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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Aug 29)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
2	2	Apr 16	CHW		SLB	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
3	3	Apr 17	CHW		SLB	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
4	4	Apr 18	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	CG	47	9.0	7	2	1	10	0	1B
5	5	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
6	6	Apr 22	CHW	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
7	7	Apr 23	CHW	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B
8	8	Apr 24	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
9	9	Apr 25	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
10	10	Apr 26 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
11	11	Apr 26 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	8	2	2	12	0	1B
12	12	Apr 28	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	46	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
13	13	Apr 29	CHW		WSH	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
14	14	Apr 30	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
16	16	May 2	CHW		NYY	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
17	17	May 3 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
18	18	May 3 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
19	19	May 5	CHW		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
20	20	May 6	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
21	21	May 8	CHW		DET	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
22	22	May 9	CHW		DET	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
23	23	May 10 (1)	CHW		DET	L,6-8	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
24	24	May 10 (2)	CHW		DET	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
25	25	May 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
26	26	May 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-7	GF	17	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
27	28 (1)	May 14	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
28	29	May 16	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
29	30	May 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
30	31	May 18	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
31	32	May 19	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
32	33	May 20	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	8	0	0	8	0	1B
33	34	May 22	CHW	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
34	35	May 23	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
35	36	May 24	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
36	37	May 25	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
37	38	May 26	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
38	39	May 27	CHW		DET	T,2-2	CG	62	15.0	20	1	1	22	2	1B
39	40	May 29	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
40	41	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
41	42	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
42	43	May 31 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	11	2	0	13	3	1B
43	44	May 31 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	45	Jun 2	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
45	46	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,2-18	GS	40	6.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
46	47	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	L,5-9	CG	48	10.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
47	48	Jun 5	CHW		WSH	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
48	49	Jun 7 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,2-16	CG	49	9.0	14	1	0	15	3	1B
49	50	Jun 7 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
50	51	Jun 9	CHW		PHA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
51	52	Jun 10	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B
52	53	Jun 11	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
53	54	Jun 12	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
54	55	Jun 13	CHW		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	1	14	0	1B
55	56	Jun 14 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
56	57	Jun 14 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
57	58	Jun 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	48	11.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
58	59	Jun 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	39	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	1B
59	60	Jun 18	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
60	61	Jun 19	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	12	3	0	15	0	1B
61	62	Jun 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
62	63	Jun 21 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
63	64	Jun 21 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
64	65	Jun 23	CHW	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
65	66	Jun 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
66	67	Jun 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
67	68	Jun 26	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	9	2	1	12	1	1B
68	69	Jun 27	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
69	70	Jun 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
70	71	Jun 30	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	72	Jul 1	CHW		SLB	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
72	73	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-0	GS	26	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
73	74	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
74	75	Jul 5 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
75	76	Jul 5 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
76	77	Jul 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
77	78	Jul 7	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
78	79	Jul 8	CHW		DET	W,14-4	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
79	80	Jul 9	CHW		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
80	81	Jul 10 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,0-3	CG	42	10.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
81	82	Jul 10 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,16-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
82	83	Jul 11	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
83	84	Jul 12 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,14-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
84	85	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
85	86	Jul 16 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	18	1	0	19	0	1B
86	87	Jul 16 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
87	88	Jul 17	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
88	89	Jul 18	CHW		WSH	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
89	90	Jul 19 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
90	91	Jul 19 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
91	92	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
92	93	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
93	94	Jul 24	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	47	12.0	3	2	0	5	1	1B
94	95	Jul 25	CHW		PHA	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
95	96	Jul 26 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
96	97	Jul 26 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
97	98	Jul 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
98	99	Jul 29	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
99	100	Jul 30	CHW	@	BOS	W,17-1	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
100	101	Jul 31	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	102	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
102	103	Aug 2	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
103	126 (22)	Aug 26	CHW		PHA	L,8-10	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	1B
104	129 (2)	Aug 29	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH 1B
105	130	Aug 30 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,6-10	CG	50	9.0	14	0	1	15	0	1B
106	131	Aug 30 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	132	Sep 1	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
108	133	Sep 2	CHW		WSH	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
109	134	Sep 3	CHW		WSH	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
110	135	Sep 4	CHW	@	CLE	T,6-6	CG	44	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
111	136	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
112	137	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
113	139 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
114	140	Sep 7 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	1B
115	141	Sep 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
116	142	Sep 10	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
117	143	Sep 11	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
118	144	Sep 12	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
119	145	Sep 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
120	146	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	4	1B
121	147	Sep 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
122	148	Sep 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	13	1	1	15	1	1B
123	149	Sep 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	7	1	1	9	2	1B
124	150	Sep 20 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
125	151	Sep 20 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
126	152	Sep 22	CHW		CLE	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
127	153	Sep 23	CHW		CLE	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
							127gm		1105.1	1108	106	13	1227	98