Cy Ferry vs. Grant Thatcher — Career Comparison

Cy Ferry
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Grant Thatcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cy Ferry built a career as a starting pitcher and Grant Thatcher as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Grant Thatcher posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.16 and WHIP 1.378 compared to 7.2 and 1.733 for Cy Ferry. By the career numbers, Grant Thatcher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Ferry and Grant Thatcher

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.4
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.2
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.16
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
10.22
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
6.6
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.6
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
3.16
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.133
1.133
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.49
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.8
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
43.2
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
37.46
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.38
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.733
1.733
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
34.8
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
35.27
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46

Fielding Stats for Cy Ferry and Grant Thatcher

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.4
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.22
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
2.19
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
2.43
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
2.19
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Ferry and Grant Thatcher

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
342.86
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
600
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
562.5
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
75
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.16
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.05
39.5
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
150
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
150
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.517
0.517
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
342.86
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
4
150
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
71.32
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.02
38.14
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
5.33
5.33
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Thatcher
Career
Per 600 PA