Ferris Fain
[edit] Biography
Ferris Fain (Ferris Roy Fain) was born on March 29, 1921 in San Antonio, Texas. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1947 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1947, his rookie year, he hit .291 with 7 home runs and 71 RBI. Fain played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 9 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Ferris Fain's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1950, when he hit for a .282 average and knocked in 83 runs. However, others believe that it was 1948, when he hit for a .281 average and knocked in 88 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1947
| PHI
| A
| 136
| 461
| 70
| 134
| 7
| 71
| .291
| .414
| .423
| 28
| 6
| 95
| 34
| 2
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 15
|
| 1948
| PHI
| A
| 145
| 520
| 81
| 146
| 7
| 88
| .281
| .412
| .396
| 27
| 6
| 113
| 37
| 3
| 8
| 10
| 0
| 17
|
| 1949
| PHI
| A
| 150
| 525
| 81
| 138
| 3
| 78
| .263
| .415
| .339
| 21
| 5
| 136
| 51
| 0
| 11
| 8
| 0
| 15
|
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| 151
| 522
| 83
| 147
| 10
| 83
| .282
| .430
| .402
| 25
| 4
| 133
| 26
| 3
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 18
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| 117
| 425
| 63
| 146
| 6
| 57
| .344
| .451
| .471
| 30
| 3
| 80
| 20
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 10
|
| 1952
| PHI
| A
| 145
| 538
| 82
| 176
| 2
| 59
| .327
| .438
| .429
| 43
| 3
| 105
| 26
| 1
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 19
|
| 1953
| CHI
| A
| 128
| 446
| 73
| 114
| 6
| 52
| .256
| .405
| .345
| 18
| 2
| 108
| 28
| 4
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 11
|
| 1954
| CHI
| A
| 65
| 235
| 30
| 71
| 5
| 51
| .302
| .399
| .417
| 10
| 1
| 40
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 2
|
| 1955
| DET
| A
| 58
| 140
| 23
| 37
| 2
| 23
| .264
| .459
| .364
| 8
| 0
| 52
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 5
|
| 1955
| CLE
| A
| 56
| 118
| 9
| 30
| 0
| 8
| .254
| .451
| .280
| 3
| 0
| 42
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 5
|
| 1955
| TOT
| A
| 114
| 258
| 32
| 67
| 2
| 31
| .260
| .455
| .326
| 11
| 0
| 94
| 25
| 1
| 2
| 5
| 3
| 10
|
| Total
|
|
| 1151
| 3930
| 595
| 1139
| 48
| 570
| .290
| .424
| .396
| 213
| 30
| 904
| 261
| 18
| 44
| 46
| 3
| 117
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1947
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 132
| 0
| 0
| 1141
| 101
| 19
| 118
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1948
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 145
| 0
| 0
| 1284
| 120
| 16
| 148
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1949
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 150
| 0
| 0
| 1275
| 122
| 22
| 194
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 151
| 0
| 0
| 1286
| 124
| 19
| 192
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .813
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 108
| 0
| 0
| 931
| 113
| 11
| 124
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1952
| PHI
| A
| 1B
| 144
| 0
| 0
| 1245
| 150
| 22
| 124
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1953
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 127
| 0
| 0
| 1108
| 106
| 13
| 98
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1954
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 565
| 31
| 8
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1955
| DET
| A
| 1B
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 370
| 29
| 5
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1955
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 325
| 31
| 3
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| 1955
| TOT
| A
| 1B
| 95
| 0
| 0
| 695
| 60
| 8
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1116
| 0
| 0
| 9530
| 927
| 138
| 1124
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .813
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Philadelphia Athletics from San Francisco (PCL) in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 1, 1946).
- Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Bob Wilson to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Eddie Robinson, Joe DeMaestri and Ed McGhee (January 27, 1953).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Leo Cristante and Jack Phillips to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Bob Nieman, Walt Dropo and Ted Gray (December 6, 1954).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (July 11, 1955).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (July 14, 1955).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (November 2, 1955).
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