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Joe Ferguson played 14 major-league seasons (1970-1983) as a C (766), OF (207), 1B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 24 | LAN | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .679 | 94 |
| 1971 | 25 | LAN | 36 | 102 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 15 | .216 | .608 | 79 |
| 1972 | 26 | LAN | 8 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .292 | .888 | 158 |
| 1973 | 27 | LAN | 136 | 487 | 84 | 128 | 25 | 88 | 1 | 87 | 81 | .263 | .839 | 140 |
| 1974 | 28 | LAN | 111 | 349 | 54 | 88 | 16 | 57 | 2 | 75 | 73 | .252 | .815 | 135 |
| 1975 | 29 | LAN | 66 | 202 | 15 | 42 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 35 | 47 | .208 | .627 | 81 |
| 1976 | 30 | LAN|SLN | 125 | 374 | 46 | 79 | 10 | 39 | 6 | 57 | 81 | .211 | .670 | 97 |
| 1977 | 31 | HOU | 132 | 421 | 59 | 108 | 16 | 61 | 6 | 85 | 79 | .257 | .814 | 125 |
| 1978 | 32 | HOU|LAN | 118 | 348 | 40 | 78 | 14 | 50 | 1 | 71 | 71 | .224 | .747 | 116 |
| 1979 | 33 | LAN | 122 | 363 | 54 | 95 | 20 | 69 | 1 | 70 | 68 | .262 | .845 | 138 |
| 1980 | 34 | LAN | 77 | 172 | 20 | 41 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 38 | 46 | .238 | .807 | 132 |
| 1981 | 35 | CAL | 12 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .233 | .767 | 123 |
| 1981 | 35 | LAN | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .143 | .464 | 37 |
| 1982 | 36 | CAL | 36 | 84 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 19 | .226 | .680 | 87 |
| 1983 | 37 | CAL | 12 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .074 | .293 | -15 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | C | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | C | 35 | 30 | 167 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 1972 | C | 7 | 6 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1972 | OF | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | C | 122 | 118 | 757 | 57 | 3 | 17 |
| 1973 | OF | 20 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1974 | C | 82 | 70 | 436 | 40 | 6 | 2 |
| 1974 | OF | 32 | 28 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1975 | C | 35 | 31 | 158 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 1975 | OF | 34 | 26 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 1976 | C | 65 | 57 | 312 | 42 | 9 | 8 |
| 1976 | OF | 53 | 46 | 97 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | C | 122 | 116 | 634 | 80 | 11 | 10 |
| 1977 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | C | 113 | 103 | 572 | 52 | 7 | 2 |
| 1978 | OF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | C | 67 | 62 | 326 | 35 | 7 | 6 |
| 1979 | OF | 52 | 45 | 88 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1980 | C | 66 | 50 | 297 | 23 | 6 | 4 |
| 1980 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | C | 8 | 8 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 1981 | OF | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | C | 32 | 22 | 138 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| 1982 | OF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | C | 9 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | OF | 3 | 2 | 4 | 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.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1973.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 21 | 7 / 336 | 0 |
Joe Ferguson ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #104 | catchers | 1973 | 140 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.