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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

2x All-Star

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.5

ERA

3.64

144

103

880.0

296

WHIP

1.395

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-29 / in Starts: 21-10
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 0 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 140 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	90 (46-30-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 140 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	92 (48-29-14)

Most Driven In
B Garbark	4
S Newsome	2
G Metkovich	1
D Camilli	1
B Johnson	1
L Christopher	1
J Tobin	1
L Culberson	1

Most Driven In By
B Steiner	3
T McBride	3
E Lake	2
J Lazor	1
B Johnson	1
Self	1
G Metkovich	1

1945 Batting Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1945 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	10 (9)	Apr 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	.51	0.066	.62	0.05%	0.81	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	2	15 (4)	May 6 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.833	.857	1.000	1.857	9	.53	0.005	.88	0.01%	0.80	P
3	3	16	May 6 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,0-2	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.833	.875	1.000	1.875	7	2.18	0.017	4.03	0.02%	0.11	PH
4	4	19 (2)	May 13 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.667	.750	.778	1.528	9	.72	0.109	1.28	0.12%	1.69	P
5	5	21 (1)	May 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.583	.667	.667	1.333	9	1.11	0.034	1.88	0.03%	0.10	P
6	6	22	May 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.583	.688	.667	1.354	8	1.35	0.034	2.59	0.04%	0.20	PH
7	7	24 (1)	May 20 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.538	.647	.615	1.262	8	.12	-0.003	.20	0.00%	-0.43	PH
8	8	25	May 23	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.471	.571	.529	1.101	9	.82	0.026	1.08	0.02%	0.07	P
9	9	28 (2)	May 26	BOS		SLB	L,2-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.444	.545	.500	1.045	9	.02	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.21	PH
10	10	29	May 27 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,7-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.381	.500	.429	.929	9	.34	-0.008	.40	-0.01%	-0.70	P
11	11	31 (1)	May 28	BOS		CHW	L,6-8	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.409	.519	.455	.973	8	1.96	0.127	2.82	0.11%	1.37	PH
12	12	33 (1)	May 30 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.409	.536	.455	.990	8	3.31	0.132	4.42	0.11%	0.37	PH
13	13	34	May 30 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,7-6	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.435	.552	.478	1.030	9	1.29	0.035	1.60	0.03%	0.20	PH
14	14	35	May 31	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.444	.545	.481	1.027	9	.72	-0.007	1.02	-0.01%	0.45	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	15	36	Jun 1	BOS		DET	W,6-4	5-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.444	.559	.481	1.040	9	3.85	0.146	6.46	0.15%	1.00	PH
16	16	38 (1)	Jun 3 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.444	.559	.481	1.040	9						P
17	17	40 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.419	.526	.484	1.010	9	.34	0.007	.62	0.01%	0.54	P
18	18	41	Jun 6 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.406	.513	.469	.982	9						PH
19	19	43 (1)	Jun 8	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-4	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.394	.500	.455	.955	9	1.79	-0.045	5.67	-0.09%	-0.41	PH
20	20	45 (1)	Jun 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.361	.465	.417	.882	9	1.38	-0.148	4.16	-0.27%	-1.16	P
21	21	46	Jun 12	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.351	.455	.405	.860	9						PH
22	22	48 (1)	Jun 15 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG(14)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.400	.349	.749	9	1.71	-0.247	3.97	-0.35%	-1.28	P
23	23	54 (5)	Jun 21	BOS		NYY	L,4-14	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.295	.392	.341	.733	9						P
24	24	56 (1)	Jun 23	BOS		WSH	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.385	.333	.718	8	3.30	-0.089	9.79	-0.16%	-0.21	PH
25	25	57	Jun 24 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.283	.400	.326	.726	9	1.46	0.002	4.16	0.00%	0.10	P
26	26	58	Jun 24 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.411	.362	.772	8	.16	0.010	.47	0.02%	0.21	PH
27	27	59	Jun 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-9	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.421	.362	.783	8	3.89	0.027	9.35	0.04%	0.10	PH
28	28	60	Jun 29	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.443	.451	.894	9	1.59	0.410	4.38	0.68%	2.34	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	29	63 (2)	Jul 1 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-4	8-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.321	.429	.434	.863	9	1.47	-0.073	4.01	-0.12%	-0.79	P
30	30	67 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.424	.418	.842	9	1.14	-0.022	4.36	-0.05%	-0.21	P
31	31	69 (1)	Jul 5	BOS	@	DET	L,8-9	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.418	.411	.829	9	2.45	-0.034	9.43	-0.08%	-0.30	PH
32	32	70	Jul 6 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.412	.404	.815	9	2.72	-0.065	6.62	-0.10%	-0.20	PH
33	33	73 (2)	Jul 8 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.417	.433	.850	9	.59	0.220	1.36	0.30%	1.79	P
34	34	74	Jul 8 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.295	.411	.426	.837	8						PH
35	35	76 (1)	Jul 13	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.281	.403	.406	.809	9	.32	0.013	1.20	0.03%	-0.86	P
36	36	79 (2)	Jul 16	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.403	.406	.809	9						P
37	37	81 (1)	Jul 18	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.383	.382	.765	9	.15	-0.014	.50	-0.03%	-0.73	P
38	38	85 (3)	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.365	.361	.726	9	2.10	-0.110	5.23	-0.16%	-0.74	P
39	39	88 (2)	Jul 27	BOS		WSH	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.352	.347	.699	9	1.58	-0.115	5.20	-0.23%	-1.08	P
40	40	91 (2)	Jul 31	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.359	.354	.713	9	1.17	0.007	3.70	0.01%	0.06	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	41	92	Aug 1	BOS		NYY	W,7-5	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.355	.350	.705	8	2.90	-0.083	7.66	-0.13%	-0.56	PH
42	42	93	Aug 2	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.362	.370	.732	9	1.05	0.069	2.80	0.11%	0.40	PH
43	43	94	Aug 3 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-7	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.358	.366	.724	8	1.59	-0.038	3.21	-0.05%	-0.38	PH
44	44	96 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.253	.354	.361	.716	9	.84	-0.034	1.25	-0.03%	-0.68	PH
45	45	97	Aug 4 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,15-4	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.356	.349	.705	9	.49	0.037	.59	0.03%	-0.77	P
46	46	100 (2)	Aug 8 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.352	.344	.697	9	1.47	-0.083	1.82	-0.06%	-0.71	P
47	47	104 (3)	Aug 11	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.242	.349	.341	.690	8						PH
48	48	105	Aug 12 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.245	.355	.340	.695	9						P
49	49	111 (5)	Aug 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-11	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.348	.333	.682	9	.43	-0.021	.05	0.00%	-0.29	P
50	50	114 (2)	Aug 19 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-8	GS-0	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.359	.340	.699	9						P
51	51	120 (5)	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.359	.340	.699	9						P
52	52	121	Aug 26 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.260	.369	.356	.725	9						P
53	53	125 (3)	Aug 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.360	.346	.706	9	.79	-0.064	.02	0.00%	-0.49	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
54	54	131 (5)	Sep 3 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.343	.700	9	1.95	-0.056	.01	0.00%	-0.56	P
55	55	138 (6)	Sep 9 (1)	BOS		DET	L,3-6	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.257	.362	.349	.711	9						PH
56	56	140 (1)	Sep 10 (1)	BOS		DET	W,9-2	CG	5	5	3	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.371	.377	.748	9	.78	0.152	.00	0.00%	2.33	P
57	57	141	Sep 10 (2)	BOS		DET	L,1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.270	.368	.374	.742	6						PH
58	58	147 (5)	Sep 16 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-6	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.265	.363	.368	.730	9						P
59	59	150 (2)	Sep 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,11-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.360	.364	.725	9	.76	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
60	60	154 (3)	Sep 23 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.365	.364	.729	9	4.27	0.127	.00	0.00%	0.65	PH
61	61	155	Sep 23 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.367	.367	.734	9	1.02	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.04	P
							32-29		140	120	16	32	7	1	1	20	19	2	11	0	1		0	4	0	0	.267	.367	.367	.734		1.13	0.438	2.31	-0.01%	1.67

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Ferriss Pages

Dave Ferriss Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Dave Ferriss Pages at Baseball Reference