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Rick Ferrell
Richard Benjamin Ferrell

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

MLB Debut April 19, 1929
Final Game September 14, 1947
Born October 12, 1905 in Durham, NC
Died July 27, 1995 (age 89)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 27 SLA AL  116  479   94  145  17   6   7   46   5   1   52   36  .303  .375  .407  .782   100   195   6   1   3   4   6  
 1934 28 CHN NL  130  420   53  134  20   8   1   51   0   0   60   11  .319  .398  .412  .809   108   173   1   8   0   0  12  
 1935 29 CHN NL  133  437   47  129  25   9   1   71   2   3   54   20  .295  .371  .400  .771   103   175   7   8   2   3  10  
 1936 30 CHN NL  126  413   58  131  23   3   8   65   2   1   50   24  .317  .389  .446  .835   110   184   4   7   0   3  16  
 1937 31 BRN NL  103  222   25   60   9   0   1   19   1   1   29   18  .270  .357  .324  .681    89    72   1   2   0   2   7  
 1938 32 BRN NL  115  398   52  103  13   1   4   35   3   0   56   22  .259  .348  .327  .675    94   130  15   3   0   0   8  
 1939 33 BRN NL  109  283   31   92  18   0   0   22   2   6   44   17  .325  .417  .389  .806   110   110   1   2   0   2  10  
 1940 34 BRN NL   35   21    0    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .286  .400  .286  .686    94     6   0   0   3   0   0  
 1941 35 PHA AL  119  403   51  112  25   2   3   53   2   0   62   18  .278  .370  .372  .742   102   150   0   5   1   0  10  
 1942 36 PHA AL   71  193   11   49   4   1   0   19   0   0   16   11  .254  .310  .285  .594    85    55   0   1   1   0   4  
 1943 37 PHA AL   72  229   19   57   6   0   0   24   0   0   37   15  .249  .354  .275  .629    94    63   0   3   0   2   4  
 1944 38 CIN NL  127  361   35  101  11   0   0   15   4   4   53   18  .280  .377  .310  .687   100   112   2   1   2   4   7  
 1945 39 CIN NL   91  301   26   78  12   0   1   34   4   2   36   12  .259  .337  .309  .646    91    93   0   1   2   0   8  
 1946           [Did not play]
 1947 41 WAA AL   92  113    7   33  12   0   0   17   0   0   12    5  .292  .354  .398  .753   110    45   0   2   0   0   5  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     1439 4273  509 1230 195  30  26  471  25  18  565  229  .288  .370  .366  .736        1563  37  44  14  20 107
 Per 600 PA           519   62  149  24   4   3   57   3   2   69   28                                 190   4   5   2   2  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHN      389 1270  158  394  68  20  10  187   4   4  164   55  .310  .386  .419  .804         532  12  23   2   6  38
   With BRN      362  924  108  261  40   1   5   76   6   7  133   59  .282  .373  .344  .717         318  17   7   3   4  25
   With PHA      262  825   81  218  35   3   3   96   2   0  115   44  .264  .352  .325  .677         268   0   9   2   2  18
   With CIN      218  662   61  179  23   0   1   49   8   6   89   30  .270  .359  .310  .669         205   2   2   4   4  15
   With SLA      116  479   94  145  17   6   7   46   5   1   52   36  .303  .375  .407  .782         195   6   1   3   4   6
   With WAA       92  113    7   33  12   0   0   17   0   0   12    5  .292  .354  .398  .753          45   0   2   0   0   5
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1933 27 SLA AL  20   76   6.0   1   0   0  .000  12   54   41  .759   29   33  .468  C    2(-1)e4    28   
 1934 28 CHN NL  17   71   6.3   3   1   0  .333   3   66   52  .788   37   22  .627  C    2(-1)e3    31   
 1935 29 CHN NL  25   67   5.4   8   4   0  .500   8   43   41  .953   39   28  .582  C    2(-1)e7   -30   
 1936 30 CHN NL  28   71   6.2   6   2   0  .333   5   64   52  .812   25   19  .568  C    2(-1)e5   -33   
 1937 31 BRN NL  66   26   4.2  35   9   0  .257   1   31   23  .742   14   10  .583  C    2(-1)e4    30   
 1938 32 BRN NL   6   49   4.2  11   3   0  .273   6   48   40  .833   26   14  .650  C    1(0)e6   -109   
 1939 33 BRN NL  48   45   5.9  15   6   0  .400   6   44   34  .773   19   16  .543  C    2(-1)e8    93   
 1940 34 BRN NL  20    2   4.5   9   2   0  .222   0    5    5 1.000    1    3  .250  C    2(-1)e7   -19   
 1941 35 PHA AL   5   59   5.2   4   2   0  .500   4   54   46  .852   49   17  .742  C    2(+1)e3    41   
 1942 36 PHA AL  13   17   3.1   4   0   0  .000   5   32   25  .781   32   14  .696  C    2(-1)e8    35   
 1943 37 PHA AL  11   25   3.8   4   0   0  .000  13   32   24  .750   40   16  .714  C    2(-1)e7     8   
 1944 38 CIN NL  11   45   4.5   6   4   0  .667  11   70   56  .800   34   26  .567  C    2(-1)e9     8   
 1945 39 CIN NL  14   32   3.7   5   0   0  .000   3   35   28  .800   27   27  .500  C    2(-1)e5   -44   
 1946           [Did not play]
 1947 41 WAA AL  63   15   4.8  21  10   0  .476   1   17   12  .706   10    4  .714  C    2(-1)e6   -51   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 14 Seasons          607   5.0 132  43   0  .326  78  595  479  .805  382  249  .605                   0   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 33.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 26.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1933 27 SLA AL  C    115   553    60   12    5   .981   114  1014.2   5.44
 1934 28 CHN NL  C    127   490    54    3    5   .995   121  1078.1   4.54
 1935 29 CHN NL  C      0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?  GG
 1936 30 CHN NL  C    120   548    45    5    4   .992   109   995.1   5.36  GG
 1937 31 BRN NL  C      0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
 1938 32 BRN NL  C    105   467    38    6    6   .988   101   908.1   5.00  GG
 1939 33 BRN NL  C     93   349    35    6    3   .985    69   662.2   5.22
 1940 34 BRN NL  C     30    28     6    0    0  1.000     0    57.0   5.37
 1941 35 PHA AL  C    115   450    52    4    5   .992   112   992.2   4.55
 1942 36 PHA AL  C     66   278    27    5    2   .984    54   488.2   5.62
 1943 37 PHA AL  C     67   239    34   13    3   .955    62   548.0   4.48
 1944 38 CIN NL  C    121   393    56   11    6   .976   109   967.1   4.18  GG
 1945 39 CIN NL  C     86   291    43    3    0   .991    79   712.1   4.22
 1946           [Did not play]
 1947 41 WAA AL  C     67   160     9    1    1   .994    17   257.1   5.91
                 1B     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0  18.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C   1112  4246   459   69   40   .986   947  8682.2   4.88
                 1B     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0  18.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1939 WS    BRN NYA   L    2   9  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  1  .222  .222  .222  0
 1940 WS    BRN BOA   L    2   2  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1933  SLA   66-88   Pat Carr
 1934  CHN   73-81   Billy Vanson
 1935  CHN   77-77   Billy Vanson
 1936  CHN   72-82   Billy Vanson
 1937  BRN   88-66   Robert Rescigno
 1938  BRN   77-77   Robert Rescigno
 1939  BRN   83-71   Robert Rescigno
 1940  BRN   93-61   Robert Rescigno
 1941  PHA   86-68   David Dick
 1942  PHA   58-96   David Dick
 1943  PHA   51-103  Drew Kennedy
 1944  CIN   84-70   John Storer
 1945  CIN   77-77   John Storer
 1947  WAA   58-96   Larry Cupp

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