Bob Ferguson

Bob Ferguson Stats & Facts

    Bob Ferguson Essentials Positions:Bats: B Throws: RWeight: 149Born: 1 31, 1845 in Brooklyn, NY USADied: 5 3 1894 in Brooklyn, NY USADebut: 1871-05-18Last Game: 1884-07-01Full Name: Robert Vavasour Ferguson     Players Who Debuted Same Year  Coming Soon   All-Time Teammate Team Coming Soon   Vintage Baseball HOT ON EBAYCard Collections ENDING SOON


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Ezra Sutton hits a walk off homerun his only homerun of the year

August 29, 1878 – Boston pulls another out of the fire‚ coring 4 in the bottom of the 10th to beat Chicago‚ 8-7. Bob Ferguson‚ catching for the Whites‚ makes 5 errors and passed balls in the final frame. Ezra Sutton caps the scoring with a game-winning homer‚ his only Homerun of the year.  

Albert Thake‚ 22-year-old LF of the Brooklyn Atlantics‚ drowns off Fort Hamilton

Albert Thake‚ 22-year-old LF of the Brooklyn Atlantics‚ drowns off Fort Hamilton

1872 – Albert Thake‚ 22-year-old LF of the Brooklyn Atlantics‚ drowns off Fort Hamilton‚ in New York Harbor‚ while fishing. A benefit game is arranged by Bob Ferguson between the old Brooklyn Atlantics and members of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings.