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.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 25	SLB		CHW	W,5-1	CG	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	6 (2)	May 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
3	7	May 2 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
4	10 (2)	May 5	SLB		DET	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
5	13 (2)	May 9 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,5-6	GS	0		4	1	1	6	0
6	18 (4)	May 16 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	19	May 21	SLB		PHA	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
8	22 (2)	May 23 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	23	May 26	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
10	27 (3)	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	28	May 31 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	12.2	8	1	0	9	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	31 (2)	Jun 2 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	9	0	0	9	0
13	33 (1)	Jun 4	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-6	GF	7	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
14	34	Jun 5	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	10	2	0	12	0
15	36 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
16	38 (1)	Jun 10	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	39	Jun 12	SLB	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	51	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
18	40	Jun 13 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	42 (1)	Jun 15	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
20	43	Jun 16 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	45 (1)	Jun 17	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	12.2	11	1	0	12	1
22	46	Jun 18	SLB	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
23	47	Jun 19	SLB	@	DET	L,3-4	GS	23	5.0	3	1	0	4	1
24	48	Jun 20 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
25	50 (1)	Jun 22	SLB		CHW	L,3-5	GS	0	7.0	3	0	1	4	0
26	52 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,8-7	CG	49	10.0	4	2	1	7	0
27	56 (3)	Jun 27 (1)	SLB		DET	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
28	58 (1)	Jun 30	SLB		PHA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	61 (2)	Jul 3	SLB		WSH	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	63 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,10-3	CG	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	65 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,5-8	GS	33	7.0	4	2	0	6	0
32	71 (5)	Jul 11 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,8-7	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
33	74 (2)	Jul 16	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	76 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	83 (6)	Jul 25 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	87 (3)	Jul 30	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
37	88	Jul 31	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-14	GS	31	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	92 (3)	Aug 3 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
39	94 (1)	Aug 6	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	97 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS	30	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	100 (2)	Aug 12	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	GS	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
42	101	Aug 13	SLB		NYY	L,0-4	GS	27	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
43	103 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	4	2	0	6	0
44	106 (2)	Aug 17	SLB		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	107	Aug 18	SLB		PHA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
46	108	Aug 19	SLB		PHA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
47	110 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
48	112 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
49	114 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
50	115	Aug 24	SLB		WSH	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
51	116	Aug 25	SLB		WSH	W,7-4	GS	36	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
52	118 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
53	119	Aug 27	SLB		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
54	122 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	SLB		DET	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	123	Sep 2 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
56	128 (4)	Sep 6 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
57	131 (2)	Sep 11	SLB		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	132	Sep 12 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
59	135 (2)	Sep 14 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
60	136	Sep 15	SLB		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
61	137	Sep 17	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	7	3	0	10	1
62	138	Sep 18	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	140 (1)	Sep 19 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
64	141	Sep 22 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	143 (1)	Sep 23	SLB	@	WSH	W,12-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	144	Sep 26 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	147 (2)	Sep 27 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-6	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
68	148	Sep 28	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	150 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	T,3-3	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
70	151	Oct 2 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-5	GF	29	6.0	7	0	0	7	0
							70gm		572.0	327	52	5	384	7