MLB / Players

Dave Ferriss

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 2 in · 208 lb
BornDecember 5, 1921 · Shaw, MS, USA
MLB debutApril 29, 1945
Final gameApril 18, 1950
Seasons6 (1945–1950)

Boston Red Sox 1945–1950

Percentile snapshot

1947 season — qualified pitchers

G
33
50
GS
28
63.2
W
12
55.3
L
11
32.9
SV
0
0
CG
14
75
SHO
1
18.4
H
241
6.6
ER
98
7.9
BB
92
15.8
SO
64
30.3
HR
14
31.6
IP
218.3
72.4
ERA
4.04
21.1
WHIP
1.525
5.3
K/9
2.64
6.6
FIP
4.03
26.3
FIP-
103.3
23.7
ERA+
96.6
22.4
sWAR
2.6
52.6

of 77 qualified 1947 pitchers (min 157 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
12.8
89.5

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
194561140120163271119191100.267.367.367.734115.9111.0.3595.4
1946451221151224600751900.209.242.261.50323.937.1.2384.4
1947521069911275301971000.273.321.384.70586.290.4.3302.6
19483145374910066600.243.349.270.61967.963.3.3130.3
194941111100100001.0001.0002.0003.000716.8662.41.3320.2
19501000000000000-0.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19453531211022652638785946264.72.961.3153.203.0789.4116.05.4
194640352563266274997110614274.03.251.2593.483.1585.8112.94.4
194733281211014124198926414218.34.041.5252.644.03103.396.62.6
1948319733101276761307115.35.231.6302.344.79107.984.80.3
19494000000734116.74.051.6501.356.39143.9109.70.2
19501000000221101.018.003.0009.003.7174.927.5-0.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
194
PA
414
AB
372
R
44
H
93
2B
20
3B
4
HR
1
RBI
52
BB
37
SO
46
SB
0
BA
.2500
OBP
.3178
SLG
.3333
OPS
.6511

Pitching

G (P)
144
GS
103
W
65
L
30
SV
8
CG
67
SHO
12
IP
880
SO (P)
296
BB allowed
314
ERA
3.641
WHIP
1.3955
K/9
3.03

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1945-06-29BOS @ CWS Gameday413001306
1945-09-10DET @ BOS Gameday533200205
1947-08-24BOS @ CLE Gameday523100104
1947-06-02BOS @ CWS Gameday412010304
1947-05-28BOS @ ATH Gameday312010014

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1945-05-13BOS @ DET Gameday9.09224100
1946-06-18BOS @ BAL Gameday8.0611180
1945-08-12BOS @ CLE Gameday9.0711170
1945-07-31NYY @ BOS Gameday10.01043460
1946-06-26BOS @ DET Gameday9.0933161

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.