Joe Ferris

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Joe Ferris
Pitcher
Born: 1944/1945(age 76–77) [1]
Brewer, Maine
Throws: Right

Joe Ferris was an American college baseball pitcher who won the 1964 College World Series Most Outstanding Player award while a sophomore at University of Maine. He is the only player from University of Maine to win that award.

In 1964, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Canalmen of the Cape Cod Baseball League. [2] [3] He was inducted into the University of Maine Hall of Fame in 1988.

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References

  1. "Former UMaine pitcher will be honored at Maine Sports Hall of Fame". 1 May 2014.
  2. "Outstanding Athletes and Community Leaders of Brewer: Joe Ferris". brewerhistoricalsociety.org. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  3. Jensen, Dudley (2000). Baseball, Bourne and the Cape Cod League. Bourne, Massachusetts: Bourne Braves.