Coaching & Scouting Career
Despite the fact that Ferrick pitched respectably in his second go round with the Senators (6-3, 2.73 ERA over 2 seasons), he sought his release at the end of the 1952 season to take on a player/coach role with the Cleveland Indians' triple A affiliate, the Indianapolis Indians in 1953, going 1–1 in 23 games. A season later, when Indianapolis manager Birdie Tebbetts was named manager of the Cincinnati Redlegs, he brought Ferrick along to serve as his pitching coach. He later served as pitching coach for the Philadelphia Phillies (1959), Detroit Tigers (1960-1963) and Kansas City Athletics (1964-1965).
He became chief scout of the A's from 1966 to 1968. In 1969, he joined the expansion Kansas City Royals as a "special assignment scout with emphasis on pitching," and scouted for the club for over twenty years before retiring.
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