NAME     : Joe Ferguson
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : 
 
  BIRTHDAY : 9/19/1946
  AGE      : 34
  HEIGHT   : 6"0
  WEIGHT   : 195
 
  POSITION : Catcher
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $2,750,000 through 1982
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Average
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : Normal
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Normal
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Catcher : A (Fielding Pct. : 1.000) Catcher Arm : C
OFFENSIVE RATINGS : Speed : E Stealing Ability : E Sacrifice Bunt : C Bunt for Hit : E Hitter Type : Normal Getting Hits : 5 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 2, Talent Average) Hitting Doubles : 6 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Average) Hitting Homeruns : 3 (VS. RHP : 3, VS. LHP : 3, Talent Fair) Getting BB's : 1 (VS. RHP : 1, VS. LHP : 1, Talent Poor) Avoiding Strikeouts : 4 (VS. RHP : 4, VS. LHP : 4, Talent Average)
BATTING STATS : Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG Overall .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 vs RHP .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 vs LHP .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 At Home .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Away .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 R.I.S.P. .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Close/Late .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 This Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Last Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
CAREER STATS : YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS 1970 .238 2 23 132 412 98 15 5 37 0 1 22 87 .276 .313 LA 1971 .240 4 20 121 246 59 11 0 30 0 2 10 52 .270 .333 LA 1972 .298 2 16 88 161 48 12 0 22 0 0 6 25 .323 .410 LA 1973 .228 3 14 129 228 52 10 1 13 0 1 9 34 .257 .320 LA 1974 .239 0 20 95 176 42 9 0 8 0 0 1 33 .243 .290 LA 1975 .315 0 8 78 108 34 10 0 12 0 0 4 19 .339 .407 BAL 1976 .200 0 1 23 40 8 4 0 5 0 0 0 9 .200 .300 BAL 1977 .375 1 6 17 32 12 1 0 4 0 0 3 3 .429 .500 BAL,CAL,CLE 1978 .275 3 67 146 494 136 37 6 44 1 0 22 93 .306 .393 ATL,Tor 1979 .271 2 52 137 398 108 28 0 38 0 0 22 76 .310 .357 Tor 1980 .270 1 18 94 115 31 5 1 13 0 0 6 25 .306 .357 CHI,ATL Total AB : 2410 Total AVG : .261 Total Hits: 628 Total HR : 18 Total RBI : 245 Total Runs: 226 Total SB : 1
PLAYER HISTORY
Signed as a free agent by Atlanta on 2/13/1978 to a 2-year deal worth $2,650,000 per year... Traded from Atlanta to Toronto on 3/2/1978... Signed as a free agent by Chicago(N) on 2/8/1980 to a 4-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year... Released by Chicago (N) on 6/17/1980... Signed as a free agent by Atlanta on 6/24/1980 to a 1-year deal worth $760,000 per year... Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/27/1981 to a 2-year deal worth $2,750,000 per year...