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Bob Ferguson

Manager

Robert Vavasour Ferguson

949 Games
417-516 Record
0.447 Win%
16 Seasons

👤 Personal Information

Bats B
Throws R
Born 1/31/1845
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Died 5/3/1894
Brooklyn, NY, USA
MLB Debut 1871-05-18
Final Game 1884-07-01

📊 Career Record

949 Games Managed
417 Wins
516 Losses
0.447 Win Percentage

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📅 Season-by-Season Record

16 seasons
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Bob Ferguson — 📅 Season-by-Season Record
Year Team Lg G W L Win% Rank P-M
1871 NY2 33 16 17 0.485 5 Y
1872 BR2 37 9 28 0.243 7 Y
1873 BR2 55 17 37 0.315 6 Y
1874 BR2 56 22 33 0.400 6 Y
1875 HR1 86 54 28 0.659 3 Y
1876 HAR NL 69 47 21 0.691 3 Y
1877 HAR NL 60 31 27 0.534 3 Y
1878 CHN NL 61 30 30 0.500 4 Y
1879 TRN NL 30 7 22 0.241 8 Y
1880 TRN NL 83 41 42 0.494 4 Y
1881 TRN NL 85 39 45 0.464 5 Y
1882 TRN NL 85 35 48 0.422 7 Y
1883 PHI NL 17 4 13 0.235 8 Y
1884 PT1 AA 42 11 31 0.262 10 Y
1886 NY4 AA 120 48 70 0.407 7 N
1887 NY4 AA 30 6 24 0.200 7 N

Bob Ferguson as a manager

In 949 games as a manager between 1871 and 1887, Ferguson went 417-516, a .447 mark. Ferguson ran the New York Mutuals (1871), the Brooklyn Atlantics (1872-1874), the Hartford Dark Blues (1875-1877), the Chicago White Stockings (1878), the Troy Trojans (1879-1882), and the Philadelphia Quakers (1883). The best full season was 1876, 47-21 with the Hartford Dark Blues. The weakest full season was 1886, at 48-70. The Rank column for the Brooklyn Atlantics years shows 7th, 6th, and 6th. With the Hartford Dark Blues (1875-1877), the finishes read 3rd, 3rd, and 3rd. The first season in the table, 1871, ended 16-17; the last, 1887, ended 6-24.

The highest finish was 3rd, in 1875, 1876, and 1877. League play for Ferguson's teams: the National League and American Association. In 1879, 1884, and 1886, Ferguson took over a club already in progress that season. The P-M column marks 1884, 1883, 1882, 1881, 1880, 1879 and earlier years back to 1871 as player-manager seasons. The personal information panel gives a birth date of January 31, 1845 in Brooklyn, NY, USA. Ferguson's death is recorded on May 3, 1894. As a player, Ferguson appears from 1871 to 1884; the player page has that record.

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