Jack Ferry vs. Willie Hernandez — Career Comparison

Jack Ferry
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Willie Hernandez
Baby BoomersP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

Jack Ferry built a career as a starting pitcher and Willie Hernandez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Ferry posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.02 and WHIP 1.282 compared to 3.38 and 1.321 for Willie Hernandez. By the career numbers, Jack Ferry had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Ferry and Willie Hernandez

Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.63
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.78
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.56
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.6
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.34
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.54
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.79
29.79
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.27
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.02
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
392
3.38
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
160.2
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
8.18
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
952
8.2
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.84
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
3.36
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
3.01
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.68
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
3.14
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
6.79
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.088
1.088
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.32
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
660
36.97
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4366
37.61
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.51
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.61
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
3.87
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
3.71
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.56
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.62
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.282
1.282
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
596
33.39
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3891
33.52
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.97
36.97
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Jack Ferry and Willie Hernandez

Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
13.94
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
744
6.41
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.87
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.87
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.5
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
12.19
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
1.46
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.16
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
14.23
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.99
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
13.06
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
1.96
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.84
91.84
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.938
0.938
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.25
6.25
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Ferry and Willie Hernandez

Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
50
508.47
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
747
6402.86
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
600
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
51
518.64
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
540
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.712
0.712
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
132.2
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
13
111.43
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
8
81.36
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
94.29
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.14
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.14
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.07
61.76
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3.49
29.92
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
193.22
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
128.57
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
172.88
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
14
120
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.682
0.682
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.605
0.605
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.34
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.34
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.71
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
40.68
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
60
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.49
65.99
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
30.01
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
101.69
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
29
248.57
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.9
5.9
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Jack Ferry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
40.68
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
51.43
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Jack Ferry
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100