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: 13-18 / in Starts: 4-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 15

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 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	109	3	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	GS-7		99	6.1	6	3	2	2	2	0	0	2.84	3.07	28	13	5	1	1	6	51			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.156	2.85	-0.20%	-0.33	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d1
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
2	110	12	May 4	BOS		DET	W,6-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	11	6.0	8	3	3	3	1	0	1	3.65	3.73	29	9	7	1	1	8	42			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	-0.060	3.23	-0.08%	0.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
3	111	18	May 10	BOS		CLE	L,7-12	GS-2	L(1-1)	5	2.0	5	6	6	4	1	2	0	6.91	6.11	15	1	4	2	0	5	19			0	0	0	11	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.06	-0.453	1.89	-0.49%	-4.88	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
4	112	23	May 18	BOS	@	DET	L,7-10	GS-6		7	5.0	5	4	2	7	1	0	0	6.05	6.22	24	6	6	1	0	4	39			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	0.088	2.14	0.10%	-0.11	1b start tie	6b 123 0 out a5
5	113	30	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-9	5-6		6	1.1	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	6.10	6.05	8	3	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.007	.21	0.00%	-0.12	5b -2- 2 out d4	6b 3 out d5
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
6	114	44	Jun 6(2)	BOS		DET	W,12-4	2-GF	W(2-1)	11	7.1	3	0	0	6	3	0	1	4.50	5.72	32	8	11	1	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.244	.42	0.11%	4.56	2t -23 2 out d4	9t end a 8
7	115	50	Jun 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	9-GF	S(1)	9	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.45	5.69	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.82	0.098	5.01	0.08%	0.78	9b 123 2 out a3	9b end a 3
8	116	52	Jun 19	BOS	@	DET	W,9-7	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.40	5.65	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	0.046	4.06	0.04%	-0.54	9b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 2
9	117	54	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-6	4-GF	W(3-1)	2	6.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.63	5.01	21	7	6	2	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.193	.97	0.18%	3.07	4b --- 0 out d3	9b end a 5
10	118	59	Jun 27(2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	W(4-1)	4	7.0	8	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.67	4.77	27						47						24	1	0	0		0
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
11	119	64	Jul 3	BOS		PHA	L,2-8	GS-8	L(4-2)	5	8.0	11	6	6	2	1	0	0	4.17	4.53	36	9	13	2	4	11	35			0	0	0	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.073	1.33	-0.07%	-1.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
12	120	69	Jul 7	BOS		WSH	L,6-7	GS-9		3	8.1	8	6	5	6	3	0	0	4.34	4.48	36	11	8	1	0	8	42			1	0	1	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.07	0.085	1.76	0.08%	0.39	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a3
13	121	73	Jul 11(1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-8	3-GF(10)	W(5-2)	3	7.1	3	2	2	3	4	0	0	4.13	4.30	27	5	12	1	0	3		1	0	0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.223	3.84	0.29%	2.01	3b 1-- 2 out d1	10b end a 1
14	122	79	Jul 18(1)	BOS		SLB	W,12-5	GS-		6	2.2	7	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.50	4.38	18						25						15	0	0	0		0
15	123	84	Jul 21(2)	BOS		CHW	W,10-9	GS-2		2	1.2	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	5.04	4.35	12	2	2	0	1	6	23			1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.277	2.57	-0.49%	-3.35	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d4
16	124	88	Jul 24(1)	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	5-GF	W(6-2)	2	4.2	3	1	1	3	2	0	1	4.84	4.36	20	6	5	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	16	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.72	0.360	10.06	1.27%	2.88	5t 123 1 out d1	9t end a 1
17	125	92	Jul 28	BOS	@	DET	L,0-13	2-6		3	4.0	9	5	5	2	1	0	1	5.17	4.37	24	4	8	1	2	8		1	1	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.055	.60	-0.19%	-3.47	2b 1-- 1 out d5	6b 1-3 1 out d10
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
18	126	96	Aug 1(1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-12	2-GF(8)		3	6.1	6	4	4	3	1	1	1	5.21	4.52	27	3	13	2	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	0	.02	-0.001	.18	0.00%	-0.57	2b -2- 2 out d8	8b end d10
19	127	100	Aug 5	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-7	5-6		3	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.21	4.50	7	2	1	0	1	2		1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.008	9.92	0.02%	0.26	5b -2- 1 out a1	6b 3 out tie
20	128	118	Aug 25	BOS		CLE	L,0-9	2-GF		19	7.1	12	5	5	4	1	2	0	5.28	4.74	37	7	13	2	0	12		1	0	0	0	0	32	0	1	1	1	0	0	.16	-0.073	1.91	-0.53%	-0.83	2t 1-- 2 out d4	9t end d 9
Sep/Oct				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
21	129	128	Sep 5	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-3	8-GF(10)	W(7-2)	10	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.14	4.72	10	1	7	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	0.512	26.07	2.72%	1.79	8b -2- 1 out tie	10b end a 1
22	130	133	Sep 10	BOS		NYY	L,6-11	6-6		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.09	4.70	4	2	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.006	5.28	-0.04%	0.19	6t -2- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d4
23	131	136	Sep 12	BOS		PHA	L,4-10	9-9		1	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.34	4.69	4	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.105	9.55	-0.57%	-1.41	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 12- 1 out d2
24	132	138	Sep 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,10-17	4-7		2	3.1	6	5	5	0	0	1	0	5.61	4.76	17	8	3	0	1	6		0	0	1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.166	6.02	-0.95%	-2.15	4b --- 0 out d3	7b 1-3 1 out d3
25	133	139	Sep 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3			0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.56	4.70	3												3	0	0	0		0
26	134	142	Sep 19(1)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	10-11		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.45	4.69	7	3	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	0.294	28.62	1.97%	1.10	10b --- 0 out tie	11b 3 out tie
27	135	143	Sep 19(2)	BOS	@	DET	L,6-8	4-GF(7)	L(7-3)	-1	3.1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	5.45	4.84	15	4	4	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.099	12.54	-0.70%	-0.01	4b -2- 2 out d3	7b end d 2
28	136	146	Sep 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	7-7		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.42	4.83	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.011	5.10	0.15%	0.93	7b 12- 1 out d4	7b 3 out d4
29	137	147	Sep 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-9	5-7		1	2.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.45	4.81	10	3	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.027	6.85	-0.31%	-0.67	5b --- 1 out d2	7b 3 out d4
30	138	149	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.35	4.80	7	1	4	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.007	1.58	0.08%	1.05	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 4
31	139	154	Oct 3	BOS		NYY	W,10-5	7-GF	S(3)	6	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.23	4.78	9	4	3	1	1	1		3	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.081	15.19	1.10%	1.76	7t 123 1 out a5	9t end a 5
							13-18		W-L:7-3,Sv:3	3.2	115.1	127	71	67	61	31	7	7	5.23	4.78	518	0.84		8%	5%	109	36	24	17%	3	3	1	444	15	5	3	11	0	2	.93	0.692	4.12	3.55%	1.16

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