Ted Abernathy vs. Herb Moford — Career Comparison

Ted Abernathy
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Herb Moford
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Herb Moford built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Abernathy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ted Abernathy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.466 compared to 5.03 and 1.373 for Herb Moford. By the career numbers, Ted Abernathy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Abernathy and Herb Moford

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.34
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
2.86
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.8
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.49
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.54
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.74
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.73
47.73
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.78
27.78
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
28
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.34
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.16
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
3.46
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
5.03
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3443
27
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
472
27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1147.2
9
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
157.1
9
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1010
7.92
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
8.18
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.18
8.18
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.55
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.2
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
592
4.64
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.66
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.63
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.51
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
6
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
4.46
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.903
0.903
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.27
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.4
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.35
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.57
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4963
38.92
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
674
38.56
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
3.26
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.57
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
513
4.02
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
5.38
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.18
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4296
33.69
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
34.32
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.92
38.92
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.56
38.56

Fielding Stats for Ted Abernathy and Herb Moford

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
5.35
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
2.87
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.27
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.8
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3438
27
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
471
27
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1146
9
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.72
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.46
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.39
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.06
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.27
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
2.52
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
3.11
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
2.52
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.96
94.96
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.582
0.582
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
28
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Abernathy and Herb Moford

Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
681
2002.94
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
50
625
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204
600
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
48
600
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
532.35
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
550
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
73.53
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
64.71
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.82
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.82
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.23
12.45
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.75
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
82.35
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
97.06
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
37.5
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.29
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
26.47
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.76
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
1.09
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.1
-38.69
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.88
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.65
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
74
217.65
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
137.5
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.36
4.36
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
44.12
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
37.5
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.76
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA