Dave Ferriss

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 208lb (188cm, 94kg)

Born: December 5, 1921 in Shaw, MS us

Died: November 24, 2016 in Cleveland, MS

Buried: Shaw Cemetery, Shaw, MS

High School: Shaw HS (Shaw, MS)

School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)

Debut: April 29, 1945 (Age 23-145d, 9,936th in major league history)
vs. PHA 9.0 IP, 5 H, 5 SO, 6 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: April 18, 1950 (Age 28-134d)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: David Meadow Ferriss

Nicknames: Boo

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.5

ERA

3.64

144

103

880.0

296

WHIP

1.395

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Team Record in Appearances: 24-11 / in Starts: 21-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 1

1945 Pitching Game Log

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1945 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	10	Apr 29(1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	0	0	6	5	0	0	0.00	3.59	38	22	0	0	0	5	76			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	2	1.50	0.553	1.84	0.40%	3.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2	15	May 6(1)	BOS		NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-0)	6	9.0	7	0	0	5	4	0	0	0.00	3.53	35	6	13	0	2	7	72			0	0	0	30	3	0	1	2	0	0	.97	0.402	1.59	0.40%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	3	19	May 13(1)	BOS	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	W(3-0)	6	9.0	9	2	2	4	10	0	0	0.67	2.96	40	13	4	0	0	9	67			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.09	0.245	1.92	0.26%	2.19	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
4	4	21	May 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.50	2.81	29	16	6	1	0	3	81			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.09	0.560	1.85	0.57%	3.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
5	5	25	May 23	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	W(5-0)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	0.60	2.77	32	17	7	0	0	5	74			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.379	1.15	0.30%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
6	6	29	May 27(1)	BOS		CHW	W,7-0	SHO	W(6-0)	3	9.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.50	2.74	28	15	9	1	0	1	86			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	1	.42	0.210	.49	0.15%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
7	7	35	May 31	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	W(7-0)	3	9.0	5	2	1	3	3	0	0	0.57	2.78	33	15	8	1	3	4	71			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	2	.78	0.087	1.10	0.07%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	8	38	Jun 3(1)	BOS		DET	W,4-3	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.56	2.83	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	0.149	7.34	0.19%	0.44	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
9	9	40	Jun 6(1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	W(8-0)	2	9.0	14	2	2	3	3	0	1	0.74	2.89	43	16	8	0	0	12	51			0	0	0	39	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.23	0.273	2.26	0.30%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
10	10	45	Jun 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(8-1)	3	8.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	0	1.00	2.90	30	11	9	0	0	6	56			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	3	0	0	.67	-0.085	2.00	-0.15%	0.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
11	11	48	Jun 15(1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG(14)	W(9-1)	4	14.0	12	5	5	3	4	0	1	1.33	2.91	55	18	19	1	0	10	69			1	0	0	48	1	2	1	2	0	0	1.42	0.709	3.31	0.99%	0.55	1b start tie	14b 3 out a1
12	12	54	Jun 21	BOS		NYY	L,4-14	GS-	L(9-2)	5	4.1	7	10	8	6	2	0	0	1.99	3.04	26						9						20					0
13	13	57	Jun 24(1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	CG	W(10-2)	2	9.0	10	5	4	3	1	1	0	2.16	3.20	36	10	13	1	0	9	47			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.397	3.11	-0.68%	-1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
14	14	60	Jun 29	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(11-2)	4	9.0	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.15	3.17	38	21	6	2	0	9	61			2	0	0	37	1	0	1	2	0	4	1.50	0.399	4.12	0.66%	1.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	15	63	Jul 1(2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-4	8-GF	BW(12-2)	1	1.1	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.20	3.16	9	3	2	0	1	4		1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.38	-0.581	3.77	-0.95%	-2.23	8b -2- 2 out a1	9b end a 3
16	16	67	Jul 4(1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	W(13-2)	2	9.0	7	3	3	0	3	2	0	2.26	3.29	33	12	11	0	4	7	64			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.492	5.34	1.13%	1.19	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
17	17	73	Jul 8(1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-0	SHO	W(14-2)	3	9.0	7	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.11	3.29	35	9	14	3	2	7	72			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.210	1.15	0.29%	3.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
18	18	76	Jul 13	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	W(15-2)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.04	3.18	32	15	5	1	0	7	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.59	0.252	2.19	0.56%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
19	19	79	Jul 16	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	8-GF		2	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.01	3.16	9	5	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.077	3.94	0.18%	0.89	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
20	20	81	Jul 18	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(16-2)	1	9.0	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.01	3.14	36	22	4	1	1	8	63			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.191	1.65	0.39%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
21	21	85	Jul 22(1)	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(17-2)	3	9.0	8	2	0	3	2	0	0	1.90	3.15	36	19	4	0	2	8	66			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.64	0.302	4.09	0.45%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
22	22	88	Jul 27	BOS		WSH	L,1-3	CG	L(17-3)	4	9.0	9	3	3	6	1	0	1	1.96	3.23	37	14	7	0	0	8	52			1	1	1	30	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.51	-0.177	4.98	-0.35%	1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
23	23	91	Jul 31	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	CG(10)	L(17-4)	3	10.0	10	4	3	4	6	0	0	2.00	3.20	44	19	9	3	4	6	60			0	0	0	39	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.76	-0.017	5.56	-0.03%	0.44	1t start tie	10t 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	24	97	Aug 4(2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,15-4	CG	W(18-4)	3	9.0	13	4	4	4	4	0	1	2.09	3.22	45	13	11	0	0	12	45			0	0	1	40	0	0	0	1	0	2	.69	-0.127	.83	-0.09%	-0.43	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a11
25	25	100	Aug 8(1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(18-5)	3	8.0	11	5	3	2	2	0	0	2.14	3.21	36	12	9	0	2	11	44			1	1	0	32	3	0	2	0	0	0	.77	-0.108	.95	-0.08%	-1.28	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
26	26	105	Aug 12(1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	W(19-5)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.09	3.13	33						75						31	0	1			0
27	27	111	Aug 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-11	GS-4	L(19-6)	3	4.0	12	6	6	2	1	0	0	2.31	3.14	25	5	5	0	0	12	13			3	0	0	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.332	.06	-0.02%	-4.31	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
28	28	114	Aug 19(1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-8	GS-		2	8.0	15	8	8	2	4	1	0	2.55	3.18	38						22						35					0
29	29	120	Aug 22(2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4		S(2)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	3.17	2												2					0
30	30	121	Aug 26(1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	W(20-6)	3	10.0	6	3	3	5	1	0	3	2.55	3.25	44						64						34	2	0			0
31	31	125	Aug 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG(8)	L(20-7)	3	8.0	7	7	7	6	4	2	0	2.72	3.38	36	13	6	0	1	7	38			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	0	.67	-0.102	.02	0.00%	-3.38	1b start tie	8b 3 out d6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	32	131	Sep 3(1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-11	GS-4	L(20-8)	3	3.1	8	8	5	1	2	0	0	2.87	3.37	20	5	4	0	0	8	19			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	2	.80	-0.338	.01	0.00%	-5.56	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d6
33	33	140	Sep 10(1)	BOS		DET	W,9-2	CG	W(21-8)	6	9.0	8	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.84	3.33	36	11	10	1	0	8	66			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	0	.88	0.074	.00	0.00%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
34	34	147	Sep 16(2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-6	GS-	L(21-9)	5	6.0	12	6	5	2	1	0	0	2.95	3.33	31						25						28					0
35	35	155	Sep 23(2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG(5)	L(21-10)	6	5.0	6	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.96	3.34	20	11	1	0	0	6	45			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.030	.00	0.00%	0.22	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
							24-11		W-L:21-10,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.3	264.2	263	101	87	86	94	6	7	2.96	3.34	1104	1.80		3%	4%	202	56	1	100%	10	6	2	995	35	6	7	37	0	18	1.04	3.270	2.20	4.93%	26.46

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