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.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 23)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	SLB		DET	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 15	SLB		DET	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 16	SLB		DET	L,5-6	GS	43	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 18	SLB		DET	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
5	5	Apr 19	SLB		CHW	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
6	6	Apr 23	SLB	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 24	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 25	SLB	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 28	SLB	@	CLE	L,9-10	CG	52	9.1	4	2	0	6	0
10	10	Apr 29	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,9-10	CG	50	10.2	4	1	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
13	13	May 2	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
14	14	May 3	SLB	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	May 4	SLB		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
16	16	May 5	SLB		CLE	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	17	May 7	SLB		CLE	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
18	18	May 9	SLB		PHA	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
19	19	May 13	SLB		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
20	20	May 14	SLB		NYY	L,2-14	CG	47	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
21	21	May 15	SLB		WSH	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
22	22	May 16	SLB		WSH	L,7-9	CG	0	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
23	23	May 17 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
24	24	May 17 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
25	25	May 20	SLB		BOS	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
26	26	May 21	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
27	27	May 23 (1)	SLB		DET	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 23 (2)	SLB		DET	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
29	29	May 24 (1)	SLB		DET	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	30	May 24 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
31	31	May 26 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-12	GS	34	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
32	32	May 26 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
33	33	May 27	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	4	1	0	5	0
34	34	May 28	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	35	May 31	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 2	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS	29	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	37	Jun 3	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
38	38	Jun 4	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
39	39	Jun 5	SLB	@	NYY	L,7-8	GS	32	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
40	40	Jun 6	SLB	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
41	42 (1)	Jun 8	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
42	43	Jun 11	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
43	44	Jun 12	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-6	GS	35	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	45	Jun 13 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	47 (1)	Jun 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	48	Jun 15	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	49	Jun 16	SLB	@	WSH	L,10-11	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	50	Jun 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	42	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
49	51	Jun 19	SLB		NYY	L,5-16	GS	36	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	52	Jun 20	SLB		NYY	L,1-9	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
51	54 (1)	Jun 21 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	55	Jun 22	SLB		NYY	W,14-10	CG	50	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	57 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG	54	12.0	9	0	0	9	0
54	58	Jun 24	SLB		PHA	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
55	60 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
56	61	Jun 26	SLB		BOS	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
57	62	Jun 27	SLB		BOS	W,5-4	CG	52	14.0	4	1	0	5	0
58	64 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	65	Jun 29	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	66	Jun 30	SLB		WSH	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	67	Jul 1	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	68	Jul 2	SLB		WSH	L,5-13	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	70 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	71	Jul 5 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	72	Jul 5 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	73	Jul 6	SLB		CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
67	74	Jul 7	SLB		CHW	L,8-10	CG	49	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	75	Jul 8	SLB	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	76	Jul 9	SLB	@	DET	L,7-11	GS	28	6.0	3	1	1	5	0
70	77	Jul 11 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
71	78	Jul 11 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
72	79	Jul 12	SLB	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
73	80	Jul 14	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	96 (15)	Aug 1	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
75	98 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,9-11	CG	47	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
76	99	Aug 3	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	100	Aug 6	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
78	101	Aug 7	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	103 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
80	104	Aug 9 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
81	106 (1)	Aug 11	SLB		BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
82	107	Aug 12	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
83	108	Aug 13	SLB		BOS	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
84	110 (1)	Aug 15	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	CG	49	12.0	7	1	0	8	0
85	112 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
86	114 (1)	Aug 19	SLB		NYY	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	115	Aug 20	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
88	116	Aug 21	SLB		NYY	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
89	119 (2)	Aug 23 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,0-10	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
90	120	Aug 24	SLB		PHA	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
91	121	Aug 25	SLB		PHA	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
92	124 (2)	Aug 28	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-13	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	126 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
94	128 (1)	Aug 31	SLB		DET	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	129	Sep 2 (1)	SLB		DET	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
96	132 (2)	Sep 5	SLB		CLE	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
97	134 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,2-13	CG	49	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
98	136 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	137	Sep 8	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
100	138	Sep 10	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	139	Sep 12 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	141 (1)	Sep 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
103	143 (1)	Sep 16	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-6	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	145 (1)	Sep 17 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
105	146	Sep 18	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-14	CG	47	8.0	3	1	2	6	0
106	149 (2)	Sep 21 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
107	150	Sep 22	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	153 (2)	Sep 27 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,10-8	CG	0	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
							108gm		925.0	412	86	14	512	11