Rick Ferrell (Richard Benjamin Ferrell) was born on October 12, 1905 in Durham, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1929 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1929, his rookie year, he hit .229 with 0 home runs and 20 RBI. Ferrell played for the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators over the course of his 18 year career.
Most people believe that Rick Ferrell's best season was 1933, when he hit for a .290 average and knocked in 77 runs.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1929
STL
A
64
144
21
33
0
20
.229
.373
.285
6
1
32
10
1
4
1
0
0
1930
STL
A
101
314
43
84
1
41
.268
.363
.360
18
4
46
10
1
11
1
0
0
1931
STL
A
117
386
47
118
3
57
.306
.394
.427
30
4
56
12
0
3
2
0
0
1932
STL
A
126
438
67
138
2
65
.315
.406
.420
30
5
66
18
1
9
5
0
0
1933
STL
A
22
72
8
18
1
5
.250
.357
.319
2
0
12
4
0
1
2
0
0
1933
BOS
A
118
421
50
125
3
72
.297
.385
.382
19
4
58
19
2
14
2
0
0
1933
TOT
A
140
493
58
143
4
77
.290
.381
.373
21
4
70
23
2
15
4
0
0
1934
BOS
A
132
437
50
130
1
48
.297
.390
.389
29
4
66
20
0
4
0
0
0
1935
BOS
A
133
458
54
138
3
61
.301
.388
.413
34
4
65
15
0
13
5
0
0
1936
BOS
A
121
410
59
128
8
55
.312
.406
.461
27
5
65
17
0
5
0
0
0
1937
WAS
A
86
279
31
64
1
32
.229
.348
.262
6
0
50
18
1
2
1
0
0
1937
BOS
A
18
65
8
20
1
4
.308
.438
.385
2
0
15
4
0
0
0
0
0
1937
TOT
A
104
344
39
84
2
36
.244
.366
.285
8
0
65
22
1
2
1
0
0
1938
WAS
A
135
411
55
120
1
58
.292
.401
.382
24
5
75
17
0
9
1
0
0
1939
WAS
A
87
274
32
77
0
31
.281
.377
.336
13
1
41
12
1
7
1
0
4
1940
WAS
A
103
326
35
89
0
28
.273
.365
.340
18
2
47
15
0
2
1
0
7
1941
WAS
A
21
66
8
18
0
13
.273
.407
.348
5
0
15
4
0
1
1
0
3
1941
STL
A
100
321
30
81
2
23
.252
.357
.333
14
3
52
22
0
2
2
0
9
1941
TOT
A
121
387
38
99
2
36
.256
.366
.336
19
3
67
26
0
3
3
0
12
1942
STL
A
99
273
20
61
0
26
.223
.307
.253
6
1
33
13
0
6
0
0
5
1943
STL
A
74
209
12
50
0
20
.239
.348
.273
7
0
34
14
1
2
0
0
3
1944
WAS
A
99
339
14
94
0
25
.277
.364
.316
11
1
46
13
0
2
2
0
10
1945
WAS
A
91
286
33
76
1
38
.266
.366
.325
12
1
43
13
2
4
2
0
10
1947
WAS
A
37
99
10
30
0
12
.303
.389
.414
11
0
14
7
0
2
0
0
4
Total
1884
6028
687
1692
28
734
.281
.378
.363
324
45
931
277
10
103
29
0
55
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1929
STL
A
C
45
0
0
140
35
7
3
0
2
0
0
0
.962
1930
STL
A
C
101
0
0
336
66
7
5
0
2
0
0
0
.983
1931
STL
A
C
108
0
0
412
86
14
11
0
6
0
0
0
.973
1932
STL
A
C
120
0
0
486
78
8
9
0
3
0
0
0
.986
1933
STL
A
C
21
0
0
91
16
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.991
1933
BOS
A
C
116
0
0
500
76
6
9
0
1
0
0
0
.990
1933
TOT
A
C
137
0
0
591
92
7
10
0
1
0
0
0
.990
1934
BOS
A
C
128
0
0
531
72
6
7
0
6
0
0
0
.990
1935
BOS
A
C
131
0
0
520
79
13
12
0
8
0
0
0
.979
1936
BOS
A
C
121
0
0
556
55
8
5
0
1
0
0
0
.987
1937
WAS
A
C
84
0
0
341
42
5
5
0
6
0
0
0
.987
1937
BOS
A
C
18
0
0
93
10
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.990
1937
TOT
A
C
102
0
0
434
52
6
6
0
6
0
0
0
.988
1938
WAS
A
C
131
0
0
512
69
11
15
0
8
0
0
0
.981
1939
WAS
A
C
83
0
0
327
46
9
9
0
19
0
0
0
.976
1940
WAS
A
C
99
0
0
427
67
10
5
0
17
0
0
0
.980
1941
WAS
A
C
21
0
0
85
13
2
1
0
3
0
0
0
.980
1941
STL
A
C
98
0
0
340
51
2
11
0
6
0
0
0
.995
1941
TOT
A
C
119
0
0
425
64
4
12
0
9
0
0
0
.992
1942
STL
A
C
95
0
0
356
57
6
7
0
10
0
0
0
.986
1943
STL
A
C
70
0
0
327
52
5
7
0
2
0
0
0
.987
1944
WAS
A
C
96
0
0
403
71
9
8
0
20
0
0
0
.981
1945
WAS
A
C
83
0
0
331
64
4
3
0
21
0
0
0
.990
1947
WAS
A
C
37
0
0
134
22
1
5
0
1
0
0
0
.994
Total
C
1806
0
0
7248
1127
135
139
0
142
0
0
0
.984
Transactions[]
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Detroit Tigers (1926).
Granted free agency (November 8, 1928).
Signed by St. Louis Browns (November 11, 1928).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Lloyd Brown to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Merv Shea and cash (May 9, 1933).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Wes Ferrell and Mel Almada to Washington Senators in exchange for Ben Chapman and Bobo Newsom (June 11, 1937).
Traded by Washington Senators to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Vern Kennedy (May 15, 1941).
Traded by St. Louis Browns to Washington Senators in exchange for Tony Giuliani and cash (March 1, 1944); Tony Giuliani refused to report to St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators sent Gene Moore (March 1, 1944) to complete trade. Released by Washington Senators (December 29, 1947).
Career Highlights[]
All-Star: 8 times (1933-1938, 1944-1945)
Received votes for the MVP award in 4 different years, but never finished higher than 12th in the voting
Was among the top ten in toughest batters to strike out 8 times
Ranked by Bill James as the 29th greatest catcher of all-time
