- Al Ferrara
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name = Al Ferrara
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position =Outfielder
birthdate = birth date and age|1939|12|22
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bats =Right
throws = Right
debutdate =July 30
debutyear =1963
debutteam =Los Angeles Dodgers
finaldate =September 1
finalyear =1971
finalteam =Cincinnati Reds
stat1label =Batting average
stat1value =.259
stat2label =Home run s
stat2value =51
stat3label =Runs batted in
stat3value =198
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*Los Angeles Dodgers (1963, 1965-1968)
*San Diego Padres (1969-1971)
*Cincinnati Reds (1971)
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*Participated in the1966 World Series
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hofmethod =Alfred John "The Bull" Ferrara Jr. (born
December 22 , 1939 inBrooklyn, New York was a was aMajor League Baseball player from by|1963 to by|1971.Biographical information
Al Ferrara was an outfielder who once played piano at Carnegie Hall. He was a Los Angeles Dodger in the days of
Sandy Koufax ,Don Drysdale , andTommy Davis . He appeared in a number of television shows and movies, sometimes along with teammateJim Lefebvre .A Brooklyn boy, he attended high school with
Joe Torre andJoe Pepitone . He was signed by the Dodgers in 1959 when they were in Los Angeles. He came up for the first time in 1963 at age 21, and was the roommate of veteranJohnny Podres . He did not play in the1963 World Series . He came up again in 1965 for 41 games. He did not play in the1965 World Series .In 1966, he had one of his best two years. He played in over 100 games, hitting .270, and appeared as a pinch-hitter in the fourth game of the
1966 World Series , hitting a single. His last year with the Dodgers was in 1968, when he played in two games with them.He was picked by the
San Diego Padres in the 1969 expansion draft, and became one of the original Padres in 1969. He hit .260 with 14 home runs in 1969, and followed that up with his other best year: a .277 average and 13 home runs in 1970.Ferrara had an interesting game with the Padres on
April 22 , by|1970. Batting clean-up and facingTom Seaver and the New York Mets, he hit a home run to lead off the second inning, to tie the game at one. Behind 2-1, Ferrara struck out to end the sixth inning, which was Seaver's tenth strike-out. Seaver proceeded to strike out the side in the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings (with Ferrara also being his last victim), to set a record ten consecutive strike-outs (and tie a record at the time, with 19 K's for the game). [http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197004220.shtml]The following year, in 1971, he closed out his career with San Diego and Cincinnati playing just 49 games, almost exclusively as a pinch hitter.
References
[http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/ferraal01.shtml Baseball Reference page]
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