Bryan Baker vs. Whitey Ford — Career Comparison

Bryan Baker
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Whitey Ford built a career as a starting pitcher and Bryan Baker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bryan Baker led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 110 vs 91), home run suppression (HR9+ 147 vs 129), and strikeout rate (K%+ 116 vs 102). Whitey Ford held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 129 vs 107). Role difference aside, Bryan Baker holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bryan Baker and Whitey Ford

Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
8.88
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.56
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.48
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.17
54.17
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.44
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
3.86
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.232
0.232
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
623
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
207.2
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
7.5
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2766
7.85
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.5
7.5
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.85
7.85
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.65
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
3.21
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1086
3.08
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
10.14
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1956
5.55
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.14
10.14
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.483
1.483
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.21
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
848
36.75
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13036
37.01
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.26
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
4.12
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.74
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.215
1.215
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
762
33.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11922
33.84
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.75
36.75
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.01
37.01

Fielding Stats for Bryan Baker and Whitey Ford

Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
8.88
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
623
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
207.2
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.55
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.52
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.95
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.95
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.05
96.05
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.107
0.107
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bryan Baker and Whitey Ford

Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
205
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
500
248.34
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1208
600
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
508.11
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.91
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
76.99
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
101.82
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
224
111.26
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
32.28
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.48
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60