Cy Ferry vs. Dave Patterson — Career Comparison

Cy Ferry
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Patterson
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cy Ferry built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Patterson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Patterson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.26 and WHIP 1.698 compared to 7.2 and 1.733 for Cy Ferry. By the career numbers, Dave Patterson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Ferry and Dave Patterson

Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.4
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
6.11
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.2
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.68
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.02
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.2
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
5.26
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.26
5.26
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
27
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
9
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
9
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
10.53
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.53
10.53
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.85
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
6.6
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.74
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.02
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.6
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.77
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.77
5.77
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.133
1.133
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.057
1.057
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.8
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
43.2
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
40.42
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.23
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.2
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
5.94
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.94
5.94
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.34
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.733
1.733
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
34.8
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
36
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.42
40.42

Fielding Stats for Cy Ferry and Dave Patterson

Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.4
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
6.11
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.2
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
27
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
9
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.02
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.85
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.87
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.87
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Ferry and Dave Patterson

Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
2466.67
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
466.67
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.16
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.06
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
342.86
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
71.32
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.33
-21.71
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
133.33
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
4.5
4.5
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0