Gene Ford vs. Monty Stratton — Career Comparison

Gene Ford
Pre-GenerationalCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Monty Stratton
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Monty Stratton built a career as a starting pitcher and Gene Ford as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Monty Stratton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.71 and WHIP 1.309 compared to 5.66 and 1.857 for Gene Ford. By the career numbers, Monty Stratton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Ford and Monty Stratton

Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.8
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
1.29
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.15
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.66
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.42
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.02
61.02
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.57
88.57
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.66
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.66
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
3.71
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
27
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1462
27
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
9
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487.1
9
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
13.11
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
489
9.03
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.11
13.11
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.59
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
3.6
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
2.75
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
5.14
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
3.62
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.971
0.971
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.708
0.708
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.22
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
42.69
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2053
37.91
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.54
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
7.71
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
4.34
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.857
1.857
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
38.57
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1892
34.94
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.392
0.392
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.69
42.69
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.91
37.91

Fielding Stats for Gene Ford and Monty Stratton

Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.8
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
27
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
9
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.09
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.77
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.11
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.34
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.54
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.857
1.857
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.29
14.29
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Ford and Monty Stratton

Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
323.08
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
207.8
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
461.54
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
561.95
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.602
0.602
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
125.85
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
84.88
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
29.27
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.71
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40.98
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
1.99
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
48.27
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
190.24
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
140.49
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.582
0.582
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
96.59
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
70.24
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
155.12
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.37
-17.29
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.72
48.93
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.71
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
70.24
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.54
8.54
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Monty Stratton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
23.41
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Monty Stratton
Career
Per 600 PA