Cy Ferry vs. Ron Willis — Career Comparison

Cy Ferry
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Willis
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cy Ferry built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Willis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Willis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.544 compared to 7.2 and 1.733 for Cy Ferry. By the career numbers, Ron Willis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Ferry and Ron Willis

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.45
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.72
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.32
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
7.89
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.57
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
6.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
4.49
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.51
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.83
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.133
1.133
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.036
1.036
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.8
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.34
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
43.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1037
39.16
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.79
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.81
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.733
1.733
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
34.8
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
902
34.06
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Cy Ferry and Ron Willis

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.4
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
7.1
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.2
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
715
27
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238.1
9
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.91
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
2.11
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
3.02
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Ferry and Ron Willis

Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
4338.46
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
576.92
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.16
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
18.42
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
342.86
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
71.32
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
6.2
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Willis
Career
Per 600 PA