Dave Ferriss

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 208lb (188cm, 94kg)

Born: December 5, 1921 in Shaw, MS us

Died: November 24, 2016 in Cleveland, MS

Buried: Shaw Cemetery, Shaw, MS

High School: Shaw HS (Shaw, MS)

School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)

Debut: April 29, 1945 (Age 23-145d, 9,936th in major league history)
vs. PHA 9.0 IP, 5 H, 5 SO, 6 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: April 18, 1950 (Age 28-134d)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: David Meadow Ferriss

Nicknames: Boo

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.5

ERA

3.64

144

103

880.0

296

WHIP

1.395

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-16 / in Starts: 14-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 2

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	76	3	Apr 18	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	3	3	5	3	0	0	3.00	3.68	35	12	8	1	0	7	59			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	3	0	0	.69	0.169	2.02	0.30%	1.23	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
2	77	7	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(1-1)	4	8.0	8	3	3	3	1	1	0	3.18	4.38	31	7	12	0	1	8	52			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	2	0	0	.79	0.005	2.44	0.01%	0.69	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
3	78	11	Apr 27	BOS		PHA	T,6-6	GS-		3	5.2	11	6	6	1	2	0	1	4.76	4.04	28						24						26					0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	79	14	May 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(1-2)	4	8.0	10	2	2	0	4	1	1	4.11	3.95	36	9	12	0	0	10	58			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.036	2.11	0.06%	1.61	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
5	80	19	May 8	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	GS-8	W(2-2)	5	8.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.26	3.74	29	13	9	0	1	3	76			1	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.53	0.599	4.89	1.15%	3.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
6	81	23	May 13	BOS		CHW	W,19-6	GS-5		4	5.0	10	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.71	3.98	23	4	8	0	1	10	30			0	0	0	22	2	1	0	3	0	0	1.04	-0.207	3.52	-0.42%	-1.51	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
7	82	28	May 19(1)	BOS		DET	L,2-3	CG(12)	L(2-3)	5	12.0	9	3	2	4	4	0	1	3.23	3.82	50	16	16	0	4	9	74			1	0	1	45	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.90	0.291	7.74	0.71%	2.97	1t start tie	12t 3 out d1
8	83	32	May 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS-7	L(2-4)	4	7.0	8	5	5	6	1	0	0	3.59	3.95	33	10	9	2	1	7	36			0	0	1	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	.85	-0.078	3.07	-0.17%	-1.77	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
9	84	36	May 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	W(3-4)	3	9.0	7	2	2	5	2	1	0	3.39	4.13	36	11	11	1	2	7	62			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	0	.67	0.130	1.95	0.23%	2.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	85	40	Jun 2(1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(4-4)	4	9.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.24	3.91	32	11	12	3	2	7	67			0	1	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	.67	0.217	1.82	0.36%	1.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
11	86	44	Jun 8	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	GS-	L(4-5)	5	6.2	9	5	5	5	0	0	0	3.50	3.99	33						31						27					0
12	87	47	Jun 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-0	8-9	H(1)	2	1.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.45	4.04	7	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.26	0.076	7.20	0.15%	0.05	8b --- 0 out a1	9b 12- 1 out a3
13	88	48	Jun 13	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	GS-6	W(5-5)	1	5.1	11	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.54	3.91	26	3	7	2	1	11	37			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.061	4.37	-0.13%	-0.20	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a3
14	89	51	Jun 17	BOS		SLB	W,6-5	GS-8	W(6-5)	3	7.2	7	5	5	3	3	1	1	3.72	4.00	32	6	12	0	1	7	45			2	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.116	3.79	-0.27%	-1.34	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a1
15	90	55	Jun 22(1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	GS-3	L(6-6)	4	3.0	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.96	3.97	14	1	6	2	0	5	33			0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.239	4.40	-0.71%	-2.51	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
16	91	59	Jun 25(2)	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	W(7-6)	2	9.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.88	4.01	35						63						32	1	0			0
17	92	63	Jun 29(1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(7-7)	3	8.0	7	3	3	5	1	2	0	3.85	4.24	36	9	14	3	0	7	52			0	0	0	29	2	1	2	0	0	0	1.03	-0.033	4.61	-0.09%	0.76	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	93	68	Jul 4(1)	BOS		PHA	L,6-8	GS-		4	10.2	12	6	6	6	3	0	0	3.94	4.21	46						43						39					0
19	94	73	Jul 10	BOS	@	DET	T,2-2	CG(8)		5	8.0	3	2	2	6	3	0	0	3.85	4.21	32	8	12	0	0	3	65			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.29	0.277	3.07	0.40%	1.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
20	95	79	Jul 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-7)	3	9.0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.62	4.12	35	18	6	0	0	9	70			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.708	2.19	0.48%	4.06	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
21	96	84	Jul 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	GS-		3	3.2	8	6	3	2	0	1	0	3.71	4.21	22						25						20					0
22	97	87	Jul 20(2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-7	6-6	BL(8-8)	1	0.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.82	4.21	4	0	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.435	1.02	-0.17%	-2.63	6b --- 1 out a1	6b 12- 1 out d1
23	98	89	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	GS-6		2	5.0	10	6	5	1	3	1	0	3.99	4.23	24	7	3	0	1	10	27			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.395	.74	-0.17%	-3.13	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out tie
24	99	94	Jul 27(2)	BOS		SLB	W,11-2	CG	W(9-8)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.88	4.21	36						67						34	3	0			0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	100	98	Aug 1	BOS		DET	L,1-3	GS-7	L(9-9)	4	6.2	9	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.89	4.20	33	10	8	1	2	9	42			1	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.41	-0.135	1.00	-0.06%	-0.12	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out d2
26	101	101	Aug 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(9-10)	3	8.0	5	3	2	7	4	0	2	3.81	4.23	37	8	11	1	0	5	59			1	0	0	28	1	1	3	1	0	0	.93	-0.081	.47	-0.03%	0.61	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
27	102	105	Aug 9	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	GS-9	W(10-10)	3	8.1	10	4	4	6	3	1	0	3.84	4.30	40	10	11	2	1	10	44			0	0	0	32	3	2	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.082	1.21	-0.05%	-0.04	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
28	103	110	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-10	2-3		5	1.1	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.90	4.36	8	1	2	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.320	.83	-0.20%	-3.13	2b 12- 2 out tie	3b 3 out d3
29	104	117	Aug 24(1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	W(11-10)	8	9.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.82	4.28	34	12	12	1	0	5	70			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	1	0	0	.20	0.132	.05	0.02%	2.06	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a9
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	105	139	Sep 11(2)	BOS		CLE	W,8-3	CG(6)	W(12-10)	17	6.0	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.84	4.26	27	4	12	1	0	6	47			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
31	106	143	Sep 15(1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-6	GS-9	L(12-11)	3	8.0	15	6	4	4	2	1	0	3.86	4.30	40	11	8	2	1	15	30			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.40	-0.414	.00	0.00%	-3.01	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out d3
32	107	150	Sep 20(1)	BOS		WSH	L,3-6	9-9		4	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.98	4.31	6	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.146	.00	0.00%	-2.73	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 1-- 2 out d4
33	108	153	Sep 23(1)	BOS		PHA	L,3-9	2-5		2	3.1	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.04	4.28	16	7	3	0	0	6		3	0	0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-0.74	2t 123 2 out d1	5t 3 out d4
							15-16		W-L:12-11,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.5	218.1	241	106	98	92	64	14	7	4.04	4.28	956	0.94		5%	4%	187	50	5	40%	7	3	2	840	40	13	9	20	0	4	1.09	-0.155	2.49	1.41%	0.76

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