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.

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1933 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,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 13	SLB		CHW	L,7-11	CG	53	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 16	SLB		CLE	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 17	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 18	SLB		CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
6	6	Apr 19	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
7	7	Apr 20	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 21	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	9	Apr 22	SLB	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
10	10	Apr 23	SLB	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 24	SLB	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 25	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 26	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	Apr 27	SLB	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	15	Apr 28	SLB		DET	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
16	16	Apr 29	SLB		DET	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
17	18 (1)	Apr 30 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	19	May 2	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
19	20	May 3	SLB		BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	21	May 6	SLB		PHA	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	7	2	1	10	0
21	23 (1)	May 9	SLB		WSH	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Boston Red Sox
22	21	May 11	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	22	May 14 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
24	23	May 14 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	24	May 16	BOS		SLB	L,2-3	CG	49	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
26	25	May 17	BOS		SLB	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
27	26	May 18	BOS		SLB	L,2-8	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
28	27	May 19	BOS		DET	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	28	May 20	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
30	29	May 21	BOS		DET	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
31	30	May 22	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	31	May 23	BOS		CHW	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	32	May 25	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	33	May 26	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
35	34	May 27	BOS		CLE	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
36	35	May 28 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
37	36	May 28 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,2-11	GS	38	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
38	37	May 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
39	38	May 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,8-11	CG	58	12.0	6	2	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	39	Jun 1	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	56	13.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	40	Jun 2	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
42	41	Jun 3	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	42	Jun 4	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	43	Jun 6 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	44	Jun 6 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
46	45	Jun 8 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	46	Jun 8 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,3-12	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
48	47	Jun 9	BOS		WSH	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	48	Jun 10	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
50	49	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,7-8	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
51	51 (1)	Jun 13	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
52	52	Jun 14	BOS		NYY	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
53	53	Jun 15	BOS		NYY	W,8-5	GS	17	3.2	3	0	0	3	0
54	60 (6)	Jun 21 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	62 (1)	Jun 22	BOS	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	45	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
56	63	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
57	64	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	L,4-16	GS	42	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	65	Jun 25 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	66	Jun 25 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
60	67	Jun 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,13-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	68	Jun 27	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	69	Jun 30	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	70	Jul 1	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	71	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,14-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
65	72	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	73	Jul 5	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
67	74	Jul 8	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
68	75	Jul 9 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
69	76	Jul 9 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	7	3	0	10	1
70	77	Jul 10	BOS		SLB	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
71	79 (1)	Jul 12	BOS		DET	W,1-0	CG	0	11.0	5	1	0	6	1
72	80	Jul 13	BOS		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	81	Jul 14	BOS		DET	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
74	82	Jul 15	BOS		CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
75	83	Jul 16	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	CG	55	14.0	8	1	0	9	0
76	84	Jul 18	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	85	Jul 19	BOS		CLE	L,7-8	CG	55	13.0	8	0	0	8	0
78	86	Jul 20	BOS		CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	87	Jul 21	BOS		CHW	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
80	88	Jul 22	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	89	Jul 23 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	90	Jul 23 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
83	91	Jul 26 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
84	92	Jul 26 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
85	93	Jul 27	BOS		PHA	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
86	94	Jul 29	BOS		PHA	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
87	95	Jul 30	BOS		PHA	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	96	Aug 2	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	40	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
89	97	Aug 3	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
90	98	Aug 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
91	99	Aug 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
92	100	Aug 7	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	101	Aug 8	BOS	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
94	102	Aug 9	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	103	Aug 10	BOS		WSH	L,3-5	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
96	104	Aug 11	BOS		WSH	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
97	105	Aug 12	BOS		WSH	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
98	106	Aug 13	BOS		PHA	W,19-10	GS	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	107	Aug 14	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
100	108	Aug 15	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
101	109	Aug 16	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	110	Aug 17	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
103	111	Aug 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	112	Aug 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
105	113	Aug 20 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-14	GS	39	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
106	114	Aug 20 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	6	3	0	9	0
107	115	Aug 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	116	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	118 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	120 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
111	121	Aug 24 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	50	9.1	4	0	0	4	0
112	122	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
113	123	Aug 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
114	124	Aug 27 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
115	125	Aug 27 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-5	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	126	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-10	CG	45	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
117	127	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
118	128	Aug 31	BOS	@	NYY	W,15-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	129	Sep 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	48	12.0	5	0	0	5	0
120	130	Sep 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
121	131	Sep 3	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
122	132	Sep 5 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG	51	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
123	135 (2)	Sep 8 (1)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
124	136	Sep 8 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
125	137	Sep 9	BOS		DET	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
126	138	Sep 10 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	139	Sep 10 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,0-4	CG	45	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
128	140	Sep 12	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
129	141	Sep 13	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	142	Sep 18	BOS		CLE	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
131	143	Sep 19	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
132	144	Sep 23	BOS		NYY	L,12-16	CG	50	9.0	5	5	2	12	0
133	145	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
134	146	Sep 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	147	Sep 30 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
136	148	Sep 30 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-1	GS	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
137	149	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
							137gm		1200.0	591	92	7	690	10