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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 17	SLB	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	25	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	3	Apr 19	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	5 (1)	Apr 22	SLB		DET	W,5-4	CG	52	13.0	6	1	1	8	0
4	7 (1)	Apr 24	SLB		DET	W,12-4	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	8	Apr 25	SLB		CHW	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
6	10 (1)	Apr 27	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	GS	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
7	12 (1)	Apr 29	SLB		CLE	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	15 (2)	May 3	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
9	18 (2)	May 6	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	19	May 7	SLB	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
11	22 (2)	May 10	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
12	23	May 11	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	26 (2)	May 17	SLB	@	DET	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
14	27	May 19 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.2	5	1	0	6	0
15	31 (3)	May 22	SLB	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	32	May 23	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	34 (1)	May 25	SLB		DET	L,8-9	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	35	May 26	SLB		DET	L,3-7	GF	12	2.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	36	May 27	SLB		DET	L,11-16	CG	52	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	37	May 28	SLB		DET	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	38	May 30 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,4-7	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	40 (1)	May 31	SLB		CHW	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	41	Jun 1	SLB		CHW	L,5-8	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
24	43 (1)	Jun 4	SLB		PHA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	46 (2)	Jun 7	SLB		NYY	L,5-12	CG	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	48 (1)	Jun 9	SLB		NYY	L,5-8		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	50 (1)	Jun 12	SLB		BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	52 (1)	Jun 14	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
29	53	Jun 15	SLB		WSH	W,3-2	GF	0	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	54	Jun 16	SLB		WSH	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	55	Jun 17	SLB		WSH	W,12-9	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
32	56	Jun 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	57	Jun 20	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
34	58	Jun 21	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	60 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
36	62 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
37	63	Jun 25 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
38	65 (1)	Jun 26	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	67 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
40	68	Jun 28	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	GF	3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
41	69	Jun 29	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	70	Jun 30	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	71	Jul 2 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	51	11.2	5	4	0	9	0
44	72	Jul 2 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	73	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	74	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
47	76 (1)	Jul 6	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
48	77	Jul 7	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	78	Jul 8	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-12	CG	42	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
50	79	Jul 9	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	80	Jul 10	SLB		CHW	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	2	0	1	3	0
52	81	Jul 11	SLB		CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	82	Jul 12	SLB		PHA	L,7-15	CG	52	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
54	83	Jul 13	SLB		PHA	L,1-12	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
55	84	Jul 14	SLB		PHA	L,7-9	GS	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
56	86 (1)	Jul 16	SLB		NYY	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
57	87	Jul 17	SLB		NYY	L,7-16	CG	54	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	88	Jul 18	SLB		NYY	W,14-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	90 (1)	Jul 20	SLB		WSH	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
60	91	Jul 21	SLB		WSH	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	92	Jul 22	SLB		WSH	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	93	Jul 23	SLB		WSH	L,9-10	CG	52	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	94	Jul 24	SLB		BOS	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
64	95	Jul 25	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
65	96	Jul 26	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
66	97	Jul 27 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	112 (14)	Aug 9	SLB	@	NYY	L,8-9	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
68	115 (2)	Aug 12	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	2	1	1	4	0
69	116	Aug 13	SLB	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
70	117	Aug 14	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
71	118	Aug 16	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	119	Aug 18	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	120	Aug 19	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
74	121	Aug 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-14	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	122	Aug 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
76	123	Aug 22	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	124	Aug 23	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
78	125	Aug 24	SLB	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	126	Aug 25	SLB	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
80	127	Aug 27	SLB		DET	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
81	128	Aug 28	SLB		DET	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	129	Aug 29	SLB		DET	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
83	130	Aug 30	SLB		DET	W,6-5	GS	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
84	131	Aug 31	SLB		CLE	L,6-17	CG	48	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	132	Sep 1 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,8-13	CG	51	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
86	134 (1)	Sep 2	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	42	11.0	6	2	0	8	0
87	135	Sep 4	SLB	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
88	136	Sep 6	SLB	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
89	137	Sep 7	SLB	@	DET	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	138	Sep 9	SLB		WSH	L,4-8	CG	56	12.0	4	2	0	6	0
91	139	Sep 10	SLB		WSH	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
92	140	Sep 11	SLB		WSH	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
93	141	Sep 12	SLB		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
94	142	Sep 13 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	144 (1)	Sep 15 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	146 (1)	Sep 16	SLB		NYY	L,10-19	CG	55	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
97	147	Sep 17	SLB		NYY	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
98	148	Sep 18	SLB		NYY	L,6-7	CG	48	10.0	5	1	0	6	1
99	151 (2)	Sep 21 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,4-10	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	152	Sep 27	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-9	GS	36	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	153	Sep 28 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							101gm		825.0	336	66	7	409	5