Rick Ferrell
Baseball
Inducted: 1964
- Born Durham, NC, 1905; raised in Greensboro, NC
- Attended Guilford College, 1924–1926
- Major league player, coach, scout, and executive
- Member of Baseball Hall of Fame
- Superb defensive catcher
- Made big leagues with St. Louis Browns, 1929
- Played with Browns, Boston Red Sox, and Washington Senators, 1929–1945 and 1947
- Caught over 1,800 major league games
- Batted .281 for career; batted over .300 four times
- Selected to AL all-star team eight times
- Coached for Washington from 1947–1949
- Coached for Detroit from 1950–1953 before working for Detroit as scout, general manger, vice president, and consultant until his death in 1995
- Brother Wes member of NCSHOF
