Matt Ford vs. Mark Redman — Career Comparison

Matt Ford
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mark Redman
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mark Redman 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 4.85 and 1.445 for Mark Redman. 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 Mark Redman

Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.15
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
1.59
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.47
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.49
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.62
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.62
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.69
92.69
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.33
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
668
4.85
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
27
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1238.2
9
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
9.48
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1364
9.91
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.91
9.91
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.03
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.02
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
4.33
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.96
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.14
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
5.36
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
747
5.43
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.076
1.076
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.932
0.932
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.42
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.25
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
40.6
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5371
39.03
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.47
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.74
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
5.17
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.34
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.25
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.89
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.534
1.534
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
35.86
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4848
35.22
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.6
40.6
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Matt Ford and Mark Redman

Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.15
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
1.59
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.47
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
27
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1238.2
9
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.39
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.03
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.23
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.65
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
1.71
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.44
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
1.61
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.47
94.47
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.014
1.014
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.69
92.69
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.12
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Ford and Mark Redman

Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
219
759.54
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
600
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
7
525
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
534.1
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
27.75
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
27.75
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.59
44.49
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.24
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
27.75
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
48.55
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.4
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
10.4
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
20.81
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
31.08
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
-10.8
-37.45
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
20.81
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
69
239.31
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
2.51
2.51
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Redman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
45.09
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
7
24.28
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Redman
Career
Per 600 PA