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.

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	BOS		WSH	L,5-6	CG	45	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 18	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	5	Apr 21	BOS		NYY	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
5	6	Apr 22	BOS		NYY	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	7	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	8	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	9	Apr 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
9	10	Apr 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	9	0	0	9	0
10	11	Apr 30	BOS		PHA	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	13 (1)	May 2	BOS		PHA	L,11-12	CG	47	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
12	14	May 4	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
13	15	May 5	BOS		SLB	W,13-12	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
14	16	May 6	BOS		DET	W,14-4	GS	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	17	May 7	BOS		DET	L,6-8	CG	47	11.0	4	1	0	5	1
16	22 (4)	May 12	BOS		CLE	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
17	23	May 13	BOS		CHW	W,14-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	24	May 14	BOS		CHW	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	25	May 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	29 (3)	May 21	BOS	@	CHW	W,13-10	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	30	May 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	GF	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	31	May 23	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	32	May 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-18	CG	49	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	33	May 26	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
25	34	May 27	BOS	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	35	May 28	BOS	@	DET	L,6-12	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
27	36	May 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	25	7.0	7	1	0	8	0
28	37	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
29	38	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	39	Jun 1	BOS	@	WSH	W,13-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	40	Jun 2 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
32	41	Jun 2 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-7	CG	57	12.0	6	0	0	6	0
33	42	Jun 3	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	43	Jun 5	BOS		NYY	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
35	44	Jun 6 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-15	GS	35	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	45	Jun 6 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
37	46	Jun 8	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	6	0	0	6	0
38	47	Jun 9	BOS		WSH	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
39	48	Jun 10	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	49	Jun 12	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	50	Jun 13	BOS		DET	W,15-13	CG	55	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
42	51	Jun 15	BOS		DET	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	52	Jun 16	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
44	53	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	55 (1)	Jun 18 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
46	57 (1)	Jun 20	BOS		CHW	W,14-9	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
47	58	Jun 21 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
48	60 (1)	Jun 22	BOS		CHW	W,11-1	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
49	61	Jun 23	BOS		CHW	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
50	62	Jun 24	BOS		CLE	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
51	63	Jun 25	BOS		CLE	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
52	64	Jun 26	BOS		CLE	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	65	Jun 27	BOS		CLE	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
54	66	Jun 28	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	8	0	1	9	0
55	67	Jun 30	BOS	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	68	Jul 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	69	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	70	Jul 3	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-9	CG	52	11.0	8	0	0	8	0
59	71	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
60	72	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,4-10	GS	40	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	73	Jul 5	BOS		PHA	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
62	74	Jul 6	BOS		PHA	W,18-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	75	Jul 7	BOS		PHA	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	76	Jul 8 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
65	77	Jul 8 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
66	78	Jul 13	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	79	Jul 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	0	8.2	6	2	0	8	0
68	80	Jul 15 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-8	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
69	82 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	83	Jul 16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	84	Jul 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
72	85	Jul 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,16-3	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	86	Jul 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
74	87	Jul 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	88	Jul 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
76	89	Jul 22 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	90	Jul 22 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	91	Jul 23	BOS	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
79	92	Jul 24	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
80	93	Jul 25	BOS	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
81	94	Jul 26	BOS	@	DET	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
82	95	Jul 28 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
83	96	Jul 28 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
84	97	Jul 30	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	98	Jul 31 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-11	GS	12	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	99	Jul 31 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	100	Aug 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	101	Aug 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	45	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
89	102	Aug 4	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	CG	45	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
90	103	Aug 5 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	105 (1)	Aug 7	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-9	GS	36	6.0	0	1	1	2	0
92	106	Aug 8	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	107	Aug 9	BOS	@	PHA	W,15-2	CG	18	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	108	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
95	109	Aug 11	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	GS	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
96	110	Aug 12 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
97	111	Aug 12 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
98	112	Aug 14	BOS		SLB	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
99	113	Aug 15	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
100	114	Aug 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	115	Aug 17 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
102	116	Aug 18	BOS		DET	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	117	Aug 19 (1)	BOS		DET	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
104	119 (1)	Aug 21	BOS		DET	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
105	120	Aug 22	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
106	121	Aug 23	BOS		CHW	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
107	123 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,7-8	CG	52	11.0	3	0	0	3	1
108	124	Aug 26 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	125	Aug 26 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
110	126	Aug 27	BOS		CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	127	Aug 28	BOS		CLE	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	128	Sep 1	BOS	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	40	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
113	129	Sep 2	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
114	130	Sep 3 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	131	Sep 3 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	T,4-4	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	132	Sep 5	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-11	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
117	136 (3)	Sep 9	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
118	137	Sep 10	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
119	138	Sep 11	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	5	2	0	7	0
120	139	Sep 12	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
121	140	Sep 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
122	142 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,10-12	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
123	143	Sep 17	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
124	144	Sep 18	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-1	GS	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	147 (2)	Sep 23 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	149 (1)	Sep 24	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
127	150	Sep 25 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
128	151	Sep 25 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
							128gm		1071.0	531	72	6	609	7