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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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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

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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 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 (401st)

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  2.6 (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  20.1 (9th)
1951 AL  21.3 (7th)
1952 AL  20.7 (5th)
1953 AL  15.9 (9th)
Career  15.1 (249th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 10 (230), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 38 (634), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (539), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (732), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Wes Parker (901)
  7. Fred Schulte (899)
  8. Carlos May (897)
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  10. John Kruk (895)
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  3. Ray Sanders (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Nick Etten (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Cunningham (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pat Tabler (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Earl Sheely (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Earl Sheely (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

November 1, 1946: Drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics from San Francisco (PCL) in the 1946 rule 5 draft.

January 27, 1953: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Bob Wilson (minors) to the Chicago White Sox for Joe DeMaestri, Ed McGhee and Eddie Robinson.

December 6, 1954: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Leo Cristante and Jack Phillips to the Detroit Tigers for Walt Dropo, Ted Gray and Bob Nieman.

July 6, 1955: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

July 14, 1955: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

November 2, 1955: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

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