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.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 21	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	6	Apr 22	WSH		NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
3	7	Apr 26	WSH		BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	16 (8)	May 6 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
5	18 (1)	May 8	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
6	23 (4)	May 13 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	25 (1)	May 19 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
8	26	May 20 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	28 (1)	May 23	WSH		CLE	L,2-3	GF	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
10	29	May 24	WSH		CLE	L,0-1	CG	36	10.0	4	3	0	7	0
11	30	May 25	WSH		CLE	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
12	31	May 27 (1)	WSH		DET	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
13	34 (2)	May 30 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	37 (2)	Jun 2	WSH		CHW	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	38	Jun 3 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
16	40 (1)	Jun 5 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,3-12	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	42 (1)	Jun 6	WSH		NYY	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	43	Jun 8	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
19	44	Jun 9	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
20	45	Jun 12	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	46	Jun 15 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,5-6	CG	60	14.0	6	2	0	8	0
22	48 (1)	Jun 16	WSH		BOS	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	49	Jun 17 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
24	51 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	53 (1)	Jun 20	WSH		PHA	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
26	54	Jun 22	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-10	GS	25	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	55	Jun 23	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
28	56	Jun 24 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	58 (1)	Jun 27	WSH	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
30	59	Jun 28	WSH	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	2	8	0
31	61 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	63 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
33	65 (1)	Jul 3	WSH	@	CHW	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
34	66	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	47	12.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	68 (1)	Jul 5	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
36	69	Jul 6 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
37	71 (1)	Jul 7	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
38	72	Jul 8	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	73	Jul 12	WSH		CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	79 (5)	Jul 20 (1)	WSH		DET	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	81 (1)	Jul 21	WSH		CLE	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	82	Jul 22 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
43	84 (1)	Jul 23	WSH		CLE	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
44	85	Jul 24	WSH		CLE	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	94 (8)	Aug 3 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
46	97 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	GS	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
47	99 (1)	Aug 8	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	100	Aug 9	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
49	102 (1)	Aug 11	WSH	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	103	Aug 12 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	105 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	108 (2)	Aug 15	WSH	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	110 (1)	Aug 17	WSH	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
54	111	Aug 18	WSH	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	112	Aug 19 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
56	114 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
57	116 (1)	Aug 21	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	117	Aug 22 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
59	119 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
60	121 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	5	0	0	5	1
61	123 (1)	Aug 28	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	124	Aug 29 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
63	126 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	GS	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	128 (1)	Sep 1	WSH		NYY	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
65	129	Sep 2 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
66	131 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	133 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	6	1	0	7	0
68	136 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	137	Sep 7	WSH		SLB	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
70	138	Sep 8	WSH		SLB	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
71	140 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
72	142 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	143	Sep 11	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
74	145 (1)	Sep 13	WSH		CLE	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	146	Sep 14	WSH		CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
76	147	Sep 15 (1)	WSH		DET	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
77	149 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
78	150	Sep 16 (2)	WSH		DET	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
79	151	Sep 18	WSH		DET	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
80	152	Sep 20	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	153	Sep 21	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	8	3	0	11	0
82	154	Sep 22	WSH	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
83	155	Sep 23 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	51	11.2	4	0	0	4	0
							83gm		728.0	331	64	4	399	3