Dave Ferriss

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 208lb (188cm, 94kg)

Born: December 5, 1921 in Shaw, MS us

Died: November 24, 2016 in Cleveland, MS

Buried: Shaw Cemetery, Shaw, MS

High School: Shaw HS (Shaw, MS)

School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)

Debut: April 29, 1945 (Age 23-145d, 9,936th in major league history)
vs. PHA 9.0 IP, 5 H, 5 SO, 6 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: April 18, 1950 (Age 28-134d)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: David Meadow Ferriss

Nicknames: Boo

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.5

ERA

3.64

144

103

880.0

296

WHIP

1.395

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-33 / in Starts: 14-12
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	46 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 106 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	63 (27-25-11) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 106 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	69 (36-22-11)

Most Driven In
B Doerr	2
S Mele	2
R Russell	2
J Jones	2
B Tebbetts	1
T Williams	1
J Pesky	1
R Partee	1

Most Driven In By
D DiMaggio	4
J Pesky	2
E Pellagrini	1
T Williams	1

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	107	3 (2)	Apr 18	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	.56	0.036	1.64	0.06%	0.63	P
2	108	7 (3)	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	9	1.04	-0.080	3.22	-0.15%	-0.58	P
3	109	11 (3)	Apr 27	BOS		PHA	T,6-6	GS-0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	110	14 (2)	May 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.182	.348	9	.62	-0.046	1.69	-0.08%	-0.33	P
5	111	19 (4)	May 8	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.071	.133	.143	.276	9	.82	-0.080	2.62	-0.15%	-0.77	P
6	112	23 (3)	May 13	BOS		CHW	W,19-6	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.313	.489	9	1.47	0.119	4.98	0.24%	1.01	P
7	113	28 (4)	May 19 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-3	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.095	.136	.238	.374	9	1.82	-0.246	7.40	-0.60%	-1.31	P
8	114	32 (3)	May 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.261	.428	9	.80	0.030	2.90	0.06%	0.28	P
9	115	36 (3)	May 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.250	.385	.635	9	.45	0.130	1.32	0.23%	1.09	P
10	116	39 (2)	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.276	.407	.683	9	1.23	0.038	3.49	0.07%	1.00	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	117	40	Jun 2 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.303	.484	.787	9	1.06	0.100	2.88	0.16%	2.26	P
12	118	41	Jun 2 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.469	.763	9	1.52	-0.036	4.12	-0.06%	-0.14	PH
13	119	44 (2)	Jun 8	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.265	.306	.471	.776	9						P
14	120	47 (2)	Jun 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-0	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.297	.457	.754	9	.26	-0.007	.83	-0.01%	-0.57	P
15	121	48	Jun 13	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	GS-6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.333	.457	.790	9	.82	0.066	2.85	0.14%	0.52	P
16	122	51 (2)	Jun 17	BOS		SLB	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.447	.781	9	.61	0.077	2.39	0.18%	0.51	P
17	123	52	Jun 18	BOS		SLB	W,6-5	13-13	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.349	.462	.810	9	5.90	0.402	24.66	1.01%	0.87	PH
18	124	55 (2)	Jun 22 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.341	.450	.791	9	.51	-0.013	2.51	-0.04%	-0.16	P
19	125	59 (3)	Jun 25 (2)	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.302	.362	.488	.850	9						P
20	126	60	Jun 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.354	.477	.831	9	1.06	-0.026	4.69	-0.07%	-0.27	PH
21	127	63 (2)	Jun 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.333	.447	.780	9	1.28	-0.097	5.74	-0.26%	-0.74	P
22	128	64	Jun 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.346	.458	.804	4	3.30	0.202	13.60	0.50%	1.00	PH
23	129	65	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.340	.449	.789	9	2.58	-0.066	12.90	-0.20%	-0.44	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	130	68 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,6-8	GS-0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.264	.328	.415	.743	9						P
25	131	73 (4)	Jul 10	BOS	@	DET	T,2-2	CG(8)	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.344	.418	.762	9	1.03	0.030	2.46	0.04%	0.19	P
26	132	78 (4)	Jul 13 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.339	.411	.749	8	3.48	-0.036	6.28	-0.04%	-0.04	PH
27	133	79	Jul 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.323	.390	.713	9	1.12	-0.078	1.27	-0.05%	-0.63	P
28	134	83 (3)	Jul 17 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.267	.333	.400	.733	9						PH
29	135	84	Jul 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.262	.328	.393	.722	9						P
30	136	86 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.324	.387	.711	9	2.83	-0.071	2.17	-0.03%	-0.23	PH
31	137	87	Jul 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-7	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.324	.387	.711	9						P
32	138	89 (1)	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.314	.375	.689	9	1.05	-0.057	.74	-0.02%	-0.56	P
33	139	94 (4)	Jul 27 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,11-2	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.275	.333	.391	.725	9						P
34	140	96 (1)	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,7-13	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.329	.386	.715	9	.19	-0.005	.22	0.00%	-0.29	PH
35	141	97	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.325	.380	.705	9	3.46	-0.088	3.19	-0.05%	-0.24	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	142	98	Aug 1	BOS		DET	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.316	.370	.686	9	.83	-0.045	.58	-0.02%	-0.46	P
37	143	101 (2)	Aug 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.263	.317	.368	.685	9	1.01	-0.080	.51	-0.02%	-0.70	P
38	144	105 (3)	Aug 9	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.314	.375	.689	9	1.14	0.126	1.06	0.07%	0.97	P
39	145	106	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.314	.375	.689	9						PH
40	146	110 (3)	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-10	2-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.314	.375	.689	9						P
41	147	114 (3)	Aug 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.310	.370	.681	9	2.78	-0.068	.97	-0.01%	-0.21	PH
42	148	115	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.256	.307	.366	.673	9	.63	-0.022	.11	0.00%	-0.85	PH
43	149	117 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.323	.391	.713	9	.18	0.013	.04	0.00%	1.44	P
44	150	119 (1)	Aug 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,8-10	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.330	.391	.721	9	4.28	0.123	.79	0.01%	1.00	PH
45	151	120	Aug 26 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-12	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.326	.386	.713	1	.12	-0.003	.02	0.00%	-0.10	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	152	139 (18)	Sep 11 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,8-3	CG(6)	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.327	.396	.722	9	.74	0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.12	P
47	153	140	Sep 12	BOS		CLE	L,6-11	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.272	.323	.391	.715	9	.90	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-1.18	PH
48	154	143 (2)	Sep 15 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.333	.400	.733	9	1.10	0.120	.00	0.00%	1.09	P
49	155	146 (2)	Sep 16 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,3-8	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.281	.330	.396	.726	8						PH
50	156	147	Sep 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,4-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.327	.392	.719	9	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.10	PH
51	157	150 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,3-6	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.327	.392	.719	9						P
52	158	153 (2)	Sep 23 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,3-9	2-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.321	.384	.705	9	.82	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.39	P
							17-33		106	99	11	27	5	3	0	19	7	0	11	0	0		1	5	0	0	.273	.321	.384	.705		1.13	0.347	2.66	0.91%	2.44

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