Ferris Fain

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: March 29, 1921 in San Antonio, TX us

Died: October 18, 2001 in Georgetown, CA

Buried: Georgetown Pioneer Cemetery, Georgetown, CA

High School: Roosevelt HS (Oakland, CA)

Debut: April 15, 1947 (Age 26-017d, 10,283rd in major league history)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1955 (Age 34-179d)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Ferris Roy Fain

Nicknames: Burrhead or Cocky

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.2

3930

1139

.290

595

RBI

570

OBP

.424

SLG

.396

OPS

.820

OPS+

121

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PHA	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
2	2	Apr 17	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
3	3	Apr 18	PHA		BOS	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
4	4	Apr 19	PHA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	10.0	11	0	0	11	3
5	5	Apr 20 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
6	6	Apr 20 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	9	1	0	10	1
7	7	Apr 23	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	12	1	1	14	1
8	8	Apr 25	PHA	@	BOS	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
9	9	Apr 26	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
10	10	Apr 27	PHA	@	BOS	T,6-6	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
11	11	Apr 29	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 2	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	May 3	PHA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	14	May 4 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
15	16 (1)	May 6	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
16	17	May 7	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
17	18	May 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
18	19	May 10	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	3
19	20	May 11 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
20	21	May 11 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
21	22	May 12	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	40	11.0	9	1	0	10	2
22	23	May 13	PHA		CLE	W,7-6	GS	29	7.0	6	0	1	7	0
23	24	May 15	PHA		DET	L,2-4	CG	55	14.0	12	1	0	13	2
24	25	May 16	PHA		DET	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
25	26	May 17	PHA		DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
26	27	May 18 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
27	28	May 18 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
28	31 (2)	May 23	PHA		WSH	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
29	32	May 24	PHA		WSH	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
30	33	May 25	PHA		WSH	L,1-3	CG	30	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
31	34	May 27	PHA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
32	35	May 28	PHA		BOS	L,2-9	GS	29	5.0	3	0	0	3	1
33	36	May 29	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
34	37	May 30 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
35	38	May 30 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-0	CG	39	9.0	6	2	1	9	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	39	Jun 1	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
37	40	Jun 2	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
38	41	Jun 3	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
39	42	Jun 4	PHA	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	41	11.0	15	1	0	16	1
40	43	Jun 5	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
41	44	Jun 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
42	45	Jun 8 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-0	GS	20	6.0	9	0	0	9	0
43	46	Jun 8 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
44	47	Jun 9	PHA	@	DET	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
45	48	Jun 10	PHA	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	2
46	49	Jun 11 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,1-7	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	62 (12)	Jun 27	PHA		NYY	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
48	63	Jun 28	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
49	64	Jun 29 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
50	65	Jun 29 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
51	66	Jun 30	PHA	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	39	8.2	8	2	0	10	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	67	Jul 2	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
53	68	Jul 3	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
54	69	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	0	12.0	16	2	0	18	1
55	70	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
56	72 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
57	73	Jul 6 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
58	74	Jul 10 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	2
59	75	Jul 10 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	26	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
60	76	Jul 11	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
61	77	Jul 12 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	2
62	78	Jul 12 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
63	79	Jul 13 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
64	80	Jul 13 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
65	81	Jul 15	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
66	82	Jul 16 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	10.0	11	3	1	15	2
67	83	Jul 16 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
68	84	Jul 17	PHA	@	SLB	W,16-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
69	86 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
70	87	Jul 20 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	3
71	88	Jul 22	PHA		CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
72	89	Jul 23	PHA		CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
73	90	Jul 24	PHA		CLE	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
74	91	Jul 25	PHA		DET	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
75	92	Jul 26	PHA		DET	L,0-13	GS	36	6.0	7	1	0	8	0
76	93	Jul 27 (1)	PHA		DET	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	11	1	1	13	3
77	94	Jul 27 (2)	PHA		DET	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
78	95	Jul 28	PHA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
79	96	Jul 29	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
80	97	Jul 30	PHA		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	98	Jul 31	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	GS	30	8.1	9	2	0	11	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	100 (1)	Aug 2	PHA		SLB	W,8-5	GS	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
83	101	Aug 3 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
84	102	Aug 3 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
85	103	Aug 4	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	11	1	1	13	2
86	104	Aug 5	PHA		NYY	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
87	105	Aug 6	PHA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
88	106	Aug 9	PHA		WSH	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
89	107	Aug 10 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
90	108	Aug 10 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
91	109	Aug 11	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
92	110	Aug 13	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS	15	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	111	Aug 14	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
94	112	Aug 15	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
95	113	Aug 16	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
96	114	Aug 17 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
97	115	Aug 17 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
98	116	Aug 19	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
99	117	Aug 20	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	40	10.0	10	0	0	10	2
100	118	Aug 21	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	119	Aug 22	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
102	120	Aug 23	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
103	121	Aug 24 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	8	3	0	11	1
104	122	Aug 24 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	11	0	0	11	0
105	123	Aug 25	PHA	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
106	124	Aug 26	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	44	12.0	8	0	0	8	0
107	125	Aug 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
108	126	Aug 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
109	127	Aug 30	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	11	2	0	13	2
110	128	Aug 31	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	129	Sep 1 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
112	130	Sep 1 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	8	2	2	12	6
113	131	Sep 2	PHA		WSH	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
114	132	Sep 3	PHA		WSH	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
115	133	Sep 5	PHA		BOS	W,9-7	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	1
116	137 (3)	Sep 9	PHA		SLB	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
117	138	Sep 10	PHA		SLB	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
118	139	Sep 11	PHA		CHW	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
119	140	Sep 12	PHA		CHW	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	12	1	0	13	2
120	141	Sep 13	PHA		CHW	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	3
121	142	Sep 14 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
122	144 (1)	Sep 15	PHA		CLE	L,1-2	CG	42	11.0	9	1	0	10	0
123	145	Sep 16 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
124	146	Sep 16 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
125	147	Sep 17 (1)	PHA		DET	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
126	148	Sep 17 (2)	PHA		DET	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
127	149	Sep 20	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
128	150	Sep 21	PHA		NYY	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
129	152 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
130	153	Sep 26 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
131	154	Sep 26 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	14	0	0	14	3
							132gm		1131.0	1141	101	19	1261	118