Dennis DeBarr vs. Whitey Ford — Career Comparison

Dennis DeBarr
Baby BoomersWyomingThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican 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 Dennis DeBarr as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Whitey Ford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.75 and WHIP 1.229 compared to 5.91 and 1.734 for Dennis DeBarr. By the career numbers, Whitey Ford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dennis DeBarr and Whitey Ford

Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
5.91
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.44
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.91
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.1
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
12.23
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.23
12.23
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.65
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
3.38
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1086
3.08
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.12
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
4.22
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
5.55
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.844
0.844
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.84
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.21
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.08
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
41.34
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.11
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.91
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.84
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.84
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.734
1.734
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
36.28
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11922
33.84
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.373
0.373
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.34
41.34
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01

Fielding Stats for Dennis DeBarr and Whitey Ford

Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
5.91
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.1
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.55
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.69
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.69
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.05
96.05
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dennis DeBarr and Whitey Ford

Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
14
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
500
248.34
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1208
600
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
508.11
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.91
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
76.99
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
101.82
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
224
111.26
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
32.28
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Dennis DeBarr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.48
Dennis DeBarr
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60