Cy Ferry vs. Chad Kimsey — Career Comparison

Cy Ferry
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chad Kimsey
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cy Ferry built a career as a starting pitcher and Chad Kimsey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chad Kimsey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.07 and WHIP 1.594 compared to 7.2 and 1.733 for Cy Ferry. By the career numbers, Chad Kimsey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Ferry and Chad Kimsey

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.4
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.5
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.2
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.18
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.28
45.28
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.3
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.2
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
5.07
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1528
27
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
509.1
9
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
9
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
618
10.92
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.41
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
6.6
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.43
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.6
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
2.14
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.133
1.133
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.619
0.619
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.25
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.8
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.18
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
43.2
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2265
40.02
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
2.4
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.2
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
6.03
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.03
6.03
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.733
1.733
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.594
1.594
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
34.8
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2061
36.42
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.02
40.02

Fielding Stats for Cy Ferry and Chad Kimsey

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.4
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.2
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
27
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
9
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.43
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Ferry and Chad Kimsey

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
605.33
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
549.33
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.714
0.714
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.782
0.782
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
154.67
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
109.33
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
24
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.33
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
45.33
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
68.16
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.76
82.03
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
237.33
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
200
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.714
0.714
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.768
0.768
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.73
0.73
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
80
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
69.33
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
342.86
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
133.33
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.83
71.32
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.77
87.38
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
42.67
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
53
141.33
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
4.25
4.25
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.33
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.33
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.33
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
Chad Kimsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100