Cy Ferry vs. Michael Jackson — Career Comparison

Cy Ferry
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Jackson
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cy Ferry built a career as a starting pitcher and Michael Jackson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Michael Jackson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.42 and WHIP 1.285 compared to 7.2 and 1.733 for Cy Ferry. By the career numbers, Michael Jackson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Ferry and Michael Jackson

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.4
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1005
7.61
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.2
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.47
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.51
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.06
48.06
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.08
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.2
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
3.42
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3565
27
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1188.1
9
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
983
7.44
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.96
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
6.6
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
3.51
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.61
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.6
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
7.62
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.133
1.133
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.237
1.237
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.3
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.8
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.42
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
43.2
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4966
37.61
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
3.2
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.2
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
3.73
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.41
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.31
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.65
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.733
1.733
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
34.8
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4351
32.95
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Cy Ferry and Michael Jackson

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.4
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1005
7.61
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.2
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3565
27
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1188.1
9
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.43
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
1.26
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.76
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
1.69
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.12
96.12
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.222
0.222
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.1
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Ferry and Michael Jackson

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1005
18272.73
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
509.09
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
0.53
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
90.91
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.16
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.49
27.07
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
127.27
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
109.09
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
342.86
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
72.73
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
71.32
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.35
24.5
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.25
8.25
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA