Casey Fien vs. Whitey Ford — Career Comparison

Casey Fien
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican 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 Casey Fien as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Whitey Ford led in home run suppression (HR9+ 129 vs 88), run prevention (ERA+ 129 vs 111), and strikeout rate (K%+ 102 vs 100). Casey Fien held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 193 vs 91). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Whitey Ford.

Pitching Stats for Casey Fien and Whitey Ford

Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
9.44
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.53
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.56
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.57
48.57
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.44
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
4.42
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
8.91
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.46
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.65
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1086
3.08
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.37
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
7.82
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1956
5.55
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.82
7.82
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.21
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.08
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1198
37.31
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.06
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
4.58
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.34
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.4
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.44
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.215
1.215
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1112
34.63
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11922
33.84
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.31
37.31
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01

Fielding Stats for Casey Fien and Whitey Ford

Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
9.44
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
867
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.65
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.55
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.97
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.62
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.62
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.05
96.05
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.172
0.172
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Fien
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Casey Fien and Whitey Ford

Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
303
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
500
248.34
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1208
600
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
508.11
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.91
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
76.99
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
101.82
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
224
111.26
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
32.28
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Casey Fien
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.48
Casey Fien
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60