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Ferris Fain

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Full Name: Ferris Roy Fain Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/180 First Game: April 15, 1947
Birthdate: March 29, 1921 Final Game: September 24, 1955
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: October 18, 2001
Deathplace: Georgetown, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
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

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
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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