Rick Ferrell
Richard Benjamin Ferrell
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 12, 1905 in Durham, NC
High School: Guilford (Guilford, NC)
School: Guilford College
Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers in 1926. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1929
Final Game: September 14, 1947
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1984.
Died: July 27, 1995 in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Relatives: Brother of Wes Ferrell
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Standard Batting

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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 .826 109 184 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 99 184 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 76 23 0 1 2
1933 27 BOS AL 118 495 421 50 125 19 4 3 72 2 2 58 19 .297 .385 .382 .767 103 161 2 14 *2
1934 28 BOS AL 132 507 437 50 130 29 4 1 48 0 0 66 20 .297 .390 .389 .779 97 170 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 .822 106 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 135 495 411 55 120 24 5 1 58 1 0 75 17 .292 .401 .382 .783 103 157 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 89 92 4 1 7 2
1940 34 WSH AL 103 375 326 35 89 18 2 0 28 1 1 47 15 .273 .365 .340 .705 89 111 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 58 69 5 0 6 2 MVP-21
1943 37 SLB AL 74 246 209 12 50 7 0 0 20 0 0 34 14 .239 .348 .273 .621 81 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 98 107 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 .691 108 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 Seasons 1884 7072 6028 687 1692 324 45 28 734 29 35 931 277 .281 .378 .363 .741 95 2190 55 10 103
162 Game Avg. 162 608 518 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 2444 2080 218 568 100 10 3 237 9 8 331 99 .273 .374 .335 .709 94 697 38 4 29
SLB (8 yrs) 703 2530 2157 248 583 113 18 9 257 13 16 331 103 .270 .368 .352 .720 89 759 17 4 38
BOS (5 yrs) 522 2098 1791 221 541 111 17 16 240 7 11 269 75 .302 .394 .410 .804 103 734 2 36

Advanced Batting

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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 3.4 116 .246 .229 .297 .373 .364 .285 .429 .658 .793 69 .336 -5.3 -0.5 .646 .271 .056 .0
1930 24 SLB AL 372 245 40 4.3 118 .274 .268 .299 .363 .363 .360 .439 .723 .803 82 .414 -7.5 -0.7 .671 .229 .092 1.0
1931 25 SLB AL 445 274 64 6.2 110 .310 .306 .290 .394 .358 .427 .415 .821 .772 113 .608 9.8 0.9 .812 .264 .122 2.4
1932 26 SLB AL 514 314 74 6.3 116 .325 .315 .292 .406 .364 .420 .430 .826 .794 109 .604 9.1 0.9 .823 .256 .105 2.9
1933 27 TOT AL 580 367 70 5.1 108 .298 .290 .283 .381 .354 .373 .408 .754 .762 99 .534 1.8 0.2 .733 .229 .083 4.0
1933 27 SLB AL 85 55 9 4.4 111 .254 .250 .288 .357 .360 .319 .415 .677 .775 76 .464 -2.2 -0.2 .685 .264 .069 1.3
1933 27 BOS AL 495 312 61 5.2 107 .306 .297 .282 .385 .354 .382 .406 .767 .760 103 .545 4.0 0.4 .742 .223 .086 2.4
1934 28 BOS AL 507 311 66 5.6 116 .310 .297 .294 .390 .369 .389 .424 .779 .793 97 .554 0.8 0.1 .769 .243 .092 .0
1935 29 BOS AL 536 341 71 5.6 117 .307 .301 .296 .388 .370 .413 .428 .801 .797 102 .547 3.1 0.3 .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 7.0 0.6 .894 .305 .149 .0
1937 31 TOT AL 412 263 36 3.6 115 .256 .244 .286 .366 .362 .285 .427 .651 .789 68 .336 -13.8 -1.3 .628 .230 .041 1.3
1937 31 BOS AL 80 45 11 6.5 120 .317 .308 .295 .438 .371 .385 .439 .822 .810 106 .594 1.5 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 495 300 63 5.5 112 .303 .292 .281 .401 .359 .382 .419 .783 .778 103 .521 7.0 0.6 .801 .275 .090 1.0
1939 33 WSH AL 323 209 34 4.3 107 .294 .281 .277 .377 .351 .336 .410 .712 .762 89 .426 -1.6 -0.2 .663 .204 .055 .0
1940 34 WSH AL 375 247 40 4.3 106 .286 .273 .272 .365 .344 .340 .412 .705 .756 89 .435 -2.6 -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 .269 .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 95 .235 .223 .267 .307 .341 .253 .373 .560 .715 58 .289 -14.9 -1.6 .463 .147 .029
1943 37 SLB AL 246 164 20 3.3 89 .256 .239 .258 .348 .333 .273 .356 .621 .689 81 .440 -3.3 -0.4 .568 .196 .033
1944 38 WSH AL 387 258 39 4.1 88 .288 .277 .263 .364 .329 .316 .359 .679 .689 98 .506 1.6 0.2 .602 .177 .038 .0
1945 39 WSH AL 335 228 33 3.9 82 .276 .266 .252 .366 .323 .325 .343 .691 .665 108 .501 5.6 0.6 .607 .203 .059 1.3
1947 41 WSH AL 115 75 16 5.7 94 .326 .303 .259 .389 .338 .414 .372 .804 .711 126 .638 4.4 0.5 .753 .253 .111
18 Seasons 7072 4529 826 4.9 109 .291 .281 .283 .378 .356 .363 .410 .741 .766 95 .503 -4.2 -0.5 .706 .236 .083 28.5
162 Game Avg. 608 389 71 4.9 109 .291 .281 .283 .378 .356 .363 .410 .741 .766 95 .503 -4.2 -0.5 .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) 2444 1587 260 4.4 101 .286 .273 .271 .374 .345 .335 .394 .709 .739 94 .462 0.9 0.2 .663 .222 .062 4.5
SLB (8 yrs) 2530 1645 281 4.6 109 .281 .270 .285 .368 .356 .352 .411 .720 .767 89 .483 -21.6 -2.3 .679 .234 .082 10.6
BOS (5 yrs) 2098 1297 285 5.9 117 .309 .302 .295 .394 .369 .410 .427 .804 .796 103 .565 16.5 1.5 .794 .256 .108 9.7

All-Star Batting

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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 Seasons (2 Appearances) 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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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 2599 2212 286 646 134 22 11 308 13 16 336 93 .292 .387 .387 .774 99 857 5 46
1935 29 813 3135 2670 340 784 168 26 14 369 18 24 401 108 .294 .387 .392 .779 99 1046 5 59
1936 30 934 3615 3080 399 912 195 31 22 424 18 25 466 125 .296 .389 .401 .790 100 1235 5 64
1937 31 1038 4027 3424 438 996 203 31 24 460 19 26 531 147 .291 .387 .389 .776 97 1333 6 66
1938 32 1173 4522 3835 493 1116 227 36 25 518 20 26 606 164 .291 .389 .389 .777 98 1490 6 75
1939 33 1260 4845 4109 525 1193 240 37 25 549 21 27 647 176 .290 .388 .385 .773 97 1582 4 7 82
1940 34 1363 5220 4435 560 1282 258 39 25 577 22 28 694 191 .289 .386 .382 .768 97 1693 11 7 84
1941 35 1484 5677 4822 598 1381 277 42 27 613 25 29 761 217 .286 .384 .378 .762 96 1823 23 7 87
1942 36 1583 5989 5095 618 1442 283 43 27 639 25 30 794 230 .283 .380 .371 .752 94 1892 28 7 93
1943 37 1657 6235 5304 630 1492 290 43 27 659 25 30 828 244 .281 .379 .367 .747 93 1949 31 8 95
1944 38 1756 6622 5643 644 1586 301 44 27 684 27 31 874 257 .281 .378 .364 .743 94 2056 41 8 97
1945 39 1847 6957 5929 677 1662 313 45 28 722 29 35 917 270 .280 .378 .362 .740 94 2149 51 10 101
1946 40 1847 6957 5929 677 1662 313 45 28 722 29 35 917 270 .280 .378 .362 .740 94 2149 51 10 101
1947 41 1884 7072 6028 687 1692 324 45 28 734 29 35 931 277 .281 .378 .363 .741 95 2190 55 10 103

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1929 23 68 182 150 19 32 6 1 0 19 1 31 11 .213 .352 .267 .618 14 64
1930 24 106 361 318 36 76 16 4 1 35 1 42 11 .239 .330 .324 .654 34 101
1931 25 122 442 390 41 110 28 4 3 50 2 52 13 .282 .367 .397 .764 56 117
1932 26 133 503 442 56 126 27 5 2 55 5 60 19 .285 .372 .382 .754 62 126
1933 27 149 585 514 54 141 21 4 4 72 4 69 25 .274 .362 .354 .716 65 140
1934 28 139 505 444 43 121 27 4 1 41 0 61 21 .273 .360 .358 .719 57 132
1935 29 141 524 465 46 126 31 4 3 52 5 59 16 .271 .353 .374 .727 61 133
1936 30 126 461 405 45 110 23 4 7 42 0 56 18 .272 .360 .400 .760 59 121
1937 31 108 413 350 35 80 8 0 2 32 1 62 23 .229 .346 .269 .615 32 104
1938 32 143 500 426 52 118 24 5 1 54 1 74 18 .277 .384 .364 .748 59 135
1939 33 92 324 283 30 76 13 1 0 29 1 40 13 .269 .361 .322 .683 33 87
1940 34 108 386 338 34 90 18 2 0 28 1 48 16 .266 .358 .331 .689 40 103
1941 35 126 463 397 36 98 19 3 2 34 3 66 27 .247 .354 .325 .679 46 121
1942 36 105 326 290 22 66 6 1 0 29 0 36 14 .228 .313 .255 .568 23 99
1943 37 78 262 223 14 56 8 0 0 23 0 38 15 .251 .363 .287 .650 23 74
1944 38 103 414 362 16 106 12 1 0 29 2 52 14 .293 .382 .331 .713 46 99
1945 39 96 366 313 44 91 14 1 1 50 2 51 14 .291 .393 .351 .745 43 91
1947 41 38 122 106 12 34 12 0 0 14 0 16 7 .321 .410 .434 .844 19 37
18 Seasons 1981 7139 6216 635 1657 313 44 27 688 29 913 295 .267 .361 .344 .706 772 1884
162 Game Avg. 162 584 508 52 136 26 4 2 56 2 75 24 .267 .361 .344 .706 63 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 VC

All-Star Games
1933 (C)
1934
1935
1936 (C)
1937
1938
1944
1945

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 (640th)

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

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  931 (147th)

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 (85th)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 109 (133), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 34 (219), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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