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Bob Ferguson played 14 major-league seasons (1871-1884) as a 3B (397), 2B (353), SS (59), P (11), C (9). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 14 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 26 | NY2 | 33 | 158 | 30 | 38 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .241 | .546 | 58 |
| 1872 | 27 | BR2 | 37 | 164 | 33 | 46 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .280 | .592 | 85 |
| 1873 | 28 | BR2 | 51 | 228 | 36 | 59 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .259 | .587 | 78 |
| 1874 | 29 | BR2 | 56 | 245 | 34 | 64 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .261 | .545 | 78 |
| 1875 | 30 | HR1 | 85 | 366 | 65 | 88 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .240 | .536 | 88 |
| 1876 | 31 | HAR | 69 | 310 | 48 | 82 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .265 | .592 | 98 |
| 1877 | 32 | HAR | 58 | 254 | 40 | 65 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .256 | .564 | 80 |
| 1878 | 33 | CHN | 61 | 259 | 44 | 91 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 10 | 12 | .351 | .781 | 162 |
| 1879 | 34 | TRN | 30 | 123 | 18 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .252 | .601 | 101 |
| 1880 | 35 | TRN | 82 | 332 | 55 | 87 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 24 | 24 | .262 | .601 | 107 |
| 1881 | 36 | TRN | 85 | 339 | 56 | 96 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 29 | 12 | .283 | .700 | 124 |
| 1882 | 37 | TRN | 81 | 319 | 44 | 82 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 23 | 21 | .257 | .624 | 102 |
| 1883 | 38 | PHI | 86 | 329 | 39 | 85 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 18 | 21 | .258 | .595 | 85 |
| 1884 | 39 | PT1 | 10 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | .146 | .293 | -2 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 26 | NY2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 16 |
| 1873 | 28 | BR2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19.1 | 0 | 2 | 5.59 | 61 |
| 1874 | 29 | BR2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4.00 | 55 |
| 1875 | 30 | HR1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 10 |
| 1877 | 32 | HAR | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3.96 | 71 |
| 1883 | 38 | PHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 35 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 3B | 20 | 20 | 31 | 58 | 26 | 3 |
| 1871 | 2B | 11 | 10 | 29 | 22 | 13 | 4 |
| 1871 | C | 5 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1871 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1872 | 3B | 37 | 36 | 86 | 178 | 63 | 8 |
| 1872 | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1873 | 3B | 50 | 0 | 109 | 211 | 109 | 10 |
| 1873 | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1874 | 3B | 55 | 55 | 79 | 158 | 75 | 1 |
| 1874 | C | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1874 | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1875 | 3B | 85 | 0 | 173 | 157 | 69 | 7 |
| 1875 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1876 | 3B | 69 | 0 | 124 | 133 | 54 | 5 |
| 1877 | 3B | 56 | 0 | 109 | 155 | 50 | 6 |
| 1877 | P | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1878 | SS | 57 | 0 | 71 | 226 | 40 | 17 |
| 1878 | 2B | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 1878 | C | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1879 | 3B | 24 | 0 | 29 | 55 | 20 | 5 |
| 1879 | 2B | 6 | 0 | 24 | 26 | 5 | 4 |
| 1880 | 2B | 82 | 0 | 294 | 255 | 58 | 38 |
| 1881 | 2B | 85 | 0 | 263 | 254 | 55 | 47 |
| 1882 | 2B | 79 | 0 | 247 | 221 | 44 | 38 |
| 1882 | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 1883 | 2B | 86 | 0 | 261 | 287 | 88 | 38 |
| 1883 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1884 | OF | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1884 | 1B | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1884 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Bob Ferguson ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #30 | shortstops | 1878 | 162 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.