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.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	WSH		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
2	2	Apr 18	WSH		BOS	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
3	3	Apr 19	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
4	4	Apr 23	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
5	7 (2)	Apr 26	WSH		PHA	W,8-6	GF	13	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	9 (1)	Apr 28	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
7	10	Apr 29	WSH		NYY	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	3	1	0	4	0
8	11	Apr 30	WSH		DET	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	12	May 1	WSH		DET	L,7-10	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
10	13	May 2	WSH		DET	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	14	May 4	WSH		CLE	L,4-12	CG	50	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
12	15	May 5	WSH		SLB	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	19 (3)	May 9	WSH		CHW	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	20	May 10	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
15	21	May 11	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	22	May 12	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-4	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	23	May 14	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
18	24	May 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-18	GS	15	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	25	May 18	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
20	26	May 19	WSH	@	CHW	W,12-10	CG	48	9.0	6	0	2	8	0
21	27	May 20	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	28	May 21	WSH	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	42	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
23	29	May 22	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
24	30	May 23	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	52	11.2	5	2	0	7	0
25	31	May 25	WSH		PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	32	May 26	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
27	33	May 27	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
28	34	May 28 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
29	36 (1)	May 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	37	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	43	8.1	4	1	0	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	39 (1)	Jun 1	WSH		DET	L,3-12	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	41 (1)	Jun 3	WSH		DET	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
33	43 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
34	46 (2)	Jun 7	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
35	50 (3)	Jun 11	WSH		SLB	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
36	52 (1)	Jun 14	WSH	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	4	0	2	6	0
37	55 (2)	Jun 16	WSH	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	56	Jun 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	39	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
39	61 (4)	Jun 23 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	64 (2)	Jun 26	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	4	3	0	7	0
41	65	Jun 28	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	67 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	70 (2)	Jul 2	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
44	72 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	74 (1)	Jul 6	WSH		BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
46	75	Jul 7 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
47	77 (1)	Jul 11	WSH		DET	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
48	78	Jul 13 (1)	WSH		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
49	80 (1)	Jul 14	WSH		CLE	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
50	81	Jul 15	WSH		CLE	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	82	Jul 16	WSH		CLE	W,11-8	CG	45	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
52	83	Jul 17	WSH		CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
53	84	Jul 18	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	85	Jul 19	WSH		CHW	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
55	86	Jul 20	WSH		SLB	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
56	87	Jul 21 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	89 (1)	Jul 23	WSH	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	90	Jul 24	WSH	@	DET	L,5-7	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
59	91	Jul 25	WSH	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	93 (1)	Jul 27	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
61	94	Jul 28 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
62	96 (1)	Jul 30	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
63	97	Jul 31	WSH	@	SLB	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	98	Aug 2	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	99	Aug 3	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	100	Aug 4 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	102 (1)	Aug 6	WSH		PHA	W,11-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	103	Aug 8	WSH		PHA	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	5	0	1	6	0
69	104	Aug 9	WSH		BOS	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
70	105	Aug 10	WSH		BOS	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
71	106	Aug 11	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
72	107	Aug 13	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
73	109 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	111 (1)	Aug 16	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	112	Aug 17	WSH	@	BOS	L,9-12	CG	47	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
76	113	Aug 18	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
77	114	Aug 20	WSH		SLB	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	115	Aug 21	WSH		SLB	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
79	118 (2)	Aug 24 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
80	119	Aug 25	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
81	120	Aug 26	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
82	122 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	WSH		DET	L,0-6	CG	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	123	Aug 31	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	124	Sep 1 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	126 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,1-0	GS	44	12.0	6	1	0	7	0
86	128 (1)	Sep 4	WSH		NYY	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
87	129	Sep 5 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	133 (3)	Sep 8 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
89	136 (2)	Sep 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
90	138 (1)	Sep 13	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
91	140 (1)	Sep 15	WSH	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
92	141	Sep 16	WSH	@	DET	L,2-9	GS	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	144 (2)	Sep 18 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	145	Sep 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
95	146	Sep 22 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	148 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	47	9.1	4	0	0	4	0
97	150 (1)	Sep 26	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
98	152 (1)	Sep 28 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	154 (1)	Sep 29	WSH		NYY	L,3-4	CG	51	11.0	9	2	0	11	0
							99gm		832.0	427	67	10	504	5