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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	8.1	5	2	0	7	1
2	2	Apr 19	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
3	3	Apr 20	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	46	10.0	8	0	0	8	3
4	4	Apr 21	PHA		BOS	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
5	5	Apr 22	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	1	12	4
6	6	Apr 23	PHA	@	WSH	W,14-1	CG	34	9.0	13	2	0	15	0
7	7	Apr 24	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
8	8	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	2
9	9	Apr 26	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
10	10	Apr 27	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
11	11	Apr 28	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-12	CG	42	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
12	12	Apr 29	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
13	13	Apr 30	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,15-9	CG	44	9.0	7	3	0	10	1
15	15	May 1 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,7-3	CG	32	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
16	16	May 4	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
17	17	May 5	PHA	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
18	18	May 6	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	0	13.0	10	1	0	11	1
19	19	May 7	PHA	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
20	20	May 8 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
21	21	May 8 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
22	22	May 10	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
23	23	May 11	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
24	24	May 12	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
25	25	May 14	PHA		NYY	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
26	26	May 15 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,8-7	CG	51	11.0	9	0	1	10	0
27	27	May 15 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,7-6	CG	28	6.0	7	0	0	7	0
28	28	May 17	PHA		SLB	W,9-2	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
29	29	May 18	PHA		SLB	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
30	30	May 20	PHA		DET	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	5	0	0	5	1
31	31	May 21	PHA		DET	W,15-7	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
32	32	May 22 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
33	33	May 22 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	7.0	6	0	0	6	1
34	34	May 23	PHA		CLE	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	13	0	2	15	3
35	35	May 25	PHA		CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
36	36	May 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
37	37	May 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	51	13.1	13	2	1	16	1
38	38	May 29	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
39	39	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-10	GS	36	6.0	8	2	0	10	2
40	40	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	41	Jun 1	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	9.1	8	1	0	9	1
42	42	Jun 2	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	9	1	0	10	1
43	43	Jun 3	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
44	44	Jun 4	PHA	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	18	0	0	18	0
45	45	Jun 5 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
46	46	Jun 5 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	3
47	47	Jun 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
48	48	Jun 7	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 8	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
50	50	Jun 9	PHA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	44	12.0	3	2	1	6	1
51	51	Jun 12 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
52	52	Jun 12 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,13-10	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
53	53	Jun 14	PHA		DET	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
54	54	Jun 15	PHA		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
55	55	Jun 16	PHA		DET	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
56	56	Jun 17	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
57	57	Jun 19 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
58	58	Jun 19 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
59	59	Jun 20	PHA		CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
60	60	Jun 21	PHA		CLE	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
61	61	Jun 22	PHA		CLE	L,3-7	CG	59	14.0	8	1	1	10	3
62	62	Jun 23	PHA		CHW	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
63	63	Jun 24	PHA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
64	64	Jun 25	PHA		CHW	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
65	65	Jun 26 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
66	66	Jun 26 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
67	67	Jun 28	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
68	68	Jun 29	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
69	69	Jun 30	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	9	4	0	13	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	70	Jul 1	PHA		BOS	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
71	71	Jul 2	PHA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
72	72	Jul 3	PHA		BOS	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
73	73	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	8	1	1	10	2
74	74	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,8-0	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
75	75	Jul 7	PHA		NYY	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
76	76	Jul 8	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	11	1	1	13	1
77	77	Jul 9	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	14	0	0	14	2
78	78	Jul 10 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
79	79	Jul 10 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	39	7.0	6	1	1	8	0
80	80	Jul 14	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
81	81	Jul 15	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
82	82	Jul 16	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	3
83	83	Jul 17 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
84	84	Jul 17 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	46	10.1	9	1	0	10	1
85	85	Jul 18	PHA	@	DET	W,13-8	CG	0	10.0	12	1	2	15	1
86	86	Jul 19 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
87	87	Jul 19 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
88	88	Jul 21 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-15	GS	0	6.0	5	0	0	5	1
89	89	Jul 21 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	6	3	0	9	2
90	90	Jul 22	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-12	CG	49	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
91	91	Jul 24 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
92	92	Jul 24 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	8	2	1	11	2
93	93	Jul 26	PHA		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	15	1	1	17	3
94	94	Jul 27 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
95	95	Jul 27 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
96	96	Jul 29	PHA		DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
97	97	Jul 30	PHA		DET	L,0-11	GS	27	5.0	4	0	0	4	1
98	98	Jul 31 (1)	PHA		DET	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	4
99	99	Jul 31 (2)	PHA		DET	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	102 (2)	Aug 5	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
101	103	Aug 6	PHA		CLE	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
102	104	Aug 7 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
103	105	Aug 7 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
104	106	Aug 9	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-3	GS	29	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
105	107	Aug 10	PHA	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
106	108	Aug 12	PHA		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
107	109	Aug 13	PHA		NYY	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	3
108	110	Aug 14 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	3
109	111	Aug 14 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
110	112	Aug 15	PHA		NYY	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
111	113	Aug 16	PHA		BOS	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
112	114	Aug 17	PHA		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	10.0	16	0	0	16	2
113	115	Aug 19	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	2
114	116	Aug 20	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
115	117	Aug 21	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
116	118	Aug 23	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
117	119	Aug 24	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
118	120	Aug 25	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
119	121	Aug 26	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
120	122	Aug 27	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
121	123	Aug 28	PHA	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	12	2	0	14	1
122	124	Aug 29	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	7	0	0	7	2
123	125	Aug 31 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	62	13.1	20	1	0	21	2
124	126	Aug 31 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	127	Sep 1	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	11	0	0	11	2
126	128	Sep 2	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
127	129	Sep 3	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
128	130	Sep 4	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	2
129	131	Sep 5 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,4-13	CG	51	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
130	132	Sep 5 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	32	7.0	9	0	0	9	3
131	133	Sep 8 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
132	134	Sep 8 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
133	135	Sep 9	PHA		WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
134	136	Sep 10	PHA		BOS	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	13	1	2	16	5
135	137	Sep 11 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
136	138	Sep 11 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
137	139	Sep 14	PHA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
138	140	Sep 16 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	3
139	141	Sep 16 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
140	142	Sep 17	PHA		CHW	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
141	143	Sep 18 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
142	144	Sep 18 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
143	145	Sep 19	PHA		SLB	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
144	146	Sep 20	PHA		DET	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
145	147	Sep 21	PHA		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
146	148	Sep 25 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
147	149	Sep 25 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,0-4	CG	35	7.0	7	0	1	8	1
148	150	Sep 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	9	2	0	11	0
149	151	Sep 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
150	152	Sep 30	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	8	3	0	11	2
							150gm		1314.0	1275	122	22	1419	194