Tom Ford vs. Mel Stottlemyre — Career Comparison

Tom Ford
Pre-GenerationalTennesseeNorth AmericaBrooklyn GladiatorsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Mel Stottlemyre
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mel Stottlemyre 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. Mel Stottlemyre posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.247 compared to 4.94 and 2.059 for Tom Ford. By the career numbers, Mel Stottlemyre had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Ford and Mel Stottlemyre

Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.41
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.22
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.2
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.55
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.47
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.13
54.13
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.89
98.89
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.06
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
0.51
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.14
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.94
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
878
2.97
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.87
6.87
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7984
27
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2661.1
9
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
12.35
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2435
8.23
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.23
8.23
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
0.58
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
6.18
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
809
2.74
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.25
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.12
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1257
4.25
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.922
0.922
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.776
0.776
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.19
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.15
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
45.18
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10972
37.1
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
10.59
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
3.39
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.14
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.16
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.059
2.059
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
39
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10048
33.98
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.18
45.18
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.1
37.1

Fielding Stats for Tom Ford and Mel Stottlemyre

Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.48
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.22
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.2
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
27
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7985
27
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
9
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2661.2
9
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
0.82
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.59
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
1.93
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.99
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.95
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
838
2.83
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.96
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
812
2.75
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.9
96.9
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.256
2.256
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.89
98.89
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.13
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Ford and Mel Stottlemyre

Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
11
206.25
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
366
259.57
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
846
600
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
581.25
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
749
531.21
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
85.11
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
65.96
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
9.93
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.26
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.96
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
19.15
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.32
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.04
26.27
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
118.44
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
171
121.28
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.436
0.436
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
38.3
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
40.43
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
73.76
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.98
-37.08
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.56
19.55
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.84
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
33.33
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 600 PA
270
191.49
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.13
3.13
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
29.79
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.84
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 600 PA
14
9.93
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.42
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.42
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0