Bio
- Debut
- 1927
Bio
- Debut
- 1927
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 374
- W
- 193
- L
- 128
- ERA
- 4.04
- IP
- 2623.0
- K
- 985
- BB
- 1,040
- WHIP
- 1.48
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.00 |
| 1928 | CLE | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.25 | 16.0 | 4 | 5 | 1.25 |
| 1929 | CLE | 43 | 21 | 10 | 3.60 | 242.2 | 100 | 109 | 1.50 |
| 1930 | CLE | 43 | 25 | 13 | 3.31 | 296.2 | 143 | 106 | 1.37 |
| 1931 | CLE | 40 | 22 | 12 | 3.75 | 276.1 | 123 | 130 | 1.47 |
| 1932 | CLE | 38 | 23 | 13 | 3.66 | 287.2 | 105 | 104 | 1.40 |
| 1933 | CLE | 28 | 11 | 12 | 4.21 | 201.0 | 41 | 70 | 1.47 |
| 1934 | BOS | 26 | 14 | 5 | 3.63 | 181.0 | 67 | 49 | 1.40 |
| 1935 | BOS | 41 | 25 | 14 | 3.52 | 322.1 | 110 | 108 | 1.38 |
| 1936 | BOS | 39 | 20 | 15 | 4.19 | 301.0 | 106 | 119 | 1.49 |
| 1937 |  BOS/MIN | 37 | 14 | 19 | 4.90 | 281.0 | 123 | 122 | 1.59 |
| 1938 |  MIN/NYY | 28 | 15 | 10 | 6.28 | 179.0 | 43 | 86 | 1.85 |
| 1939 | NYY | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4.66 | 19.1 | 6 | 17 | 1.60 |
| 1940 | LAD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4.0 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 1941 | ATL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5.14 | 14.0 | 10 | 9 | 1.57 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 227
- SHO
- 17
- K/9
- 3.4
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | CLE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | CLE | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | CLE | 0 | 25 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | CLE | 0 | 27 | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | CLE | 0 | 26 | 3 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | CLE | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | BOS | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | BOS | 0 | 31 | 3 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | BOS | 0 | 28 | 3 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | BOS/MIN | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | MIN/NYY | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | NYY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | ATL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Wes Ferrell's career stats?
Wes Ferrell played 15 seasons for the Guardians, the Red Sox, the Yankees, the Dodgers and the Braves. He had 193 wins and 985 strikeouts with a 4.04 ERA over 2,623.0 innings. His best season was 1930: 25 wins, a 3.31 ERA and 143 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 1927 to 1941
Championships ×2
- 1938 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1939 World Series with the New York Yankees
All-time career rank
- 136th in wins (pitching) (193)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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