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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	13-24 / in Starts: 11-18
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 115 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	68 (35-26-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 115 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	75 (39-24-11)

Most Driven In
S Spence	4
M Christman	2
J Priddy	2
T McBride	1
J Grace	1

Most Driven In By
E Yost	2
W Masterson	1
B Lewis	1
J Grace	1

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1848	20 (19)	May 16	WSH		CLE	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.17	-0.075	2.20	-0.09%	-0.79	C
2	1849	23 (2)	May 18 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	8	2.06	-0.005	3.81	-0.01%	0.37	C
3	1850	24	May 19	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	0-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	8						C
4	1851	28 (3)	May 24	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	8	.44	0.024	.58	0.02%	0.20	C
5	1852	33 (4)	May 30 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,13-6	CG	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	2		0	0	0			0	0	0	.308	.400	.385	.785	8						C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1853	42 (8)	Jun 8 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.412	.474	.529	1.003	8	.27	0.028	.49	0.03%	0.68	C
7	1854	45 (2)	Jun 11	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.381	.435	.476	.911	8	1.19	-0.001	1.41	0.00%	-0.47	C
8	1855	46	Jun 15 (1)	WSH		DET	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.391	.462	.522	.983	8	1.01	0.014	1.72	0.02%	0.17	C
9	1856	48 (1)	Jun 17	WSH		CLE	L,3-5	5-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.346	.414	.462	.875	8	.75	-0.056	1.28	-0.06%	-0.45	PH C
10	1857	51 (2)	Jun 20	WSH		SLB	W,3-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.310	.394	.414	.808	8	.54	-0.015	.71	-0.01%	-0.82	C
11	1858	54 (2)	Jun 22 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,6-9	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.344	.432	.469	.901	8	1.44	0.176	2.58	0.19%	2.54	C
12	1859	56 (1)	Jun 24	WSH		CHW	L,0-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.425	.441	.866	8	1.21	-0.007	1.50	-0.01%	-0.03	C
13	1860	61 (4)	Jun 29 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.386	.395	.781	8	1.91	-0.140	3.23	-0.14%	-0.90	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	1861	65 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.396	.390	.786	8	1.76	0.146	1.85	0.09%	1.69	C
15	1862	67 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS-0	4	4	2	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.356	.442	.511	.953	8						C
16	1863	70 (2)	Jul 10 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.474	.521	.995	8	.68	0.046	.18	0.01%	1.75	C
17	1864	73 (2)	Jul 13 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0			1	0	0	.360	.475	.500	.975	8						C
18	1865	76 (2)	Jul 15	WSH	@	DET	L,6-11	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.352	.470	.481	.951	8						C
19	1866	80 (3)	Jul 17 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.352	.470	.481	.951	8						C
20	1867	83 (2)	Jul 20 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.449	.456	.905	8	.73	-0.054	.01	0.00%	-0.52	C
21	1868	86 (2)	Jul 24	WSH		DET	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.333	.444	.467	.911	8	.96	-0.076	.02	0.00%	-0.38	C
22	1869	88 (1)	Jul 26	WSH		CLE	W,8-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.444	.467	.911	8						C
23	1870	89	Jul 27	WSH		CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.434	.444	.879	8	1.24	-0.080	.03	0.00%	-0.40	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	1871	95 (5)	Aug 3	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.318	.430	.439	.870	8	1.35	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.19	C
25	1872	100 (4)	Aug 10 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.415	.420	.835	8	1.31	-0.099	.01	0.00%	-0.87	C
26	1873	103 (2)	Aug 12	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.412	.417	.828	8	.91	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.42	C
27	1874	106 (2)	Aug 16	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.412	.417	.828	8						C
28	1875	107	Aug 17 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.307	.409	.413	.822	8	.70	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.24	C
29	1876	109 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-13	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.402	.418	.820	8	1.14	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.58	C
30	1877	115 (5)	Aug 22 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.402	.418	.820	8						C
31	1878	116	Aug 22 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.398	.413	.810	8	2.82	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.43	C
32	1879	119 (2)	Aug 24 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.402	.410	.812	8	.36	-0.013	.00	0.00%	0.31	C
33	1880	126 (6)	Aug 31 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.390	.395	.785	8	.89	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.79	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	1881	128 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	5	5	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.410	.440	.849	8	1.06	0.217	.00	0.00%	2.73	C
35	1882	131 (2)	Sep 4	WSH		NYY	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.410	.440	.849	7						C
36	1883	135 (3)	Sep 9	WSH		CHW	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.316	.404	.432	.835	8	.47	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.08	C
37	1884	140 (4)	Sep 14 (1)	WSH		DET	L,6-16	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.389	.414	.804	8	.38	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-1.00	C
							13-24		115	99	10	30	11	0	0	12	14	1	7	0	2		2	4	0	0	.303	.389	.414	.804		1.01	-0.246	.82	0.04%	1.64

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