Jesse English vs. Whitey Ford — Career Comparison

Jesse English
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational 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 Jesse English 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 3.86 and 1.714 for Jesse English. By the career numbers, Whitey Ford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jesse English and Whitey Ford

Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.3
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.44
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3.86
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
12.86
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.86
12.86
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.65
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1086
3.08
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.12
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
5.14
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
5.55
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.21
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.08
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
42.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.1
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3.86
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.714
1.714
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
39.86
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11922
33.84
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01

Fielding Stats for Jesse English and Whitey Ford

Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.55
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.05
96.05
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse English
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jesse English and Whitey Ford

Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
4200
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
500
248.34
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
508.11
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.519
0.519
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.91
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
76.99
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
101.82
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
18.72
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
224
111.26
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
32.28
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Jesse English
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.48
Jesse English
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60