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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 21	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 22	WSH		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 23	WSH		NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 24	WSH	@	BOS	W,10-9	CG	52	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 25	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	48	10.1	6	0	0	6	0
7	7	Apr 27	WSH		PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 29	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
9	9	Apr 30	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	May 3	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-10	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
12	12	May 4	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	13	May 5	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	22	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	26 (12)	May 21	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	CG	45	10.0	6	3	0	9	0
15	29 (2)	May 25	WSH		SLB	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
16	31 (1)	May 27 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
17	34 (2)	May 29	WSH		PHA	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
18	35	May 30 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	37 (1)	Jun 1	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
20	38	Jun 2	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
21	41 (2)	Jun 4 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
22	42	Jun 6	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	44 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,13-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	45	Jun 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	47 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	5	0	1	6	0
26	50 (2)	Jun 14	WSH		CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
27	52 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
28	54 (1)	Jun 17	WSH		SLB	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	4	2	0	6	0
29	55	Jun 19 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	GS	39	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	57 (1)	Jun 20	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	CG	53	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	58	Jun 21	WSH		CLE	L,8-9	GF	8	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	60 (1)	Jun 23	WSH		DET	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
33	61	Jun 24	WSH		DET	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	62	Jun 25	WSH		DET	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
35	63	Jun 26	WSH		BOS	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	1
36	65 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	CG	45	12.0	4	2	0	6	0
37	67 (1)	Jun 30	WSH		NYY	L,2-10	CG	38	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	69 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
39	71 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	73 (1)	Jul 5	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS	28	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	74	Jul 6	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
42	75	Jul 8 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
43	77 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
44	79 (1)	Jul 13	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS	20	5.0	3	1	1	5	0
45	80	Jul 14	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
46	83 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
47	84	Jul 18	WSH	@	DET	W,10-2	GS	15	3.2	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	99 (14)	Aug 3	WSH		SLB	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	100	Aug 4	WSH		CHW	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
50	101	Aug 5	WSH		CHW	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
51	102	Aug 6	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	103	Aug 8	WSH		NYY	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	1	9	1
53	104	Aug 9	WSH		NYY	L,8-13	GS	48	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
54	105	Aug 10	WSH		NYY	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
55	106	Aug 12	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	107	Aug 13 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
57	110 (2)	Aug 16	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
58	112 (1)	Aug 18	WSH		BOS	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	113	Aug 19 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	115 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
61	118 (2)	Aug 24	WSH	@	DET	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	119	Aug 25	WSH	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	121 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	123 (1)	Aug 28	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	124	Aug 30 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	125	Aug 30 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	126	Aug 31	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	127	Sep 2	WSH		PHA	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
69	128	Sep 3	WSH		PHA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
70	129	Sep 4 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	131 (1)	Sep 6	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
72	132	Sep 7	WSH	@	PHA	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	133	Sep 8	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS	17	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	134	Sep 9	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
75	136 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
76	137	Sep 12	WSH		CHW	T,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
77	138	Sep 13 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-3	CG	49	11.0	7	1	0	8	1
78	140 (1)	Sep 14	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	142 (1)	Sep 16	WSH		SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	143	Sep 17	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
81	144	Sep 18	WSH		DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
82	147 (2)	Sep 21	WSH		CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
83	152 (4)	Sep 28 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
							83gm		707.0	327	46	9	382	9