Tom Ferrick (baseball)
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Born: January 6, 1915 New York, New York |
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Died: October 15, 1996 (aged 81) Lima, Pennsylvania |
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| April 19, 1941, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |||
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| September 28, 1952, for the Washington Senators | |||
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| Win–loss record | 40–40 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.47 | ||
| Strikeouts | 245 | ||
| Saves | 56 | ||
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Thomas Jerome Ferrick (January 6, 1915 – October 15, 1996) was a Major League Baseball pitcher, pitching coach and scout. Primarily a relief pitcher, he stood 6 ft 2 1⁄2 in (1.89 m) tall and weighed 220 pounds (100 kg) in his playing days. He batted and threw right-handed.
Born in New York City, Ferrick spent four years in an upstate New York seminary studying for the Roman Catholic priesthood while also a farmhand with the home team New York Giants. He left the seminary in 1939 to attend training camp with the Giants, but was released by the club due to an injured arm.
He spent the 1940 season with the Brooklyn Bushwicks, and pitched well enough to catch the eye of Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack.
Ferrick immediately shined upon his arrival in Philadelphia. He made his major league debut against the Boston Red Sox on April 19, 1941, and pitched three scoreless innings in relief. When the first place Cleveland Indians came to Shibe Park on a five-game winning streak for a three-game set against the last place A's on May 18–20, Ferrick appeared in two of the three games. He earned his first major league win in game one of the set, stepping in for an injured Johnny Babich in the fifth inning, and only allowing one Cleveland base runner to reach second base. In the third game of the set, Ferrick closed the game with two perfect innings to allow his team to hold onto a 6–5 lead and sweep the series.
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