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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1947 PHA AL 26 1B 132 1261 1141 101 19 118 .985 9.41 .990 7.58 MVP-19,RoY-4
1948 PHA AL 27 1B 145 1420 1284 120 16 148 .989 9.68 .991 6.90 MVP-24
1949 PHA AL 28 1B 150 1419 1275 122 22 194 .984 9.31 .989 6.67
1950 PHA AL 29 1B 151 1429 1286 124 19 192 .987 9.34 .989 6.62 AS
1951 PHA AL 30 1B 108 1055 931 113 11 124 .990 9.67 .990 8.49 AS,MVP-6
1951 PHA AL 30 OF 11 16 11 2 3 1 .813 1.18 .981 2.23 1-0-10 AS,MVP-6
1952 PHA AL 31 1B 144 1417 1245 150 22 124 .984 9.69 .988 6.94 AS,MVP-6
1953 CHW AL 32 1B 127 1227 1108 106 13 98 .989 9.56 .989 7.87 AS
1954 CHW AL 33 1B 64 64 538.0 604 565 31 8 54 .987 0.2 0.4 0.2 2.2 -2.1 0 9.97 9.31 .990 9.60 8.00 AS
1955 TOT AL 34 1B 95 76 713.2 763 695 60 8 72 .990 0.5 0.8 -0.5 -1.5 0.9 1 9.52 7.95 .991 9.63 8.17
1955 DET AL 34 1B 44 42 366.1 404 370 29 5 42 .988 0.1 0.3 0.1 -0.8 0.8 0 9.80 9.07 .991 9.63 8.17
1955 CLE AL 34 1B 51 34 347.1 359 325 31 3 30 .992 0.4 1.4 -0.6 -0.7 0.1 1 9.22 6.98 .991 9.63 8.17
9 Seasons 1B 1116 140 1251.2 10595 9530 927 138 1124 .987 0.7 0.7 -0.3 0.7 -1.2 1 75.19 9.37 .990 9.62 7.35
1 Season OF 11 16 11 2 3 1 .813 1.18 .981 2.23 1-0-10
9 Seasons TOT 1127 140 1251.2 10611 9541 929 141 1125 .987 0.7 0.7 -0.3 0.7 -1.2 1 75.28 9.29 .976 9.62 7.30 1-0-10

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 PHA AL 26 136 136 136 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 PHA AL 27 145 145 145 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 PHA AL 28 150 150 150 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 PHA AL 29 151 151 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PHA AL 30 117 117 117 0 0 108 0 0 0 1 0 10 11
1952 PHA AL 31 145 145 145 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHW AL 32 128 128 128 0 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHW AL 33 65 64 65 65 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1955 DET AL 34 58 42 58 58 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1955 CLE AL 34 56 34 56 56 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
9 Seasons 1151 140 1151 1151 0 0 1116 0 0 0 1 0 10 11 23 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 CHW AL 33 2311 62% 81% 27% 127 88% 1 564 39 521 5 44 31 21 7 1 1 8 1 7 0 7 54 3 0 0 49 3 5 2 3 5 100%
1955 CLE AL 34 1541 59% 77% 21% 90 96% 1 297 23 274 1 35 30 19 8 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 31 1 3 0 30 4 1 0 0 5 100%
1955 DET AL 34 1577 61% 81% 27% 90 96% 2 370 19 348 4 39 28 20 6 0 1 5 1 3 1 4 42 0 1 1 39 2 3 1 2 6 83%
2 Seasons 5429 61% 80% 25% 307 93% 4 1231 81 1143 10 118 89 60 21 1 3 16 3 12 1 11 127 4 4 1 118 9 9 3 5 16 94%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 94% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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