Dave Ford vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Dave Ford
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Ford as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Ford led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 189 vs 92), home run suppression (HR9+ 108 vs 78), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 84). Tim Wakefield held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 87 vs 54). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Dave Ford.

Pitching Stats for Dave Ford and Tim Wakefield

Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
2.97
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.47
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.69
15.69
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
4.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
464
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
154.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
9.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.87
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
2.68
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.504
0.504
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
635
36.95
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
4.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.52
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.93
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.65
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.241
1.241
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
589
34.27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.95
36.95
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Dave Ford and Tim Wakefield

Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
2.97
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.47
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
464
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
154.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.47
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.69
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.69
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.569
0.569
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.69
15.69
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Ford and Tim Wakefield

Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
51
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
600
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
512.31
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
60
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.15
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
78.46
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.31
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA