Jerry Fahr

Gerald Warren Fahr
(Red)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 5", Weight 185 lb.
• High School Marmaduke High School
• Debut April 29, 1951
• Final Game July 15, 1951
• Born December 9, 1924 in Marmaduke, AR USA
• Died February 12, 2010 in Duluth, GA USA

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Biographical Information

22-year-old righthander Jerry Fahr opened his pro baseball career with the class D Vernon Dusters of the Longhorn League in 1947, winning 16 times and losing 18 with a 4.68 ERA. He was with the same club in 1948, only that 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 not a member of a major league organization, 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 found him with the AA Shreveport Sports, winning 10 and losing 6 with a 2.72 ERA. Evidently this caused some interest and on November 16th he was drafted by the Cleveland Indians from the Shreveport team in the 1950 Rule V Draft.

Jerry make it with the Indians out of spring training in 1951 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 Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, which he entered with runners on second and third base with one out. After walking Lou Boudreau intentionally, he induced Walt Dropo to hit into an inning-ending double play.

1951 was Fahr's only trip to the majors, where he finished with no decisions and a 4.76 ERA for his big league appearance. Jerry spent four more years (1952-1955) in the minors and closed 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.

Sources

Baseball-Reference.com
Baseball Players of the 1950s
SABR MILB Database:page

Related Sites

• Red Fahr at the SABR Bio Project