Ferris Fain
1947–1955 · bats L / throws L · ALS, ASF, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics
1,151G
.290AVG
.424OBP
.396SLG
More career statistics
1,139H
48HR
570RBI
46SB
4Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 28 | 31 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 261 | 263 |
| Batting · Runs | 595 | 596 |
| Batting · RBI | 570 | 568 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 46 | 47 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,151 | 4,904 | 3,930 | 595 | 1,139 | 213 | 30 | 48 | 570 | 904 | 261 | 46 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 1,556 | .290 | .424 | .396 | .820 |
Streaks
24longest hitting streak · 1952-06-15 to 1952-07-12
39longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1948-09-15 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1951-09-05 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1950-07-28 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 580 | 2448 | 584 | 19 | 292 | 478 | 122 | .302 | .434 | .410 |
| Away | 571 | 2456 | 555 | 29 | 276 | 426 | 141 | .278 | .399 | .383 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 111 | 476 | 104 | 5 | 43 | 85 | 26 | .270 | .397 | .361 |
| May | 229 | 987 | 231 | 16 | 144 | 181 | 50 | .294 | .417 | .432 |
| June | 223 | 960 | 215 | 9 | 109 | 180 | 50 | .280 | .411 | .377 |
| July | 214 | 907 | 219 | 6 | 102 | 161 | 50 | .299 | .419 | .391 |
| August | 191 | 787 | 184 | 7 | 93 | 138 | 36 | .287 | .409 | .402 |
| September | 182 | 782 | 185 | 5 | 77 | 157 | 51 | .300 | .437 | .396 |
| October | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .600 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 170 | 719 | 157 | 8 | 60 | 129 | 53 | .271 | .398 | .366 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 169 | 729 | 169 | 2 | 81 | 130 | 33 | .286 | .410 | .356 |
| new-york-yankees | 165 | 673 | 145 | 10 | 91 | 147 | 36 | .283 | .434 | .431 |
| cleveland-guardians | 155 | 665 | 158 | 8 | 64 | 121 | 39 | .294 | .420 | .415 |
| detroit-tigers | 149 | 660 | 167 | 5 | 71 | 101 | 29 | .303 | .406 | .392 |
| st-louis-browns | 141 | 645 | 169 | 10 | 102 | 122 | 25 | .328 | .451 | .458 |
| chicago-white-sox | 133 | 565 | 133 | 1 | 61 | 92 | 35 | .287 | .398 | .369 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 27 | 116 | 19 | 3 | 19 | 26 | 7 | .216 | .388 | .386 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 136 | 461 | 134 | 7 | 71 | 4 | .291 | – | – |
| 1948 | Philadelphia Athletics | 145 | 520 | 146 | 7 | 88 | 10 | .281 | – | – |
| 1949 | Philadelphia Athletics | 150 | 525 | 138 | 3 | 77 | 8 | .263 | – | – |
| 1950 | Philadelphia Athletics | 151 | 522 | 147 | 10 | 82 | 8 | .282 | – | – |
| 1951 | Philadelphia Athletics | 117 | 425 | 146 | 6 | 57 | 1 | .344 | – | – |
| 1952 | Philadelphia Athletics | 145 | 538 | 176 | 2 | 59 | 3 | .327 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Chicago White Sox | 128 | 446 | 114 | 6 | 52 | 3 | .256 | – | – |
| 1954 | Chicago White Sox | 65 | 235 | 71 | 5 | 51 | 5 | .302 | – | – |
| 1955 | Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers | 114 | 258 | 67 | 2 | 31 | 5 | .260 | – | – |