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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
Schools: 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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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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1929 SLB AL 23 C 45 182 140 35 7 3 .962 3.89 .976 4.04 2
1930 SLB AL 24 C 101 409 336 66 7 5 .983 3.98 .984 4.19 2
1931 SLB AL 25 C 108 512 412 86 14 11 .973 4.61 .981 4.34 6
1932 SLB AL 26 C 120 572 486 78 8 9 .986 4.70 .982 4.23 3 MVP-13
1933 TOT AL 27 C 137 690 591 92 7 10 .990 4.99 .988 4.28 1 AS,MVP-12
1933 SLB AL 27 C 21 108 91 16 1 1 .991 5.10 .988 4.28 0
1933 BOS AL 27 C 116 582 500 76 6 9 .990 4.97 .988 4.28 1
1934 BOS AL 28 C 128 609 531 72 6 7 .990 4.71 .981 4.36 6 AS
1935 BOS AL 29 C 131 612 520 79 13 12 .979 4.57 .984 4.20 8 AS
1936 BOS AL 30 C 121 619 556 55 8 5 .987 5.05 .979 4.22 1 AS
1937 TOT AL 31 C 102 492 434 52 6 6 .988 4.76 .980 4.62 6 AS
1937 BOS AL 31 C 18 104 93 10 1 1 .990 5.72 .980 4.62 0
1937 WSH AL 31 C 84 388 341 42 5 5 .987 4.56 .980 4.62 6
1938 WSH AL 32 C 131 592 512 69 11 15 .981 4.44 .983 4.37 8 AS
1939 WSH AL 33 C 83 382 327 46 9 9 .976 4.49 .981 4.44 19
1940 WSH AL 34 C 99 504 427 67 10 5 .980 4.99 .982 4.68 17
1941 TOT AL 35 C 119 493 425 64 4 12 .992 4.11 .983 4.54 9
1941 WSH AL 35 C 21 100 85 13 2 1 .980 4.67 .983 4.54 3
1941 SLB AL 35 C 98 393 340 51 2 11 .995 3.99 .983 4.54 6
1942 SLB AL 36 C 95 419 356 57 6 7 .986 4.35 .979 4.28 10 MVP-21
1943 SLB AL 37 C 70 384 327 52 5 7 .987 5.41 .981 4.61 2
1944 WSH AL 38 C 96 483 403 71 9 8 .981 4.94 .976 4.36 20 AS
1945 WSH AL 39 C 83 399 331 64 4 3 .990 4.76 .986 4.31 21 MVP-23
1947 WSH AL 41 C 37 157 134 22 1 5 .994 4.22 .985 4.30 1
18 Seasons C 1806 8510 7248 1127 135 139 .984 4.64 .982 4.36 142
18 Seasons TOT 1806 8510 7248 1127 135 139 .984 4.64 .966 4.36 142
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (636th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1932 AL--.406--7th
Career--.378--183rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career--931--146th

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--31.400--4th
1931 AL--32.167--5th
1932 AL--24.333--8th
1934 AL--21.850--5th
1935 AL--30.533--3rd
1936 AL--24.118--8th
1938 AL--24.176--8th
1940 AL--21.733--9th
Career--21.760--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 - 23 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1926 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

November 8, 1928: Granted Free Agency.

November 11, 1928: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns.

May 9, 1933: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Lloyd Brown to the Boston Red Sox for Merv Shea and cash.

June 11, 1937: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Mel Almada and Wes Ferrell to the Washington Senators for Ben Chapman and Bobo Newsom.

May 15, 1941: Traded by the Washington Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Vern Kennedy.

March 1, 1944: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Washington Senators for Tony Giuliani and cash. Tony Giuliani refused to report to his new team. The Washington Senators sent Gene Moore (March 1, 1944) to the St. Louis Browns to complete the trade.

December 29, 1947: Released by the Washington Senators.

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