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.

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	BOS		PHA	W,9-4	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
2	2	Apr 16	BOS		PHA	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 19	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 20 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
7	7	Apr 20 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 21	BOS		WSH	W,8-1	CG	24	6.1	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 22	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 23	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-9	GS	26	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 24	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
12	12	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
13	13	Apr 26	BOS		NYY	L,9-12	CG	54	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
14	14	Apr 28	BOS		CHW	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
15	15	Apr 29	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	16	Apr 30	BOS		CHW	W,16-4	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	BOS		CLE	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
18	18	May 2	BOS		CLE	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
19	19	May 3	BOS		DET	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	20	May 5	BOS		DET	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
21	21	May 6	BOS		SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
22	22	May 7	BOS		SLB	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 8	BOS	@	WSH	L,9-12	CG	46	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
24	24	May 9	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	25	May 10	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
26	26	May 12	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	27	May 13	BOS	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
28	28	May 14	BOS	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
29	29	May 15	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
30	30	May 16	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	31	May 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
32	32	May 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	33	May 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	34	May 20	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-12	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
35	35	May 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
36	36	May 23	BOS		WSH	L,7-8	CG	50	11.0	5	1	0	6	0
37	37	May 24	BOS		WSH	L,4-12	GS	0		2	1	0	3	0
38	38	May 25	BOS		WSH	W,6-0	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	47 (8)	Jun 4	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	48	Jun 5	BOS		CHW	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
41	49	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	50	Jun 7	BOS		CHW	L,5-13	GS	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	51	Jun 8 (1)	BOS		DET	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	53 (1)	Jun 9	BOS		DET	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
45	54	Jun 10	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	55	Jun 11	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
47	56	Jun 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
48	57	Jun 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	58	Jun 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
50	59	Jun 20	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
51	60	Jun 21 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
52	61	Jun 21 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
53	62	Jun 22	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	38	8.1	6	2	0	8	0
54	63	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	64	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
56	65	Jun 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
57	66	Jun 26	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	43	9.1	5	1	1	7	0
58	67	Jun 27	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-14	GS	25	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
59	69 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	70	Jun 30 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	71	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
62	73 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
63	75 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,16-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
64	77 (1)	Jul 9	BOS		CHW	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
65	78	Jul 10	BOS		CHW	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
66	79	Jul 11	BOS		CHW	L,1-9	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
67	80	Jul 12	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
68	81	Jul 13	BOS		CLE	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
69	82	Jul 14	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
70	83	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
71	85 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
72	87 (1)	Jul 17	BOS		SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
73	88	Jul 18	BOS		DET	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
74	89	Jul 19	BOS		DET	W,12-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	90	Jul 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
76	91	Jul 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	92	Jul 23	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	93	Jul 24	BOS	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	38	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
79	94	Jul 25	BOS	@	DET	W,18-3	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	95	Jul 26	BOS	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
81	96	Jul 27	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
82	97	Jul 28	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	98	Jul 29	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-9	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	99	Jul 30	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	104 (4)	Aug 4	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
86	105	Aug 5	BOS		NYY	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
87	106	Aug 7	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	36	9.2	3	1	0	4	0
88	107	Aug 8	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	108	Aug 9	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	109	Aug 11	BOS		PHA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	110	Aug 12 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
92	112 (1)	Aug 14	BOS		WSH	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	113	Aug 15	BOS		WSH	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
94	114	Aug 16 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
95	116 (1)	Aug 18	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	117	Aug 19 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	51	12.1	5	0	0	5	0
97	119 (1)	Aug 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
98	120	Aug 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	50	12.2	8	0	0	8	0
99	121	Aug 23 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
100	123 (1)	Aug 25	BOS		DET	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
101	124	Aug 26	BOS		DET	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	125	Aug 27	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
103	126	Aug 28 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,1-8	GS	33	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
104	127	Aug 28 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	128	Aug 30 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
106	129	Aug 30 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	130	Sep 1	BOS		CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
108	131	Sep 3 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
109	133 (1)	Sep 4	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
110	134	Sep 5 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
111	135	Sep 5 (2)	BOS		NYY	T,7-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	136	Sep 6 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,14-5	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
113	138 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
114	139	Sep 7 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	GF	17	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	140	Sep 9	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	48	12.0	5	3	0	8	0
116	141	Sep 11	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
117	142	Sep 12 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
118	144 (1)	Sep 13	BOS	@	DET	W,7-4	GS	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	148 (3)	Sep 19	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
120	149	Sep 20 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
121	151 (1)	Sep 22	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
							121gm		1012.0	556	55	8	619	5