Alex Ferguson Stats & Facts
Alex Ferguson Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 72 Weight: 180 Born: 2 16, 1897 in Montclair, NJ USA Died: 4 26 1976 in Sepulveda, CA USA Debut: 8/16/1918 Last Game: 5/18/1929 Full Name: James Alexander Ferguson
Sam Rice reveals in letter after death he did make the catch in 1925 world series
On November 6, 1974, the contents of a letter written by the late Sam Rice to the Hall of Fame are revealed in Cooperstown, New York. In the letter, Rice, who had instructed the letter be opened after his death, says that he did successfully make a disputed catch in the 1925 World…
In game three of the World Series, Senators bat out of order
10/10/1925 – In game three of the World Series, Nemo Leibold pinch hit for Senators pitcher Alex Ferguson in the bottom of the seventh inning. After Leibold walked, Earl McNeely ran for him. McNeely remained in the game in centerfield while Firpo Marberry entered the game as the new pitcher. Marberry was inserted into the fifth spot in the batting order. In the bottom of the eighth with one out, Muddy Ruel singled. The next batter should have been McNeely but Marberry walked to the plate and sacrificed Ruel to second. The Pirates did not protest the improper batter (possibly since Marberry came up in the usual spot for the pitcher). The next proper batter was Buddy Myer in the sixth spot but the Senators went to the top of the lineup and Sam Rice who grounded out to end the inning.