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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 16	DET		KCA	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
2	6	Apr 17	DET		KCA	W,16-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
3	7	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
4	8	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
5	9	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
6	10	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
7	11	Apr 26	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
8	12	Apr 27	DET		BAL	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
9	13	Apr 28	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
10	14	Apr 29	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
11	15	Apr 30	DET		WSH	W,11-7	GS	34	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	16	May 1	DET		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
13	17	May 2	DET		NYY	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
14	18	May 3	DET		BOS	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
15	19	May 4	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	16	3	0	19	0	1B
16	20	May 5	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
17	21	May 6	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
18	22	May 7	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
19	23	May 8 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
20	24	May 8 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
21	25	May 10	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
22	28 (2)	May 14	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	6	0	0	6	1	1B
23	29	May 15 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-10	GS	31	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
24	30	May 15 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
25	31	May 17	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
26	32	May 18	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
27	33	May 20	DET		CLE	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
28	34	May 21	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
29	35	May 22	DET		CLE	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
30	36	May 24	DET	@	KCA	W,9-6	GS	38	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
31	37	May 25	DET	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
32	38	May 27	DET		CHW	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
33	39	May 28	DET		CHW	L,4-16	GS	10	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
34	41 (1)	May 30 (1)	DET		KCA	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
35	42	May 30 (2)	DET		KCA	L,4-5	CG	52	11.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	48 (5)	Jun 5 (2)	DET		BAL	L,5-6	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
37	49	Jun 6	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
38	50	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	45	12.0	11	4	0	15	1	1B
39	51	Jun 8	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	3	1B
40	53 (1)	Jun 10	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	10	1	1	12	2	1B
41	54	Jun 11	DET		BOS	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
42	55	Jun 14	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	GF	11	1.2	2	0	1	3	0	1B
43	56	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	75 (18)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Cleveland Indians
45	85	Jul 14	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
46	86	Jul 15	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	10.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
47	87	Jul 16	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	11	2	0	13	4	1B
48	88	Jul 17 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
49	89	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	GF	16	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
50	90	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
51	91	Jul 20	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
52	92	Jul 21	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
53	93	Jul 22	CLE		BAL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
54	94	Jul 23	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
55	95	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
56	96	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
57	97	Jul 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
58	98	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
59	99	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
60	100	Jul 29	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-1	GF	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
61	102 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
62	103	Jul 31 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-0	GF	10	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	104	Aug 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1B
64	105	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
65	106	Aug 4	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-3	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
66	110 (3)	Aug 9	CLE		DET	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
67	112 (1)	Aug 11	CLE		DET	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
68	113	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-1	GF	20	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
69	114	Aug 12 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-5	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
70	115	Aug 13	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-3	GF	14	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	1B
71	118 (2)	Aug 17	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
72	119	Aug 18	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
73	120	Aug 19	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
74	121	Aug 20	CLE		KCA	W,7-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
75	122	Aug 21	CLE		KCA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
76	123	Aug 23	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	GF	25	5.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
77	124	Aug 24	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
78	125	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
79	126	Aug 26	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	3	1B
80	127	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
81	128	Aug 28 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
82	129	Aug 28 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-13	CG	46	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
83	130	Aug 30	CLE		BAL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
84	131	Aug 31	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	132	Sep 2	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
86	134 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	15	3	0	18	0	1B
87	135	Sep 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	2	1B
88	136	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
89	145 (8)	Sep 13 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
90	147 (1)	Sep 16	CLE		DET	L,0-3	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
91	148	Sep 17	CLE		DET	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
92	149	Sep 18	CLE		DET	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
93	150	Sep 20	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
94	151	Sep 21	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
95	152	Sep 24 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
							95gm		713.2	695	60	8	763	72