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Rick Ferrell
Richard Benjamin Ferrell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 160 lb.
School Guilford College

Debut April 19, 1929
Final Game September 14, 1947
Born October 12, 1905 in Durham, NC
Died July 27, 1995 in Bloomfield Hills, MI

Brother of Wes Ferrell

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1984.

Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers in 1926. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1929 23 SLB AL  64  144   21   33   6  1   0   20   1  2  32  10  .229  .373  .285   69   41   4           1    
 1930 24 SLB AL 101  314   43   84  18  4   1   41   1  4  46  10  .268  .363  .360   82  113  11           1    
 1931 25 SLB AL 117  386   47  118  30  4   3   57   2  3  56  12  .306  .394  .427  113  165   3           0    
 1932 26 SLB AL 126  438   67  138  30  5   2   65   5  5  66  18  .315  .406  .420  109  184   9           1     MVP-13
 1933 27 TOT AL 140  493   58  143  21  4   4   77   4  2  70  23  .290  .381  .373   99  184  15           2     MVP-12,AS
         SLB AL  22   72    8   18   2  0   1    5   2  0  12   4  .250  .357  .319   76   23   1           0    
         BOS AL 118  421   50  125  19  4   3   72   2  2  58  19  .297  .385  .382  103  161  14           2    
 1934 28 BOS AL 132  437   50  130  29  4   1   48   0  0  66  20  .297  .390  .389   97  170   4           0     AS
 1935 29 BOS AL 133  458   54  138  34  4   3   61   5  8  65  15  .301  .388  .413  102  189  13           0     AS
 1936 30 BOS AL 121  410   59  128  27  5   8   55   0  1  65  17  .312  .406  .461  109  189   5           0     AS
 1937 31 TOT AL 104  344   39   84   8  0   2   36   1  1  65  22  .244  .366  .285   68   98   2           1     AS
         BOS AL  18   65    8   20   2  0   1    4   0  0  15   4  .308  .438  .385  106   25   0           0    
         WSH AL  86  279   31   64   6  0   1   32   1  1  50  18  .229  .348  .262   59   73   2           1    
 1938 32 WSH AL 135  411   55  120  24  5   1   58   1  0  75  17  .292  .401  .382  103  157   9           0     AS
 1939 33 WSH AL  87  274   32   77  13  1   0   31   1  1  41  12  .281  .377  .336   89   92   7           1   4
 1940 34 WSH AL 103  326   35   89  18  2   0   28   1  1  47  15  .273  .365  .340   89  111   2           0   7
 1941 35 TOT AL 121  387   38   99  19  3   2   36   3  1  67  26  .256  .366  .336   85  130   3           0  12
         WSH AL  21   66    8   18   5  0   0   13   1  0  15   4  .273  .407  .348  106   23   1           0   3
         SLB AL 100  321   30   81  14  3   2   23   2  1  52  22  .252  .357  .333   81  107   2           0   9
 1942 36 SLB AL  99  273   20   61   6  1   0   26   0  1  33  13  .223  .307  .253   58   69   6           0   5 MVP-21
 1943 37 SLB AL  74  209   12   50   7  0   0   20   0  0  34  14  .239  .348  .273   81   57   2           1   3
 1944 38 WSH AL  99  339   14   94  11  1   0   25   2  1  46  13  .277  .364  .316   98  107   2           0  10 AS
 1945 39 WSH AL  91  286   33   76  12  1   1   38   2  4  43  13  .266  .366  .325  108   93   4           2  10 MVP-23,AS
 1947 41 WSH AL  37   99   10   30  11  0   0   12   0  0  14   7  .303  .389  .414  126   41   2           0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons    1884 6028  687 1692 324 45  28  734  29 35 931 277  .281  .378  .363   95 2190 103   0   0  10  55
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        518   59  145  28  4   2   63   2  3  80  24  .281  .378  .363   95  188   9   0   0   1   5
 Career High    140  493   67  143  34  5   8   77   5  8  75  26  .315  .406  .461  113  189  15   0   0   2  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1929 23 SLB AL  181  117   15   3.4   116| .229  .297| .373  .364| .285  .429| .658  .793|  69  .336  -5.3  -0.5  33%
 1930 24 SLB AL  372  245   40   4.3   118| .268  .299| .363  .363| .360  .439| .723  .803|  82  .414  -7.5  -0.7  20%
 1931 25 SLB AL  445  274   64   6.2   110| .306  .290| .394  .358| .427  .415| .821  .772| 113  .608   9.8   0.9  40%
 1932 26 SLB AL  514  314   74   6.3   116| .315  .293| .406  .364| .420  .430| .826  .794| 109  .604   9.1   0.9  50%
 1933 27 TOT AL  580  367   70   5.1   108| .290  .283| .381  .354| .373  .408| .754  .762|  99  .534   1.8   0.2  66%
         SLB AL   85   55    9   4.4   111| .250  .288| .357  .360| .319  .415| .676  .775|  76  .464  -2.2  -0.2 100%
         BOS AL  495  312   61   5.2   107| .297  .282| .385  .354| .382  .406| .767  .760| 103  .545   4.0   0.4  50%
 1934 28 BOS AL  507  311   66   5.6   116| .297  .294| .390  .369| .389  .424| .779  .793|  97  .554   0.8   0.1   0%
 1935 29 BOS AL  536  341   71   5.6   117| .301  .296| .388  .370| .413  .428| .801  .797| 102  .547   3.1   0.3  38%
 1936 30 BOS AL  480  288   76   7.0   127| .312  .306| .406  .383| .461  .450| .867  .832| 109  .606   7.0   0.6   0%
 1937 31 TOT AL  412  263   36   3.6   115| .244  .286| .366  .362| .285  .427| .651  .789|  68  .336 -13.8  -1.3  50%
         BOS AL   80   45   11   6.5   120| .308  .295| .438  .371| .385  .439| .823  .810| 106  .594   1.5   0.1   0%
         WSH AL  332  218   25   3.0   113| .229  .285| .348  .359| .262  .424| .610  .784|  59  .268 -15.3  -1.4  50%
 1938 32 WSH AL  495  300   63   5.5   112| .292  .281| .401  .359| .382  .419| .783  .778| 103  .521   7.0   0.6 100%
 1939 33 WSH AL  323  209   34   4.3   107| .281  .277| .377  .351| .336  .410| .713  .762|  89  .426  -1.6  -0.2  50%
 1940 34 WSH AL  375  247   40   4.3   106| .273  .272| .365  .344| .340  .412| .705  .756|  89  .435  -2.6  -0.2  50%
 1941 35 TOT AL  457  304   48   4.2   108| .256  .278| .366  .354| .336  .409| .702  .763|  85  .448  -5.6  -0.5  75%
         WSH AL   82   52   10   5.1   102| .273  .269| .407  .345| .348  .397| .755  .742| 106  .538   1.8   0.2 100%
         SLB AL  375  252   38   4.0   109| .252  .279| .357  .356| .333  .411| .690  .768|  81  .427  -7.4  -0.7  66%
 1942 36 SLB AL  312  224   21   2.5    95| .223  .267| .307  .341| .253  .373| .560  .715|  58  .289 -14.9  -1.6   0%
 1943 37 SLB AL  246  164   20   3.3    89| .239  .258| .348  .333| .273  .356| .621  .689|  81  .440  -3.3  -0.4   0%
 1944 38 WSH AL  387  258   39   4.1    88| .277  .263| .364  .329| .316  .359| .680  .689|  98  .506   1.6   0.2  66%
 1945 39 WSH AL  335  228   33   3.9    82| .266  .252| .366  .323| .325  .343| .691  .665| 108  .501   5.6   0.6  33%
 1947 41 WSH AL  115   75   16   5.7    94| .303  .259| .389  .338| .414  .372| .803  .711| 126  .638   4.4   0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     7072 4529  826   4.9   109| .281  .283| .378  .356| .363  .410| .741  .766|  95  .503  -4.2  -0.5  45%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1929 23 SLB AL C 45 140 35 7 3 .962 .976 3.89 4.04 2 1930 24 SLB AL C 101 336 66 7 5 .983 .984 3.98 4.19 2 1931 25 SLB AL C 108 412 86 14 11 .973 .981 4.61 4.34 6 1932 26 SLB AL C 120 486 78 8 9 .986 .982 4.70 4.23 3 1933 27 TOT AL C 137 591 92 7 10 .990 .988 4.99 4.28 1 AS SLB AL C 21 91 16 1 1 .991 .988 5.10 4.28 0 BOS AL C 116 500 76 6 9 .990 .988 4.97 4.28 1 1934 28 BOS AL C 128 531 72 6 7 .990 .981 4.71 4.36 6 AS 1935 29 BOS AL C 131 520 79 13 12 .979 .984 4.57 4.20 8 AS 1936 30 BOS AL C 121 556 55 8 5 .987 .979 5.05 4.22 1 AS 1937 31 TOT AL C 102 434 52 6 6 .988 .980 4.76 4.62 6 AS BOS AL C 18 93 10 1 1 .990 .980 5.72 4.62 0 WSH AL C 84 341 42 5 5 .987 .980 4.56 4.62 6 1938 32 WSH AL C 131 512 69 11 15 .981 .983 4.44 4.37 8 AS 1939 33 WSH AL C 83 327 46 9 9 .976 .981 4.49 4.44 19 1940 34 WSH AL C 99 427 67 10 5 .980 .982 4.99 4.68 17 1941 35 TOT AL C 119 425 64 4 12 .992 .983 4.11 4.54 9 WSH AL C 21 85 13 2 1 .980 .983 4.67 4.54 3 SLB AL C 98 340 51 2 11 .995 .983 3.99 4.54 6 1942 36 SLB AL C 95 356 57 6 7 .986 .979 4.35 4.28 10 1943 37 SLB AL C 70 327 52 5 7 .987 .981 5.41 4.61 2 1944 38 WSH AL C 96 403 71 9 8 .981 .976 4.94 4.36 20 AS 1945 39 WSH AL C 83 331 64 4 3 .990 .986 4.76 4.31 21 AS 1947 41 WSH AL C 37 134 22 1 5 .994 .985 4.22 4.30 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1929 23 SLB AL C 45 140 35 7 3 .962 .976 3.89 4.04 2 1930 24 SLB AL C 101 336 66 7 5 .983 .984 3.98 4.19 2 1931 25 SLB AL C 108 412 86 14 11 .973 .981 4.61 4.34 6 1932 26 SLB AL C 120 486 78 8 9 .986 .982 4.70 4.23 3 1933 27 TOT AL C 137 591 92 7 10 .990 .988 4.99 4.28 1 SLB AL C 21 91 16 1 1 .991 .988 5.10 4.28 0 BOS AL C 116 500 76 6 9 .990 .988 4.97 4.28 1 1934 28 BOS AL C 128 531 72 6 7 .990 .981 4.71 4.36 6 1935 29 BOS AL C 131 520 79 13 12 .979 .984 4.57 4.20 8 1936 30 BOS AL C 121 556 55 8 5 .987 .979 5.05 4.22 1 1937 31 TOT AL C 102 434 52 6 6 .988 .980 4.76 4.62 6 BOS AL C 18 93 10 1 1 .990 .980 5.72 4.62 0 WSH AL C 84 341 42 5 5 .987 .980 4.56 4.62 6 1938 32 WSH AL C 131 512 69 11 15 .981 .983 4.44 4.37 8 1939 33 WSH AL C 83 327 46 9 9 .976 .981 4.49 4.44 19 1940 34 WSH AL C 99 427 67 10 5 .980 .982 4.99 4.68 17 1941 35 TOT AL C 119 425 64 4 12 .992 .983 4.11 4.54 9 WSH AL C 21 85 13 2 1 .980 .983 4.67 4.54 3 SLB AL C 98 340 51 2 11 .995 .983 3.99 4.54 6 1942 36 SLB AL C 95 356 57 6 7 .986 .979 4.35 4.28 10 1943 37 SLB AL C 70 327 52 5 7 .987 .981 5.41 4.61 2 1944 38 WSH AL C 96 403 71 9 8 .981 .976 4.94 4.36 20 1945 39 WSH AL C 83 331 64 4 3 .990 .986 4.76 4.31 21 1947 41 WSH AL C 37 134 22 1 5 .994 .985 4.22 4.30 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 1806 7248 1127 135 139 .984 .982 4.64 4.36 142 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1806 7248 1127 135 139 .984 .982 4.64 4.36
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1945   WSH AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1933   BOS AL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   1   0   0 Starting C 
 1934   BOS AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1935   BOS AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1936   BOS AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1937   WSH AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1938   WSH AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1944   WSH AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/8      2   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   1   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1933 (C)
1934
1935
1936 (C)
1937
1938
1944
1945

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1932-AL-13-0.11
1933-AL-12-0.11
1942-AL-21-0.02
1945-AL-23-0.02
Car-636-0.26 shares

On-base %
1932 AL-.406-7

Sac. Hits
1933 AL-15-5
1935 AL-13-10

Caught Stealing
1935 AL-8-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1930 AL-31.4-4
1931 AL-32.2-5
1932 AL-24.3-8
1934 AL-21.9-4
1935 AL-30.5-3
1936 AL-24.1-8
1938 AL-24.2-8
1940 AL-21.7-9
Car-21.8-85

Oldest Player
1943 AL-37-8
1947 AL-41-4

         

HOF Standards: Batting - 23.9 (461) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 109.0 (133) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1926 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

November 8, 1928: Granted Free Agency.

November 11, 1928: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Browns.

May 9, 1933: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Lloyd Brown to the Boston Red Sox for Merv Shea and cash.

June 11, 1937: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Mel Almada and Wes Ferrell to the Washington Senators for Ben Chapman and Bobo Newsom.

May 15, 1941: Traded by the Washington Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Vern Kennedy.

March 1, 1944: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Washington Senators for Tony Giuliani and cash. Tony Giuliani refused to report to his new team. The Washington Senators sent Gene Moore (March 1, 1944) to the St. Louis Browns to complete the trade.

December 29, 1947: Released by the Washington Senators.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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