Ferris Fain
Ferris Roy Fain (Burrhead and Cocky)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 186 lb.

Born: March 29, 1921 in San Antonio, TX
High School: Roosevelt (Oakland, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Final Game: September 24, 1955
Died: October 18, 2001 in Georgetown, CA
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1947 26 PHA AL 136 567 461 70 134 28 6 7 71 4 5 95 34 .291 .414 .423 .837 131 195 15 2 9 *3 MVP-19,RoY-4
1948 27 PHA AL 145 644 520 81 146 27 6 7 88 10 5 113 37 .281 .412 .396 .808 115 206 17 3 8 *3 MVP-24
1949 28 PHA AL 150 672 525 81 138 21 5 3 78 8 1 136 51 .263 .415 .339 .754 103 178 15 0 11 *3
1950 29 PHA AL 151 658 522 83 147 25 4 10 83 8 5 133 26 .282 .430 .402 .832 116 210 18 3 0 *3 AS
1951 30 PHA AL 117 511 425 63 146 30 3 6 57 0 3 80 20 .344 .451 .471 .921 147 200 10 3 3 *3O AS,MVP-6
1952 31 PHA AL 145 648 538 82 176 43 3 2 59 3 5 105 26 .327 .438 .429 .867 136 231 19 1 4 *3 AS,MVP-6
1953 32 CHW AL 128 564 446 73 114 18 2 6 52 3 2 108 28 .256 .405 .345 .750 102 154 11 4 6 *3 AS
1954 33 CHW AL 65 282 235 30 71 10 1 5 51 5 1 40 14 .302 .399 .417 .816 122 98 2 1 1 5 3 AS
1955 34 TOT AL 114 358 258 32 67 11 0 2 31 5 1 94 25 .260 .455 .326 .781 113 84 10 1 2 3 3 3
1955 34 DET AL 58 196 140 23 37 8 0 2 23 2 1 52 12 .264 .459 .364 .823 126 51 5 0 2 2 2 3
1955 34 CLE AL 56 162 118 9 30 3 0 0 8 3 0 42 13 .254 .451 .280 .730 98 33 5 1 0 1 1 3
9 Seasons 1151 4904 3930 595 1139 213 30 48 570 46 28 904 261 .290 .424 .396 .820 120 1556 117 18 44 8 3
162 Game Avg. 162 690 553 84 160 30 4 7 80 6 4 127 37 .290 .424 .396 .820 120 219 16 3 6
PHA (6 yrs) 844 3700 2991 460 887 174 27 35 436 33 24 662 194 .297 .426 .408 .834 124 1220 94 12 35
CHW (2 yrs) 193 846 681 103 185 28 3 11 103 8 3 148 42 .272 .403 .370 .773 108 252 13 5 7 5
CLE (1 yr) 56 162 118 9 30 3 0 0 8 3 0 42 13 .254 .451 .280 .730 98 33 5 1 0 1 1
DET (1 yr) 58 196 140 23 37 8 0 2 23 2 1 52 12 .264 .459 .364 .823 126 51 5 0 2 2 2

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1947 26 PHA AL 567 356 79 5.9 98 .302 .291 .265 .414 .345 .423 .381 .837 .726 131 .655 24.9 2.5 .839 .336 .132 5.1
1948 27 PHA AL 644 404 85 5.6 105 .292 .281 .273 .412 .358 .396 .394 .808 .753 115 .588 17.8 1.7 .826 .342 .115 8.2
1949 28 PHA AL 672 414 75 4.8 104 .287 .263 .267 .415 .358 .339 .388 .754 .746 103 .523 11.5 1.1 .797 .349 .076 4.4
1950 29 PHA AL 658 398 90 6.0 112 .282 .282 .276 .430 .363 .402 .414 .832 .776 116 .586 21.5 2.0 .877 .381 .121 8.9
1951 30 PHA AL 511 295 88 8.0 104 .351 .344 .270 .451 .351 .471 .396 .921 .747 147 .741 34.2 3.4 .959 .308 .127 .0
1952 31 PHA AL 648 390 100 6.9 101 .341 .327 .267 .438 .348 .429 .390 .867 .738 136 .718 34.9 3.6 .868 .294 .102 2.4
1953 32 CHW AL 564 351 62 4.7 105 .262 .256 .273 .405 .350 .345 .402 .750 .752 102 .528 8.0 0.8 .774 .334 .090 4.0
1954 33 CHW AL 282 173 40 6.2 101 .299 .302 .269 .399 .345 .417 .393 .816 .738 122 .665 9.4 1.0 .856 .302 .115 5.0
1955 34 TOT AL 358 207 47 6.1 103 .278 .260 .267 .455 .347 .326 .398 .781 .745 113 .627 14.1 1.3 .906 .446 .066 2.9
1955 34 DET AL 196 113 28 6.6 101 .273 .264 .264 .459 .343 .364 .393 .823 .736 126 .663 10.5 1.0 .954 .479 .100 2.0
1955 34 CLE AL 162 94 19 5.4 106 .283 .254 .271 .451 .351 .280 .404 .730 .755 98 .576 3.6 0.3 .849 .407 .025 .0
9 Seasons 4904 2988 666 6.0 104 .301 .290 .270 .424 .353 .396 .395 .820 .748 120 .627 176.4 17.4 .850 .341 .106 47.0
162 Game Avg. 690 421 94 6.0 104 .301 .290 .270 .424 .353 .396 .395 .820 .748 120 .627 25 2 .850 .341 .106 7
PHA (6 yrs) 3700 2257 517 6.1 104 .308 .297 .270 .426 .354 .408 .394 .834 .748 124 .636 145.0 14.3 .856 .336 .111 34.0
CHW (2 yrs) 846 524 102 5.2 104 .275 .272 .272 .403 .348 .370 .399 .773 .747 108 .579 17.4 1.8 .801 .323 .098 9.3
CLE (1 yr) 162 94 19 5.4 106 .283 .254 .271 .451 .351 .280 .404 .730 .755 98 .576 3.6 0.3 .849 .407 .025 .0
DET (1 yr) 196 113 28 6.6 101 .273 .264 .264 .459 .343 .364 .393 .823 .736 126 .663 10.5 1.0 .954 .479 .100 2.0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 PHA AL 29 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PHA AL 30 as 1B 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 3 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PHA AL 31 DNP
1953 CHW AL 32 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHW AL 33 DNP
5 Seasons (3 Appearances) 7 7 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .714 1.143 5 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1947 26 PHA AL 567 1.2% 6.0% 16.8% 7.2% 31% 0.36 13.6 65.9 6.5 74%
1948 27 PHA AL 644 1.1% 5.8% 17.6% 6.2% 27% 0.33 14.1 74.3 5.9 74%
1949 28 PHA AL 672 0.5% 7.6% 20.2% 4.3% 21% 0.38 10.3 175.0 6.7 70%
1950 29 PHA AL 658 1.5% 4.0% 20.2% 5.9% 27% 0.20 20.1 52.2 6.3 74%
1951 30 PHA AL 511 1.2% 3.9% 15.7% 7.6% 27% 0.25 21.3 70.8 7.5 78%
1952 31 PHA AL 648 0.3% 4.0% 16.2% 7.4% 27% 0.25 20.7 269.0 9.1 79%
1953 32 CHW AL 564 1.1% 5.0% 19.2% 4.6% 23% 0.26 15.9 74.3 8.6 73%
1954 33 CHW AL 282 1.8% 5.0% 14.2% 5.7% 23% 0.35 16.8 47.0 4.6 0.89 78%
1955 34 TOT AL 358 0.6% 7.0% 26.3% 3.6% 19% 0.27 10.3 129.0 8.3 1.28 65%
1955 34 DET AL 196 1.0% 6.1% 26.5% 5.1% 27% 0.23 11.7 70.0 6.1 1.36 65%
1955 34 CLE AL 162 0.0% 8.0% 25.9% 1.9% 10% 0.31 9.1 14.8 1.19 65%
9 Seasons 4904 1.0% 5.3% 18.4% 5.9% 26% 0.29 15.1 81.9 6.9 1.08 74%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 33 CHW AL 2 0 23% 130 5 1 83% 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 4 34% 16 15 1 5 4 1 14 4 10
1955 34 TOT AL 3 0 19% 160 5 1 83% 5 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 6 7 21% 29 24 3 7 5 1 8 3 5
1955 34 DET AL 3 0 24% 75 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 4 21% 14 12 1 4 4 0 6 2 4
1955 34 CLE AL 0 0 12% 85 3 0 100% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 20% 15 12 2 3 1 1 2 1 1
9 Seasons 5 0 27% 290 46 28 62% 9 2 1 2 0 0 5 1 10 11 27% 45 39 4 12 9 2 22 7 15
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 33 CHW AL 281 71% 71 0 0 0 0 0.67 5 1 10 4 1 2 3 1 1 1 100% 74 2 3% 36 21 58% 232 48 21% 33 19 58% 18 10 56% 0
1955 34 TOT AL 358 75% 67 13 4 0 1 1.37 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 100% 82 10 12% 32 13 41% 261 33 13% 24 12 50% 20 6 30% 0
1955 34 DET AL 196 86% 37 9 3 0 1 1.22 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 100% 46 5 11% 19 8 42% 156 25 16% 17 9 53% 12 4 33% 0
1955 34 CLE AL 162 62% 30 4 1 0 0 1.69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 5 14% 13 5 38% 105 8 8% 7 3 43% 8 2 25% 0
9 Seasons 639 73% 1139 13 4 0 1 1.36 48 1 18 6 1 3 4 1 3 44 1467% 156 117 75% 68 34 50% 493 81 16% 57 31 54% 38 16 42% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 26 136 567 461 70 134 28 6 7 71 4 5 95 34 .291 .414 .423 .837 131 195 15 2 9
1948 27 281 1211 981 151 280 55 12 14 159 14 10 208 71 .285 .413 .409 .822 123 401 32 5 17
1949 28 431 1883 1506 232 418 76 17 17 237 22 11 344 122 .278 .413 .384 .798 116 579 47 5 28
1950 29 582 2541 2028 315 565 101 21 27 320 30 16 477 148 .279 .418 .389 .807 116 789 65 8 28
1951 30 699 3052 2453 378 711 131 24 33 377 30 19 557 168 .290 .423 .403 .827 121 989 75 11 31
1952 31 844 3700 2991 460 887 174 27 35 436 33 24 662 194 .297 .426 .408 .834 124 1220 94 12 35
1953 32 972 4264 3437 533 1001 192 29 41 488 36 26 770 222 .291 .423 .400 .823 121 1374 105 16 41
1954 33 1037 4546 3672 563 1072 202 30 46 539 41 27 810 236 .292 .422 .401 .822 121 1472 107 17 42 5
1955 34 1151 4904 3930 595 1139 213 30 48 570 46 28 904 261 .290 .424 .396 .820 120 1556 117 18 44 8 3

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1947 26 141 585 482 76 142 30 6 7 77 4 101 35 .295 .419 .425 .844 86 136
1948 27 152 655 538 79 147 27 6 7 86 10 114 39 .273 .403 .385 .788 83 145
1949 28 157 688 547 82 143 22 5 3 79 8 141 53 .261 .413 .336 .749 76 150
1950 29 158 669 536 78 144 24 4 10 78 8 130 27 .269 .414 .384 .798 85 151
1951 30 123 522 439 62 146 30 3 6 56 0 80 21 .333 .439 .456 .894 87 117
1952 31 152 671 561 86 183 45 3 2 62 3 109 27 .326 .437 .428 .864 105 145
1953 32 134 577 463 73 116 18 2 6 52 3 110 29 .251 .399 .337 .736 62 128
1954 33 68 296 247 32 76 11 1 5 54 5 43 15 .308 .405 .421 .826 43 65
1955 34 119 396 280 33 80 13 0 2 32 6 112 26 .286 .487 .354 .841 49 114
9 Seasons 1204 5059 4093 601 1177 220 30 48 576 47 940 272 .288 .422 .391 .813 676 1151
162 Game Avg. 162 681 551 81 158 30 4 6 78 6 126 37 .288 .422 .391 .813 91 1151

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1950 *
1951 (1B)
1952
1953 *
1954

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1947-AL-19-3%
1948-AL-24-1%
1951-AL-6-31%
1952-AL-6-20%
0.55 Career Shares (397th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1951 AL--.344--1st
1952 AL--.327--1st

On-Base% s c a p y
1947 AL--.414--2nd
1948 AL--.412--5th
1949 AL--.415--7th
1950 AL--.430--4th
1951 AL--.451--2nd
1952 AL--.438--1st
1953 AL--.405--4th
Career--.424--15th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1947 AL--.837--6th
1951 AL--.921--4th
1952 AL--.867--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL--150--10th

Hits s c a p y
1952 AL--176--3rd

Doubles s c a p y
1947 AL--28--9th
1951 AL--30--9th
1952 AL--43--1st

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1947 AL--95--5th
1948 AL--113--3rd
1949 AL--136--3rd
1950 AL--133--2nd
1951 AL--80--7th
1952 AL--105--3rd
1953 AL--108--2nd
1955 AL--94--4th
Career--904--160th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1948 AL--10--8th
1950 AL--8--6th

Singles s c a p y
1952 AL--128--5th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1947 AL--131--7th
1951 AL--147--4th
1952 AL--136--8th

Runs Created s c a p y
1952 AL--100--5th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1947 AL--25--4th
1951 AL--34--4th
1952 AL--35--4th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1947 AL--2.5--4th
1951 AL--3.4--4th
1952 AL--3.6--4th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1952 AL--48--9th

Times On Base s c a p y
1948 AL--262--7th
1949 AL--274--8th
1950 AL--283--4th
1952 AL--282--1st
1953 AL--226--9th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1947 AL--.655--8th
1951 AL--.741--3rd
1952 AL--.718--5th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1949 AL--11--9th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1952 AL--19--3rd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1948 AL--8.2--7th
1950 AL--8.9--5th

AB per SO s c a p y
1950 AL--20.077--9th
1951 AL--21.250--7th
1952 AL--20.692--5th
1953 AL--15.929--9th
Career--15.060--249th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 30 (647), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 22 (722), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (628), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Earl Sheely (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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