Wes Ferrell (left) and his batterymate brother, Rick Ferrell (right)

Catching Distinguished Pitchers


Wes Ferrell's Battery Mates


Wes Ferrell pitched for Cleveland (AL) 1927-1933, Boston (AL) 1934-1937, Washington (AL) 1937-1938, New York (AL) 1938-1939, Brooklyn (NL) 1940, and Boston (NL) 1941. He pitched in 374 games, made 323 starts, had 227 complete games and pitched 17 shutouts. One of Ferrell's shutouts was with more than one catcher. His batterymate who caught most of his starts and shutouts was his brother, Hall-Of-Fame catcher Rick Ferrell.


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CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT WES FERRELL'S STARTS
Rick Ferrell 141   Ray Berres 3
Luke Sewell 86   Gene Desautels 3
Glenn Myatt 43   Joe Glenn 3
Roy Spencer 14   Wally Millies 3
Frankie Pytlak 11   Joe Sprinz 3
Moe Berg 6   Tony Giuliani 2
Bill Dickey 4   Lou Legett 1

 

CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT WES FERRELL'S SHUTOUTS
Rick Ferrell 9   Roy Spencer 1
Luke Sewell **5   multiple catchers 1
Frankie Pytlak 1      


** Indicates 1 Shutout was a NO-HITTER

HALL OF FAME CATCHERS are in RED



Source: Walt Wilson, Member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)
Coordinator: Lyle Spatz, Chairman SABR's Records Committee
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