Willie Ferrell Notable

b. November 6, 1913 · Birmingham Black Barons 1937, Jacksonville Red Caps 1938, Cleveland Bears 1939, Homestead Grays 1939–1940, Chicago American Giants 1941–1943

Willie Ferrell played for five clubs across seven seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Birmingham Black Barons in 1937 and closing with the Chicago American Giants in 1943.

He went 14 and 13 with a 4.50 earned run average, pitching 242 innings in 41 games. He struck out 87 and threw 2 shutouts. Across 66 games he batted .259, with 41 hits and 17 runs. He finished with 1 home run and 2 doubles.

He was born in Empire, AL, USA on November 6, 1913.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1937	BBB	14	33	4	9	2	1	0	2	1	0	.273
1938	JRC	4	14	1	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	.357
1939	CBR/HG	4	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
1940	HG	11	15	2	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	.333
1941	CAG	6	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.125
1942	CAG	20	45	4	13	0	0	0	6	1	2	.289
1943	CAG	7	25	4	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	.200
Career	—	66	158	17	41	2	2	1	16	5	2	.259

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1937	BBB	3	4	10	8	55.2	65	37	22	24	5.98
1938	JRC	1	1	3	2	25.2	23	7	11	9	2.45
1939	CBR/HG	2	1	3	2	22.2	23	11	9	9	4.37
1940	HG	2	1	7	3	31.1	30	20	16	10	5.74
1941	CAG	3	0	6	2	37.2	38	12	10	16	2.87
1942	CAG	2	6	11	9	60.0	79	34	24	18	5.10
1943	CAG	1	0	1	1	9.0	3	0	1	1	0.00
Career	—	14	13	41	27	242.0	261	121	93	87	4.50

On this day & linked events

1913

Born November 6, 1913

Empire, AL, USA