Gene Ford vs. Mike Walker — Career Comparison

Gene Ford
Pre-GenerationalCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Walker
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Walker 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. Gene Ford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.66 and WHIP 1.857 compared to 7.36 and 2.250 for Mike Walker. By the career numbers, Gene Ford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Ford and Mike Walker

Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.8
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.07
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.84
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
5.66
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.36
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.28
6.28
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.7
7.7
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
27
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
9
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
13.11
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
12.89
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.11
13.11
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.89
12.89
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.45
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.6
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.52
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.84
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
5.14
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.07
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.971
0.971
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.955
0.955
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
42.69
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
45.41
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.54
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
7.71
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
8.59
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.61
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.857
1.857
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.046
2.046
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
38.57
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
38.66
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.392
0.392
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.315
0.315
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.69
42.69
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.41
45.41

Fielding Stats for Gene Ford and Mike Walker

Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.8
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.07
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
27
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
9
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.61
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.09
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.84
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.77
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.23
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.11
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.68
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.34
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.45
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.25
81.25
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.857
1.857
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Ford and Mike Walker

Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
323.08
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
600
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
461.54
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
1.99
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.37
-17.29
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Mike Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Walker
Career
Per 600 PA