Cy Ferry vs. Dave Jolly — Career Comparison

Cy Ferry
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Jolly
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cy Ferry built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Jolly as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Jolly posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.77 and WHIP 1.593 compared to 7.2 and 1.733 for Cy Ferry. By the career numbers, Dave Jolly had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Ferry and Dave Jolly

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.4
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
4.91
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.2
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.49
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.43
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.59
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.2
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
3.77
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
874
27
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291.1
9
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
7.88
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.88
7.88
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.83
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
6.6
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
6.12
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.34
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.12
6.12
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.6
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
4.79
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.133
1.133
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.37
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.8
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.22
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
43.2
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1313
40.56
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
2.53
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.2
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
4.23
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.733
1.733
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.555
1.555
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
34.8
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1108
34.23
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.56
40.56

Fielding Stats for Cy Ferry and Dave Jolly

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.4
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
5.66
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.2
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
758
27
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252.2
9
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.92
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
2.39
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
2.24
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.03
94.03
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.396
0.396
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.21
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Ferry and Dave Jolly

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
1777.78
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
600
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
533.33
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.714
0.714
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
155.56
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
122.22
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
22.22
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.33
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.16
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.03
67.03
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
211.11
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
188.89
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.396
0.396
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.714
0.714
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.729
0.729
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.629
0.629
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
88.89
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
77.78
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
342.86
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
155.56
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.83
71.32
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.73
74.78
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.33
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 600 PA
13
144.44
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 600 PA
4.15
4.15
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Jolly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.33
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Jolly
Career
Per 600 PA