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Rick
Ferrell		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: October 12, 1905 in Usa, NC, DURHAM
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 24 CHN NL $ 300,000   46 46 51 13 13 13 67 59 61 79 66 70 95 93 94
1931 25 CHN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 7 8 10 10 10
1932 26 BOS AL $ 940,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 7 7 10 10 10
1933 27 BOS AL $ 1,536,429   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 8 7 7 10 10 10
1934 28 BOS AL $ 1,536,429   5 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 8 7 6 7 10 10 10
1935 29 SEM AL $ 7,000,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 8 6 7 10 10 10
1936 30 SEM AL $ 7,000,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 6 7 10 10 10
1937 31 OAK AL $ 4,000,001   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 7 7 6 6 10 9 9
1938 32 OAK AL $ 4,000,001   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 7 7 6 6 9 9 9
1939 33 OAK AL $ 738,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 7 7 5 6 9 9 9
1940 34 OAK AL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 5 4 3 3 7 7 7
1941 35 OAK AL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 5 4 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   46 46 51 13 13 13 67 59 61 79 66 70 95 93 94
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 24 CHN NL 142 526 76 144 27 0 3 53 0 1 87 13 .274 .376 .342 .718 72.9 11.0
1931 25 CHN NL 79 239 37 64 11 2 3 29 0 1 32 1 .268 .350 .368 .719 29.8 4.8
1932 26 BOS AL 128 328 45 95 26 2 2 39 0 0 33 1 .290 .349 .399 .748 44.5 6.9
1933 27 BOS AL 107 300 39 80 14 1 2 29 0 0 39 8 .267 .349 .340 .689 34.5 3.6
1934 28 BOS AL 122 309 53 97 16 1 3 43 0 1 43 8 .314 .397 .401 .798 46.7 7.1
1935 29 SEM AL 86 233 44 67 18 0 2 32 0 0 35 0 .288 .378 .391 .768 33.1 5.3
1936 30 SEM AL 81 168 28 43 10 4 2 13 0 0 33 3 .256 .374 .399 .773 26.0 4.5
1937 31 OAK AL 84 269 27 66 14 1 2 34 0 0 30 7 .245 .318 .327 .645 27.4 2.5
1938 32 OAK AL 98 259 37 58 10 1 1 24 0 0 29 9 .224 .301 .282 .583 22.2 1.2
1939 33 OAK AL 76 189 18 47 8 2 2 27 0 0 17 11 .249 .311 .344 .655 18.6 2.1
1940 34 OAK AL 34 44 3 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 .136 .174 .205 .378 0.7 0.0
1941 35 AAA   137 535 48 115 18 2 3 40 6 4 46 76 .215 .277 .273 .550 40.5  
11 Years Sim 1037 2864 407 767 155 15 22 325 0 3 380 64 .268 .351 .355 .707 356.3 49.0
1 Years AAA 137 535 48 115 18 2 3 40 6 4 46 76 .215 .277 .273 .550 40.5  
162 Game Average 447 63 119 24 2 3 50 0 0 59 9 .268 .351 .355 .707 55.7  
Career Highs 142 526 76 144 27 4 3 53 0 1 87 13 .314 .397 .401 .798 72.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1406 191 355 74 7 11 189 0 1 170 37 .252 .329 .339 .668 164.5
vs LH   1458 216 412 81 8 11 136 0 2 210 27 .283 .372 .372 .744 208.8
Home 530 1466 218 389 77 8 12 151 0 1 191 33 .265 .348 .353 .702 188.3
Away 507 1398 189 378 78 7 10 174 0 2 189 31 .270 .354 .358 .712 185.0
RISP   737 0 190 44 4 5 278 0 0 102 16 .258 .340 .349 .688 93.7
Pinch Hitting   276 37 69 14 1 0 34 0 0 37 7 .250 .332 .308 .640 30.8
Close/Late   345 41 94 15 1 4 41 0 0 47 9 .272 .357 .357 .713 46.5
Mar/Apr 163 458 74 131 25 3 2 61 0 1 72 14 .286 .380 .367 .747 67.3
May 178 511 70 127 30 3 3 62 0 1 57 10 .249 .323 .337 .659 56.7
June 171 468 55 116 22 2 4 44 0 0 59 14 .248 .328 .329 .657 53.9
July 170 464 70 124 23 4 4 52 0 0 65 8 .267 .355 .360 .715 62.4
August 186 499 76 147 25 2 6 56 0 1 63 11 .295 .371 .389 .760 73.0
Sep/Oct 169 464 62 122 30 1 3 50 0 0 64 7 .263 .351 .351 .702 59.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1930 24 CHN NL C 139 139 1249.7 329 51 3 2 .992 2.74 52 19 .365 9 5.9
1931 25 CHN NL C 54 50 448.7 122 16 1 0 .993 2.77 20 7 .350 0 2.6
1932 26 BOS AL C 99 77 716.0 218 26 4 1 .984 3.07 15 9 .600 4 4.9
1933 27 BOS AL 1B 46 46 370.0 487 37 6 51 .989 12.75 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 28 27 217.7 69 9 0 0 1.000 3.23 8 2 .250 0 1.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1934 28 BOS AL 1B 48 42 361.7 475 43 13 44 .976 12.89 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    C 26 26 219.0 75 11 1 0 .989 3.53 11 6 .545 1 1.2
1935 29 SEM AL C 54 54 441.0 150 15 5 0 .971 3.37 15 5 .333 0 0.8
    1B 4 0 17.0 22 1 1 3 .958 12.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1936 30 SEM AL C 35 35 283.7 138 6 0 1 1.000 4.57 7 3 .429 0 0.8
    SS 2 0 4.7 1 2 1 1 .750 5.79 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 31 OAK AL C 54 51 441.7 186 21 5 0 .976 4.22 20 9 .450 0 2.5
    1B 25 22 195.0 252 11 4 27 .985 12.14 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 32 OAK AL C 51 48 439.7 199 12 4 1 .981 4.32 11 3 .273 2 2.4
    1B 13 9 90.0 109 10 0 13 1.000 11.90 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1939 33 OAK AL C 37 32 284.7 149 21 3 0 .983 5.37 18 9 .500 0 2.6
    1B 21 14 141.0 194 7 2 26 .990 12.83 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 34 OAK AL 1B 15 6 63.3 69 5 1 9 .987 10.52 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 5 2 21.0 10 0 1 0 .909 4.29 4 0 .000 1 0.0
  C 582 541 4762.6 1645 188 27 5 .985 3.46 181 72 .398 17 24.7
  1B 172 139 1238.0 1608 114 27 173 .985 12.52 0 0 .000 0 2.6
  SS 3 0 5.7 1 2 1 1 .750 4.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   759 680 6012.3 3254 305 55 179 .985 5.33 181 72 .398 17 27.3
Career Highs   139 139 1249.7 556 54 14 51 .993 9.36 52 19 .600 9  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1931 25 CHN NL 4 7 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .286 .400 .429 .829
1933 27 BOS AL 4 9 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .444 .500 .667 1.167
1934 28 BOS AL 11 16 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .125 .200 .188 .388
1935 29 SEM AL 7 12 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .417 .462 .583 1.045
Career Post-Season Batting 26 44 7 13 6 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 .295 .358 .432 .790
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Walks
1930-4-87
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Faye Throneberry (938)
  7. Buck Martinez (937)
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History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Garland Buckeye (SEP)
Hit first career homerun on 6/14/1930, off Tim Mcnamara (OAK)
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $940,000 through salary arbitration
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,536,429 through salary arbitration
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,536,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/26/1934 with a Bruised Wrist, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Seattle (M) on 2/22/1935 to a 2-year deal worth $7,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/4/1937 to a 2-year deal worth $4,000,001 per year
Injured on 3/25/1937 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 3 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Brooklyn on 5/22/1938
7/31/1938: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $738,000 per year, for 1 years
10/18/1939: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $400,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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