John Ferris  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Ferris has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Ferris also has a decent changeup. The Retired or Inactive Players hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. Dating back to his days in the minors, Ferris has been more effective against righthanders than lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is only fair. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Ferris is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Ferris has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Ferris as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2025 Outlook
Ferris has below average skills, even for the low minors. One has to expect the Retired or Inactive Players will give him his walking papers before the end of the season. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- Ska Nyman, A-Ball Scout

 

Player Skills Yearly Scouting Report Cards
Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2002 CHA 62 71 23 45 49 41 48 51 47 57 56 0 52 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 5 33 34 190
2003 CHA 63 71 31 51 49 41 48 51 47 57 58 0 52 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 6 36 207
2004 CHA 68 71 40 54 49 41 48 51 47 57 58 0 57 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 39 229
2005 CHA 69 71 50 60 49 41 48 51 47 58 58 0 57 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 247
2006 CHA 72 71 52 62 49 41 48 51 47 58 59 0 57 0 0 0 25 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 256
2007 CHA 72 71 52 62 49 41 48 51 47 58 60 0 60 0 0 0 26 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 258
2008 CHA 72 71 52 62 49 41 48 51 47 59 60 0 62 0 0 0 27 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 261
2009 CHA 72 71 52 62 49 41 48 51 47 59 61 0 63 0 0 0 28 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 262
2010 CHA 72 71 52 62 54 41 48 51 47 59 61 0 64 0 0 0 29 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 53 267
2011 PEI 72 69 52 62 54 41 48 51 47 59 61 0 64 0 0 0 30 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 263
2012 PEI 72 69 52 62 54 41 48 51 47 59 61 0 64 0 0 0 31 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 262
2013 PEI 72 69 52 62 54 41 48 51 47 59 61 0 64 0 0 0 32 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 261
2014 PEI 72 71 52 62 54 41 48 51 47 59 61 0 64 0 0 0 33 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 263
2015 PEI 72 71 52 62 54 41 48 51 47 59 61 0 64 0 0 0 34 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 262
2016 PEI 72 71 52 62 54 41 48 51 47 59 61 0 64 0 0 0 35 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 53 261
Ratings Delta                                 +1 +1             -1

CBL Collegiate League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
Totals     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

CBL Pioneer League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2003 22 PMIT 6 0 4 9 66 0 0 0 119.2 1.2 140 27 102 63 25 10 4.76 0.62 2.03 .295 .536 .362 .256 6.69
2004 23 PMIT 3 4 3 0 49 0 0 0 131.2 2.2 138 16 97 69 27 10 4.73 0.71 1.79 .275 .429 .273 .277 5.40
2008 27 PMIT 1 2 0 0 4 4 2 0 24 6.0 23 1 17 8 0 0 3.00 0.47 1.67 .261 .352 .267 .256 4.50
2009 28 PMIT 9 18 0 0 37 37 17 5 224.2 6.0 228 41 95 97 0 0 3.89 1.02 1.44 .258 .454 .265 .251 5.29
2010 29 PMIT 4 11 0 0 38 20 6 2 144.2 3.2 144 29 85 63 3 1 3.93 0.74 1.59 .257 .456 .298 .226 5.54
2011 30 PMIT 4 1 2 5 59 0 0 0 98.2 1.2 99 19 44 41 22 8 3.76 0.93 1.46 .261 .474 .287 .242 5.02
2015 34 PLIL 12 20 0 0 39 39 17 2 231 6.0 219 33 95 105 0 0 4.09 1.11 1.36 .250 .419 .255 .247 4.95
Totals     39 56 9 14 292 100 42 9 974.1 3.1 991 166 535 446 77 29 4.12 0.83 1.57 .263 .453 .288 .247 5.39

CBL Major League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2005 24 CHA 3 2 2 0 15 2 1 0 38.1 2.2 33 4 18 4 12 0 0.94 0.22 1.34 .239 .406 .203 .275 4.23
2006 25 CHA 5 3 0 0 13 13 7 0 73 5.2 68 12 32 19 0 0 2.34 0.59 1.37 .247 .425 .291 .209 4.07
2007 26 CHA 1 3 0 0 7 6 2 0 32.1 4.2 36 4 19 7 0 0 1.96 0.37 1.71 .281 .477 .311 .265 5.57
2011 30 PEI 0 0 0 3 26 0 0 0 53 2.0 42 6 24 9 5 2 1.53 0.38 1.25 .218 .363 .226 .210 2.38
2012 31 PEI 4 6 0 1 38 12 6 1 113.1 3.0 115 19 44 14 1 0 1.11 0.32 1.41 .265 .475 .276 .255 3.89
2013 32 PEI 6 10 0 0 21 18 7 2 99 4.2 119 15 31 20 0 0 1.82 0.65 1.52 .299 .472 .345 .264 5.18
2014 33 PEI 3 4 14 2 35 0 0 0 51 1.1 57 6 35 17 16 5 3.00 0.49 1.80 .288 .429 .373 .236 3.88
2015 34 PEI 1 3 0 1 36 0 0 0 65.2 1.2 68 10 31 10 16 6 1.38 0.32 1.52 .276 .492 .284 .272 4.93
2016 35 PEI 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 26 3.0 26 3 11 5 5 1 1.73 0.45 1.42 .255 .363 .304 .214 3.46
Totals     24 31 16 7 200 51 23 3 551.2 2.2 564 79 245 105 55 14 1.71 0.43 1.47 .267 .446 .296 .241 4.23

Transfer History for John Ferris
Date Transferred with Ferris To New Club In Exchange For To Old Club
July 26 2011 PEI Argonauts Clevelan Slovinsky
Charlottetown Blues

John Ferris's Career Highlights
Year Details
2002 2nd round - 55th overall selection by Charlottetown Blues in the 2002 Amateur Draft

John Ferris's Comparable Players
Player Names
Charbaseya Kindell 93.5% Dewitt Stelman 92.7% Dakin Naidoo 92.1% Emmett Hunt 92.1% Graig Elsbree 92.1%

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