Matt Ford vs. Roy Golden — Career Comparison

Matt Ford
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Golden
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Golden built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Ford as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Ford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.33 and WHIP 1.534 compared to 4.89 and 1.740 for Roy Golden. By the career numbers, Matt Ford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Ford and Roy Golden

Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.15
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
1.74
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.46
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.28
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.62
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.56
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.78
83.78
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.42
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.33
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
4.89
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574
27
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191.1
9
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
9.48
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
8.04
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.03
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.42
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.33
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
7.62
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.36
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
5.27
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.076
1.076
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.432
1.432
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.42
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
40.6
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
852
40.08
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.47
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.74
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
5.55
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.534
1.534
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
35.86
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
32.13
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.6
40.6
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.08
40.08

Fielding Stats for Matt Ford and Roy Golden

Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
5.15
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
7.74
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.26
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.67
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.03
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
11.09
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.67
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.65
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
14.44
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.44
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
12.77
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.41
88.41
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.649
1.649
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.22
16.22
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.42
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Ford and Roy Golden

Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
326.47
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
600
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
525
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
520.59
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.456
0.456
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
79.41
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
70.59
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.82
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.82
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.59
44.49
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.53
22.28
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
88.24
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
132.35
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.65
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
61.76
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
79.41
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
31.08
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.4
21.18
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
44.12
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
105.88
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.47
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Golden
Career
Per 600 PA