Alex Ferson vs. Willie Jefferson — Career Comparison

Alex Ferson
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Willie Jefferson
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Willie Jefferson built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Ferson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Willie Jefferson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.94 and WHIP 1.314 compared to 4.37 and 1.561 for Alex Ferson. By the career numbers, Willie Jefferson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Ferson and Willie Jefferson

Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.17
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.49
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.1
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
1.04
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.44
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.5
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.61
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.54
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.86
41.86
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.7
69.7
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.88
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.77
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
4.37
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
3.94
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
27
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1199
27
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
368.1
9
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399.2
9
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
10.36
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
9.89
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.89
9.89
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.37
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.41
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
3.69
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.94
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
2.59
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
4.84
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.753
0.753
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.27
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.32
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
41.07
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1737
39.12
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.34
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
278
6.79
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
5.13
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.13
5.13
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.56
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1517
37.07
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1618
36.44
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.07
41.07
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.12
39.12

Fielding Stats for Alex Ferson and Willie Jefferson

Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.19
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.52
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.04
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1110
27
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
27
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
370
9
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
9
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.68
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.62
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.99
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
3.25
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.8
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.13
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.24
90.24
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.25
96.25
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.053
2.053
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
68
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Ferson and Willie Jefferson

Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
176.05
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
241.88
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
167
600
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
191
600
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
150
538.92
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
562.3
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.432
0.432
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.598
0.598
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
71.86
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
131.94
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.49
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
103.66
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.78
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.85
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.59
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.14
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.28
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.37
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
28.27
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
6.78
24.35
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.73
46.28
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
25
89.82
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
175.92
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
37
132.93
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
147.64
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
35.93
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
53.4
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
17.96
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
65.97
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
53.89
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
113.09
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
4.89
17.55
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.26
51.07
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.59
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.28
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.49
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.42
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
56
201.2
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.98
2.98
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
21.99
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.19
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.42
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.19
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.57
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
75
75