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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	WSH		NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	6	0	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 16	WSH	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	7 (3)	Apr 21	WSH		BOS	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	8	Apr 22	WSH		BOS	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
6	10 (1)	Apr 25	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS	19	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
7	11	Apr 26	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
8	12	Apr 27	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	13	Apr 29	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
10	14	Apr 30	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	15	May 1	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
12	16	May 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	52	12.0	5	1	0	6	0
13	17	May 3	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	18	May 4	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-12	GS	34	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
15	19	May 5	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	5	1	0	6	0
16	20	May 6	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
17	21	May 7	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
18	22	May 8	WSH	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	23	May 10	WSH		PHA	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
20	24	May 11	WSH		PHA	L,8-10	CG	48	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
21	25	May 12	WSH		PHA	W,5-1	GS	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
				Player went from Washington Nationals to St. Louis Browns
22	28	May 19	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	29	May 20	SLB	@	NYY	L,9-10	CG	41	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
24	30	May 21	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	31	May 22	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
26	32	May 23	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	33	May 24	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
28	34	May 25	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS	27	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
29	35	May 27	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	36	May 28	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
31	37	May 29	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	39 (1)	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	40	May 31	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	41	Jun 1 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	42	Jun 1 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
36	43	Jun 3	SLB		WSH	W,14-12	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	44	Jun 4	SLB		WSH	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
38	45	Jun 5	SLB		WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	46	Jun 7	SLB		NYY	L,7-11	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	48 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-8	CG	34	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
41	50 (1)	Jun 12 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
42	51	Jun 14	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
43	52	Jun 15	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
44	53	Jun 18	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
45	54	Jun 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-12	GS	29	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	55	Jun 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	56	Jun 21	SLB	@	BOS	W,13-9	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	58 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
49	59	Jun 24	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	60	Jun 25	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	61	Jun 26	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
52	62	Jun 27	SLB	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	63	Jun 28	SLB	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	64	Jun 29	SLB	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
55	65	Jun 30	SLB		CLE	W,12-6	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	66	Jul 1	SLB		CLE	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
57	67	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	40	8.2	5	1	0	6	0
58	69 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	SLB		DET	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
59	71 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	SLB		DET	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
60	73 (1)	Jul 10	SLB		NYY	L,0-1	CG	18	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
61	74	Jul 11	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	75	Jul 12	SLB		NYY	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
63	76	Jul 13 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
64	78 (1)	Jul 14	SLB		WSH	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	79	Jul 16	SLB		PHA	W,11-2	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	80	Jul 17	SLB		PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	81	Jul 18	SLB		PHA	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
68	82	Jul 19 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	84 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	86 (1)	Jul 22	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	87	Jul 23	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
72	88	Jul 24	SLB	@	PHA	L,7-9	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	91 (2)	Jul 27 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	92	Jul 27 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	93	Jul 29	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
76	94	Jul 31 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,16-11	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	95	Jul 31 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	97 (1)	Aug 2	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
79	98	Aug 3 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
80	101 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
81	102	Aug 7	SLB		CHW	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	103	Aug 8	SLB		CHW	L,2-16	GS	26	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
83	104	Aug 9	SLB	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
84	107 (2)	Aug 11 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	108	Aug 12	SLB	@	CHW	T,6-6	CG	0	14.0	10	1	0	11	0
86	110 (1)	Aug 14	SLB		CLE	T,3-3	CG	42	10.0	7	1	0	8	0
87	114 (3)	Aug 17 (2)	SLB		DET	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	116 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,7-10	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
89	118 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	120 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,0-12	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
91	125 (4)	Aug 25 (2)	SLB		WSH	T,3-3	GS	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
92	126	Aug 26	SLB		WSH	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	127	Aug 27	SLB		NYY	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	8	1	1	10	1
94	130 (2)	Aug 30	SLB		CHW	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	132 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	133	Sep 1 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,5-9	GF	0		2	1	0	3	0
97	134	Sep 1 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,8-16	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	135	Sep 5	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
99	136	Sep 6 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	137	Sep 6 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
101	138	Sep 7	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
102	139	Sep 9	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	140	Sep 12	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
104	141	Sep 13	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
105	143 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
106	144	Sep 15	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	145	Sep 16	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	56	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
108	146	Sep 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	50	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
109	147	Sep 18	SLB	@	WSH	L,8-9	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	148	Sep 20	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	149	Sep 21 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-14	GS	26	5.0	2	0	1	3	0
112	150	Sep 21 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
113	151	Sep 22	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
114	152	Sep 23	SLB		DET	L,1-4	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
115	153	Sep 24	SLB		DET	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	154	Sep 26 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,6-5	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	155	Sep 26 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	156	Sep 27	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
119	157	Sep 28	SLB		CLE	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
							119gm		977.0	425	64	4	493	12