Tom Ford vs. Claude Passeau — Career Comparison

Tom Ford
Pre-GenerationalTennesseeNorth AmericaBrooklyn GladiatorsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Claude Passeau
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Passeau built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Ford as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Passeau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.318 compared to 4.94 and 2.059 for Tom Ford. By the career numbers, Claude Passeau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Ford and Claude Passeau

Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.41
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
1.47
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.1
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.54
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.5
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.55
74.55
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.06
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
0.62
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.07
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.94
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
3.32
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.87
6.87
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8159
27
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2719.2
9
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
12.35
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2856
9.45
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.45
9.45
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.35
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
6.18
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
728
2.41
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1104
3.65
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.922
0.922
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.13
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
45.18
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11642
38.53
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.28
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
10.59
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
3.98
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.059
2.059
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
39
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10875
35.99
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.18
45.18
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Tom Ford and Claude Passeau

Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.48
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
27
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
9
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.59
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.99
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.95
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.96
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.67
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Ford and Claude Passeau

Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
11
206.25
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
447
255.43
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1050
600
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
581.25
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
982
561.14
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
108
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
81.14
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
16.57
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.71
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.57
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
26.86
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.32
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.94
34.25
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
153.71
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
123.43
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
45.71
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
85.14
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.98
-37.08
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.63
29.5
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.86
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
294
168
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.57
3.57
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
23.43
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
13
7.43
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.14
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.14
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100