Rick Ferrell Richard Benjamin Ferrell Bats Right Throws Right Height 5'10 Weight 160 Born October 12, 1905 Durham, NC Died July 27, 1995 West Bloomfield, MI

Batting  

 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1929 23 NDA       151   39   3   0   1   13   13                     3      .258  .265  .298  .391   45 
 1930 24 NDA    1    3    2   0   0   0    1    1                     0      .667  .280  .667  .430    2 
 1931 25 NDA   91  227   49   6   2   0   15   19                     0   4  .216  .263  .260  .388   59 
 1932 26 NDA   76  172   35   1   1   2   17   16                     0   4  .203  .244  .256  .366   44 
 1933 27 NDA  133  564  145  11   1  11   99   50   44   43   1   0   1   0  .257  .286  .339  .411  191 

 1934 28 NDA   69  199   57   9   2   1   31   29   29    7   0   0   0   0  .286  .292  .367  .429   73 
 1935 29 NDA  124  250   57  11   0   1   23   26   11   23   0   0   1   1  .228  .282  .284  .411   71 
 1936 30 NDA   98  279   89  14   0   5   41   44   25   19   0   3   1   0  .319  .286  .423  .410  118 
 1937 31 NDA   82  226   55   2   0   4   26   24   27   29   0   1   0   0  .243  .266  .305  .414   69 
 1938 32 NDA   56  162   46   7   1   5   26   18   15   13   0   0   0   0  .284  .272  .432  .411   70 

 1939 33 NDA  107  156   39   6   1   1   16   20   16    7   3   0   0   1  .250  .277  .321  .412   50 
 1942 36 NDA   74  216   52   2   0   2   14   20   18   28   0   0   1   0  .241  .265  .278  .394   60 
 1943 37 NDA    6   26    5   1   0   0    0    2    1    2   0   0   0   0  .192  .262  .231  .403    6 
 1944 38 NDA  143  506  129  13   0  15   60   70   49   70   2   1   1   0  .255  .266  .370  .402  187 
 1945 39 NDA  104   30    5   1   0   1    2    8    4    2   0   1   0   0  .167  .268  .300  .383    9 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons  1164 3167  804  87   8  49  384  360  239  243   6   6   8  10  .254  .273  .333  .402 1054
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  154  399  101  11   1   6   49   46   37   38   1   1   1   1  .254  ----  .333  ----  133
 Career High  143  564  145  14   2  15   99   70   49   70   3   3   3   4  .257  ----  .370  ----  191
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 

Postseason Batting

 Year Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA   SLG   TB 
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+
 1933 NDA HAR   W    6   28    8   1   0   1    4    2    0    1   0   0   0   0  .286  .429   12 
 1934 NDA FRE   W    3    5    1   0   0   0    1    1    1    0   0   0   0   0  .200  .200    1 
 1935 NDA FRE   W    5    8    1   0   0   0    1    0    0    1   0   0   0   0  .125  .125    1 
 1936 NDA PAW   L    2    6    3   1   0   0    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0  .500  .667    4 
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+
               3-1  16   47   13   2   0   1    6    3    1    2   0   0   0   0  .277  .383   18 
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+


WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Transactions January 1, 1929: Drafted 1st round (3rd overall) by North Dallas.

Biography In 1933, we had the first All-Star game in Chicago. Now, we had no idea that it would become what it was today. In fact, the owners were totally against it. 'What? Give them three days off in the middle of the season?' I didn't think I'd play. Lefty Gomez was going to pitch, and I figured since he was a Yankee, Bill Dickey would be catcher. Connie Mack came up to me and said that if they start a left hander, I'm the man. Well, Connie Mack wanted to win in the worst way. The National League had brought John McGraw out of retirement to manage the team, and it's pretty well-known that Mack and McGraw hated each other. Actually, they didn't hate each other. They just had a strong rivalry. Dated back about 30 years. Anyhow, Connie gave us a speech that day at the hotel. He said, 'You all are good players, or else you wouldn't be here. However, some of you aren't going to play today.' Connie sat in the dugout, and he must have been about 85 or something. I just thought he'd sit there. He wanted me to sit next to him. I thought he wanted me to keep him awake. But he had me sit next to him when we were at bat and talk to me about this pitcher and that pitcher. He held his scorecard and was waving it around and he'd write down what each player did. Well, I caught all nine innings and we won 4-2. Ruth homered and Gomez pitched, followed by Crowder and Grove. They sold 50,000 tickets and turned away another 20,000. It was a huge success. Nowadays, everybody gets into the game, which is great. They all are there, they all should play. Rick Ferrell, July 1994