Jerry Fahr
From BR Bullpen
Gerald Warren Fahr
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 5", Weight 185 lb.
- Debut April 29, 1951
- Final Game June 15, 1951
- Born December 9, 1924 in Marmaduke, AR USA
- Died February 12, 2010 in Duluth, GA USA
[edit] Biographical Information
22 year old right-hander Jerry Fahr opened his pro baseball career as an unattached free agent with the class D Vernon Dusters of the Longhorn League in 1947, winning 16 times and losing 18 with a 4.68 ERA. He would be with the same club in 1948, only this season he had his best year while in pro ball going 21-8 with a league leading 1.96 ERA and making the All-Star team.
Still unattached Jerry spent 1949 with three different teams in three different leagues, coming up with a 16-11 record and a combined 2.91 ERA. 1950 would find him with the AA Shreveport Sports, winning 10 and losing 6 with a 2.72 ERA. Evidently this caused some interest and on November 16, 1950 he was drafted by the Cleveland Indians from the Shreveport team in the 1950 rule V draft.
Jerry would make it with the Indians out of spring training in 1951 after being drafted from Shreveport, and remained in Cleveland until August of that season, appearing in just five games out of the bullpen with no decisions. His fondest memory is of a game against the Red Sox at Fenway Park, which he entered with runners on second and third with one out. After walking Lou Boudreau intentionally he induced Walt Dropo to hit into an inning-ending double play.
1951 would be Fahr's only trip to the majors where he finished with no decisions and a 4.76 ERA for his big league appearance. Jerry would spend four more years (1952-55) in the minors and close out his pro baseball career in 1955 with the Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League.
Fahr was retired in Paragould, AR, where he was employed as an industrial engineer for Emerson Electric for over thirty years. He died in 2010.
[edit] Sources
Baseball-Reference.com
Baseball Players of the 1950s
SABR MILB Database:page
