Ferris Fain | Major Leaguer 1947-1955

Full Name: Ferris Roy Fain
Born: May 29,1921 in San Antonio, Texas
Death: October 18,2001
Height: 5-11 Weight: 186 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Roosevelt (Oakland,CA)
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Transactions: [Jan 27,1953] - Traded by Athletics with Bob Wilson to White Sox for Ed McGhee, Joe DeMaestri and Eddie Robinson. [Dec 6,1954] - Traded by White Sox with Jack Phillips and Leo Cristante to Tigers for Ted Gray, Walt Dropo and Bob Nieman. [Jul 11,1955] - Released by Tigers. [Jul 14,1955] - Signed as Free Agent by Indians. [Nov 2,1955] - Released by Indians.

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1947	Philadelph	AL	26	Pha	MLB	1b		136	461	70	134	28	6	7	71	4	5	95	34	2		9		15	.291	*.415	.423	*838	--
1948	Philadelph	AL	27	Pha	MLB	1b		145	520	81	146	27	6	7	88	10	5	113	37	3		8		17	.281	*.412	.396	*808	--
1949	Philadelph	AL	28	Pha	MLB	1b		150	525	81	138	21	5	3	78	8	1	136	51	0		11		15	.263	*.417	.339	*756	--
1950	Philadelph	AL	29	Pha	MLB	1b		151	522	83	147	25	4	10	83	8	5	133	26	3		0		18	.282	*.430	.402	*832	--
1951	Philadelph	AL	30	Pha	MLB	1b		117	425	63	146	30	3	6	57	0	3	80	20	3		3		10	.344	*.450	.471	*921	--
1952	Philadelph	AL	31	Pha	MLB	1b		145	538	82	176	43	3	2	59	3	5	105	26	1		4		19	.327	*.439	.429	*868	--
1953	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	32	Chw	MLB	1b		128	446	73	114	18	2	6	52	3	2	108	28	4		6		11	.256	*.403	.345	*748	--
1954	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	33	Chw	MLB	1b		65	235	30	71	10	1	5	51	5	1	40	14	1		1	5	2	.302	.399	.417	816	--
1955	Detroit	AL	34	Det	MLB	1b		58	140	23	37	8	0	2	23	2	1	52	12	0	2	2	2	5	.264	.459	.364	823	--
	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	1b		56	118	9	30	3	0	0	8	3	0	42	13	1	1	0	1	5	.254	.451	.280	731	--

Major League Totals - 9 Season(s)								1151	3930	595	1139	213	30	48	570	46	28	904	261	18		44		117	.290		.396	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1947	Philadelph	AL	26	Pha	MLB	1B	132			1141	101	19	1261	118	-	-	-	.985	--

1948	Philadelph	AL	27	Pha	MLB	1B	145			1284	120	16	1420	148	-	-	-	.989	--

1949	Philadelph	AL	28	Pha	MLB	1B	150			1275	122	22	1419	194	-	-	-	.984	--

1950	Philadelph	AL	29	Pha	MLB	1B	151			1286	124	19	1429	192	-	-	-	.987	--

1951	Philadelph	AL	30	Pha	MLB	1B	108			931	113	11	1055	124	-	-	-	.990	--
1951	Philadelph	AL	30	Pha	MLB	OF	11			11	2	3	16	1	-	-	-	.813	--

1952	Philadelph	AL	31	Pha	MLB	1B	144			1245	150	22	1417	124	-	-	-	.984	--

1953	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	32	Chw	MLB	1B	127			1108	106	13	1227	98	-	-	-	.989	--

1954	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	33	Chw	MLB	1B	64			565	31	8	604	54	-	-	-	.987	--

1955	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	1B	51			325	31	3	359	30	-	-	-	.992	--
1955	Detroit	AL	34	Det	MLB	1B	44			370	29	5	404	42	-	-	-	.988	--

Awards

[1947] - Major League Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #4), AL MVP (Voting Rank: #19) [1948] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #24) [1950] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1951] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #6), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1952] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #6), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1953] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1954] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 5 All-Star games during his career (1950-1954)

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