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 (May 8)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	17	2	0	19	2
2	2	Apr 19 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS	29	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 22	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
4	4	Apr 23	PHA		WSH	L,3-5	CG	45	10.0	9	1	0	10	0
5	5	Apr 24	PHA		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
6	6	Apr 25 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
7	7	Apr 25 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
8	8	Apr 27	PHA		NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
9	9	Apr 29	PHA		BOS	L,5-11	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
10	10	Apr 30	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
12	13 (1)	May 4	PHA		CLE	W,8-6	CG	49	10.0	10	2	0	12	1
13	14	May 6	PHA		CLE	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
14	15	May 8	PHA		CHW	W,16-1	CG	38	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
15	16	May 9 (1)	PHA		DET	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
16	17	May 9 (2)	PHA		DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	12	0	1	13	1
17	18	May 11	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	13	0	0	13	2
18	19	May 12	PHA		SLB	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
19	20	May 14	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	9	2	0	11	1
20	21	May 15 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
21	22	May 15 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-6	GS	21	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	23	May 18	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
23	24	May 19	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	2
24	25	May 20	PHA	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
25	26	May 21	PHA	@	DET	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
26	27	May 22	PHA	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
27	28	May 23 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
28	29	May 23 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
29	30	May 25	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	31	May 26	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	13	2	0	15	0
31	32	May 27	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
32	33	May 28	PHA		NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
33	34	May 29	PHA		NYY	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
34	35	May 30 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	8	0	0	8	3
35	36	May 30 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,1-2	CG	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	37	May 31 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
37	38	May 31 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	39	Jun 1	PHA		BOS	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
39	40	Jun 2	PHA		CHW	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	6	2	1	9	0
40	41	Jun 4	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
41	42	Jun 5	PHA		CLE	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
42	43	Jun 6 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
43	44	Jun 6 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
44	45	Jun 8	PHA		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
45	46	Jun 9	PHA		DET	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	10	2	1	13	3
46	47	Jun 10	PHA		DET	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
47	48	Jun 11	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
48	49	Jun 12	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	13	2	1	16	4
49	50	Jun 13 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	6	2	1	9	0
50	51	Jun 13 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
51	52	Jun 15	PHA	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
52	53	Jun 16	PHA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	43	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	54	Jun 17	PHA	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	14	0	1	15	1
54	56 (1)	Jun 19	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
55	57	Jun 20 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
56	58	Jun 20 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-10	GS	20	3.0	2	2	0	4	0
57	59	Jun 21	PHA	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	0	8.2	10	2	0	12	0
58	60	Jun 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
59	61	Jun 23	PHA	@	SLB	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	1	13	2
60	62	Jun 24	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
61	63	Jun 25	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	3
62	64	Jun 26	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	1	11	1
63	65	Jun 27 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	66	Jun 27 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	3
65	67	Jun 29	PHA		WSH	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	68	Jul 1	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
67	69	Jul 2	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
68	70	Jul 3	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
69	71	Jul 4	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-19	GS	0	6.2	4	2	0	6	2
70	72	Jul 5 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
71	73	Jul 5 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,12-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
72	74	Jul 6	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
73	75	Jul 7	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
74	76	Jul 8	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
75	77	Jul 9	PHA		BOS	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
76	78	Jul 10	PHA		BOS	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	8	3	0	11	2
77	79	Jul 11 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,8-9	CG	49	10.0	12	1	1	14	1
78	80	Jul 11 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,7-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
79	81	Jul 15 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
80	82	Jul 15 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
81	83	Jul 16	PHA		CLE	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
82	84	Jul 17	PHA		CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
83	85	Jul 18 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,11-12	CG	60	11.0	13	0	0	13	0
84	86	Jul 18 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,6-1	CG	22	5.0	6	0	0	6	0
85	87	Jul 19 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
86	88	Jul 19 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
87	89	Jul 20	PHA		CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	3
88	90	Jul 21	PHA		SLB	L,5-17	GS	39	6.0	7	1	0	8	1
89	91	Jul 22	PHA		SLB	W,8-7	CG	0	12.0	8	3	0	11	1
90	92	Jul 24	PHA		DET	W,8-6	GS	31	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
91	98 (5)	Jul 31	PHA	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	99	Aug 1	PHA	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	2
93	100	Aug 3	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.1	14	1	0	15	1
94	101	Aug 5 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
95	102	Aug 5 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
96	103	Aug 6	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	104	Aug 7	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
98	105	Aug 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
99	106	Aug 10 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	10	2	1	13	2
100	107	Aug 10 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
101	108	Aug 11	PHA		WSH	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
102	109	Aug 13	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
103	110	Aug 14	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-14	CG	46	8.0	10	0	1	11	2
104	111	Aug 15 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	41	10.0	9	0	0	9	3
105	112	Aug 15 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
106	113	Aug 18	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
107	114	Aug 19	PHA	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
108	115	Aug 20	PHA		NYY	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
109	116	Aug 21	PHA		NYY	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
110	117	Aug 22	PHA		NYY	L,0-10	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
111	118	Aug 24	PHA		DET	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
112	119	Aug 25	PHA		DET	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
113	120	Aug 26	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
114	121	Aug 27 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
115	122	Aug 27 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
116	123	Aug 28	PHA		SLB	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	11	2	0	13	1
117	124	Aug 29 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
118	125	Aug 29 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
119	126	Aug 30	PHA		CHW	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
120	127	Aug 31	PHA		CLE	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	128	Sep 1	PHA		CLE	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
122	129	Sep 3	PHA		BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
123	130	Sep 4	PHA		BOS	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
124	131	Sep 5	PHA		BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	14	1	0	15	1
125	132	Sep 6 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
126	133	Sep 6 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
127	134	Sep 8 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
128	135	Sep 8 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
129	136	Sep 10 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	13	2	0	15	1
130	137	Sep 10 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
131	138	Sep 11 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	45	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
132	139	Sep 11 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	2
133	140	Sep 12	PHA	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
134	141	Sep 14	PHA	@	SLB	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
135	142	Sep 15	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-7	CG	0	12.0	15	1	0	16	3
136	143	Sep 17	PHA	@	CHW	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
137	144	Sep 18	PHA	@	CHW	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	13	0	1	14	0
138	145	Sep 19 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	33	8.1	7	2	0	9	1
139	146	Sep 19 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	7	3	0	10	1
140	147	Sep 20	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
141	148	Sep 22	PHA	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
142	149	Sep 23	PHA	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	0	8.1	6	2	0	8	1
143	150	Sep 28	PHA		NYY	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	3
144	151	Sep 29	PHA		NYY	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
145	152	Sep 30	PHA		NYY	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
							145gm		1262.2	1284	120	16	1420	148