Doug Brocail vs. Whitey Ford — Career Comparison

Doug Brocail
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican 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 Doug Brocail as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Whitey Ford led in home run suppression (HR9+ 129 vs 86), strikeout rate (K%+ 102 vs 78), and run prevention (ERA+ 129 vs 111). Doug Brocail held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 116 vs 91). Role difference aside, Whitey Ford holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Doug Brocail and Whitey Ford

Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.53
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.49
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
52
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.44
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
391
4
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
885
9.05
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.87
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.65
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
310
3.17
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1086
3.08
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
6.57
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1956
5.55
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.34
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.21
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.36
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3793
38.79
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.79
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
436
4.46
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.42
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.73
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3373
34.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11922
33.84
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.79
38.79
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01

Fielding Stats for Doug Brocail and Whitey Ford

Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.09
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.55
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.25
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
2.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
2.34
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.22
96.22
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.05
96.05
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Brocail and Whitey Ford

Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
637
4496.47
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
500
248.34
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
85
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
69
487.06
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
508.11
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.514
0.514
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.91
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
77.65
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
76.99
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
18.22
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
14
98.82
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
101.82
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
63.53
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
45.2
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
10
70.59
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
17.8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
134.12
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
224
111.26
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
4.47
4.47
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
112.94
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
32.28
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.49
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.48
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
60
60