David "Boo" Ferriss dies at 94.

[sabrhagen99]

(Cribbed from Wikipedia

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 went on to set a longstanding 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.

Ferriss then compiled a 25–6 record (the best in the AL) that helped the Red Sox win the pennant in 1946. He was selected for the All-Star Game that season for the first and only time but did not pitch. He started two games in the 1946 World Series against the Cardinals and won the third game before getting a no-decision in the seventh and deciding game.

Ferriss' record in 1947 was 12–11. His arm troubles and asthma restricted him to only nine starts and thirty-one appearances in 1948, and four appearances in 1949. His final major league appearance was on Opening Day of the 1950 season, when he pitched only one inning. Ferriss compiled a career record of 65–30, and still holds several MLB records, including most consecutive home wins (13, in 1946). He was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2002.

 

[Boo Ferriss' Ghost]

Well shit.

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Well shit.

ALIVE!!!

 

[Al Zarilla]

ALIVE!!!

You made me look to see if he still was.

Ferriss had a long, hopefully great life. Hang in there Bobby Doerr. We also still have Jimmy Piersall. Also, Tom Wright, Ted Lepcio and Charlie Maxwell, utility guys from the early 50s teams still with us. Probably missed somebody.

 

[The Last DiMaggio]

Sam Mele

 

[ElTiante]

Nm

 

[MtPleasant Paul]

Guys who first came up in the early 50's (lots of careers were interrupted by military service then) - Ike Delock, Dick Gernert, Gene Stephens, then Tom Brewer in 1954, and then Frank Baumann, Pete Daley ( I seem to remember his reaching out and stroking a hit when he was being intentionally walked one time), Marty Keough, Jerry Casale, and two guys who came up with Boston and had more success elsewhere - Ted Bowsfield (called up with Bill Monbouquette as I remember) and Ken Aspromonte.

All are still with us, according to Baseball Reference.com.

 

[JGray38]

A good friend of mine has fond memories of Boo. His dad is from Starkville, MS and pitched for Mississippi State in the early 60's. Bulldogs are a tight-knit group, and his dad regularly hosts players and alumni since he's close to campus. Boo was a frequent guest at these events. Anyway, my friend said that Boo was a lot of fun to talk baseball with. Apparently, all of the Mississippi State guys who remained in touch with the program agree that Will Clark is an ass.

 

[joe dokes]

You made me look to see if he still was.

Ferriss had a long, hopefully great life. Hang in there Bobby Doerr. We also still have Jimmy Piersall. Also, Tom Wright, Ted Lepcio and Charlie Maxwell, utility guys from the early 50s teams still with us. Probably missed somebody.

Jeez. "Sunday" Charlie Maxwell. Havent heard his name in awhile. Not old enough to have seen him. Read about him in this, which I got for my 12th birthday:

 

[Al Zarilla]

Baseball card flipping, also scaling and flicking...back in the day we did all of these and partially ruined a lot of cards, with the dented or frayed corners, etc. Was that article about this schoolyard practice? Little did we know how much those old cards worth would become.
Sorry for the hijacking, Boo.

 

[joe dokes]

Baseball card flipping, also scaling and flicking...back in the day we did all of these and partially ruined a lot of cards, with the dented or frayed corners, etc. Was that article about this schoolyard practice? Little did we know how much those old cards worth would become.
Sorry for the hijacking, Boo.

It was a book that riffed on players, with their cards serving as the intro to each player.

 

[HriniakPosterChild]

Little did we know how much those old cards worth would become.

If most of you hadn't abused the cards, the pristine ones wouldn't be valuable collectors' items.

 

[teddywingman]

True enough. The fact that you 50's kids destroyed most of those cards is the reason that they are so valuable now.

RIP Boo.

 

[HriniakPosterChild]

True enough. The fact that you 50's kids destroyed most of those cards is the reason that they are so valuable now.

Moms discarding collections also helped.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Moms discarding collections also helped.

The biggest factor was supply and demand. It used to be only Topps and Bowman, then just Topps only when they bought out Bowman in 1955. Then, in the 80s, here come Donruss, Fleer, Upper Deck and Leaf to go with Topps, and the market got flooded. That killed new card values from appreciating while the old cards kept going up.

 

[HriniakPosterChild]

The biggest factor was supply and demand.

Well, yeah. Kids abusing cards and moms discarding collections took care of one side of the equation.

 

[teddywingman]

The biggest factor was supply and demand. It used to be only Topps and Bowman, then just Topps only when they bought out Bowman in 1955. Then, in the 80s, here come Donruss, Fleer, Upper Deck and Leaf to go with Topps, and the market got flooded. That killed new card values from appreciating while the old cards kept going up.

Well, yes and no. Sure there were more companies producing cards--but Topps on their own was printing an insane volume by the mid 80's, when the popularity of baseball cards was at it's peak.

I remember in '87, when the McGwire rookies were selling for like $40-$50 dollars, and I had 8 of em just from opening packs. Even 10 year old teddywingman knew that something didn't add up.

(Sorry for tangent)