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Dave Ferriss was born on 5 December, 1921 in Shaw, Mississippi, U.S., is an American baseball player (1921-2016). Discover Dave Ferriss's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 94 years old?

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Age 94 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 5 December 1921
Birthday 5 December
Birthplace Shaw, Mississippi, U.S.
Date of death 24 November, 2016
Died Place Cleveland, Mississippi, U.S.
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1921

David Meadow Ferriss (December 5, 1921 – November 24, 2016) was an American Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Boston Red Sox from 1945 through 1950.

Ferriss was given the nickname 'Boo' as the result of a childhood inability to pronounce the word 'brother'.

After Ferriss's MLB playing career was over, he returned to the Mississippi Delta for two stints as the head baseball coach at Delta State University where he retired as the school's all-time leader in wins with 639.

1941

Ferriss received the first full baseball scholarship to Mississippi State University, where he pitched in 1941 and 1942 and joined the Kappa Sigma fraternity.

1942

He was signed by the Red Sox in 1942, and he appeared in 21 games for the Greensboro Red Sox of the Class B Piedmont League, compiling a 7–7 record.

Shortly afterward, he was drafted into the Army for service in World War II, serving for over two years at Randolph Field in Texas, where he was able to continue playing baseball in a military league.

1945

After an early discharge in February 1945 due to asthma, Ferriss was assigned by the Red Sox to the Louisville Colonels, although he did not appear in a game with them.

During his college years, Dave was credited with naming the "orange".

When the Red Sox started slowly in 1945, Ferriss was called up and made a spectacular major league debut with a five-hit shutout against the Athletics on April 29.

He was selected for the All-Star Game that season for the first and only time but did not pitch (the 1945 All-Star Game had been cancelled due to World War II).

He had 19 RBIs in each of the 1945 and 1947 seasons.

He finished his career with a .979 fielding percentage.

1946

Ferriss then compiled a 25–6 record (the best in the AL) that helped the Red Sox win the AL pennant in 1946.

He started two games in the 1946 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, and pitched a complete-game shutout in the third game before getting a no-decision in the seventh and deciding game, which was won by the Cardinals.

Ferriss compiled a career record of 65–30, and shares the MLB record for consecutive home wins to start a season (13, in 1946).

1947

Ferriss' record in 1947 was 12–11.

1948

His arm troubles and asthma restricted him to only nine starts and 31 appearances in 1948, and four appearances in 1949.

1950

His final major league appearance was on Opening Day of the 1950 season, when he pitched only one inning.

1955

Ferriss served as pitching coach for the Red Sox under manager Pinky Higgins from 1955 to 1959 before moving on to Delta State University as head coach in 1960.

1967

He held that role until early 1967, when he left Delta State to take the role of assistant athletic director at Mississippi State University.

1968

Ferriss returned to Delta State in mid-1968, and he again served as head coach from 1970 until retiring after the 1988 season.

His 639–387–8 record as Delta State head coach ranks him among all-time national coaching leaders at the NCAA Division II level.

1977

He guided Delta State teams to the NCAA Division II playoffs in eight of his last twelve seasons, including three trips to the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship resulting in finishes of third (1977), second (1978), and third (1982).

1978

Gulf South Conference championships came in 1978, 1979, 1985, and 1988, along with a second-place finish in 1981 and third-place in 1982.

In 1978 and 1982, he was elected College Baseball Coach of the Year in Mississippi, and was runner-up in 1985.

Under his direction, 20 Delta State players earned All-American honors, 20 earned Academic All-American honors, 49 earned All-Gulf South Conference honors, 23 continued their baseball careers onto the professional level, and 40 former players coached in the high school and college ranks.

In addition to coaching at Delta State, Ferriss also served at various times as athletic director and director of the DSU Foundation.

Grisham, a Mississippi native, began his career path "thanks to coach Ferriss" after Ferriss had cut Grisham from his team in the fall of 1978.

In Grisham's "The Kindest Cut," the author details his time at Delta State and how coach Ferriss handled the difficult task of cutting the would-be outfielder.

1988

Ferriss spent 46 years in baseball at the collegiate and professional levels and was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1988.

In 1988, he received the United States Baseball Federation Service Award for his contributions to the game.

He was named NCAA Regional Coach of the Year three times, and earned similar Gulf South Conference coaching honors three times as well.

1989

He was also inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, the Delta State University Sports Hall of Fame (1989), the Mississippi State University Sports Hall of Fame, and the Mississippi Semi-Pro Baseball Hall of Fame (1981).

2002

In November 2002, he was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame.

He was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2002.

Ferriss was a very good hitting pitcher in his six-year major league career, posting a .250 batting average (93-for-372) with one home run, 52 RBIs, and 44 runs scored.

2008

He went on to set a longstanding American League (AL) record for scoreless innings pitched at the start of a career with 22, which stood until 2008, when it was broken by Brad Ziegler.

Ferriss compiled a 21–10 win–loss record for the Red Sox in his rookie season.

In February 2008, Ferriss welcomed back author John Grisham to Delta State's campus for an athletic fundraiser.

Also in 2008, Ferriss received an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree from Delta State.