Year No Pos Hgt Wgt B T Cl Ltr Hometown 1961 8 3B 5-11 167 R R So * West Palm Beach 1962 14 3B 5-11 170 R R Sr * West Palm Beach
| George Ferguson |
Full Name: George Allen Ferguson
Born: April 9, 1940, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Died: January 4, 2023, Tallahassee, Fla.
School: Palm Beach High School in West Palm Beach, Florida
Palm Beach CC in West Palm Beach, Florida
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Year No Pos Hgt Wgt B T Cl Ltr Hometown 1961 8 3B 5-11 167 R R So * West Palm Beach 1962 14 3B 5-11 170 R R Sr * West Palm Beach |
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George Allen Ferguson Obituary. Posted by Abbey Funeral Home, Tallahassee, Fla. George A. Fergusson, 82, died January 4, 2023 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. He was born April 9, 1940 in West Palm Beach, Florida to George and Ruth Hill Fergusson. George was a Floridian. George lived pretty much his whole life in Florida and was part of it as much as it was part of him. After his graduation from Palm Beach High School, he attended Palm Beach Community College and then transferred to Florida State University where he was the third baseman for the FSU Seminoles during the early 1960s. He graduated with a degree in business and went on to become a stockbroker and certified financial planner in Delray Beach, Florida. He, his wife, and his son moved to Tallahassee 17 years ago. George was a family man who dearly loved his wife and was a wonderful father to Matt. He loved spending time with his family. George loved to take the backroads whenever he could on their road trip adventures. His family will always treasure the memories of their travels to Disney, to St. George Island, to the Driftwood Inn in Vero Beach, and up and down the eastern United States on his quest to learn more about and better capture the life of the ballplayer he wrote a book about. When Matt was a boy, George found great joy in in coaching him in baseball. He would attend every single one of his son's games and practices. He would oftentimes make signs or write mockup headlines about how proud he was of how Matt played in his games, posting it up for the whole house to see. George had a deep love for animals. George loved and was loved by all his pets through the years. He would often tell his son about his old cat, Rocky. He was the only person that Panther the cat liked. He loved his black labs, Comet, Locke, and Lily. George was a brilliant man who loved reading all types of books and writing stories. He wrote a book about Bobo Newsom, an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. George read The Great Gatsby every year. George played golf all his adult life and enjoyed being with his friends immensely so much so that his family accuses him of laughing and talking with his buddies more than actually playing golf. Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Stephanie, son, Matt, and
his close friends, Bob and HB. |
| FSU Statistics |
| Baseball |
Batting Statistics YEAR AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 .276 22 21 76 13 21 1 0 2 16 28 .368 10 0 21 .360 0 0 2 1962 .255 21 16 55 6 14 0 0 0 4 14 .255 9 1 14 .364 1 0 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot .267 43 37 131 19 35 1 0 2 20 42 .321 19 1 35 0 .362 1 0 4 0 |
| Baseball |
Game Statistics |
1961
Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E
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Mar 15 Georgia 7 .500 1 3B 4 1 2 1 2 3 0 1
Mar 16 Georgia 7 .375 1 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0
Mar 20 Auburn 7 .333 1 3B 4 1 1 1 1 0
Mar 21 Auburn 7 .375 1 3B 4 0 2 1 2 0 2
Mar 21 Auburn 7 .333 1 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 24 Navy 7 .304 1 3B 5 0 1 0 1 0
Mar 25 Navy 7 .259 1 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mar 27 Duke 7 .258 1 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0
Mar 28 Duke 7 .273 1 3B 2 1 1 1 1 4 0
Mar 29 Duke 7 .243 1 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1
Mar 30 Duke 7 .225 1 3B 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
Apr 1 North Carolina 7 .250 1 3B 4 1 2 2 2 0
Apr 3 Florida 7 .234 1 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Apr 4 Florida 6 .220 1 3B 3 1 0 0 0 0
Apr 4 Western Michigan 7 .226 1 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 2
Apr 5 Western Michigan 7 .232 1 3B 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 2
Apr 8 Georgia Southern 7 .220 1 3B 3 1 0 0 0 0
Apr 15 Florida Southern Col 7 .250 1 3B 5 2 3 1 3 1 1
Apr 17 Miami 7 .239 1 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Apr 18 Miami 3a .261 1 2 0 2 2 2 0
Apr 21 Georgia 7 .260 1 3B 4 0 1 1 1 0 2
May 8 Georgia Southern 7 .273 1 3B 4 1 2 1 2 0
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.273 22 21 77 13 21 1 0 2 16 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 13
1962
Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E
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Mar 17 Auburn 7 .000 1 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 19 Georgia Tech 7 .167 1 3B 4 1 1 1 1 0
Mar 20 Georgia Tech 7 .100 1 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mar 21 Georgia Tech 1b .100 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mar 30 Clemson 9a .091 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 3 Furman 2a .167 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
Apr 10 Auburn 2b .231 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
Apr 16 Miami 8 .313 1 3B 3 0 2 0 2 0
Apr 17 Miami 8 .333 1 3B 5 0 2 0 2 0 1
Apr 19 Clemson 7 .333 1 3B 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Apr 20 Duke 7 .370 1 3B 3 1 2 1 2 1 1
Apr 21 Duke 7 .400 1 3B 3 0 2 1 2 1 1
Apr 23 East Carolina 7 .353 1 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
Apr 23 North Carolina 7 .316 1 3B 4 1 0 0 0 0
Apr 24 North Carolina State 7 .302 1 3B 5 0 1 0 1 0 1
Apr 25 Georgia Southern 8 .283 1 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0
May 12 Florida Southern Col 8 .286 1 3B 3 1 1 0 1 0 1
May 15 Georgia Southern 8 .280 1 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0
May 18 Florida 7 .264 1 3B 3 0 0 0 0
May 30 Florida 8 .255 1 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jun 1 West Virginia 8b .255 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
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.255 21 16 55 6 14 0 0 0 4 14 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 7
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