Unknown Edwards vs. Whitey Ford — Career Comparison

Unknown Edwards
UnknownBrooklyn AtlanticsUnknownRelief 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 Unknown Edwards 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 4.5 and 2.000 for Unknown Edwards. By the career numbers, Whitey Ford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Unknown Edwards and Whitey Ford

Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
438
1.24
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
4.5
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.95
87.95
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.44
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
4.5
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
18
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.65
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1086
3.08
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.12
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
5.55
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
4.5
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.21
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.08
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
58.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.1
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
58.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11922
33.84
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.5
58.5
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01

Fielding Stats for Unknown Edwards and Whitey Ford

Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.55
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.1
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.57
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.05
96.05
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Unknown Edwards and Whitey Ford

Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
500
248.34
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1023
508.11
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
177
87.91
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
76.99
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
21.64
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
101.82
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
45.2
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
77.98
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
23.33
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
224
111.26
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
32.28
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Unknown Edwards
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.48
Unknown Edwards
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60