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Rick Ferrell

Richard Benjamin Ferrell

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 12, 1905 in Durham, NC
High School: Guilford HS (Guilford, NC)
School: Guilford College (Greensboro, NC)
Signed
as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers in 1926. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1929
Teams (by GP): Browns/Senators/RedSox 1929-1947

Final Game: September 14, 1947
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1984.
   View Rick Ferrell Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Died: July 27, 1995 in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Buried: New Garden Cemetery, Greensboro, NC
Relatives: Brother of Wes Ferrell
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1929 23 SLB AL 64 181 144 21 33 6 1 0 20 1 2 32 10 .229 .373 .285 .658 69 41 1 4 2
1930 24 SLB AL 101 372 314 43 84 18 4 1 41 1 4 46 10 .268 .363 .360 .723 82 113 1 11 2
1931 25 SLB AL 117 445 386 47 118 30 4 3 57 2 3 56 12 .306 .394 .427 .821 113 165 0 3 *2
1932 26 SLB AL 126 514 438 67 138 30 5 2 65 5 5 66 18 .315 .406 .420 .826 110 184 1 9 *2 MVP-13
1933 27 TOT AL 140 580 493 58 143 21 4 4 77 4 2 70 23 .290 .381 .373 .754 98 184 2 15 *2 AS,MVP-12
1933 27 SLB AL 22 85 72 8 18 2 0 1 5 2 0 12 4 .250 .357 .319 .677 77 23 0 1 2
1933 27 BOS AL 118 495 421 50 125 19 4 3 72 2 2 58 19 .297 .385 .382 .767 102 161 2 14 *2
1934 28 BOS AL 132 509 437 50 130 29 4 1 48 0 0 66 20 .297 .390 .389 .779 98 170 0 4 *2 AS
1935 29 BOS AL 133 536 458 54 138 34 4 3 61 5 8 65 15 .301 .388 .413 .801 102 189 0 13 *2 AS
1936 30 BOS AL 121 480 410 59 128 27 5 8 55 0 1 65 17 .312 .406 .461 .867 109 189 0 5 *2 AS
1937 31 TOT AL 104 412 344 39 84 8 0 2 36 1 1 65 22 .244 .366 .285 .651 68 98 1 2 2 AS
1937 31 BOS AL 18 80 65 8 20 2 0 1 4 0 0 15 4 .308 .438 .385 .822 105 25 0 0 2
1937 31 WSH AL 86 332 279 31 64 6 0 1 32 1 1 50 18 .229 .348 .262 .610 59 73 1 2 2
1938 32 WSH AL 135 496 411 55 120 24 5 1 58 1 0 75 17 .292 .401 .382 .783 104 157 0 9 *2 AS
1939 33 WSH AL 87 323 274 32 77 13 1 0 31 1 1 41 12 .281 .377 .336 .712 90 92 4 1 7 2
1940 34 WSH AL 103 376 326 35 89 18 2 0 28 1 1 47 15 .273 .365 .340 .705 90 111 7 0 2 2
1941 35 TOT AL 121 457 387 38 99 19 3 2 36 3 1 67 26 .256 .366 .336 .702 85 130 12 0 3 *2
1941 35 WSH AL 21 82 66 8 18 5 0 0 13 1 0 15 4 .273 .407 .348 .756 106 23 3 0 1 2
1941 35 SLB AL 100 375 321 30 81 14 3 2 23 2 1 52 22 .252 .357 .333 .690 81 107 9 0 2 2
1942 36 SLB AL 99 312 273 20 61 6 1 0 26 0 1 33 13 .223 .307 .253 .560 57 69 5 0 6 2 MVP-21
1943 37 SLB AL 74 247 209 12 50 7 0 0 20 0 0 34 14 .239 .348 .273 .621 80 57 3 1 2 2
1944 38 WSH AL 99 387 339 14 94 11 1 0 25 2 1 46 13 .277 .364 .316 .679 99 107 10 0 2 2 AS
1945 39 WSH AL 91 335 286 33 76 12 1 1 38 2 4 43 13 .266 .366 .325 .691 109 93 10 2 4 2 MVP-23
1947 41 WSH AL 37 115 99 10 30 11 0 0 12 0 0 14 7 .303 .389 .414 .804 126 41 4 0 2 2
18 Yrs 1884 7077 6028 687 1692 324 45 28 734 29 35 931 277 .281 .378 .363 .741 95 2190 55 10 103
162 Game Avg. 162 609 518 59 145 28 4 2 63 2 3 80 24 .281 .378 .363 .741 95 188 1 9
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
WSH (8 yrs) 659 2446 2080 218 568 100 10 3 237 9 8 331 99 .273 .374 .335 .709 94 697 38 4 29
SLB (8 yrs) 703 2531 2157 248 583 113 18 9 257 13 16 331 103 .270 .368 .352 .720 89 759 17 4 38
BOS (5 yrs) 522 2100 1791 221 541 111 17 16 240 7 11 269 75 .302 .394 .410 .804 103 734 2 36

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1929 23 SLB AL 64 181 -5 -0 0 -1 2 -5 -0.5 6 1 0.1 .493 .497 0.2 0.0 2 $ 2
1930 24 SLB AL 101 372 -6 -1 0 1 3 -3 -0.3 12 8 0.8 .497 .498 0.7 0.4 7 $ 2
1931 25 SLB AL 117 445 10 -0 0 -1 4 13 1.2 14 26 2.6 .510 .507 2.7 0.3 28 $ *2
1932 26 SLB AL 126 514 11 -0 0 1 4 15 1.4 16 31 3.0 .511 .509 2.9 0.5 30 $ *2 MVP-13
1933 27 SLB AL 22 85 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 3 2 0.2 .497 .500 0.2 0.1 2 $ 2 AS,MVP-12
1933 27 BOS AL 118 495 5 0 0 1 4 10 0.9 16 26 2.5 .508 .506 2.4 0.5 24 $ *2 AS,MVP-12
1934 28 BOS AL 132 509 2 0 0 1 4 8 0.7 16 24 2.3 .506 .504 2.2 0.5 23 $ *2 AS
1935 29 BOS AL 133 536 4 -2 0 0 4 7 0.5 17 24 2.2 .505 .504 2.3 0.3 24 $ *2 AS
1936 30 BOS AL 121 480 9 -0 0 2 4 14 1.3 15 29 2.7 .510 .508 2.6 0.5 27 $ *2 AS
1937 31 BOS AL 18 80 2 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 5 0.5 .512 .501 0.5 0.1 5 $ 2 AS
1937 31 WSH AL 86 332 -14 0 0 0 3 -11 -1.0 10 -1 0.0 .488 .494 0.0 0.3 -1 $ 2 AS
1938 32 WSH AL 135 496 9 1 0 1 4 15 1.4 16 31 3.0 .510 .508 2.9 0.5 30 $ *2 AS
1939 33 WSH AL 87 323 -0 0 0 -3 3 -0 -0.0 10 10 1.0 .500 .500 1.2 0.0 13 $ 2
1940 34 WSH AL 103 376 -1 0 0 -3 3 -1 -0.1 9 9 0.9 .499 .500 1.2 0.1 12 $ 2
1941 35 WSH AL 21 82 2 0 0 -1 1 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .508 .501 0.5 -0.0 5 $ 2
1941 35 SLB AL 100 375 -7 0 0 2 3 -1 -0.1 9 8 0.8 .499 .499 0.6 0.5 6 $ 2
1942 36 SLB AL 99 312 -14 -0 0 0 3 -12 -1.2 6 -5 -0.5 .487 .492 -0.6 0.3 -5 $ 2 MVP-21
1943 37 SLB AL 74 247 -4 0 0 2 2 1 0.1 5 6 0.6 .501 .501 0.4 0.5 4 $ 2
1944 38 WSH AL 99 387 2 0 0 -2 3 4 0.4 8 12 1.2 .504 .502 1.4 0.1 14 $ 2 AS
1945 39 WSH AL 91 335 6 -1 0 -4 3 4 0.4 7 11 1.1 .504 .503 1.5 -0.2 15 $ 2 MVP-23
1947 41 WSH AL 37 115 4 0 0 1 1 6 0.6 3 9 0.9 .517 .504 0.8 0.2 8 $ 2
18 Seasons 1884 7077 13 -2 0 -3 58 66 5.9 202 268 26.3 .503 .502 26.6 5.5 271 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
WSH (8 yrs) 659 2446 7 1 0 -11 20 18 1.8 65 83 8.5 .503 .501 9.5 1.0 94 $
SLB (8 yrs) 703 2531 -16 -1 0 4 21 7 0.5 71 78 7.6 .501 .500 7.1 2.6 74 $
BOS (5 yrs) 522 2100 22 -1 0 4 17 41 3.6 65 107 10.2 .507 .505 10.0 1.9 103 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1929 23 SLB AL 181 117 15 3.4 115 .246 .229 .296 .373 .363 .285 .427 .658 .790 69 .337 -5.1 -0.5 .646 .271 .056 .0
1930 24 SLB AL 372 245 40 4.3 118 .274 .268 .299 .363 .364 .360 .439 .723 .803 82 .414 -7.6 -0.7 .671 .229 .092 1.0
1931 25 SLB AL 445 274 64 6.2 111 .310 .306 .290 .394 .358 .427 .415 .821 .773 113 .608 9.8 0.9 .812 .264 .122 2.4
1932 26 SLB AL 514 314 74 6.3 115 .325 .315 .291 .406 .363 .420 .428 .826 .791 110 .604 9.7 0.9 .823 .256 .105 2.9
1933 27 TOT AL 580 367 70 5.1 108 .298 .290 .284 .381 .355 .373 .409 .754 .764 98 .534 1.3 0.1 .733 .229 .083 4.0
1933 27 SLB AL 85 55 9 4.4 110 .254 .250 .287 .357 .359 .319 .413 .677 .772 77 .464 -2.1 -0.2 .685 .264 .069 1.3
1933 27 BOS AL 495 312 61 5.3 108 .306 .297 .283 .385 .355 .382 .408 .767 .763 102 .546 3.4 0.3 .742 .223 .086 2.4
1934 28 BOS AL 509 311 66 5.6 115 .310 .297 .293 .390 .367 .389 .422 .779 .790 98 .554 1.4 0.1 .769 .243 .092 .0
1935 29 BOS AL 536 341 71 5.6 116 .307 .301 .295 .388 .368 .413 .426 .801 .794 102 .547 3.7 0.4 .765 .247 .111 3.8
1936 30 BOS AL 480 288 76 7.0 127 .312 .312 .306 .406 .383 .461 .450 .867 .832 109 .606 7.1 0.6 .894 .305 .149 .0
1937 31 TOT AL 412 263 36 3.6 115 .256 .244 .287 .366 .362 .285 .427 .651 .789 68 .336 -13.9 -1.3 .628 .230 .041 1.3
1937 31 BOS AL 80 45 11 6.5 121 .317 .308 .296 .438 .372 .385 .441 .822 .813 105 .594 1.4 0.1 .889 .308 .077 .0
1937 31 WSH AL 332 218 25 3.0 113 .242 .229 .285 .348 .359 .262 .424 .610 .784 59 .268 -15.3 -1.4 .574 .211 .032 1.0
1938 32 WSH AL 496 300 63 5.5 111 .303 .292 .280 .401 .357 .382 .417 .783 .774 104 .521 7.8 0.7 .801 .275 .090 1.0
1939 33 WSH AL 323 209 34 4.3 107 .294 .281 .276 .377 .350 .336 .408 .712 .758 90 .427 -1.1 -0.1 .663 .204 .055 .0
1940 34 WSH AL 376 247 40 4.3 105 .286 .273 .271 .365 .342 .340 .410 .705 .753 90 .435 -2.1 -0.2 .645 .212 .067 .0
1941 35 TOT AL 457 304 48 4.2 108 .270 .256 .278 .366 .354 .336 .409 .702 .763 85 .448 -5.6 -0.5 .661 .258 .080 2.4
1941 35 WSH AL 82 52 10 5.1 102 .290 .273 .270 .407 .345 .348 .397 .756 .742 106 .538 1.8 0.2 .765 .318 .076 .0
1941 35 SLB AL 375 252 38 4.0 109 .266 .252 .279 .357 .356 .333 .411 .690 .768 81 .427 -7.4 -0.7 .640 .246 .081 2.0
1942 36 SLB AL 312 224 21 2.5 96 .235 .223 .268 .307 .343 .253 .375 .560 .718 57 .289 -15.3 -1.6 .463 .147 .029
1943 37 SLB AL 247 164 20 3.3 89 .256 .239 .260 .348 .334 .273 .358 .621 .693 80 .440 -3.5 -0.4 .568 .196 .033
1944 38 WSH AL 387 258 39 4.1 87 .288 .277 .262 .364 .328 .316 .358 .679 .686 99 .506 2.1 0.2 .602 .177 .038 .0
1945 39 WSH AL 335 228 33 3.9 81 .276 .266 .251 .366 .321 .325 .341 .691 .662 109 .501 6.0 0.6 .607 .203 .059 1.3
1947 41 WSH AL 115 75 16 5.7 94 .326 .303 .259 .389 .338 .414 .373 .804 .711 126 .638 4.4 0.4 .753 .253 .111
18 Yrs 7077 4529 826 4.9 108 .291 .281 .283 .378 .355 .363 .409 .741 .765 95 .503 -0.9 -0.2 .706 .236 .083 28.5
162 Game Avg. 609 389 71 4.9 108 .291 .281 .283 .378 .355 .363 .409 .741 .765 95 .503 -0.9 -0.2 .706 .236 .083 2
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
WSH (8 yrs) 2446 1587 260 4.4 101 .286 .273 .270 .374 .343 .335 .393 .709 .736 94 .462 3.5 0.5 .663 .222 .062 4.5
SLB (8 yrs) 2531 1645 281 4.6 109 .281 .270 .285 .368 .356 .352 .411 .720 .767 89 .483 -21.5 -2.3 .679 .234 .082 10.6
BOS (5 yrs) 2100 1297 285 5.9 117 .309 .302 .294 .394 .368 .410 .427 .804 .795 103 .565 17.0 1.6 .794 .256 .108 9.7

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1933 BOS AL 27 as C 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1934 BOS AL 28 DNP
1935 BOS AL 29 DNP
1936 BOS AL 30 as C 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1937 WSH AL 31 DNP
1938 WSH AL 32 DNP
1944 WSH AL 38 DNP
1945 WSH AL 39 DNP
8 Yrs (2 GP) 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1929 23 SLB AL 181 0.0% 5.5% 17.7% 3.9% 21% 0.31 14.4 7.2 74%
1930 24 SLB AL 372 0.3% 2.7% 12.4% 6.2% 27% 0.22 31.4 314.0 7.7 81%
1931 25 SLB AL 445 0.7% 2.7% 12.6% 8.3% 31% 0.21 32.2 128.7 6.8 83%
1932 26 SLB AL 514 0.4% 3.5% 12.8% 7.2% 27% 0.27 24.3 219.0 6.7 81%
1933 27 TOT AL 580 0.7% 4.0% 12.1% 5.0% 20% 0.33 21.4 123.3 6.4 80%
1933 27 SLB AL 85 1.2% 4.7% 14.1% 3.5% 17% 0.33 18.0 72.0 14.4 79%
1933 27 BOS AL 495 0.6% 3.8% 11.7% 5.3% 21% 0.33 22.2 140.3 5.8 81%
1934 28 BOS AL 509 0.2% 3.9% 13.0% 6.7% 26% 0.30 21.9 437.0 9.1 82%
1935 29 BOS AL 536 0.6% 2.8% 12.1% 7.7% 30% 0.23 30.5 152.7 7.5 82%
1936 30 BOS AL 480 1.7% 3.5% 13.5% 8.3% 31% 0.26 24.1 51.3 7.5 80%
1937 31 TOT AL 412 0.5% 5.3% 15.8% 2.4% 12% 0.34 15.6 172.0 9.6 78%
1937 31 BOS AL 80 1.3% 5.0% 18.8% 3.8% 15% 0.27 16.3 65.0 16.3 75%
1937 31 WSH AL 332 0.3% 5.4% 15.1% 2.1% 11% 0.36 15.5 279.0 8.7 78%
1938 32 WSH AL 496 0.2% 3.4% 15.1% 6.1% 25% 0.23 24.2 411.0 7.1 79%
1939 33 WSH AL 323 0.0% 3.7% 12.7% 4.3% 18% 0.29 22.8 8.8 81%
1940 34 WSH AL 376 0.0% 4.0% 12.5% 5.3% 23% 0.32 21.7 11.6 83%
1941 35 TOT AL 457 0.4% 5.7% 14.7% 5.3% 24% 0.39 14.9 193.5 10.8 79%
1941 35 WSH AL 82 0.0% 4.9% 18.3% 6.1% 28% 0.27 16.5 5.1 76%
1941 35 SLB AL 375 0.5% 5.9% 13.9% 5.1% 24% 0.42 14.6 160.5 14.0 79%
1942 36 SLB AL 312 0.0% 4.2% 10.6% 2.2% 12% 0.39 21.0 10.5 83%
1943 37 SLB AL 247 0.0% 5.7% 13.8% 2.8% 14% 0.41 14.9 10.5 79%
1944 38 WSH AL 387 0.0% 3.4% 11.9% 3.1% 13% 0.28 26.1 13.6 84%
1945 39 WSH AL 335 0.3% 3.9% 12.8% 4.2% 18% 0.30 22.0 286.0 7.5 81%
1947 41 WSH AL 115 0.0% 6.1% 12.2% 9.6% 37% 0.50 14.1 8.3 80%
18 Yrs 7077 0.4% 3.9% 13.2% 5.6% 24% 0.30 21.8 215.3 8.2 81%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.7% 8.6% 6.6% 27% 1.02 10.3 66.4 8.0 79%
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1929 23 64 181 144 21 33 6 1 0 20 1 2 32 10 .229 .373 .285 .658 69 41 1 4
1930 24 165 553 458 64 117 24 5 1 61 2 6 78 20 .255 .366 .336 .702 78 154 2 15
1931 25 282 998 844 111 235 54 9 4 118 4 9 134 32 .278 .379 .378 .757 94 319 2 18
1932 26 408 1512 1282 178 373 84 14 6 183 9 14 200 50 .291 .388 .392 .780 99 503 3 27
1933 27 548 2092 1775 236 516 105 18 10 260 13 16 270 73 .291 .386 .387 .773 99 687 5 42
1934 28 680 2601 2212 286 646 134 22 11 308 13 16 336 93 .292 .387 .387 .774 99 857 5 46
1935 29 813 3137 2670 340 784 168 26 14 369 18 24 401 108 .294 .387 .392 .779 99 1046 5 59
1936 30 934 3617 3080 399 912 195 31 22 424 18 25 466 125 .296 .389 .401 .790 101 1235 5 64
1937 31 1038 4029 3424 438 996 203 31 24 460 19 26 531 147 .291 .387 .389 .776 97 1333 6 66
1938 32 1173 4525 3835 493 1116 227 36 25 518 20 26 606 164 .291 .389 .389 .777 98 1490 6 75
1939 33 1260 4848 4109 525 1193 240 37 25 549 21 27 647 176 .290 .388 .385 .773 98 1582 4 7 82
1940 34 1363 5224 4435 560 1282 258 39 25 577 22 28 694 191 .289 .386 .382 .768 97 1693 11 7 84
1941 35 1484 5681 4822 598 1381 277 42 27 613 25 29 761 217 .286 .384 .378 .762 96 1823 23 7 87
1942 36 1583 5993 5095 618 1442 283 43 27 639 25 30 794 230 .283 .380 .371 .752 94 1892 28 7 93
1943 37 1657 6240 5304 630 1492 290 43 27 659 25 30 828 244 .281 .379 .367 .747 94 1949 31 8 95
1944 38 1756 6627 5643 644 1586 301 44 27 684 27 31 874 257 .281 .378 .364 .743 94 2056 41 8 97
1945 39 1847 6962 5929 677 1662 313 45 28 722 29 35 917 270 .280 .378 .362 .740 95 2149 51 10 101
1946 40 1847 6962 5929 677 1662 313 45 28 722 29 35 917 270 .280 .378 .362 .740 95 2149 51 10 101
1947 41 1884 7077 6028 687 1692 324 45 28 734 29 35 931 277 .281 .378 .363 .741 95 2190 55 10 103

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1929 23 68 186 150 19 32 6 1 0 18 1 31 11 .213 .352 .267 .618 14 64
1930 24 106 373 318 35 76 16 4 1 34 1 42 11 .239 .330 .324 .654 34 101
1931 25 122 445 390 41 110 28 4 3 50 2 52 13 .282 .367 .397 .764 56 117
1932 26 133 514 443 57 127 28 5 2 55 5 61 19 .287 .374 .386 .760 63 126
1933 27 149 598 512 53 139 20 4 4 71 4 68 25 .271 .359 .350 .709 64 140
1934 28 139 511 445 44 122 27 4 1 42 0 62 21 .274 .363 .360 .722 58 132
1935 29 141 543 468 47 129 32 4 3 53 5 61 16 .276 .359 .380 .740 64 133
1936 30 126 466 405 45 110 23 4 7 42 0 56 18 .272 .360 .400 .760 59 121
1937 31 108 415 350 35 80 8 0 2 32 1 62 23 .229 .346 .269 .615 32 104
1938 32 143 510 426 52 118 24 5 1 55 1 74 18 .277 .384 .364 .748 59 135
1939 33 92 333 284 31 77 13 1 0 30 1 41 13 .271 .365 .324 .689 34 87
1940 34 108 389 339 35 91 18 2 0 28 1 48 16 .268 .359 .333 .693 41 103
1941 35 126 466 397 37 98 19 3 2 35 3 66 27 .247 .354 .325 .679 46 121
1942 36 105 332 290 22 66 6 1 0 29 0 36 14 .228 .313 .255 .568 23 99
1943 37 78 264 223 14 56 8 0 0 23 0 38 15 .251 .363 .287 .650 23 74
1944 38 103 416 362 17 106 12 1 0 30 2 52 14 .293 .382 .331 .713 46 99
1945 39 96 372 314 44 92 15 1 1 50 2 52 14 .293 .397 .357 .753 44 91
1947 41 38 124 106 12 34 12 0 0 14 0 16 7 .321 .410 .434 .844 19 37
18 Yrs 1981 7257 6222 640 1663 315 44 27 691 29 918 295 .267 .362 .345 .707 779 1884
162 Game Avg. 162 593 509 52 136 26 4 2 57 2 75 24 .267 .362 .345 .707 64 1884
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1956 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1984 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1984
by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1933 (C)
1934
1935
1936 (C)
1937
1938
1944
1945--not played

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1932 AL (13, 11%)
1933 AL (12, 11%)
1942 AL (21, 2%)
1945 AL (23, 2%)
0.26 Career Shares (652nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1932 AL  .406 (7th)
Career  .378 (186th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  931 (154th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1933 AL  15 (5th)
1935 AL  13 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1935 AL  8 (7th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1930 AL  31.4 (4th)
1931 AL  32.2 (5th)
1932 AL  24.3 (8th)
1934 AL  21.9 (5th)
1935 AL  30.5 (3rd)
1936 AL  24.1 (8th)
1938 AL  24.2 (8th)
1940 AL  21.7 (9th)
Career  21.8 (90th)

Oldest s c a p y
1943 AL  born 1905-10-12 (8th)
1947 AL  born 1905-10-12 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 109 (137), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 34 (226), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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