Mike Dunne vs. Whitey Ford — Career Comparison

Mike Dunne
Baby BoomersIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational 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 Mike Dunne across the core pitching metrics. Whitey Ford led in strikeout rate (K%+ 102 vs 67), run prevention (ERA+ 129 vs 113), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 91 vs 76). Whitey Ford was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Mike Dunne and Whitey Ford

Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.61
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.44
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
438
1.24
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.57
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.41
89.41
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.95
87.95
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.44
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
4.08
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1423
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
474.1
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
471
8.94
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.94
8.94
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.7
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.65
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
4.27
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1086
3.08
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
3.89
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
5.55
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.907
0.907
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.57
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.21
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2081
39.48
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.1
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
4.84
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.32
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.91
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.467
1.467
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1802
34.19
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11922
33.84
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01

Fielding Stats for Mike Dunne and Whitey Ford

Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.61
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.44
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
396
1.25
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1423
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
474.1
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.91
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.55
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.57
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
2.54
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
2.49
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.76
97.76
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.05
96.05
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.541
1.541
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.41
89.41
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.52
79.52
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Dunne and Whitey Ford

Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
89
398.51
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
500
248.34
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
134
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
109
488.06
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
508.11
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
11
49.25
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.91
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
9
40.3
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
76.99
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.96
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.96
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
11.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
13
58.21
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
101.82
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
20
89.55
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
10
44.78
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
6
26.87
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
16
71.64
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
9
40.3
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
152.24
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
224
111.26
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
3.94
3.94
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
62.69
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
32.28
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.96
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
1.99
Mike Dunne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.48
Mike Dunne
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60