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.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
2	2	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	L,5-6	CG	44	10.0	10	1	0	11	0
3	3	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	L,3-9	CG	50	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 26	BOS		WSH	W,12-5	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 30	BOS		PHA	W,15-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	6	May 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
7	7	May 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
8	8	May 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
9	9	May 6	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
10	10	May 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
11	11	May 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	12	May 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
13	13	May 10	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	51	10.2	4	0	1	5	0
14	14	May 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	15	May 13	BOS	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	16	May 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
17	17	May 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	18	May 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS	0		3	1	0	4	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to Washington Nationals
19	45	Jun 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,8-14	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	46	Jun 12	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	47	Jun 13 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
22	49 (1)	Jun 15	WSH		DET	L,8-9	CG	65	15.0	4	2	0	6	0
23	50	Jun 16	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	47	12.0	7	0	0	7	0
24	51	Jun 18	WSH		SLB	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	52	Jun 19	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
26	53	Jun 20	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	54	Jun 22	WSH		CLE	W,11-2	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
28	55	Jun 23	WSH		CLE	W,14-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	56	Jun 24	WSH		CLE	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
30	57	Jun 25	WSH		CHW	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	58	Jun 26	WSH		CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	59	Jun 27	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
33	60	Jun 29	WSH		BOS	T,2-2	CG	46	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	61	Jun 30	WSH		BOS	W,6-4	GS	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	62	Jul 1	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
36	63	Jul 2	WSH		NYY	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	64	Jul 3	WSH		NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	65	Jul 4	WSH		NYY	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
39	66	Jul 5 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	67	Jul 5 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	T,2-2	CG	40	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	68	Jul 9	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-16	GS	23	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	69	Jul 10	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	47	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	71 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	T,5-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	72	Jul 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	37	8.0	6	0	2	8	0
45	73	Jul 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
46	74	Jul 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-11	GS	34	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
47	75	Jul 17	WSH	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	76	Jul 18	WSH	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	28	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
49	78 (1)	Jul 20	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	5	1	0	6	0
50	79	Jul 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	80	Jul 23	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	81	Jul 24 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	83 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,16-10	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
54	85 (1)	Jul 27	WSH		CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
55	86	Jul 28	WSH		CHW	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
56	87	Jul 29	WSH		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	88	Jul 30	WSH		CLE	W,13-2	GS	7	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	100 (11)	Aug 11	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
59	101	Aug 12	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
60	102	Aug 13	WSH		BOS	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
61	103	Aug 14	WSH		BOS	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	104	Aug 15 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	105	Aug 15 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
64	106	Aug 17 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-8	GS	18	3.0	4	1	0	5	0
65	107	Aug 17 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	108	Aug 18	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
67	109	Aug 19	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	52	11.2	11	0	0	11	1
68	110	Aug 20	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
69	113 (2)	Aug 26	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
70	114	Aug 27	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	115	Aug 28	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	116	Aug 29 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-11	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
73	118 (1)	Aug 30	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	38	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
74	119	Aug 31	WSH	@	DET	L,3-12	GS	39	7.0	6	1	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	120	Sep 1	WSH	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	121	Sep 2	WSH	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
77	122	Sep 3	WSH		NYY	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
78	123	Sep 4	WSH		NYY	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	124	Sep 5	WSH		NYY	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
80	125	Sep 6 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
81	127 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	128	Sep 7 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	129	Sep 8 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
84	131 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	133 (1)	Sep 10	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
86	134	Sep 11	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
87	135	Sep 12 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
88	137 (1)	Sep 14	WSH		DET	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
89	138	Sep 15	WSH		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
90	139	Sep 16	WSH		DET	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	141 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
92	142	Sep 19 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
93	144 (1)	Sep 21	WSH		CLE	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
94	145	Sep 22	WSH		CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	146	Sep 23	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
96	147	Sep 25	WSH		PHA	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
97	148	Sep 26	WSH		PHA	T,7-7	CG	49	11.0	7	1	0	8	0
98	150 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
99	151	Sep 29 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
100	153 (1)	Sep 30 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
101	155 (1)	Oct 2 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
102	157 (1)	Oct 3 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
							102gm		886.0	434	52	6	492	6