Wes Ferrell Trades and Transactions

The Wes Ferrell trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Wes Ferrell has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"His (Wes Ferrell) best ball, of course, is his fast ball. But he also has a most servicable curve, such a curve as many pitchers fail to acquire in years of patient practice. And young and inexperienced as he is, he has developed a baffling change of pace." - Columnist F.C. Lane in Baseball Magazine (March 1930)

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Wes Ferrell

Wes Ferrell Autograph on a 2004 Legendary Cuts (#WF)

Wes Ferrell Autograph on a 2004 Legendary Cuts (#WF)
 

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Birth Name:   Wesley Cheek Ferrell
Nickname:   Wes
Born On:   02-02-1908  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Greensboro, North Carolina
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-09-1976
Place of Death Data Died In:   Sarasota, Florida
Cemetery:   New Garden Friends Cemetery, Greensboro, North Carolina
High School:   Guilford High School (Guilford, NC)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   09-09-1927 (Age 19)
Last Game:   05-06-1941
Draft:   Not Applicable
Wes Ferrell

Trades & Transactions

05-25-1934: Traded by Cleveland Indians (with Dick Porter) to Boston Red Sox for Bob Weiland and Bob Seeds.
06-11-1937: Traded by Boston Red Sox (with Rick Ferrell and Mel Almada) to Washington Senators for Ben Chapman and Bobo Newsom.
08-12-1938: Released by Washington Senators.
08-14-1938: Signed by New York Yankees.
05-28-1939: Released by New York Yankees.
01-10-1940: Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers.
05-14-1940: Released by Brooklyn Dodgers.
02-10-1941: Signed by Boston Braves.
05-08-1941: Released by Boston Braves.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Wes Ferrell trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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