Coaching and Executive Career
Ferrell continued as a coach for the Senators in 1948 and 1949, returning to his original team, the Detroit Tigers, to coach from 1950 to 1954 before retiring from the field altogether. Afterwards, he served as a scout then as the scouting director for the Tigers before becoming the general manager and vice president in 1959. During his tenure as a Tigers executive, the team won two World Series in 1968 and in 1984 and won two American League Eastern Division titles in 1972 and in 1987.
In 1984, Ferrell was elected along with Pee Wee Reese to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. He retired in 1992 at the age of 87 after 42 years with the Tigers organization.
Ferrell died in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1995.
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