Alex Ferson vs. Cal McLish — Career Comparison

Alex Ferson
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cal McLish
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Cal McLish 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. Cal McLish posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.418 compared to 4.37 and 1.561 for Alex Ferson. By the career numbers, Cal McLish had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Ferson and Cal McLish

Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.17
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
1.97
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.1
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.17
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.44
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.51
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.61
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.51
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.86
41.86
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.38
59.38
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.88
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.32
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
4.37
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
715
4
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4827
27
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
368.1
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1609
9
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
10.36
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1685
9.43
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.37
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
0.92
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
3.69
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
3.09
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.25
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
2.59
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
3.99
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.27
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.32
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.15
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
41.07
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6938
38.81
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.39
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
6.79
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.61
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1517
37.07
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6359
35.57
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.07
41.07
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Alex Ferson and Cal McLish

Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.19
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
2.35
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.17
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1110
27
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4049
27
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
370
9
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1349.2
9
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.87
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.68
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
2.01
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.99
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
2.96
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.8
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.89
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.24
90.24
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.52
97.52
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Ferson and Cal McLish

Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
176.05
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
368
391.49
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
167
600
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
564
600
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
150
538.92
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
490
521.28
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.432
0.432
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
71.86
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
77.66
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
16
57.49
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
62.77
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.78
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
9.57
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.59
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.13
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.19
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.37
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14.89
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.78
24.35
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22.4
23.83
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
25
89.82
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
101.06
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
132.93
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
125.53
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
35.93
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
50
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
17.96
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
31.91
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
53.89
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
78.72
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
4.89
17.55
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.64
17.71
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.59
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.49
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
47.87
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
201.2
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
196
208.51
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.98
2.98
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
2.88
2.88
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
28.72
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8.51
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.19
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.06
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.19
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.06
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Cal McLish
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100