Ferris Fain

First Base

1947—1955

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
First Base RANK
#70

Player Detail

Ferris Roy
GIVEN NAME
Fain
SURNAME
March 29, 1921, in San Antonio, TX
BORN
October 18, 2001, in Georgetown, CA, USA
DIED
1947—1955
Playing Career
Played from 26-34
PLAYING AGE
Philadelphia A's
Chicago White Sox
Teams Played For
First Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Philadelphia A's
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Burrhead, Cocky
NICKNAME
8
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-11 / 180
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Left
BATTED / THREW
April 15, 1947
Major League Debut
September 24, 1955
FINAL GAME

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Hot-tempered two-time batting champ for the Philadelphia A’s in the 1950s.
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70

HITTING

40

POWER

40

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

40

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1151
1139
48
570
.290
5 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
25.4
52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.820
.768
106.9

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.290
.424
.396

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Eddie Robinson
Walt Dropo
Roy Sievers

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Ferris Fain Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Fain
481
139
73
26
4
6
70
111
32
6
190
252
.290
.424
.396
820
AVG 1B
525
142
71
23
5
14
65
56
4
218
210
.271
.353
.415
.768

Ferris Fain Rankings

AT First Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
70
85
63
82
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT First Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
88
83
77
86
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Ferris Fain PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
27.0
23.9
17.8
13.4
3.80
62.1
42.4
30.7
21.0
5.09
BLUE = Ferris Fain
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
161.3
140.4
UNK
69.8
22.7
348.1
202.5
145.2
97.0
26.5
BLUE = Ferris Fain
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B