Tom Ferrick vs. Doc Scanlan — Career Comparison

Tom Ferrick
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Scanlan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Doc Scanlan built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Ferrick as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doc Scanlan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 3.47 and 1.307 for Tom Ferrick. By the career numbers, Doc Scanlan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Ferrick and Doc Scanlan

Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
4.31
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.3
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.07
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.53
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.47
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.53
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.51
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.79
47.79
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.32
82.32
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.73
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.75
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
3.47
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2022
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3756
27
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
674
9
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1252
9
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
654
8.73
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
7.63
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.73
8.73
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.59
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
3.03
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
4.37
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
3.27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
4.2
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.952
0.952
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.14
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.26
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2834
37.84
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
37.16
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
2.8
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.19
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
4.09
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.307
1.307
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2606
34.8
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4525
32.53
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.84
37.84
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Tom Ferrick and Doc Scanlan

Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.43
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.05
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3414
27
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1138
9
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.22
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.07
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.15
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.44
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.29
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.3
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.85
93.85
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.602
1.602
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.48
73.48
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Ferrick and Doc Scanlan

Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
324
1200
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
181
232.55
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
162
600
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
467
600
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
147
544.44
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
416
534.48
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.519
0.519
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
27
100
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
100.21
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
17
62.96
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
83.51
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
33.33
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
14.13
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.7
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.57
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.04
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.7
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
8.79
32.56
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.71
33.03
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
140.74
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
119.49
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
35
129.63
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
145.18
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.474
0.474
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
62.96
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
29.55
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
48.15
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
29.55
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
111.11
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
59.1
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
7.88
29.19
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.97
34.64
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
8
29.63
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
43.68
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ferrick
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
118.52
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
81
104.07
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
5.06
5.06
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.77
5.77
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.93
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
20.56
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.7
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Tom Ferrick
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100