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.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	CG	45	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 20	WSH		PHA	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 22	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 25	WSH		BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	14.0	6	4	0	10	0
5	5	Apr 26	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 29	WSH		NYY	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 30 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	9 (1)	May 1	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	10	May 2	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
10	11	May 3	WSH	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	12	May 5	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-8	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
12	13	May 6	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
13	14	May 7 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
14	16 (1)	May 10	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	GS	6	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
15	28 (11)	May 21 (1)	WSH		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
16	30 (1)	May 24	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
17	31	May 25	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
18	32	May 26	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	0		6	0	0	6	0
19	33	May 27	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	11.1	3	1	0	4	1
20	34	May 28 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	36 (1)	May 29	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	37	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-6	GS	0		4	1	0	5	0
23	39 (1)	May 31	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	41	10.1	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	41 (1)	Jun 2	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
25	42	Jun 3	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	43	Jun 4 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	43	9.2	8	0	1	9	0
27	45 (1)	Jun 8	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	46	Jun 9	WSH	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	47	Jun 11 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	49 (1)	Jun 12	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	10	1	1	12	0
31	50	Jun 13	WSH		NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
32	51	Jun 14	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
33	52	Jun 15	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
34	53	Jun 16	WSH		BOS	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	55 (1)	Jun 18 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
36	57 (1)	Jun 20	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
37	58	Jun 21 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
38	60 (1)	Jun 22	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	62 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
40	64 (1)	Jun 28	WSH		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
41	65	Jun 29	WSH		DET	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	67 (1)	Jul 1	WSH		CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
43	68	Jul 2 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
44	70 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	72 (1)	Jul 5	WSH		CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
46	73	Jul 6	WSH		CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	74	Jul 7	WSH		SLB	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	75	Jul 8	WSH		SLB	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	10	2	1	13	0
49	77 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	78	Jul 14 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	80 (1)	Jul 15	WSH		PHA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
52	81	Jul 16 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	83 (1)	Jul 18	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	48	10.1	5	0	0	5	0
54	84	Jul 19	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
55	85	Jul 20	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
56	86	Jul 21	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	8.1	6	2	0	8	0
57	87	Jul 22	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
58	88	Jul 23 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
59	90 (1)	Jul 24	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	91	Jul 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	92	Jul 26	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	4	4	0	8	0
62	93	Jul 27	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
63	95 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	GS	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
64	97 (1)	Jul 31	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	98	Aug 1	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-11	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
66	99	Aug 4 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
67	101 (1)	Aug 5	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-6	GS	24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	102	Aug 6 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	104 (1)	Aug 9	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
70	105	Aug 10	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	107 (1)	Aug 12	WSH		DET	L,5-12	GF	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
72	108	Aug 13 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	110 (1)	Aug 14	WSH		CLE	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
74	111	Aug 15	WSH		CLE	L,0-1	CG	43	12.0	3	0	1	4	0
75	112	Aug 16	WSH		CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
76	114 (1)	Aug 18	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	116 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
78	118 (1)	Aug 21	WSH		SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	12.0	10	0	0	10	0
79	119	Aug 22	WSH		SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
80	120	Aug 25	WSH		NYY	L,2-4	CG	47	11.0	9	2	0	11	0
81	121	Aug 26	WSH		NYY	L,3-10	GS	41	7.0	6	1	1	8	1
82	122	Aug 27 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
83	124 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
84	126 (1)	Aug 30	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	127	Aug 31 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	129 (1)	Sep 1	WSH	@	NYY	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	130	Sep 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	131	Sep 3 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	133 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,7-11	GS	16	2.2	2	0	0	2	0
90	142 (8)	Sep 19	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	41	11.0	16	0	0	16	0
91	143	Sep 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
92	144	Sep 21	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
93	147 (2)	Sep 24 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
94	149 (1)	Sep 26	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	151 (1)	Sep 29 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
96	154 (2)	Oct 1	WSH	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							96gm		843.0	403	71	9	483	8