Alfred John Ferrara Jr. (December 22, 1939 – November 15, 2024), nicknamed "The Bull", was an American Major League Baseball player who played from 1963 to 1971.

Al Sr. was a New York City fireman for 20 years who later was an air conditioning technician for Chase Bank before working the gate at Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Country Club in Florida in his retirement.

"But a first-generation Italian woman like my grandmother didn't know anything about baseball, so I had to play the piano, starting at age eight.

Mr. Morvillo insisted that I read music and play the pieces as they were written by Beethoven and Bach.

I had a deal with my grandmother that after playing for an hour she would give me a quarter to go to the Bat Away at Coney Island.

Finally, I got my grandmother to agree that if I were to become Mr. Morvillo's number one student I could give up piano and play baseball.

His first homer the next day, off Bob Buhl, was one of three hit by the Dodgers in the fifth inning of a 5–4 loss to the Cubs.

Ferrara appeared on episodes of Gilligan’s Island and Batman through connections with fans in show business and through former teammate Lee Walls, who had become a talent agent.

Ferrara served as both the first and last victim of the streak, striking out swinging to end the game.

[2] In 1974 Ferrara appeared as a contestant on Match Game '74, listing his profession as a "freelance piano buyer."

He visited elementary schools and read Dr. Seuss books to the kids; he cautioned teens about the evils of alcohol, tobacco and drugs; and he entertained guests at some Dodger home games.

He had a son, Al Ferrara III of West Islip, New York, a daughter-in-law Maureen, and two grandchildren, Alfred IV and Samantha.