Cecil Ferguson

{{Short description|American baseball player (1883–1943)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Cecil Ferguson

|position=Pitcher

|image=George Ferguson.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1883|8|19}}

|birth_place=Ellsworth, Indiana, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1943|9|5|1883|8|19}}

|death_place=Montverde, Florida, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= April 19

|debutyear= 1906

|debutteam= New York Giants

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 21

|finalyear=1911

|finalteam= Boston Rustlers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=29–46

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.34

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=298

|teams=

• New York Giants (1906–1907)
• Boston Doves/Rustlers (1908–1911)

}}

Cecil B. Ferguson (August 27, 1883 – September 5, 1943){{Cite web |title=Cecil Ferguson Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/cecil-ferguson-114065 |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=MLB.com}} was an American professional baseball player.

He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of six seasons (1906–1911) with the New York Giants and Boston Doves/Rustlers. During his career, he compiled a 29–46 record in 142 appearances, with a 3.34 earned run average and 298 strikeouts.

After his baseball career, Ferguson became an osteopathic doctor, and gave medical treatment to many Major League baseball players.{{Cite news |last=Butler |first=Guy |date=1943-09-06 |title="Doc" Ferguson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-news-doc-ferguson/166020077/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |work=The Miami News |page=9 |via=Newspapers.com}} He graduated with a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) from the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine.{{cite web |last1=Findley |first1=Jeff |title=Cecil Ferguson |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Cecil-Ferguson/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Society for American Baseball Research}} Ferguson was also the coach of the baseball team at the American School of Osteopathy.{{Cite magazine |last=Snyder |first=David |last2=Attebery |first2=Paul |date=Spring 1984 |title=The "O" Teams |url=https://library.truman.edu/scpublications/Chariton%20Collector/Spring%201984/The%20O%20Teams.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708121125/https://library.truman.edu/scpublications/Chariton%20Collector/Spring%201984/The%20O%20Teams.pdf |archive-date=2010-07-08 |website=Chariton Collector}}

Ferguson died in Montverde, Florida, aged 60.