Cecil Ferguson vs. Ken Tatum — Career Comparison

Cecil Ferguson
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Tatum
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cecil Ferguson built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Tatum as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Tatum posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.93 and WHIP 1.298 compared to 3.34 and 1.347 for Cecil Ferguson. By the career numbers, Ken Tatum had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cecil Ferguson and Ken Tatum

Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.83
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
5.6
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.95
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.37
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.51
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.59
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.38
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.67
38.67
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.11
52.11
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.61
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.66
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
3.34
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
2.93
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2094
27
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
848
27
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
698
9
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
282.2
9
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
659
8.5
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
7.32
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.5
8.5
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.32
7.32
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.76
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
3.62
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
3.73
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.64
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
3.84
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
4.97
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.966
0.966
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.19
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.57
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.44
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2842
36.64
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1186
37.76
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.75
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
3.34
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
332
4.28
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
3.28
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.228
1.228
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2527
32.58
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1032
32.86
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Cecil Ferguson and Ken Tatum

Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.9
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
5.6
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.95
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2022
27
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
849
27
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
674
9
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
9
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.48
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
2.39
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.49
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.24
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
3.11
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.88
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
2.87
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.81
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.27
92.27
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.61
96.61
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.514
1.514
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cecil Ferguson and Ken Tatum

Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
143
356.02
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
176
2070.59
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
600
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PA
51
600
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
542.74
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PA
45
529.41
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.518
0.518
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.843
0.843
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
102.07
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
129.41
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
82.16
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PA
6
70.59
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.94
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.49
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
19.92
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
58.82
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.8
34.37
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.66
90.09
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
129.46
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
282.35
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
141.91
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
176.47
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.482
0.482
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.839
0.839
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.824
0.824
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
34.85
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
82.35
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
32.37
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
70.59
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
64.73
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
105.88
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.82
34.41
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.56
88.89
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
39.83
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PA
3
35.29
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
131.95
Ken Tatum
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
200
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.43
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.53
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Ferguson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.49
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Ferguson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ken Tatum
Career
Per 600 PA