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.

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	BOS	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 19	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 20	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 23	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	L,4-12	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
9	9	Apr 26	BOS		WSH	L,5-10	GS	38	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 27	BOS		WSH	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
11	11	Apr 28	BOS		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	12	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-8	CG	48	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
14	14	May 4	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
15	15	May 6	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
16	16	May 8	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 9	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 10	BOS	@	CHW	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	19	May 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-13	GS	34	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 12	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	21	May 13	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
22	22	May 17	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	48	13.0	8	0	0	8	0
23	23	May 18	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
24	24	May 19	BOS		CHW	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	25	May 20	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
26	26	May 21	BOS		CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	27	May 22	BOS		CLE	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
28	28	May 23	BOS		DET	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
29	35 (6)	May 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	36	May 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,8-13	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	40 (3)	Jun 4	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	41	Jun 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	43	9.2	6	0	0	6	0
33	42	Jun 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	43	Jun 7	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
35	44	Jun 8 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,6-12	GS	36	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
36	45	Jun 8 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
37	46	Jun 11 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
38	47	Jun 11 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	48	Jun 12	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	49	Jun 13	BOS	@	DET	L,1-6	GS	12	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
41	50	Jun 14	BOS	@	DET	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	51	Jun 15	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
43	52	Jun 16 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
44	53	Jun 16 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS	24	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	54	Jun 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-11	GS	31	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
46	55	Jun 19 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	56	Jun 19 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
48	57	Jun 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	58	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
50	59	Jun 23 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
51	60	Jun 23 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	61	Jun 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	62	Jun 27	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-14	GS	30	6.0	7	1	0	8	1
54	63	Jun 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
55	64	Jun 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,13-6	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
56	65	Jun 30	BOS	@	PHA	L,9-10	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	66	Jul 1	BOS		WSH	W,8-3	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
58	67	Jul 2	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
59	68	Jul 3	BOS		WSH	W,14-7	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	69	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
61	71 (1)	Jul 6	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
62	72	Jul 7 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	CG	52	13.0	10	1	0	11	1
63	73	Jul 7 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	74	Jul 10	BOS		CHW	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
65	75	Jul 11 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	77 (1)	Jul 12	BOS		CHW	L,2-13	GS	35	6.0	3	1	1	5	0
67	78	Jul 13	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
68	79	Jul 14 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,14-3	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
69	80	Jul 14 (2)	BOS		CLE	T,2-2	CG	45	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
70	81	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
71	83 (1)	Jul 18	BOS		DET	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
72	84	Jul 19	BOS		DET	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
73	85	Jul 20	BOS		DET	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	86	Jul 21	BOS		DET	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
75	87	Jul 22	BOS		SLB	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	88	Jul 23	BOS		SLB	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	89	Jul 24	BOS		SLB	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	90	Jul 27 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	69	14.2	11	1	0	12	1
79	91	Jul 27 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
80	92	Jul 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	93	Jul 30	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-4	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
82	94	Jul 31	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	95	Aug 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	45	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
84	96	Aug 3	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	9	0	0	9	0
85	97	Aug 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	8	1	0	9	0
86	98	Aug 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
87	99	Aug 5	BOS		NYY	L,2-10	CG	33	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	100	Aug 7 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
89	101	Aug 7 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
90	102	Aug 10	BOS		WSH	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	103	Aug 11 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
92	104	Aug 11 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	105	Aug 13	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	106	Aug 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
95	107	Aug 15	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	108	Aug 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	56	13.1	4	1	0	5	0
97	110 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
98	111	Aug 18 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	112	Aug 18 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	113	Aug 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
101	115 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
102	117 (1)	Aug 22	BOS	@	DET	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	2	5	0
103	118	Aug 23	BOS	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
104	119	Aug 24	BOS	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
105	120	Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
106	121	Aug 25 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
107	122	Aug 26	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	123	Aug 28 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
109	124	Aug 28 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
110	125	Aug 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	126	Aug 31	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	127	Sep 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	54	13.1	3	0	0	3	0
113	128	Sep 2 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-8	GS	14	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
114	129	Sep 2 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	CG	54	13.0	3	1	0	4	1
115	130	Sep 5 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-8	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	131	Sep 5 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
117	132	Sep 7 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
118	133	Sep 7 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
119	134	Sep 8 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
120	135	Sep 8 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	136	Sep 10	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
122	139 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
123	142 (2)	Sep 15	BOS		SLB	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
124	143	Sep 16	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
125	144	Sep 17	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
126	145	Sep 18	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
127	146	Sep 19	BOS		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	147	Sep 21	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	148	Sep 22 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
130	150 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
131	152 (1)	Sep 25	BOS		PHA	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							131gm		1115.0	520	79	13	612	12