Gene Ford vs. Steve Luebber — Career Comparison

Gene Ford
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Luebber
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Luebber 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. Steve Luebber posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.62 and WHIP 1.585 compared to 9.56 and 2.188 for Gene Ford. By the career numbers, Steve Luebber had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Ford and Steve Luebber

Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.81
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.88
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.05
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.26
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.44
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.36
36.36
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
9.56
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.62
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
619
27
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206.1
9
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
12.94
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
9.29
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.94
12.94
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.29
9.29
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.83
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6.75
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.62
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.35
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
4.06
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.875
0.875
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.965
0.965
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.31
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
46.13
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
908
39.61
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.25
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.83
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
9.56
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
4.97
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.22
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.7
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.188
2.188
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.546
1.546
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
39.38
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
785
34.24
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.13
46.13
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.61
39.61

Fielding Stats for Gene Ford and Steve Luebber

Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.88
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.05
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
27
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
9
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.44
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.44
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2.14
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.88
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.76
87.76
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.652
0.652
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.36
36.36
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Ford and Steve Luebber

Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
1914.29
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
542.86
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
14.97
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
1.33
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
6.7
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.24
-35.29
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
7
200
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Luebber
Career
Per 600 PA