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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	PHA		WSH	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
2	2	Apr 18	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
3	3	Apr 20	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	10	3	0	13	2	1B
4	4	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	29	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
7	7	Apr 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	9	3	0	12	2	1B
8	8	Apr 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
9	9	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
10	10	Apr 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
11	11	Apr 27	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
12	12	Apr 28	PHA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
13	13	Apr 29	PHA		BOS	L,8-12	GS	32	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	PHA	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	42	11.0	8	3	1	12	2	1B
15	15	May 2	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	42	9.1	13	2	1	16	2	1B LF
16	16	May 4	PHA	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	1	11	2	1B
17	17	May 5	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
18	18	May 6 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
19	19	May 6 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	1B
20	20	May 8	PHA	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	3	1B
21	21	May 9	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	0	10.0	8	0	1	9	3
22	22	May 12	PHA		NYY	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
23	23	May 13 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	1	12	4	1B
24	24	May 13 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,9-6	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
25	25	May 15	PHA		SLB	L,8-11	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
26	26	May 16	PHA		SLB	L,9-10	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
27	27	May 17	PHA		SLB	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
28	28	May 18	PHA		DET	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	4	1B
29	29	May 20 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
30	30	May 20 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
31	31	May 22	PHA		CLE	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
32	32	May 24	PHA		CHW	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
33	33	May 25	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
34	34	May 26	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS	16	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
35	35	May 27 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
36	36	May 27 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
37	37	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
38	38	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	7	2	1	10	3	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 2	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	RF
40	40	Jun 3 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	41	Jun 3 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
42	42	Jun 4	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
43	43	Jun 5	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	44	Jun 6	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	45	Jun 7	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	46	Jun 8	PHA	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
47	47	Jun 10 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,7-11	CG	42	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	RF
48	48	Jun 10 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,5-9	GS	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	49	Jun 12	PHA		CLE	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
50	50	Jun 14	PHA		CLE	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
51	51	Jun 15 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
52	52	Jun 15 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	13	1	1	15	1	1B
53	53	Jun 16	PHA		CHW	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	10	3	0	13	3	1B
54	54	Jun 17 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	10	3	0	13	3	1B
55	55	Jun 17 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,0-9	CG	50	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
56	56	Jun 19	PHA		DET	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
57	57	Jun 20 (1)	PHA		DET	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
58	58	Jun 20 (2)	PHA		DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
59	59	Jun 21	PHA		DET	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
60	60	Jun 22	PHA		SLB	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
61	61	Jun 23	PHA		SLB	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	11	4	0	15	2	1B
62	62	Jun 24 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,8-3	GS	28	7.0	7	1	0	8	0
63	63	Jun 24 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,7-1	GS	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
64	64	Jun 26	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-13	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
65	65	Jun 27	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
66	66	Jun 29 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
67	67	Jun 29 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 1 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
69	69	Jul 1 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
70	70	Jul 2	PHA		NYY	L,5-14	CG	49	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
71	71	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
72	72	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
73	73	Jul 5	PHA		BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
74	74	Jul 6	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
75	75	Jul 7	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
76	76	Jul 8 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
77	77	Jul 8 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-8	GS	33	7.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
78	78	Jul 12 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
79	79	Jul 12 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,13-0	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
80	80	Jul 13	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
81	81	Jul 14	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
82	82	Jul 15 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS	26	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	120 (37)	Aug 21	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-13	CG	46	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
84	121	Aug 22 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
85	122	Aug 22 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
86	123	Aug 23	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
87	124	Aug 24	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
88	125	Aug 25	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-1	GS	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
89	126	Aug 26	PHA	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	10	2	0	12	1
90	127	Aug 27	PHA	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
91	128	Aug 28	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
92	129	Aug 29	PHA	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
93	130	Aug 30	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	3	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	131	Sep 3 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	11	3	1	15	3	1B
95	132	Sep 3 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
96	133	Sep 5 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
97	134	Sep 5 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
98	135	Sep 7 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,5-8	GS	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
99	136	Sep 7 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
100	137	Sep 8	PHA		BOS	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
101	138	Sep 9 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
102	139	Sep 9 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
103	140	Sep 11 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,5-6	CG	46	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
104	141	Sep 11 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
105	142	Sep 14	PHA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
106	143	Sep 15	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	11	3	0	14	0	1B
107	144	Sep 16 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
108	145	Sep 16 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
109	146	Sep 18	PHA		DET	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
110	147	Sep 19	PHA		DET	W,8-1	CG	30	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
111	148	Sep 22	PHA		WSH	L,1-9	CG	39	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
112	149	Sep 23 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
113	150	Sep 23 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,8-3	GS	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
114	151	Sep 26	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
115	152	Sep 29	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-1	GS	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
116	153	Sep 30 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B
							119gm		989.1	943	115	14	1072	125