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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	WSH		PHA	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 19	WSH		PHA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 20	WSH		PHA	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
4	4	Apr 22	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 23	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
7	7	Apr 25	WSH		BOS	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 26	WSH		BOS	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 27	WSH		BOS	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 28	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
11	11	Apr 29	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	4	1	0	5	0
12	12	Apr 30	WSH		NYY	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
14	14	May 2	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	15	May 3	WSH		CLE	L,9-10	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	16	May 4	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	44	13.0	8	3	0	11	0
17	17	May 5	WSH		CLE	W,8-6	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
18	18	May 6	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG	53	13.0	6	2	0	8	0
19	19	May 7	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	5	1	0	6	1
20	20	May 8	WSH		SLB	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	21	May 9	WSH		SLB	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
22	22	May 10	WSH		SLB	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
23	23	May 11	WSH		DET	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	24	May 12	WSH		DET	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
25	25	May 13	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
26	26	May 14	WSH	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG	49	10.2	3	0	0	3	0
27	27	May 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	28	May 16	WSH	@	DET	L,7-13	GS	23	4.0	5	1	0	6	0
29	29	May 18	WSH	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
30	30	May 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-15	GS	26	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	31	May 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS	31	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	32	May 21	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	47	12.0	7	1	1	9	1
33	33	May 22	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	34	May 24	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	5	1	1	7	1
35	35	May 25	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	12.2	8	3	0	11	0
36	36	May 26	WSH	@	SLB	W,12-10	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	37	May 28	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	38	May 29	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	39	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	41 (1)	Jun 1	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
41	42	Jun 2	WSH		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	43	Jun 3	WSH		CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	44	Jun 4	WSH		CLE	L,4-11	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
44	45	Jun 5	WSH		CLE	L,4-5	CG	47	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
45	46	Jun 6	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	4	1	1	6	1
46	47	Jun 7	WSH		SLB	L,8-11	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
47	49 (1)	Jun 9	WSH		SLB	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	50	Jun 10	WSH		DET	L,6-7	CG	44	10.0	7	0	0	7	1
49	51	Jun 11	WSH		DET	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	1
50	52	Jun 12	WSH		DET	L,12-18	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
51	53	Jun 14	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
52	54	Jun 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	55	Jun 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
54	56	Jun 17 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,12-10	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	57	Jun 17 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	58	Jun 18	WSH	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
57	59	Jun 19	WSH	@	DET	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	60	Jun 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	61	Jun 22	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-16	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
60	62	Jun 23	WSH	@	CHW	W,12-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	63	Jun 25	WSH	@	SLB	L,9-12	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	65 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
63	66	Jun 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
64	67	Jun 30	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-11	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	68	Jul 1	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
66	69	Jul 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-12	GS	36	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	70	Jul 3 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	71	Jul 3 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,14-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	72	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
70	73	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		NYY	T,4-4	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	74	Jul 8	WSH		PHA	W,11-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	75	Jul 9	WSH		PHA	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	76	Jul 10 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,5-2	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	77	Jul 10 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	78	Jul 12	WSH		CLE	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
76	79	Jul 13	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	80	Jul 14	WSH		CLE	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	81	Jul 15	WSH		CHW	L,3-11	GS	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	82	Jul 16	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
80	83	Jul 17	WSH		CHW	L,1-12	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
81	84	Jul 19	WSH		DET	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
82	85	Jul 20	WSH		DET	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	86	Jul 21	WSH		DET	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	5	2	0	7	1
84	87	Jul 22	WSH		SLB	L,7-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	88	Jul 24 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
86	90 (1)	Jul 26	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
87	91	Jul 27	WSH	@	DET	L,4-9	GS	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	92	Jul 28	WSH	@	DET	L,4-12	GS	23	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	93	Jul 29	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-12	GS	22	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
90	94	Jul 30	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	95	Aug 1	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-8	CG	45	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
92	98 (2)	Aug 4	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	99	Aug 6	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
94	100	Aug 7 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-14	GS	23	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	101	Aug 7 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
96	102	Aug 9	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
97	103	Aug 10	WSH	@	NYY	L,11-12	CG	53	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
98	104	Aug 11	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-9	GS	26	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	106 (1)	Aug 13	WSH		BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	107	Aug 14	WSH		BOS	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	108	Aug 16 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,1-16	GS	25	4.0	5	0	1	6	0
102	109	Aug 16 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	CG	48	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
103	110	Aug 18 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	111	Aug 18 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
105	112	Aug 19	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	3	3	0	6	0
106	113	Aug 20	WSH	@	BOS	L,7-10	GS	32	5.0	4	2	0	6	0
107	114	Aug 21 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	116 (1)	Aug 23	WSH		SLB	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	7	0	0	7	0
109	117	Aug 24	WSH		SLB	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	118	Aug 25	WSH		DET	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	119	Aug 26	WSH		DET	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
112	120	Aug 27	WSH		DET	L,11-12	CG	45	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
113	121	Aug 28	WSH		CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
114	122	Aug 29	WSH		CLE	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	123	Aug 30	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
116	124	Aug 31	WSH		CHW	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	125	Sep 1	WSH		CHW	L,6-11	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
118	126	Sep 2	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
119	127	Sep 3	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
120	128	Sep 4	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
121	129	Sep 5 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,4-14	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	131 (1)	Sep 6	WSH		BOS	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
123	132	Sep 7	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
124	133	Sep 8	WSH		PHA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
125	134	Sep 9	WSH		NYY	L,0-2	GS	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	0
126	145 (10)	Sep 24	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-3	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	146	Sep 25 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	40	9.1	5	0	1	6	0
128	147	Sep 25 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	149 (1)	Sep 28	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
130	150	Sep 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-13	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
131	151	Oct 2 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
							131gm		1070.0	512	69	11	592	15