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class="infobox-full-data"><b>Born:</b> <span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1845-01-31</span>)</span>January 31, 1845<br /><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn, New York">Brooklyn, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Died:</b> May 3, 1894<span style="display:none">(1894-05-03)</span> (aged 49)<br />Brooklyn, New York, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Both</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">May 18, 1871, for the New York Mutuals</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">July 1, 1884, for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">Batting average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">.265</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">Runs batted in</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">357</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;">Managerial record</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">417–516–16</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fergubo01.shtml">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reference" title="Baseball Reference">Baseball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1566779#P1825" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/fergubo01.shtml">Managerial record</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>at Baseball Reference</b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1566779#P12331" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Teams</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-teams"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <dl><dt>  National Association of Base Ball Players</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Enterprise" title="Brooklyn Enterprise">Enterprise of Brooklyn</a> (1865)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Atlantics" title="Brooklyn Atlantics">Brooklyn Atlantics</a> (1866–1870)</dd> <dt>  League player</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/New_York_Mutuals" title="New York Mutuals">New York Mutuals</a> (<a href="/wiki/1871_in_baseball" title="1871 in baseball">1871</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Atlantics" title="Brooklyn Atlantics">Brooklyn Atlantics</a> (<a href="/wiki/1872_in_baseball" title="1872 in baseball">1872</a>–<a href="/wiki/1874_in_baseball" title="1874 in baseball">1874</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hartford_Dark_Blues" title="Hartford Dark Blues">Hartford Dark Blues</a> (<a href="/wiki/1875_in_baseball" title="1875 in baseball">1875</a>–<a href="/wiki/1877_in_baseball" title="1877 in baseball">1877</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Stockings_(1870%E2%80%9389)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago White Stockings (1870–89)">Chicago White Stockings</a> (<a href="/wiki/1878_in_baseball" title="1878 in baseball">1878</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Troy_Trojans_(MLB_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="Troy Trojans (MLB team)">Troy Trojans</a> (<a href="/wiki/1879_in_baseball" title="1879 in baseball">1879</a>–<a href="/wiki/1882_in_baseball" title="1882 in baseball">1882</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Quakers_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Quakers (NL)">Philadelphia Quakers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1883_in_baseball" title="1883 in baseball">1883</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Alleghenys" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh Alleghenys">Pittsburgh Alleghenys</a> (<a href="/wiki/1884_in_baseball" title="1884 in baseball">1884</a>)</dd> <dt>  League manager</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/New_York_Mutuals" title="New York Mutuals">New York Mutuals</a> (<a href="/wiki/1871_in_baseball" title="1871 in baseball">1871</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Atlantics" title="Brooklyn Atlantics">Brooklyn Atlantics</a> (<a href="/wiki/1872_in_baseball" title="1872 in baseball">1872</a>–<a href="/wiki/1874_in_baseball" title="1874 in baseball">1874</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hartford_Dark_Blues" title="Hartford Dark Blues">Hartford Dark Blues</a> (<a href="/wiki/1875_in_baseball" title="1875 in baseball">1875</a>–<a href="/wiki/1877_in_baseball" title="1877 in baseball">1877</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Stockings_(1870%E2%80%9389)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago White Stockings (1870–89)">Chicago White Stockings</a> (<a href="/wiki/1878_in_baseball" title="1878 in baseball">1878</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Troy_Trojans_(MLB_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="Troy Trojans (MLB team)">Troy Trojans</a> (<a href="/wiki/1879_in_baseball" title="1879 in baseball">1879</a>–<a href="/wiki/1882_in_baseball" title="1882 in baseball">1882</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Quakers_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Quakers (NL)">Philadelphia Quakers</a> (<a href="/wiki/1883_in_baseball" title="1883 in baseball">1883</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Alleghenys" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh Alleghenys">Pittsburgh Alleghenys</a> (<a href="/wiki/1884_in_baseball" title="1884 in baseball">1884</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/New_York_Metropolitans" title="New York Metropolitans">New York Metropolitans</a> (<a href="/wiki/1886_in_baseball" title="1886 in baseball">1886</a>–<a href="/wiki/1887_in_baseball" title="1887 in baseball">1887</a>)</dd></dl> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li>Served as President of <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Professional_Base_Ball_Players" title="National Association of Professional Base Ball Players">National Association</a> (1872–1875)</li> <li>Led the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> in <a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">on-base percentage</a> (1878)</li> <li>Held major league record for career games as an umpire (1890–1893), with a final total of 786</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Robert Vavasour Ferguson</b> (January 31, 1845 – May 3, 1894) was an American <a href="/wiki/Infielder" title="Infielder">infielder</a>, league official, <a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">manager</a> and <a href="/wiki/Umpire_(baseball)" title="Umpire (baseball)">umpire</a> in the early days of <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a>, playing both before and after baseball became a professional sport.<sup id="cite_ref-retrosheet_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrosheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to playing and managing, he served as president of the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Professional_Base_Ball_Players" title="National Association of Professional Base Ball Players">National Association of Professional Base Ball Players</a> from 1872 through 1875, the sport's first entirely professional league. His character and unquestioned honesty were highly regarded during a period in baseball history where the game's reputation was badly damaged by gamblers and rowdy behavior by players and fans.<sup id="cite_ref-19c_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19c-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, his bad temper and stubbornness were traits that created trouble for him at times during his career, and caused him to be disliked by many.<sup id="cite_ref-19c_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19c-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His nickname, "Death to Flying Things",<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was derived from his greatness as a defensive player.<sup id="cite_ref-library_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-library-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Ferguson_(infielder)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A native of <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, Ferguson played for two of New York's earliest semi-professional clubs in the late 1860s and early 1870s, the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Atlantics" title="Brooklyn Atlantics">Atlantics</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mutuals" title="New York Mutuals">Mutuals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-library_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-library-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 14, 1870, Ferguson (who played catcher that game) for the Atlantics provided the <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hit</a> that created the tying run and he later scored the winning <a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">run</a> in a match against the famous <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Red_Stockings" title="Cincinnati Red Stockings">Cincinnati Red Stockings</a>, the first team that was composed entirely of professional players ending the Red Stockings' 81 consecutive game winning streak, and ushering in the first era of competitive professional sports.<sup id="cite_ref-19c_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19c-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is credited with being the first player to bat from both sides of <a href="/wiki/Home_plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Home plate">home plate</a>, known as <a href="/wiki/Switch_hitter" title="Switch hitter">switch-hitting</a>, but the practice was not popular at first.<sup id="cite_ref-armchair_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-armchair-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the explanations for this, it is claimed that, due to his personality, players did not want to emulate him.<sup id="cite_ref-armchair_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-armchair-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Managers, however, recognized the practice's importance soon after, and began to play their players according to the opposing pitcher that day, known today as <a href="/wiki/Platoon_system" title="Platoon system">platooning</a>, and the advantages that switch-hitting posed would later become accepted <a href="/wiki/Strategy" title="Strategy">strategic</a> baseball philosophy, and many players began to experiment with the idea.<sup id="cite_ref-armchair_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-armchair-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_Association">National Association</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Ferguson_(infielder)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: National Association"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1871, Ferguson took over the Mutual team as the <a href="/wiki/Player-manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Player-manager">player-manager</a>. In 33 <a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">games</a>, he batted .241, while the team finished with a 16–17 record, which put them in fifth place at the season's end.<sup id="cite_ref-retrosheet_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrosheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As manager, Ferguson insisted upon implicit obedience from his men, but was forced to leave following the season due to heavy rumors of gambling surrounding the team.<sup id="cite_ref-19c_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19c-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the 1872 season, Ferguson re-joined his Atlantics team, which was now a member of the National Association as well, and he would stay there through the 1874 season.<sup id="cite_ref-retrosheet_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrosheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1872, he was elected by the players to be the president of the National Association, an office he held through the 1875 season, the last season of the Association.<sup id="cite_ref-library_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-library-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 1, 1872, Ferguson arranged a <a href="/wiki/Benefit_(sports)" title="Benefit (sports)">benefit</a> game for <a href="/wiki/Al_Thake" title="Al Thake">Al Thake</a>, a 22-year-old <a href="/wiki/Left_fielder" title="Left fielder">left fielder</a> for the Atlantics, who drowned during a <a href="/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing">fishing</a> trip off <a href="/wiki/Fort_Hamilton" title="Fort Hamilton">Fort Hamilton</a>, in <a href="/wiki/New_York_Harbor" title="New York Harbor">New York Harbor</a>. The old Brooklyn Atlantics and Members of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings played against each other in the benefit game.<sup id="cite_ref-19c_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19c-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While serving as a substitute umpire during a game between the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Canaries" title="Baltimore Canaries">Baltimore Canaries</a> and Mutuals on July 24, 1873, Ferguson received continuous, loud, verbal abuse from Mutuals catcher <a href="/wiki/Nat_Hicks" title="Nat Hicks">Nat Hicks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19c_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19c-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ferguson and Hicks got into an altercation at the conclusion of the game, which Ferguson ended by hitting Hicks in the left arm with a bat, breaking his arm in two places. Ferguson required a <a href="/wiki/Police_officer" title="Police officer">police</a> escort to leave the playing field, and Hicks refused to press charges and the two reconciled afterwards.<sup id="cite_ref-19c_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19c-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the final season of the Association, he played and managed the <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Dark_Blues" title="Hartford Dark Blues">Hartford Dark Blues</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-retrosheet_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrosheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_League">National League</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Ferguson_(infielder)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: National League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the Association dissolved, his Hartford team was accepted into the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> for its inaugural season in 1876,<sup id="cite_ref-retrosheet_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrosheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Ferguson became a League Director.<sup id="cite_ref-19c_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19c-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a league official, he was involved in a landmark decision that season. The case involved <a href="/wiki/Jim_Devlin" title="Jim Devlin">Jim Devlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Grays" title="Louisville Grays">Louisville Grays</a>. Devlin wanted to be released from his contract, claiming that Louisville had failed to fulfill the terms of his contract.<sup id="cite_ref-19c_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19c-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Surrounding Devlin were rumors that he took money from gamblers to throw games, known in the day as "<a href="/wiki/Hippodroming" class="mw-redirect" title="Hippodroming">hippodroming</a>". Ferguson, along with fellow league directors, ruled in favor of the Grays' Vice-President Charles Chase, and Devlin was ordered to remain with the Grays. The following season, Devlin and three other teammates, SS/2B <a href="/wiki/Bill_Craver" title="Bill Craver">Bill Craver</a>, OF <a href="/wiki/George_Hall_(baseball)" title="George Hall (baseball)">George Hall</a> and 3B <a href="/wiki/Al_Nichols" title="Al Nichols">Al Nichols</a> would receive life suspensions for throwing games. Devlin attempted to gain reinstatement for a number of years, but this was never granted.<sup id="cite_ref-19c_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19c-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Dark Blues had turned to Ferguson to play for and manage the team because of his reputation as the most authoritarian captain in the game. He was an honest and upstanding citizen in a time when not many ballplayers could say the same. However, he was also a domineering, dictatorial captain with a violent streak.<sup id="cite_ref-hartford_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hartford-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Team discipline did improve in his first season, but his overbearing ways proved divisive, causing the team to bicker amongst themselves. Ferguson's temper would flare up often, even when the team was winning.<sup id="cite_ref-hartford_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hartford-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Chicago Tribune reported that if anyone on the Hartford nine committed an error, "Ferguson [would] swear until everything looks blue."<sup id="cite_ref-hartford_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hartford-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was particularly rough on second baseman <a href="/wiki/Jack_Burdock" title="Jack Burdock">Jack Burdock</a>, who on more than one occasion heard his captain publicly threaten "to ram his fist down Burdock's throat."<sup id="cite_ref-hartford_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hartford-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some players tolerated his behavior; others, however, refused to comply. <a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">Shortstop</a> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Carey_(shortstop)" title="Tom Carey (shortstop)">Tom Carey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Center_fielder" title="Center fielder">center fielder</a> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Remsen" title="Jack Remsen">Jack Remsen</a> did not hesitate to yell back, while Burdock and pitcher <a href="/wiki/Candy_Cummings" title="Candy Cummings">Candy Cummings</a>, on the other hand, often sulked.<sup id="cite_ref-hartford_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hartford-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The situation in Hartford came to a head after a tough loss to the Red Stockings, a game in which Ferguson had committed several errors. Hartford's main pitcher, <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Bond_(baseball)" title="Tommy Bond (baseball)">Tommy Bond</a>, suggested that Ferguson was "crooked". Ferguson denied the charge, and Bond quickly retracted his statement, claiming that he said it in anger.<sup id="cite_ref-hartford_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hartford-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bond then requested that he be able to leave the team because he could not play for Ferguson, a request that was granted by league president <a href="/wiki/Morgan_Bulkeley" title="Morgan Bulkeley">Morgan Bulkeley</a>, a former owner of the Dark Blues.<sup id="cite_ref-hartford_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hartford-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hartford finished third in both of its two seasons in the National League,<sup id="cite_ref-retrosheet_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrosheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and when the team folded, Ferguson became the new <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Stockings_(1870%E2%80%9389)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago White Stockings (1870–89)">Chicago White Stockings</a> player-manager. It would be his only season in Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-retrosheet_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrosheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Al_Spalding" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Spalding">Al Spalding</a> had hired Ferguson to captain his Chicago team because of his reputation, openly saying that he admired Ferguson's style and leadership that made the Hartford teams successful.<sup id="cite_ref-19c_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19c-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ferguson personally had his most successful season as a player that season, as he batted .351, which was third in the league, led the league in <a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">on-base percentage</a>, tied for fourth in <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">runs batted in</a>, and ranked fourth in <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hits</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19c_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19c-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unfortunately, the White Stockings finished at .500, and in Spalding's memoirs he called Ferguson "tactless" and hopelessly lacking any knowledge "of the subtle science of handling men by strategy rather than by force."<sup id="cite_ref-19c_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19c-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cap_Anson" title="Cap Anson">Cap Anson</a> would eventually take over that role in 1879.<sup id="cite_ref-1879chicago_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1879chicago-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ferguson again moved on, this time accepting the player-manager role with the new <a href="/wiki/Troy_Trojans_(MLB_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="Troy Trojans (MLB team)">Troy Trojans</a> team who began their time in the National League in 1879, and would stay in that role until the team folded after the 1882 season.<sup id="cite_ref-retrosheet_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrosheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1883, he became the first manager in the history of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> franchise, which was known at the time as the Quakers, but was relieved of command when the team won only four of its first 17 games.<sup id="cite_ref-retrosheet_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrosheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 21 of that season, his Quakers traveled to <a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence, Rhode Island</a> to play the Grays. To increase ticket sales, he gave the day's pitching duty to <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> native <a href="/wiki/Art_Hagan" title="Art Hagan">Art Hagan</a> in hopes that Hagan's appearance would attract more locals to come watch the game.<sup id="cite_ref-19c_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19c-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The strategy worked, but Hagen surrendered 28 <a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">runs</a> and the Quakers made 20 <a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">errors</a> behind him and did not score a run. Financially sound decision as it was, a bad decision for public relations as Ferguson was labeled a <a href="/wiki/Sadomasochism" title="Sadomasochism">sadist</a> for not relieving Hagen.<sup id="cite_ref-19c_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19c-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="American_Association">American Association</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Ferguson_(infielder)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: American Association"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ferguson's last two managerial positions were in the <a href="/wiki/American_Association_(19th_century)" class="mw-redirect" title="American Association (19th century)">American Association</a>. He was player-manager for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys, who later became the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>, in 1884 and later took over the managerial role for parts of two seasons with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Metropolitans" title="New York Metropolitans">New York Metropolitans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-retrosheet_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrosheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As manager in baseball for 933 games, his teams won 417 games and lost 516, for a winning percentage of .447, and never finished higher than the third-place finishes his Trojans achieved. The totals reflect his time in the National Association as well as the National League and American Association.<sup id="cite_ref-retrosheet_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrosheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ferguson is just one of two 19th century managers to have managed for sixteen seasons, but he holds the distinction of having the most seasons managed to neither win 1,000 games nor manage for 1,000. <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Umpiring_career">Umpiring career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Ferguson_(infielder)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Umpiring career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ferguson had, on numerous occasions during his playing and managerial career, served as a substitute umpire, but did not start doing it full-time until after his departure from Philadelphia. In 1888, he became a full-time professional umpire, working in the American Association, and later in the <a href="/wiki/Players%27_League" title="Players' League">Players' League</a> in 1890.<sup id="cite_ref-retrosheet_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrosheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of the 1890 season he had passed <a href="/wiki/Kick_Kelly" title="Kick Kelly">Kick Kelly</a> to take over the record for career games as an umpire with 650; <a href="/wiki/John_Gaffney" title="John Gaffney">John Gaffney</a> surpassed his final total of 786 in 1893. Ferguson officially umpired 804 games if his National Association games are taken into account, and his career came to a close after the 1891 season.<sup id="cite_ref-retrosheet_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrosheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On his umpiring philosophy, he once stated "Umpiring always came as easy to me", he said, "as sleeping on a featherbed. Never change a decision, never stop to talk to a man. Make 'em play ball and keep their mouths shut, and never fear but the people will be on your side and you'll be called the king of umpires."<sup id="cite_ref-oldtimebaseball_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oldtimebaseball-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-career">Post-career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Ferguson_(infielder)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Post-career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ferguson died in Brooklyn of <a href="/wiki/Apoplexy" title="Apoplexy">apoplexy</a> at the age of 49.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially buried in the <a href="/wiki/Cemetery_of_the_Evergreens,_Brooklyn" class="mw-redirect" title="Cemetery of the Evergreens, Brooklyn">Cemetery of the Evergreens</a> in Brooklyn, he was later reinterred in <a href="/wiki/Cypress_Hills_Cemetery" title="Cypress Hills Cemetery">Cypress Hills Cemetery</a>, also in the borough of Brooklyn.<sup id="cite_ref-retrosheet_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrosheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite his career that was filled with incidents of turmoil between him and his players and other baseball people, his funeral, which was held at his home, was quickly crowded, as was the front stoop. 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href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/F/Pfergb101.htm">"Bob Ferguson's Stats"</a>. <i>retrosheet.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Selee">Frank Selee</a> (1902–1905)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Chance" title="Frank Chance">Frank Chance</a> (1905–1912)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Evers" title="Johnny Evers">Johnny Evers</a> (1913)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hank_O%27Day" title="Hank O'Day">Hank O'Day</a> (1914)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Bresnahan" title="Roger Bresnahan">Roger Bresnahan</a> (1915)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Tinker" title="Joe Tinker">Joe Tinker</a> (1916)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Mitchell_(baseball)" title="Fred Mitchell (baseball)">Fred Mitchell</a> (1917–1920)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Evers" title="Johnny Evers">Johnny Evers</a> (1921)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Killefer" title="Bill Killefer">Bill Killefer</a> (1921–1925)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rabbit_Maranville" title="Rabbit Maranville">Rabbit Maranville</a> (1925)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Gibson_(baseball)" title="George Gibson (baseball)">George Gibson</a> (1925)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_McCarthy_(baseball_manager)" title="Joe McCarthy (baseball manager)">Joe McCarthy</a> (1926–1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Hornsby" title="Rogers Hornsby">Rogers Hornsby</a> (1930–1932)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Grimm" title="Charlie Grimm">Charlie Grimm</a> (1932–1938)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gabby_Hartnett" title="Gabby Hartnett">Gabby Hartnett</a> (1938–1940)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Jimmie Wilson (baseball)">Jimmie Wilson</a> (1941–1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Johnson_(pitcher)" title="Roy Johnson (pitcher)">Roy Johnson</a> (1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Grimm" title="Charlie Grimm">Charlie Grimm</a> (1944–1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frankie_Frisch" title="Frankie Frisch">Frankie Frisch</a> (1949–1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Cavarretta" title="Phil Cavarretta">Phil Cavarretta</a> (1951–1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Hack" title="Stan Hack">Stan Hack</a> (1954–1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Scheffing" title="Bob Scheffing">Bob Scheffing</a> (1957–1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Grimm" title="Charlie Grimm">Charlie Grimm</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lou_Boudreau" title="Lou Boudreau">Lou Boudreau</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/College_of_Coaches" title="College of Coaches">College of Coaches</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vedie_Himsl" title="Vedie Himsl">Vedie Himsl</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Craft" title="Harry Craft">Harry Craft</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/El_Tappe" title="El Tappe">El Tappe</a> (1961–1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lou_Klein" title="Lou Klein">Lou Klein</a> (1961–1962, 1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Metro" title="Charlie Metro">Charlie Metro</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kennedy" title="Bob Kennedy">Bob Kennedy</a> (1963–1965)</span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leo_Durocher" title="Leo Durocher">Leo Durocher</a> (1966–1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Whitey_Lockman" title="Whitey Lockman">Whitey Lockman</a> (1972–1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Marshall_(baseball)" title="Jim Marshall (baseball)">Jim Marshall</a> (1974–1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Herman_Franks" title="Herman Franks">Herman Franks</a> (1977–1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joey_Amalfitano" title="Joey Amalfitano">Joey Amalfitano</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Preston_G%C3%B3mez" title="Preston Gómez">Preston Gómez</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joey_Amalfitano" title="Joey Amalfitano">Joey Amalfitano</a> (1980–1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Elia" title="Lee Elia">Lee Elia</a> (1982–1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Fox_(baseball)" title="Charlie Fox (baseball)">Charlie Fox</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Frey" title="Jim Frey">Jim Frey</a> (1984–1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Vukovich" title="John Vukovich">John Vukovich</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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Phillies managers</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bob Ferguson</a> (1883)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blondie_Purcell" title="Blondie Purcell">Blondie Purcell</a> (1883)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Wright" title="Harry Wright">Harry Wright</a> (1884–1890)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Clements" title="Jack Clements">Jack Clements</a> (1890)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Al_Reach" title="Al Reach">Al Reach</a> (1890)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Allen_(shortstop)" title="Bob Allen (shortstop)">Bob Allen</a> (1890)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Wright" title="Harry Wright">Harry Wright</a> (1891–1893)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Irwin" title="Arthur Irwin">Arthur Irwin</a> (1894–1895)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Nash" title="Billy Nash">Billy Nash</a> (1896)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Stallings" title="George Stallings">George Stallings</a> (1897–1898)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Shettsline" title="Bill Shettsline">Bill Shettsline</a> (1898–1902)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Zimmer" title="Chief Zimmer">Chief Zimmer</a> (1903)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Duffy" title="Hugh Duffy">Hugh Duffy</a> (1904–1906)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Murray_(baseball)" title="Billy Murray (baseball)">Billy Murray</a> (1907–1909)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Red_Dooin" title="Red Dooin">Red Dooin</a> (1910–1914)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Moran" title="Pat Moran">Pat Moran</a> (1915–1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Coombs" title="Jack Coombs">Jack Coombs</a> (1919)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gavvy_Cravath" title="Gavvy Cravath">Gavvy Cravath</a> (1919–1920)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Donovan" title="Bill Donovan">Bill Donovan</a> (1921)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kaiser_Wilhelm_(baseball)" title="Kaiser Wilhelm (baseball)">Kaiser Wilhelm</a> (1921–1922)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Art_Fletcher" title="Art Fletcher">Art Fletcher</a> (1923–1926)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stuffy_McInnis" title="Stuffy McInnis">Stuffy McInnis</a> (1927)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Burt_Shotton" title="Burt Shotton">Burt Shotton</a> (1928–1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Jimmie Wilson (baseball)">Jimmie Wilson</a> (1934–1938)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hans_Lobert" title="Hans Lobert">Hans Lobert</a> (1938)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Doc_Prothro" title="Doc Prothro">Doc Prothro</a> (1939–1941)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hans_Lobert" title="Hans Lobert">Hans Lobert</a> (1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bucky_Harris" title="Bucky Harris">Bucky Harris</a> (1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Fitzsimmons" title="Freddie Fitzsimmons">Freddie Fitzsimmons</a> (1943–1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Chapman_(baseball)" title="Ben Chapman (baseball)">Ben Chapman</a> (1945–1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Cooke" title="Dusty Cooke">Dusty Cooke</a> (1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Sawyer" title="Eddie Sawyer">Eddie Sawyer</a> (1948–1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steve_O%27Neill" title="Steve O'Neill">Steve O'Neill</a> (1952–1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Terry_Moore_(baseball)" title="Terry Moore (baseball)">Terry Moore</a> (1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mayo_Smith" title="Mayo Smith">Mayo Smith</a> (1955–1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Sawyer" title="Eddie Sawyer">Eddie Sawyer</a> (1958–1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andy_Cohen_(baseball)" title="Andy Cohen (baseball)">Andy Cohen</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gene_Mauch" title="Gene Mauch">Gene Mauch</a> (1960–1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Skinner" title="Bob Skinner">Bob Skinner</a> (1968–1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Myatt" title="George Myatt">George Myatt</a> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lucchesi" title="Frank Lucchesi">Frank Lucchesi</a> (1970–1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Owens_(baseball)" title="Paul Owens (baseball)">Paul Owens</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Ozark" title="Danny Ozark">Danny Ozark</a> (1973–1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Green_(baseball)" title="Dallas Green (baseball)">Dallas Green</a> (1979–1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Corrales" title="Pat Corrales">Pat Corrales</a> (1982–1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Owens_(baseball)" title="Paul Owens (baseball)">Paul Owens</a> (1983–1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Felske" title="John Felske">John Felske</a> (1985–1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Elia" title="Lee Elia">Lee Elia</a> (1987–1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Vukovich" title="John Vukovich">John Vukovich</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span 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Kapler</a> (2018–2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Girardi" title="Joe Girardi">Joe Girardi</a> (2020–2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rob_Thomson" title="Rob Thomson">Rob Thomson</a> (2022–present)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Pittsburgh_Pirates_managers" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FDB827, inset -2px -2px 0 #FDB827; !important;;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Pirates managers"><span style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important;">Pittsburgh Pirates managers</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Al_Pratt_(baseball)" title="Al Pratt (baseball)">Al Pratt</a> (1882–1883)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ormond_Butler" title="Ormond Butler">Ormond Butler</a> (1883)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Battin" title="Joe Battin">Joe Battin</a> (1883–1884)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Denny_McKnight" title="Denny McKnight">Denny McKnight</a> (1884)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bob Ferguson</a> (1884)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Creamer" title="George Creamer">George Creamer</a> (1884)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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