6	.571	19	14		8	1	0	99.2	65	52	113	6	34	29	1		2	450	4.70	112
1	New York Black Yankees			-	0	1	.000	2	1		1	0	0	7.2	8	5	13	0	5	3	0		0	41	5.87	59
1	Newark Browns			-	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	5.2	3	2	6	0	3	2	0		0	26	3.18	131

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1919	BRG	EAS	21	SP	18.1	2.07	1.37	9.1%	12.0%	4.5%	8.8%	2.00	1.36	0.0%	0.3%
1919	NLG	NvS	21	SP	1.2	1.80	1.04	25.0%	19.5%	8.3%	6.5%	3.00	3.01	8.3%	1.0%
1920	AC	EAS	22	SP	75.2	0.93	1.10	16.3%	13.2%	5.1%	7.5%	3.20	1.76	0.0%	0.1%
1920-21	AC	NvC	23	SP	17.1	1.38	1.02	6.8%	13.0%	13.7%	11.9%	0.50	1.10	0.0%	0.0%
1920-21	AC	CUB	23	SP	37.0	1.27	1.20	10.8%	10.8%	9.6%	8.6%	1.13	1.25	0.6%	0.2%
1921	AC	EAS	23	SP	83.0	1.19	1.37	12.3%	12.4%	5.7%	8.1%	2.15	1.53	0.3%	1.1%
1921	AC	NvS	23	SP	23.0	2.30	1.48	9.6%	13.2%	13.0%	7.9%	0.73	1.67	2.6%	2.8%
1922	HBG	IND	24	SP	40.2	1.52	1.31	9.3%	13.0%	2.7%	8.0%	3.40	1.63	1.6%	1.0%
1923	HIL	ECL	25	SP	112.2	1.10	1.29	11.6%	11.8%	4.7%	6.6%	2.45	1.80	0.4%	0.9%
1923	HIL	NvM	25	SP	1.1	3.00	1.27	12.5%	12.9%	0.0%	7.2%		1.78	25.0%	1.8%
1923-24	HAB	CUB	26	RP	7.1	2.73	1.50	12.8%	8.6%	10.3%	8.8%	1.25	0.97	2.6%	0.5%
1923-24	SC	CUB	26	SP	40.2	1.50	1.50	10.5%	8.7%	11.6%	9.0%	0.90	0.97	0.6%	0.5%
1923-24	SC	GP	26	SP	10.0	2.00	1.28	8.0%	10.1%	16.0%	7.0%	0.50	1.44	4.0%	0.6%
1923-24	HAB	GP	26	RP	11.1	0.97	1.28	4.7%	10.0%	7.0%	7.0%	0.67	1.44	0.0%	0.6%
1924	HIL	ECL	26	SP	190.0	1.17	1.32	10.7%	11.3%	3.6%	6.5%	2.96	1.74
1924	HIL	WS	26	SP	6.1	1.58	1.13	10.0%	10.0%	6.7%	6.9%	1.50	1.45	3.3%	0.3%
1925	HIL	ECL	27	SP	52.0	1.04	1.41	8.2%	9.2%	4.3%	7.5%	1.89	1.24
1925	HIL	WS	27	RP	2.0	0.50	1.26	14.3%	11.7%	0.0%	7.8%		1.50	0.0%	0.4%
1926	HIL	ECL	28	SP	163.0	1.25	1.36	10.3%	10.6%	6.5%	9.5%	1.58	1.12	1.0%	1.2%
1926	HIL	NvM	28	SP	9.0	0.78	1.06	15.2%	11.6%	0.0%	4.3%		2.72	0.0%	0.5%
1927	HIL	ECL	29	SP	145.2	1.26	1.49	7.2%	9.3%	8.5%	9.2%	0.85	1.00	1.1%	1.3%
1927	HG	NvM	29	SP	9.0	1.44	1.06	7.5%	11.8%	5.0%	4.2%	1.50	2.78	0.0%	0.9%
1928	HIL	EAS	30	SP	103.0	1.26	1.43	6.9%	11.2%	5.8%	8.3%	1.19	1.35	1.1%	1.4%
1929	BBS	ANL	31	SP	99.2	1.47	1.60	6.4%	9.3%	7.6%	9.3%	0.85	0.99	1.3%	1.3%
1929	HIL	ANL	31	SP	27.0	1.11	1.60	11.4%	9.1%	7.6%	9.1%	1.50	0.99	1.0%	1.3%
1930	NLG	EAS	32	SP	71.1	1.84	1.58	6.1%	10.6%	10.6%	8.4%	0.57	1.27	1.2%	1.6%
1931	HAR	IND	33	SP	7.2	2.35	1.21	7.3%	11.2%	12.2%	6.9%	0.60	1.62	0.0%	0.9%
1931	HIL	IND	33	SP	28.0	0.93	1.18	4.6%	11.4%	4.6%	6.8%	1.00	1.67	0.0%	1.0%
1932	NWB	EWL	34	RP	5.2	1.59	1.42	7.7%	11.4%	11.5%	8.1%	0.67	1.40	0.0%	0.8%
14	11			SP	1399.1	1.30	1.37	9.5%	10.9%	6.7%	8.1%	1.43	1.39	1.0%	1.1%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
14	Negro Leagues				1231.2	1.26	1.39	9.4%	10.9%	6.1%	8.1%	1.54	1.39	0.9%	1.1%
2	vs Latin Leagues				123.2	1.48	1.31	9.6%	10.1%	11.2%	8.9%	0.85	1.15	0.9%	0.3%
2	vs Semipros				24.2	2.27	1.45	11.0%	13.8%	12.6%	7.8%	0.88	1.76	3.1%	2.7%
3	vs Major Leagues				19.1	1.24	1.07	11.1%	11.8%	2.5%	4.5%	4.50	2.68	2.5%	0.8%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants			RF	18.1	2.07	1.37	9.1%	12.0%	4.5%	8.8%	2.00	1.36	0.0%	0.3%
2	New York Lincoln Giants			SP	73.0	1.84	1.57	6.7%	10.9%	10.5%	8.3%	0.64	1.31	1.5%	1.6%
2	Bacharach Giants I			SP	236.0	1.24	1.24	12.5%	12.5%	7.6%	8.3%	1.65	1.54	0.5%	0.8%
1	Harrisburg Giants			SP	40.2	1.52	1.31	9.3%	13.0%	2.7%	8.0%	3.40	1.63	1.6%	1.0%
8	Hilldale Club			SP	840.0	1.18	1.37	9.4%	10.7%	5.7%	7.9%	1.66	1.40	1.0%	1.2%
1	Habana			RP	18.2	1.66	1.37	8.5%	9.3%	8.5%	7.9%	1.00	1.26	1.2%	0.5%
1	Santa Clara			SP	50.2	1.60	1.46	10.0%	9.0%	12.6%	8.6%	0.79	1.06	1.3%	0.5%
1	Homestead Grays			RP	9.0	1.44	1.06	7.5%	11.8%	5.0%	4.2%	1.50	2.78	0.0%	0.9%
1	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	99.2	1.47	1.60	6.4%	9.3%	7.6%	9.3%	0.85	0.99	1.3%	1.3%
1	New York Black Yankees			-	7.2	2.35	1.21	7.3%	11.2%	12.2%	6.9%	0.60	1.62	0.0%	0.9%
1	Newark Browns			-	5.2	1.59	1.42	7.7%	11.4%	11.5%	8.1%	0.67	1.40	0.0%	0.8%

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
1919	BRG	EAS	21	SP	3	88	81	19	34	3	2	0	1		4	8	0	0	3		3	.420	.447	.506	.953
1919	NLG	NvS	21	SP	2	12	9	6	2	0	0	1	0		1	3	0	2	0		0	.222	.417	.556	.972
1920	AC	EAS	22	SP	12	295	271	14	55	2	7	0	3		15	48		1	8		3	.203	.247	.262	.509
1920-21	AC	NvC	23	SP	3	73	60	5	14	3	0	0	3		10	5		0	3		1	.233	.343	.283	.626
1920-21	AC	CUB	23	SP	5	157	137	15	32	2	2	1	7		15	17		1	4		1	.234	.314	.299	.613
1921	AC	EAS	23	SP	13	351	321	37	79	13	5	1	3		20	43		3	5		7	.246	.297	.327	.624
1921	AC	NvS	23	SP	4	115	99	23	38	6	2	3	1		15	11	0	0	1		3	.384	.465	.576	1.041
1922	HBG	IND	24	SP	5	183	173	30	57	9	8	3	6		5	17		2	3	0	2	.329	.356	.526	.882
1923	HIL	ECL	25	SP	16	465	429	44	102			2			22	54		3				.238	.280
1923	HIL	NvM	25	SP	1	8	7	4	4	0	0	2	1		0	1		0	1		0	.571	.571	1.429	2.000
1923-24	HAB	CUB	26	RP	5	39	33	11	16	1	0	1	1		4	5		2	0	0	0	.485	.564	.606	1.170
1923-24	SC	CUB	26	SP	5	181	155	23	40	6	0	1	0		21	19		1	4	0	5	.258	.350	.316	.666
1923-24	SC	GP	26	SP	2	50	41	7	12	3	1	2	1		8	4		0	0	1	0	.293	.400	.561	.961
1923-24	HAB	GP	26	RP	4	43	39	3	8	2	0	0	0		3	2		0	1	0	1	.205	.262	.256	.518
1924	HIL	ECL	26	SP	25			78	194						28	83		1
1924	HIL	WS	26	SP	2	30	26	7	8	4	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	.308	.379	.577	.956
1925	HIL	ECL	27	SP	11	207		20	45						9	17		0
1925	HIL	WS	27	RP	1	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429
1926	HIL	ECL	28	SP	23	688	618	78	158	21	9	7	13		45	71		7	18		14	.256	.313	.353	.666
1926	HIL	NvM	28	SP	1	33	33	1	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	1	.212	.212	.242	.455
1927	HIL	ECL	29	SP	18	612	534	70	131	16	6	7	10	0	52	44		3	23		9	.245	.316	.337	.653
1927	HG	NvM	29	SP	1	40	36	4	11	1	0	0	0		2	3		0	2		1	.306	.342	.333	.675
1928	HIL	EAS	30	SP	16	447	401	61	104	17	3	5	6		26	31		4	16		10	.259	.311	.354	.665
1929	BBS	ANL	31	SP	19	450	398	65	113	18	6	6	3		34	29		2	16		5	.284	.343	.405	.748
1929	HIL	ANL	31	SP	4	105	94	7	22	1	0	1	2		8	12		1	2		3	.234	.301	.277	.578
1930	NLG	EAS	32	SP	11	330	279	55	96	17	1	4	8		35	20		4	12		7	.344	.425	.455	.880
1931	HAR	IND	33	SP	2	41	34	8	13	1	0	0	0		5	3		0	2		1	.382	.462	.412	.873
1931	HIL	IND	33	SP	3	108	101	5	21	0	0	0	2		5	5		0	2		2	.208	.245	.208	.453
1932	NWB	EWL	34	RP	1	26	22	3	6	2	0	0	0		3	2		0	1		1	.273	.360	.364	.724
14	11			SP	218	5184	4438	703	1423	150	52	48	72	0	397	566	0	38	128	1	80	.267	.327	.368	.695

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
14	Negro Leagues				185	4433	3789	601	1239	125	47	37	57	0	318	491	0	32	112	0	67	.264	.320	.364	.684
2	vs Latin Leagues				24	543	465	64	122	17	3	5	12		61	52		4	12	1	8	.262	.352	.344	.696
2	vs Semipros				6	127	108	29	40	6	2	4	1		16	14	0	2	1		3	.370	.460	.574	1.034
3	vs Major Leagues				3	81	76	9	22	2	0	2	2	0	2	9		0	3	0	2	.289	.308	.395	.702

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	Brooklyn Royal Giants			RF	3	88	81	19	34	3	2	0	1		4	8	0	0	3		3	.420	.447	.506	.953
2	New York Lincoln Giants			SP	13	342	288	61	98	17	1	5	8		36	23	0	6	12		7	.340	.424	.458	.883
2	Bacharach Giants I			SP	37	991	888	94	218	26	16	5	17		75	124	0	5	21		15	.245	.308	.328	.636
1	Harrisburg Giants			SP	5	183	173	30	57	9	8	3	6		5	17		2	3	0	2	.329	.356	.526	.882
8	Hilldale Club			SP	121	2710	2250	375	797	61	18	25	35	0	197	327	0	20	63	0	39	.248	.303	.342	.645
1	Santa Clara			SP	7	231	196	30	52	9	1	3	1		29	23		1	4	1	5	.265	.361	.367	.729
1	Habana			RP	9	82	72	14	24	3	0	1	1		7	7		2	1	0	1	.333	.407	.417	.824
1	Homestead Grays			RP	1	40	36	4	11	1	0	0	0		2	3		0	2		1	.306	.342	.333	.675
1	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	19	450	398	65	113	18	6	6	3		34	29		2	16		5	.284	.343	.405	.748
1	New York Black Yankees			-	2	41	34	8	13	1	0	0	0		5	3		0	2		1	.382	.462	.412	.873
1	Newark Browns			-	1	26	22	3	6	2	0	0	0		3	2		0	1		1	.273	.360	.364	.724

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