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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	PHA	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
2	2	Apr 19	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
3	3	Apr 21	PHA		BOS	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
4	4	Apr 22	PHA		BOS	W,6-5	CG	63	15.0	20	1	0	21	2	1B
5	5	Apr 23 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	3	1B
6	6	Apr 23 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,2-12	CG	40	6.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
7	7	Apr 25	PHA		NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 26	PHA		WSH	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
9	9	Apr 27	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
10	10	Apr 28	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
11	11	Apr 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-19	CG	50	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
12	12	Apr 30 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 4	PHA		DET	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
14	14	May 6	PHA		SLB	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
15	15	May 7 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
16	16	May 7 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
17	17	May 9	PHA		CLE	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
18	18	May 10	PHA		CLE	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	4	1B
19	19	May 11	PHA		CLE	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
20	20	May 12	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
21	21	May 13	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
22	22	May 14	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
23	23	May 16	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-15	CG	49	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
24	24	May 17	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	5	1B
25	25	May 18	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	6	1	0	7	1	1B
26	26	May 19	PHA	@	DET	L,8-14	CG	47	8.0	8	1	2	11	0
27	27	May 20	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
28	28	May 21 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-11	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
29	29	May 21 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
30	30	May 23	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
31	31	May 24	PHA	@	CHW	L,7-10	CG	45	8.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
32	32	May 25	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	24	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
33	33	May 26	PHA		NYY	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
34	34	May 27	PHA		NYY	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
35	35	May 28 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B
36	36	May 28 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,6-5	CG	33	7.0	9	1	0	10	1
37	37	May 30 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	11	3	1	15	3	1B
38	38	May 30 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 2 (1)	PHA		DET	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
40	40	Jun 2 (2)	PHA		DET	L,5-16	CG	57	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
41	41	Jun 3	PHA		DET	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	2
42	42	Jun 4 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,5-12	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
43	43	Jun 4 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	8	2	1	11	0	1B
44	44	Jun 6	PHA		SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
45	45	Jun 7	PHA		CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	1	9	3
46	46	Jun 8	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
47	47	Jun 9	PHA		CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
48	48	Jun 10	PHA		CLE	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
49	49	Jun 11 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	46	10.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
50	50	Jun 11 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
51	51	Jun 13	PHA	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	5
52	52	Jun 14	PHA	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
53	53	Jun 15	PHA	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
54	54	Jun 16	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
55	55	Jun 17	PHA	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	47	8.1	6	1	0	7	2	1B
56	56	Jun 18 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
57	57	Jun 18 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-21	CG	53	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
58	58	Jun 20	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
59	59	Jun 21	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
60	60	Jun 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
61	61	Jun 23	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-11	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
62	62	Jun 25 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
63	63	Jun 25 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,13-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
64	64	Jun 27	PHA		BOS	L,5-7	CG	55	11.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
65	65	Jun 28	PHA		BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
66	66	Jun 29	PHA		BOS	L,14-22	CG	60	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
67	67	Jun 30 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
68	68	Jun 30 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	69	Jul 1	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
70	70	Jul 2	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
71	71	Jul 5	PHA	@	NYY	L,8-12	CG	46	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
72	72	Jul 6	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
73	75 (2)	Jul 9 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
74	77 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
75	78	Jul 14 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
76	79	Jul 15	PHA		SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	12	2	0	14	5	1B
77	80	Jul 16 (1)	PHA		DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
78	81	Jul 16 (2)	PHA		DET	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
79	82	Jul 17 (1)	PHA		DET	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
80	83	Jul 17 (2)	PHA		DET	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
81	84	Jul 18	PHA		CLE	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
82	85	Jul 19	PHA		CLE	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
83	86	Jul 20	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
84	87	Jul 21	PHA		CHW	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	13	2	0	15	1
85	88	Jul 22	PHA		CHW	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
86	89	Jul 23 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
87	90	Jul 23 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
88	91	Jul 25	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
89	92	Jul 26	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	10	0	1	11	3	1B
90	93	Jul 27	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
91	94	Jul 28	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
92	95	Jul 29	PHA	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
93	96	Jul 30	PHA	@	DET	L,10-12	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	97	Aug 1	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	13	1	0	14	0
95	98	Aug 2	PHA	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
96	99	Aug 3	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
97	100	Aug 4	PHA	@	SLB	W,12-9	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
98	101	Aug 5	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
99	102	Aug 6	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-10	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
100	103	Aug 8	PHA		WSH	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
101	104	Aug 9	PHA		WSH	W,7-6	CG	46	11.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
102	105	Aug 10	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
103	106	Aug 11	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
104	107	Aug 12	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
105	108	Aug 13	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	1	10	2	1B
106	109	Aug 15 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
107	110	Aug 15 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
108	111	Aug 16 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
109	112	Aug 16 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	42	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
110	113	Aug 17	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	6	4	0	10	4	1B
111	114	Aug 18	PHA		NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
112	115	Aug 19	PHA		NYY	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	4	1B
113	116	Aug 20 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
114	117	Aug 20 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	9	3	0	12	2
115	118	Aug 23 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
116	119	Aug 23 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
117	120	Aug 25	PHA		CLE	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	4	1B
118	121	Aug 26	PHA		CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
119	122	Aug 27 (1)	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
120	123	Aug 27 (2)	PHA		DET	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
121	124	Aug 28	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	14	1	1	16	1	1B
122	125	Aug 30 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
123	126	Aug 30 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	10.0	5	1	0	6	1
124	127	Aug 31 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
125	128	Aug 31 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	129	Sep 1	PHA		BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
127	130	Sep 2	PHA		BOS	L,3-9	CG	48	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
128	131	Sep 4 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
129	132	Sep 4 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
130	133	Sep 6	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
131	134	Sep 7	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
132	135	Sep 8	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-10	CG	46	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
133	136	Sep 9 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	45	8.0	5	2	1	8	0
134	137	Sep 9 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
135	138	Sep 10	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
136	139	Sep 12	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
137	140	Sep 13	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	2
138	141	Sep 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
139	142	Sep 15	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
140	143	Sep 16	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	0	8.0	13	0	1	14	3
141	144	Sep 17	PHA	@	CLE	W,10-9	CG	53	11.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
142	145	Sep 19	PHA	@	DET	L,4-12	CG	46	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
143	146	Sep 20	PHA	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
144	147	Sep 21	PHA	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
145	148	Sep 23	PHA	@	WSH	W,16-5	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
146	149	Sep 24	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
147	150	Sep 25 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
148	151	Sep 25 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	4
149	152	Sep 27	PHA		NYY	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
150	153	Sep 28	PHA		NYY	L,6-8	CG	50	10.0	6	2	0	8	1
151	154	Oct 1	PHA		WSH	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
							151gm		1312.2	1286	124	19	1429	192