Jason Bere vs. Matt Ford — Career Comparison

Jason Bere
Gen XMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Matt Ford
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jason Bere built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Ford as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Ford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.33 and WHIP 1.534 compared to 5.14 and 1.572 for Jason Bere. By the career numbers, Matt Ford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jason Bere and Matt Ford

Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
1.71
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.15
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.64
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.58
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.53
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.62
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.21
52.21
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.21
96.21
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
634
5.14
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.33
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3333
27
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1111
9
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1095
8.87
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
9.48
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.17
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.03
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
626
5.07
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.33
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.2
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
920
7.45
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
5.36
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.392
1.392
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.076
1.076
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.41
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.23
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4987
40.4
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
40.6
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.47
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
694
5.62
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.74
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.38
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.36
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.52
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.549
1.549
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.534
1.534
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4241
34.36
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
35.86
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.4
40.4
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.6
40.6

Fielding Stats for Jason Bere and Matt Ford

Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
1.71
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.15
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.64
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3333
27
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1111
9
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.6
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.94
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.03
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
1.63
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.65
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.54
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.44
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.53
94.53
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.901
0.901
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.21
96.21
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Bere and Matt Ford

Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
695.6
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
600
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
530.77
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
7
525
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
98.9
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
75.82
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
19.78
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.3
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
23.08
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.03
23.18
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.59
44.49
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
125.27
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
112.09
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
29.67
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.48
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
46.15
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.77
19.03
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
31.08
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.3
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
9.89
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
197.8
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
3.03
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
56.04
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
4
13.19
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA