Cy Ferry vs. Darold Knowles — Career Comparison

Cy Ferry
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darold Knowles
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Cy Ferry built a career as a starting pitcher and Darold Knowles as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Darold Knowles posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.12 and WHIP 1.439 compared to 7.2 and 1.733 for Cy Ferry. By the career numbers, Darold Knowles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Ferry and Darold Knowles

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.54
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.61
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.14
47.14
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.18
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
3.12
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
8.29
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.54
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
6.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
3.96
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.7
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.61
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.133
1.133
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.063
1.063
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.25
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.8
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.31
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
43.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4658
38.39
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.44
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
3.6
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.44
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.32
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.35
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.733
1.733
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
34.8
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
33.36
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Cy Ferry and Darold Knowles

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.4
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6.3
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.42
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
2.27
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.24
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
2.93
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
327
2.7
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.85
91.85
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Ferry and Darold Knowles

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
3147.95
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
513.7
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
61.64
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
57.53
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.16
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.22
13.22
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
102.74
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.22
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
45.21
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
342.86
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.42
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
71.32
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.13
4.62
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
43
176.71
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
Darold Knowles
Career
Per 600 PA