Howard Leroy Ferrell Jr. (September 21, 1929 – October 11, 2002), nicknamed "Toots", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1940s.

A native of Chestertown, Maryland, Ferrell made his Negro leagues debut at age 17 with the Newark Eagles in 1947. He went on to play for the Baltimore Elite Giants in 1948 and 1949, and served in the US Army during the Korean War. Ferrell was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 2000, and died in Newark, Delaware in 2002 at age 73.

Toots Ferrell

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Leroy 'Toots' Ferrell at Negro League Baseball Players Association

1929 births

2002 deaths

Baltimore Elite Giants players

Newark Eagles players

Baseball pitchers

Baseball players from Maryland

People from Chestertown, Maryland

United States Army personnel of the Korean War

20th-century African-American sportspeople

21st-century African-American people

Toots Ferrell