League Leaders Who Led?
Bob Ferguson

Bob Ferguson

1871–1884  ·  Bats B  ·  Throws R  ·  5'9", 149 lb  ·  b. 1845 Brooklyn, NY

Career 824 G · 920 H · 1 HR · 357 RBI · .265 AVG · 1–3 · 5.65 ERA · 1 SO · 57.1 IP

Seasons leading his league
2
2 best in baseball
6 Top-5 finishes
2 Title seasons
2 Categories led
1878 Best season

Spanning 1878–1880, peaking at 1 titles in 1878.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 840th League titles 2
  • 392nd Best in baseball 2
  • 1,627th Top-5 finishes 6

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

No top-500 all-time placing His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection on the season titles alongside.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Walks 1 1st — 1880 24 1881 #2
On-Base Percentage 1 1st — 1878 .376
Batting Average — #3 — 1878 #3

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1880 1 BB 24
1878 1 OBP .376

Batting

14 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1871 NY2 NA 33 158 30 38 6 1 0 25 3 2 4 .241 .255 .291 .546
1872 BR2 NA 37 164 33 46 3 0 0 19 3 0 4 .281 .293 .299 .592
1873 BR2 NA 51 228 36 59 3 5 0 25 4 8 1 .259 .272 .316 .587
1874 BR2 NA 56 245 34 64 4 0 0 19 2 7 5 .261 .267 .278 .545
1875 HR1 NA 85 366 65 88 10 4 0 43 3 5 2 .240 .247 .290 .536
1876 HAR NL 69 310 48 82 8 5 0 32 2 11 0 .265 .269 .323 .592
1877 HAR NL 58 254 40 65 7 2 0 35 3 10 0 .256 .265 .299 .564
1878 CHN NL 61 259 44 91 10 2 0 39 10 12 0 .351 .376 .405 .781
1879 TRN NL 30 123 18 31 5 2 0 4 4 3 0 .252 .276 .325 .601
1880 TRN NL 82 332 55 87 9 0 0 22 24 24 0 .262 .312 .289 .601
1881 TRN NL 85 339 56 96 13 5 1 35 29 12 0 .283 .340 .360 .700
1882 TRN NL 81 319 44 82 15 2 0 32 23 21 0 .257 .307 .317 .624
1883 PHI NL 86 329 39 85 9 2 0 27 18 21 0 .258 .297 .298 .595
1884 PT1 AA 10 41 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .146 .146 .146 .293
Career — — 824 3,467 544 920 102 30 1 357 128 136 16 .265 .292 .313 .605

Pitching

6 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1871 NY2 NA 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 1.0 8 3 0 0 0 8.00
1873 BR2 NA 0 1 5.59 4 1 0 19.1 41 12 2 2 0 2.22
1874 BR2 NA 0 1 4.00 1 1 0 9.0 12 4 0 3 0 1.67
1875 HR1 NA 0 0 22.50 1 0 0 2.0 9 5 1 0 0 4.50
1877 HAR NL 1 1 3.96 3 2 0 25.0 38 11 0 2 1 1.60
1883 PHI NL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 2.00
Career — — 1 3 5.65 11 4 0 57.1 110 36 3 7 1 2.04

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
3B 397 742 1,105 466 45 .799
2B 353 1,131 1,075 267 169 .892
SS 59 72 232 46 17 .869
P 11 4 12 3 1 .842
C 9 34 3 10 0 .787
OF 6 5 0 2 0 .714
1B 3 34 0 4 0 .895