Elmer Dessens vs. Whitey Ford — Career Comparison

Elmer Dessens
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Whitey Ford a clear advantage over Elmer Dessens across the core pitching metrics. Whitey Ford led in run prevention (ERA+ 129 vs 106), home run suppression (HR9+ 129 vs 109), and strikeout rate (K%+ 102 vs 84). Elmer Dessens held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 125 vs 91). Whitey Ford was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Elmer Dessens and Whitey Ford

Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
3.38
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
1.07
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.4
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.49
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.83
44.83
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.75
31.75
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.44
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
579
4.44
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3523
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1174.1
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1300
9.96
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.96
9.96
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.11
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.65
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
2.67
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1086
3.08
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.34
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
5.31
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
5.55
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.17
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.21
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.18
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5062
38.79
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.49
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
628
4.81
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.45
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.86
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.403
1.403
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4596
35.22
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11922
33.84
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.79
38.79
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01

Fielding Stats for Elmer Dessens and Whitey Ford

Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
3.38
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
1.07
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3523
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1174.1
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.51
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.55
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
1.33
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
1.87
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
1.84
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.36
98.36
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.05
96.05
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.544
0.544
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.75
31.75
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.11
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elmer Dessens and Whitey Ford

Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
445
890
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
500
248.34
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
300
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
240
480
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
508.11
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.517
0.517
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
39
78
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.91
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
34
68
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
76.99
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
11.11
22.22
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
45
90
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
101.82
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
61
122
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
14
28
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
16
32
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
30
60
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
11.6
23.19
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
22
44
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
130
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
224
111.26
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
4.62
4.62
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
76
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
32.28
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.48
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60