Tom Ford vs. Lamar Potter — Career Comparison

Tom Ford
Pre-GenerationalTennesseeNorth AmericaBrooklyn GladiatorsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Lamar Potter
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlanta Black CrackersNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lamar Potter 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. Tom Ford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.94 and WHIP 2.059 compared to 6.23 and 1.431 for Lamar Potter. By the career numbers, Tom Ford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Ford and Lamar Potter

Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.41
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.08
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.25
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.83
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.06
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
4.94
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.23
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.87
6.87
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
27
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.2
9
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
12.35
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
9.55
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
6.18
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.32
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
2.12
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.74
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.922
0.922
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.785
0.785
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
45.18
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
39.88
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.83
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
10.59
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
7.89
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.059
2.059
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.431
1.431
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
39
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
35.72
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.18
45.18
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.88
39.88

Fielding Stats for Tom Ford and Lamar Potter

Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.48
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.78
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.46
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
27
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
27
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
9
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.2
9
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.46
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
2.59
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.91
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.99
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.65
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
3.95
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
5.01
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.96
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
4.37
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.1
87.1
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.455
2.455
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.82
81.82
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Ford and Lamar Potter

Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
206.25
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
240
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
581.25
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
600
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.32
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
21.64
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
96
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.98
-37.08
Lamar Potter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.97
23.33
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lamar Potter
Career
Per 600 PA