Ferman Pringle

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Ferman Pringle
Ferman Gale Pringle
"Gale"
Bat/Throw:	R/R
Height:	6' 2"
Weight:	180
Born:	1922-?-?

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Ferman Pringle was a professional player and manager.

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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Achievements 1.4 Outside of baseball 1.5 Contract signing 2 Source

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Amarillo, Texas in 1959.
• Shows he is married and has two children.
• Shows his hobbies are golf and bowling.
• Managed Tyler of the Big State League the last month of the 1951 season.
• Managed Amarillo of the Western League the last two weeks of the 1958 season.
• Pitching a perfect no-hit, no-run game for Tyler against Temple on August 1, 1954 was his biggest baseball thrill.

Pre-professional career

• Graduated from La Casa High School in Oklahoma in 1940.
• Played baseball and basketball in high school.
• Attended the University Of Oklahoma for two years.
• Played varsity baseball at the University Of Oklahoma.

Achievements

• Led the 1952 Big State League pitchers in earned run average with 2.93.
• Had the second lowest earned run average of 2.27 in the 1953 Big State League.
• Led the 1954 Big State League pitchers in earned run average with 2.58 and strikeouts with 212.

Outside of baseball

• Works as a life insurance agent during the off-season.

Contract signing

• Signed to his first contract by the New York Giants.
• Released by the New York Giants after appearing in only two games and subsequently was signed by the late Bill Essick of the New York Yankees.

Source

• 1959 Texas League Sketches.