finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1955 18 october 2001 georgetown , california left san antonio , texas 1947 september 24 .290 48 570 first baseman cleveland indians batting average home runs runs batted in april 15 29 march 1921 ferris fain.jpeg ferris fain
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ferris fain

ferris roy fain -lrb- march 29 , 1921 -- october 18 , 2001 -rrb- was an american baseball first baseman in major league baseball who played nine seasons with the philadelphia athletics , chicago white sox , detroit tigers and cleveland indians in the american league .
fain started his career with the san francisco seals of the pacific coast league .
he was signed by the philadelphia athletics prior to the 1947 season where he became a two-time american league batting champion and five time all-star .
known as one of the athletics ' last stars before moving to kansas city , he had explosive temper on and off the field .
eventually it affected his playing ability , and the athletics traded him after the 1952 season .
fain bounced around the league for a couple of years before retiring in 1955 .
in his later life , fain made headlines for his troubles with the law , mainly growing marijuana .
