Dave Ferriss
1945–1950 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox
194G
.250AVG
.318OBP
.333SLG
More career statistics
93H
1HR
52RBI
0SB
65–30W–L
880.0IP
296K
3.64ERA
103GS
8SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 46 | 47 |
| Batting · RBI | 52 | 53 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,753 | 3,755 |
| Pitching · p k | 296 | 297 |
| Pitching · p w | 314 | 315 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194 | 414 | 372 | 44 | 93 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 37 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | .250 | .318 | .333 | .651 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 880.0 | 144 | 103 | 67 | 65 | 30 | 8 | 914 | 392 | 356 | 42 | 314 | 296 | 0 | 0 | 3.64 | 1.395 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1946-07-12 to 1946-08-03
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1945-08-26 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1945-05-27 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 14 innings pitched | 1945-06-15 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 95 | 205 | 51 | 0 | 30 | 16 | 17 | .274 | .327 | .371 |
| Away | 99 | 209 | 42 | 1 | 23 | 21 | 30 | .226 | .301 | .296 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 12 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .381 | .409 | .524 |
| May | 35 | 80 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 12 | .254 | .338 | .324 |
| June | 42 | 89 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | .247 | .315 | .377 |
| July | 39 | 95 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 9 | .209 | .274 | .244 |
| August | 34 | 80 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 9 | .236 | .312 | .306 |
| September | 31 | 46 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .279 | .304 | .372 |
| October | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 33 | 83 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 11 | .243 | .313 | .311 |
| chicago-white-sox | 31 | 64 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | .268 | .344 | .393 |
| cleveland-guardians | 31 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | .220 | .304 | .300 |
| new-york-yankees | 30 | 50 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | .298 | .340 | .404 |
| st-louis-browns | 26 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | .250 | .269 | .271 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 25 | 65 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | .254 | .323 | .339 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 18 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .211 | .295 | .316 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 |  Boston Red Sox | 61 | 120 | 32 | 1 | 20 | – | .267 | 264 | 94 |
| 1946 | Boston Red Sox | 45 | 115 | 24 | – | 7 | – | .209 | 274 | 106 |
| 1947 | Boston Red Sox | 52 | 99 | 27 | – | 19 | – | .273 | 218 | 64 |
| 1948 | Boston Red Sox | 31 | 37 | 9 | – | 6 | – | .243 | 115 | 31 |
| 1949 | Boston Red Sox | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1.000 | 6 | 1 |
| 1950 | Boston Red Sox | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |