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Dave Ferriss
David Meadow Ferriss (Boo)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 208 lb.

Born: December 5, 1921 in Shaw, MS
High School: Shaw (Shaw, MS)
School: Mississippi State University
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1945
Final Game: April 18, 1950
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1945 23 BOS AL 21 10 .677 2.96 35 31 4 26 5 2 264.2 263 101 87 6 85 94 7 1 4 1103 115 1.315 8.9 0.2 2.9 3.2 1.11 MVP-4
1946 24 BOS AL 25 6 .806 3.25 40 35 4 26 6 3 274.0 274 109 99 14 71 106 3 0 1 1141 113 1.259 9.0 0.5 2.3 3.5 1.49 AS,MVP-7
1947 25 BOS AL 12 11 .522 4.04 33 28 0 14 1 0 218.1 241 106 98 14 92 64 7 1 6 956 96 1.525 9.9 0.6 3.8 2.6 0.70
1948 26 BOS AL 7 3 .700 5.23 31 9 13 1 0 3 115.1 127 71 67 7 61 30 7 0 0 518 84 1.630 9.9 0.5 4.8 2.3 0.49
1949 27 BOS AL 0 0 4.05 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 7 3 3 1 4 1 1 0 0 29 108 1.650 9.5 1.4 5.4 1.4 0.25
1950 28 BOS AL 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 27 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
6 Seasons 65 30 .684 3.64 144 103 24 67 12 8 880.0 914 392 356 42 314 296 25 2 11 3753 103 1.395 9.3 0.4 3.2 3.0 0.94
162 Game Avg. 18 8 .684 3.64 40 28 7 18 3 2 242 252 108 98 12 86 81 7 1 3 1033 103 1.395 9.3 0.4 3.2 3.0 0.94

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1946 24 BOS AL WS L STL 1 0 1.000 2.02 2 2 0 1 1 0 13.1 13 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 51 1.125 8.8 0.0 1.4 2.7 2.00
1 WS 1 0 1.000 2.02 2 2 0 1 1 0 13.1 13 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 51 1.125 8.8 0.0 1.4 2.7 2.00

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
1945 23 BOS AL 61 140 120 16 32 7 1 1 19 0 0 19 11 .267 .367 .367 .734 111 44 4 0 1 1 MVP-4
1946 24 BOS AL 45 122 115 12 24 6 0 0 7 0 0 5 19 .209 .242 .261 .503 37 30 3 0 2 1 AS,MVP-7
1947 25 BOS AL 52 106 99 11 27 5 3 0 19 0 0 7 10 .273 .321 .384 .705 90 38 5 0 0 1
1948 26 BOS AL 31 45 37 4 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 6 6 .243 .349 .270 .619 63 10 0 0 2 1
1949 27 BOS AL 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 663 2 0 0 0 /1
1950 28 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Seasons 194 414 372 44 93 20 4 1 52 0 0 37 46 .250 .318 .333 .651 79 124 12 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 346 311 37 78 17 3 1 43 0 0 31 38 .250 .318 .333 .651 79 104 10 0 4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1946 24 BOS AL WS STL L 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1945 BOS AL 23 P 35 91 22 67 2 10 .978 2.54 .954 1.28 MVP-4
1946 BOS AL 24 P 40 69 25 43 1 5 .986 1.70 .949 1.01 AS,MVP-7
1947 BOS AL 25 P 33 48 13 33 2 2 .958 1.39 .954 0.95
1948 BOS AL 26 P 31 31 10 21 0 1 1.000 1.00 .961 0.91
1949 BOS AL 27 P 4 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 1.000 1.00
1950 BOS AL 28 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
6 Seasons P 144 240 71 164 5 18 .979 1.63 .954 1.04
6 Seasons TOT 144 240 71 164 5 18 .979 1.63 .933 1.04

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1945
1946

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1945 AL (4, 44%)
1946 AL (7, 28%)
0.72 Career Shares (324th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1945 AL  2.958 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1945 AL  21 (2nd)
1946 AL  25 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1945 AL  .677 (5th)
1946 AL  .806 (1st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 AL  2.332 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1945 AL  35 (10th)
1946 AL  40 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
1946 AL  3 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1945 AL  264.7 (2nd)
1946 AL  274.0 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1945 AL  31 (4th)
1946 AL  35 (2nd)
1947 AL  28 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1945 AL  26 (2nd)
1946 AL  26 (3rd)
1947 AL  14 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1945 AL  5 (2nd)
1946 AL  6 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1946 AL  14 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1945 AL  85 (8th)
1947 AL  92 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1945 AL  263 (1st)
1946 AL  274 (2nd)
1947 AL  241 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1945 AL  .204 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1945 AL  87 (5th)
1946 AL  99 (1st)
1947 AL  98 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1947 AL  6 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1945 AL  7 (3rd)
1947 AL  7 (1st)
1948 AL  7 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1945 AL  1103 (3rd)
1946 AL  1141 (4th)
1947 AL  956 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1945 AL  115 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 42 (585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 32 (410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 20 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Before 1942 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

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