Bert Cole vs. Matt Ford — Career Comparison

Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Ford
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bert Cole 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 4.67 and 1.593 for Bert Cole. By the career numbers, Matt Ford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Cole and Matt Ford

Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
2.63
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.15
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.68
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.82
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.42
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.48
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.62
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.99
25.99
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.27
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
4.67
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.33
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
735
10.92
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
9.48
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.03
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.42
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
4.33
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.77
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.36
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.076
1.076
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2742
40.75
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
40.6
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
1.23
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.47
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
5.84
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.74
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.534
1.534
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2493
37.05
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
35.86
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.75
40.75
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.6
40.6

Fielding Stats for Bert Cole and Matt Ford

Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.15
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.82
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
9
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.03
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.65
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.44
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Cole and Matt Ford

Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
536.28
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
544.25
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
7
525
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.618
0.618
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.563
0.563
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
130.09
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.96
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.62
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.24
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
48.93
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.59
44.49
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
167.26
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
164.6
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.536
0.536
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
0.49
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
76.99
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
47.79
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
122.12
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.14
56.11
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
31.08
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
29.2
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.58
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA