Tom Ford vs. Hub Pruett — Career Comparison

Tom Ford
Pre-GenerationalTennesseeNorth AmericaBrooklyn GladiatorsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Hub Pruett
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hub Pruett 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. Hub Pruett posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.63 and WHIP 1.627 compared to 4.94 and 2.059 for Tom Ford. By the career numbers, Hub Pruett had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Ford and Hub Pruett

Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.41
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
2.55
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.06
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.83
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.35
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.58
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.66
37.66
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.7
32.7
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.06
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.34
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.94
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
4.63
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.87
6.87
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2235
27
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
9
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
12.35
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
816
9.86
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.86
9.86
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
6.18
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
4.78
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.12
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
4.31
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.922
0.922
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.45
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
45.18
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3395
41.01
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.95
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
10.59
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
5.65
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.65
5.65
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.059
2.059
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.627
1.627
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
39
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2962
35.78
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.18
45.18
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.01
41.01

Fielding Stats for Tom Ford and Hub Pruett

Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.48
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
27
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
9
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.59
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.99
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.95
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.96
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.25
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.166
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Ford and Hub Pruett

Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
11
206.25
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
506.4
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
600
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
581.25
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
508.8
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.508
0.508
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
86.4
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
72
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.4
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.32
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.3
27.13
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
103.2
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
136.8
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.362
0.362
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.6
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
28.8
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50.4
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.98
-37.08
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.55
27.72
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50.4
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
52
124.8
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.81
4.81
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.8
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.4
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0