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.

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 13	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 14	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 15	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	51	12.1	5	1	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 16	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	47	11.1	4	2	1	7	0
6	6	Apr 17	SLB	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
7	7	Apr 18	SLB	@	DET	L,7-14	GS	33	5.0	1	0	1	2	0
8	8	Apr 19	SLB	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 20	SLB		CHW	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
10	10	Apr 22	SLB		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 23	SLB		CHW	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 24	SLB		CLE	L,3-14	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 25	SLB		CLE	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	Apr 27	SLB		CLE	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	Apr 28	SLB		DET	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
16	16	Apr 30	SLB		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	SLB		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
18	18	May 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
19	19	May 3	SLB	@	CLE	W,11-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 4	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
21	21	May 5	SLB	@	BOS	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 6	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 7	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	24	May 8	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
25	25	May 10	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
26	26	May 11	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
27	27	May 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-9	GS	38	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	28	May 14	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	29	May 15	SLB	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
30	30	May 16	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	31	May 17	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
32	32	May 18	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-7	CG	48	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
33	33	May 20	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-11	GS	25	4.0	5	1	0	6	1
34	34	May 21	SLB	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
35	35	May 22	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	36	May 23	SLB	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	37	May 24	SLB	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	38	May 27	SLB		CLE	L,3-6	GS	16	5.0	4	1	0	5	1
39	39	May 28	SLB		CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
40	40	May 29 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	42 (1)	May 30 (1)	SLB		DET	L,9-17	CG	51	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	44 (1)	Jun 2	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
43	45	Jun 3	SLB	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	46	Jun 4	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	45	9.2	2	2	0	4	0
45	47	Jun 7	SLB		BOS	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	48	Jun 8	SLB		BOS	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
47	49	Jun 9	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	50	Jun 10	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
49	51	Jun 11	SLB		WSH	L,4-12	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	53 (1)	Jun 12 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	54	Jun 14	SLB		WSH	W,17-3	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
52	55	Jun 15	SLB		PHA	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
53	56	Jun 16	SLB		PHA	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	57	Jun 18	SLB		PHA	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	58	Jun 19 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	59	Jun 19 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,3-6	GS	29	7.0	6	1	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	77 (17)	Jul 10 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	0	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	78	Jul 11	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-15	GS	36	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	79	Jul 12	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	80	Jul 13	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
61	81	Jul 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	52	11.1	6	1	1	8	0
62	82	Jul 15	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	83	Jul 16	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-11	GS	33	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	84	Jul 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-9	GS	34	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
65	85	Jul 18	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	86	Jul 19 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,8-9	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
67	88 (1)	Jul 20	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	89	Jul 21	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
69	90	Jul 23 (1)	SLB		DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
70	92 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	SLB		DET	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
71	94 (1)	Jul 26	SLB		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
72	95	Jul 27	SLB		WSH	L,3-9	GS	38	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	96	Jul 28	SLB		WSH	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
74	97	Jul 29	SLB		WSH	L,6-10	GS	37	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
75	99 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	101 (1)	Aug 2	SLB		BOS	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	102	Aug 4	SLB		PHA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
78	103	Aug 5	SLB		PHA	W,9-8	CG	48	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
79	104	Aug 6	SLB		PHA	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	105	Aug 7 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,5-11	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	107 (1)	Aug 9	SLB		NYY	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
82	108	Aug 10	SLB		NYY	L,6-7	CG	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	109	Aug 11	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
84	110	Aug 13	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
85	111	Aug 14 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
86	112	Aug 14 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	113	Aug 16	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
88	114	Aug 17	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-7	GS	29	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	115	Aug 18	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	61	14.2	5	2	1	8	1
90	116	Aug 20	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
91	117	Aug 21	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
92	118	Aug 22	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
93	119	Aug 23	SLB	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	41	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
94	120	Aug 24	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	45	11.0	9	0	0	9	0
95	121	Aug 25	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-15	GS	34	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	122	Aug 26	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
97	123	Aug 27	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
98	124	Aug 29	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	62	12.2	4	2	0	6	0
99	125	Aug 30	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-11	GS	35	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	126	Aug 31	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	127	Sep 2	SLB		CHW	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
102	128	Sep 3	SLB		CHW	L,8-13	GS	36	6.0	4	2	0	6	0
103	129	Sep 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	131 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,9-12	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	133 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
106	135 (1)	Sep 8	SLB		WSH	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
107	136	Sep 9	SLB		WSH	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
108	137	Sep 10	SLB		WSH	L,4-10	CG	50	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
109	138	Sep 11 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
110	140 (1)	Sep 13	SLB		BOS	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	141	Sep 14	SLB		PHA	L,6-13	CG	51	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	142	Sep 15	SLB		PHA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
113	143	Sep 16	SLB		PHA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
114	144	Sep 17	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
115	145	Sep 18 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
116	147 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
117	149 (1)	Sep 21	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
118	150	Sep 23 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
119	152 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	0	9.1	7	1	0	8	0
120	154 (1)	Sep 25	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
							120gm		1025.0	486	78	8	572	9