Rick Ferrell

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: October 12, 1905 in Durham, NC us

Died: July 27, 1995 in Bloomfield Hills, MI

Buried: New Garden Cemetery, Greensboro, NC

High School: Guilford HS (Guilford, NC)

School: Guilford College (Greensboro, NC)

Debut: April 19, 1929 (Age 23-189d, 6,895th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 14, 1947 (Age 41-337d)
vs. DET 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1984. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Rick Ferrell's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1929 season

Full Name: Richard Benjamin Ferrell

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Relatives: Brother of Wes Ferrell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.8

6028

1692

.281

687

RBI

734

OBP

.378

SLG

.363

OPS

.741

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-45 / in Starts: 17-22
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	60 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 181 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	131 (61-45-25) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 181 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	122 (60-38-23)

Most Driven In
F O'Rourke	6
R Kress	4
O Melillo	3
L Blue	2
F Schulte	1
H Manush	1
E McNeely	1
E Roetz	1

Most Driven In By
L Blue	8
F McGowan	3
H Manush	2
L Stewart	2
R Badgro	1
F Schulte	1
O Melillo	1
E McNeely	1

1929 Batting Game Log

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1929 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	4 (3)	Apr 19	SLB		CHW	L,4-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	4.30	-0.275	12.93	-0.50%	-1.66	PH
2	2	6 (1)	Apr 21	SLB		DET	L,9-16	8-GF	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	7	.08	0.005	.23	0.01%	1.16	C
3	3	7	Apr 22	SLB		DET	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	7	6.12	-0.176	17.12	-0.30%	-0.40	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	4	16 (8)	May 5	SLB		PHA	L,0-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9	4.13	-0.099	18.10	-0.26%	-0.51	PH
5	5	19 (2)	May 9	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	8	1.17	-0.026	4.14	-0.06%	-0.35	C
6	6	20	May 10	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.385	.200	.585	8	.84	0.040	2.10	0.06%	0.51	C
7	7	21	May 11	SLB		BOS	L,2-8	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.412	.167	.578	8	.59	-0.011	1.61	-0.02%	-0.16	C
8	8	23 (1)	May 14	SLB		WSH	L,7-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.389	.154	.543	9	.66	-0.018	1.92	-0.03%	-0.12	PH
9	9	31 (7)	May 23 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.364	.125	.489	8	1.34	-0.029	4.66	-0.06%	-0.45	C
10	10	38 (6)	May 29	SLB	@	DET	L,6-7	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.391	.176	.568	5	2.75	0.097	10.42	0.22%	0.67	C
11	11	39	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,6-14	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.429	.158	.586	5	.55	-0.003	1.97	-0.01%	0.30	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	12	41 (1)	Jun 1	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-4	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.429	.158	.586	7						PH
13	13	45 (3)	Jun 5	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.414	.150	.564	9	.98	-0.026	4.56	-0.07%	-0.27	PH C
14	14	46	Jun 6	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-15	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.433	.150	.583	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.83	C
15	15	48 (1)	Jun 9	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-17	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.406	.136	.543	8	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	-0.80	C
16	16	52 (3)	Jun 13	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.394	.130	.524	9	1.27	-0.054	2.32	-0.06%	-0.56	PH
17	17	54 (1)	Jun 15	SLB	@	BOS	W,12-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.412	.208	.620	9	.39	0.028	.65	0.03%	1.00	PH
18	18	58 (3)	Jun 22	SLB		CHW	W,11-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.395	.185	.580	8	.47	-0.059	.92	-0.07%	-1.53	C
19	19	60 (1)	Jun 24	SLB		CLE	L,4-10	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.410	.185	.595	9	.07	0.002	.16	0.00%	0.28	PH
20	20	61	Jun 25 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,7-10	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.400	.179	.579	9	1.31	-0.031	2.25	-0.03%	-0.39	PH
21	21	62	Jun 25 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,8-0	CG	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.455	.233	.688	8	1.05	0.099	1.66	0.09%	2.17	C
22	22	67 (4)	Jun 29 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,12-4	CG	5	4	3	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.235	.469	.324	.793	8	.38	0.056	.76	0.07%	1.95	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	23	68	Jul 2	SLB		DET	L,4-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.460	.314	.774	9	.51	-0.014	1.38	-0.02%	-0.27	PH
24	24	71 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		DET	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.256	.463	.333	.796	8						C
25	25	72	Jul 6	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.474	.357	.831	8	1.70	0.071	3.71	0.09%	0.86	C
26	26	73	Jul 7	SLB		NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.311	.492	.378	.870	8	.84	-0.001	1.72	0.00%	1.03	C
27	27	74	Jul 8	SLB		NYY	L,3-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.477	.354	.831	8	.33	-0.036	.81	-0.05%	-0.64	C
28	28	75	Jul 9	SLB		NYY	L,7-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.470	.347	.817	9	10.92	-0.287	21.60	-0.34%	-0.83	PH
29	29	77 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,7-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.457	.327	.784	8	1.64	0.148	3.54	0.19%	1.50	C
30	30	78	Jul 12 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,0-10	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.451	.321	.771	9	.02	0.000	.05	0.00%	-0.33	PH
31	31	79	Jul 12 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,2-8	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.453	.309	.762	8	.32	0.017	.65	0.02%	0.56	C
32	32	81 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.443	.293	.736	8	.94	-0.054	1.58	-0.05%	-0.45	C
33	33	83 (1)	Jul 15	SLB		BOS	W,10-3	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.250	.458	.300	.758	8	.89	0.176	.40	0.05%	1.91	C
34	34	84	Jul 16	SLB		BOS	L,2-11	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.238	.442	.286	.728	8	.65	-0.069	.34	-0.02%	-1.19	C
35	35	85	Jul 17	SLB		BOS	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.227	.427	.273	.700	8	.60	-0.037	.20	-0.01%	-0.70	C
36	36	86	Jul 18	SLB		WSH	L,3-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.419	.271	.691	8	1.41	-0.142	.56	-0.03%	-0.07	C
37	37	87	Jul 19	SLB		WSH	W,7-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.423	.284	.706	8	.37	0.010	.11	0.00%	0.61	C
38	38	88	Jul 20 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.402	.266	.668	8	2.26	-0.327	.48	-0.04%	-1.66	C
39	39	89	Jul 20 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.390	.256	.647	8	1.05	-0.084	.20	-0.01%	-0.58	C
40	40	94 (4)	Jul 27	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.387	.253	.640	2	3.94	-0.121	.18	0.00%	-0.82	PH
41	41	95	Jul 28	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-11	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.209	.382	.244	.626	8	1.64	-0.157	.08	-0.01%	-0.98	C
42	42	97 (1)	Jul 31	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.386	.289	.675	8	.42	0.024	.01	0.00%	0.63	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	43	98	Aug 1	SLB	@	WSH	L,9-13	CG	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.403	.286	.689	8	.32	0.029	.00	0.00%	1.51	C
44	44	101 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.415	.298	.713	8	1.59	0.144	.00	0.00%	1.49	C
45	45	102	Aug 5 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,7-8	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.419	.305	.725	9	1.01	0.044	.01	0.00%	0.40	PH
46	46	104 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-11	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.430	.327	.756	8	.50	0.088	.01	0.00%	0.85	C
47	47	106 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.432	.333	.765	8	.70	0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.14	C
48	48	108 (1)	Aug 10	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.434	.340	.773	8	1.35	-0.040	.00	0.00%	0.07	C
49	49	109	Aug 11	SLB		WSH	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.429	.345	.774	8	1.13	-0.029	.00	0.00%	0.57	C
50	50	111 (1)	Aug 13	SLB		WSH	W,14-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.272	.424	.342	.766	8	.43	0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.93	C
51	51	113 (1)	Aug 15	SLB		BOS	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.415	.333	.748	8	.61	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.59	C
52	52	114	Aug 16	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.409	.328	.737	8	1.55	-0.082	.00	0.00%	-0.54	C
53	53	115	Aug 17	SLB		BOS	L,0-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.414	.325	.739	8	1.22	0.095	.00	0.00%	0.56	C
54	54	117 (1)	Aug 19	SLB		PHA	L,2-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.412	.322	.734	9	.25	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.99	PH
55	55	125 (7)	Aug 31	SLB		DET	L,9-13	6-7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.416	.322	.738	9	3.08	0.092	.00	0.00%	0.67	PH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	56	127 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.413	.320	.733	9	3.96	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-0.36	PH
57	57	131 (3)	Sep 8 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.403	.310	.712	8	1.65	-0.225	.00	0.00%	-1.57	C
58	58	133 (1)	Sep 9	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.240	.395	.302	.697	8	1.65	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.49	C
59	59	135 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.394	.303	.697	8	.75	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.36	C
60	60	146 (10)	Sep 22	SLB	@	DET	L,0-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.392	.301	.692	9	.32	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PH
61	61	149 (2)	Sep 28	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.389	.299	.688	9	.71	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.33	PH
62	62	151 (1)	Oct 3	SLB		CLE	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.386	.297	.683	8	1.68	0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.37	C
63	63	152	Oct 5	SLB		CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.234	.379	.291	.670	8	1.54	-0.124	.00	0.00%	-0.78	C
64	64	153	Oct 6 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.373	.285	.658	8	.61	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.77	C
							19-45		181	144	21	33	6	1	0	19	32	0	10	1	4		2		1	2	.229	.373	.285	.658		1.10	-1.622	1.24	-1.22%	-2.09

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