# Cy Ferry

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1877–1938)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Cy Ferry
|image=
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1877|9|1}}
|birth_place=[Hudson, New York](/source/Hudson%2C_New_York), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1938|9|27|1878|9|27}}
|death_place=[Pittsfield, Massachusetts](/source/Pittsfield%2C_Massachusetts), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=May 12
|debutyear=1904
|debutteam=Detroit Tigers
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=August 4
|finalyear=1905
|finalteam=Cleveland Naps
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value=0–1
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=7.20
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=6
|teams=
*[Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers) (1904)
*[Cleveland Naps](/source/Cleveland_Indians) (1905)
}}
'''Alfred Joseph "Cy" Ferry''' (September 1, 1877 – September 27, 1938) was an American [pitcher](/source/pitcher) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) who played for two seasons. He pitched in three games for the [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers) during the [1904 Detroit Tigers season](/source/1904_Detroit_Tigers_season) and in one game for the [Cleveland Naps](/source/Cleveland_Indians) during the [1905 Cleveland Naps season](/source/1905_Cleveland_Naps_season). His brother, [Jack Ferry](/source/Jack_Ferry), was also a major league pitcher.<ref name=br>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/ferrycy01.shtml|title=Cy Ferry Statistics and History|work=Baseball-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|accessdate=December 18, 2010}}</ref>

A graduate of [Manhattan College](/source/Manhattan_College), Ferry began his professional career in 1899 with the [Albany Senators](/source/Albany_Senators) and [Springfield Ponies](/source/Springfield_Ponies), then played for the [Meriden Miler](/source/Meriden_Miler) in 1901. He was promoted to the [Buffalo Bisons](/source/Buffalo_Bisons) the following year and had a 20-5 win-loss record in 31 games.<ref name=brm>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=ferry-001alf|title=Cy Ferry Minor League Statistics & History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|accessdate=August 2, 2015}}</ref> Ferry spent a second season with Buffalo, and was close to signing with the [Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates) at season's end. Instead, Buffalo traded him along with [Matty McIntyre](/source/Matty_McIntyre) to the [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers) for [Ernie Courtney](/source/Ernie_Courtney), [Rube Kisinger](/source/Rube_Kisinger), and [Sport McAllister](/source/Sport_McAllister).<ref name=br/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1903/VOL_42_NO_07/SL4207002.pdf|title=Dreyfuss' Doings|work=[Sporting Life](/source/Sporting_Life_(American_newspaper))|date=October 31, 1903|page=2}}</ref>

Ferry made his major league debut for the Tigers on May 12, 1904 and had a 6.23 [earned run average](/source/earned_run_average) (ERA) in three games for the Tigers that season. He spent most of 1904 with the [Minneapolis Millers](/source/Minneapolis_Millers) where he had a 6-7 win-loss record in 19 games.<ref name=brm/> After being released by Minneapolis, Ferry spent 1905 with the [Portland Giants](/source/Portland_Giants) and [Montreal Royals](/source/Montreal_Royals) before being purchased by the [Cleveland Naps](/source/Cleveland_Indians). He pitched in one game for them, allowing three runs in two innings before being released shortly after the game.<ref name=br/>

After one more season in the minor leagues, Ferry became a [scout](/source/scout_(sport)). While scouting for the Tigers' organization, he talked the [Milwaukee Brewers](/source/Milwaukee_Brewers_(American_Association)) into signing [Ray Schalk](/source/Ray_Schalk), who eventually made it to the [Baseball Hall of Fame](/source/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum).<ref>{{cite news|title=Three Views Of Chicago's Great Catcher|work=[The Plain Dealer](/source/The_Plain_Dealer)|date=June 27, 1915|page=20}}</ref> He died in 1938 at the age of 60.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=f/ferrycy01|brm=ferry-001alf}}

* [https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/cy-ferry/ Cy Ferry] at [SABR](/source/Society_for_American_Baseball_Research) (Baseball BioProject)

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Category:1878 births
Category:1938 deaths
Category:Major League Baseball pitchers
Category:Detroit Tigers players
Category:Cleveland Naps players
Category:Albany Senators players
Category:Manhattan Jaspers baseball players
Category:Springfield Ponies players
Category:Meriden Miler players
Category:Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Category:Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
Category:Montreal Royals players
Category:Portland Giants players
Category:Baseball players from New York (state)

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