Alex Ferson vs. Jake Odorizzi — Career Comparison

Alex Ferson
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Odorizzi
MillenialIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jake Odorizzi 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. Jake Odorizzi posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 4.37 and 1.561 for Alex Ferson. By the career numbers, Jake Odorizzi had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Ferson and Jake Odorizzi

Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.17
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.73
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.1
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.7
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.44
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.53
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.61
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.5
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.86
41.86
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.75
51.75
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.34
98.34
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.88
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
4.37
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
3.99
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
27
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
27
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
368.1
9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1253.1
9
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
10.36
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1137
8.16
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.37
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
1.23
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
3.69
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
3.07
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
2.59
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1172
8.42
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.276
1.276
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.27
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.32
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.25
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1681
41.07
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5275
37.88
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
6.79
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
4.27
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.27
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.42
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1517
37.07
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4751
34.12
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.07
41.07
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Alex Ferson and Jake Odorizzi

Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.19
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.73
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.7
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1110
27
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
27
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
370
9
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1253.1
9
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.45
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.68
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.68
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.99
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
1.19
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.8
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
1.13
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.24
90.24
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.58
94.58
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.652
0.652
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.34
98.34
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Ferson and Jake Odorizzi

Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
176.05
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
242
4840
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
600
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
538.92
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
24
480
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
71.86
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.49
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.78
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.59
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.37
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.78
24.35
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
4.7
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
89.82
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
132.93
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
35.93
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
17.96
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
53.89
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.89
17.55
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-12.61
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.59
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.49
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
56
201.2
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.98
2.98
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.19
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.19
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Ferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jake Odorizzi
Career
Per 600 PA