STL-A, BOS-A, WAS-A
Hall of Fame Inductee -
1984 
All-Star Selection 1933-1938 |
Rick Ferrell STL-A, BOS-A, WAS-A Hall of Fame Inductee -
1984 All-Star Selection 1933-1938 |
| Full Name: Richard Benjamin Ferrell Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5'10" Weight: 160 lbs. Born: Oct 12, 1905 in Durham, NC Major League Debut: Apr 19, 1929 Died: Jul 27, 1995 in Bloomfield Hills, MI |
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CAREER STATISTICS - BATTING
TOTALS
| BATTING | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1947 |
TM StL StL StL StL StL Bos Bos Bos Bos Bos Was Was Was Was Was StL StL StL Was Was Was |
LG AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
POS C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C |
G 64 101 117 126 22 118 132 133 121 18 86 135 87 103 21 100 99 74 99 91 37 |
AB 144 314 386 438 72 421 437 458 410 65 279 411 274 326 66 321 273 209 339 286 99 |
R 21 43 47 67 8 50 50 54 59 8 31 55 32 35 8 30 20 12 14 33 10 |
H 33 84 118 138 18 125 130 138 128 20 64 120 77 89 18 81 61 50 94 76 30 |
2B 6 18 30 30 2 19 29 34 27 2 6 24 13 18 5 14 6 7 11 12 11 |
3B 1 4 4 5 0 4 4 4 5 0 0 5 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 |
HR 0 1 3 2 1 3 1 3 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 |
RBI 20 41 57 65 5 72 48 61 55 4 32 58 31 28 13 23 26 20 25 38 12 |
TB 41 113 165 184 23 161 170 189 189 25 73 157 92 111 23 107 69 57 107 93 41 |
BB 32 46 56 66 12 58 66 65 65 15 50 75 41 47 15 52 33 34 46 43 14 |
IBB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Totals | G 1884 |
AB 6028 |
R 687 |
H 1692 |
2B 324 |
3B 45 |
HR 28 |
RBI 734 |
TB 2190 |
BB 931 |
IBB 0 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1947 |
TM StL StL StL StL StL Bos Bos Bos Bos Bos Was Was Was Was Was StL StL StL Was Was Was |
LG AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
K 10 10 12 18 4 19 20 15 17 4 18 17 12 15 4 22 13 14 13 13 7 |
HBP 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 |
SH 4 11 3 9 1 14 4 13 5 0 2 9 7 2 1 2 6 2 2 4 2 |
SF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
GDP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 3 9 5 3 10 10 4 |
SB 1 1 2 5 2 2 0 5 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 |
CS 2 4 3 5 0 2 0 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 |
SB% .333 .200 .400 .500 1.000 .500 -.--- .385 .000 -.--- .500 1.000 .500 .500 1.000 .667 .000 -.--- .667 .333 -.--- |
AVG .229 .268 .306 .315 .250 .297 .297 .301 .312 .308 .229 .292 .281 .273 .273 .252 .223 .239 .277 .266 .303 |
OBP .373 .363 .394 .406 .357 .385 .390 .388 .406 .438 .348 .401 .377 .365 .407 .357 .307 .348 .364 .366 .389 |
SLG .285 .360 .427 .420 .319 .382 .389 .413 .461 .385 .262 .382 .336 .340 .348 .333 .253 .273 .316 .325 .414 |
AB/HR --.- 314.0 128.7 219.0 72.0 140.3 437.0 152.7 51.3 65.0 279.0 411.0 --.- --.- --.- 160.5 --.- --.- --.- 286.0 --.- |
AB/K 14.4 31.4 32.2 24.3 18.0 22.2 21.9 30.5 24.1 16.3 15.5 24.2 22.8 21.7 16.5 14.6 21.0 14.9 26.1 22.0 14.1 |
| Totals | K 277 |
HBP 10 |
SH 103 |
SF 0 |
GDP 55 |
SB 29 |
CS 35 |
SB% .453 |
BAVG .281 |
OBP .378 |
SLG .363 |
AB/HR 215.3 |
AB/K 21.8 |
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ALL-STAR STATISTICS -
BATTING TOTALS
| BATTING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1944 1945 |
TM Bos Bos Bos Bos Was Was Was Was |
LG AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
G 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 |
AB 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 |
R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
H 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
RBI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
TB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
BB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
K 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 |
SB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
BAVG .000 -.--- -.--- .000 -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- |
SLG .000 -.--- -.--- .000 -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- |
AB/HR --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- |
AB/K --.- --.- --.- 1.0 --.- --.- --.- --.- |
| Totals | G 2 |
AB 5 |
R 0 |
H 0 |
2B 0 |
3B 0 |
HR 0 |
RBI 0 |
TB 0 |
BB 0 |
K 2 |
SB 0 |
AVG .000 |
SLG .000 |
AB/HR --.- |
AB/K 2.5 |
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| TEAM ABBREVIATION KEY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEARS 1929-1943 1933-1937 1937-1947 |
TM StL Bos Was |
LG AL AL AL |
TEAM NAME St. Louis Browns Boston Red Sox Washington Nationals |
LEAGUE NAME American League American League American League |
Rick's six-year run of being named to the all-star team began with the first-ever game in 1933. Manager Connie Mack's respect for him was such that Ferrell caught all 9 innings of the first midseason classic in 1933.
He was a stand-out defensively with a fine arm, and he had a knack for handling the knuckler. At one time with the Senators there were four knuckle-ballers in the starting rotation. He also hit over .300 four times during his 18-year career.
Several factors stopped Rick Ferrell from getting a strong defensive reputation. For starters, the press focused on winning teams, spreading credit from player to player. And writers found that a catcher could be blamed for pitching mediocrity. Upon his retirement as a player-coach with the 1947 Senators, Rick Ferrell had rewritten the AL record for most games caught with 1,805 appearances. Approaching his eightieth birthday, Ferrell was finally honored by the Hall of Fame in 1984.
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