Tom Ford vs. Dazzy Vance — Career Comparison

Tom Ford
Pre-GenerationalTennesseeNorth AmericaBrooklyn GladiatorsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Dazzy Vance
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVP

Dazzy Vance 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. Dazzy Vance posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.24 and WHIP 1.230 compared to 4.94 and 2.059 for Tom Ford. By the career numbers, Dazzy Vance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Ford and Dazzy Vance

Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.41
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
1.34
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.06
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
1.05
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.6
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.42
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.46
58.46
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.51
78.51
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.06
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
0.66
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.94
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1068
3.24
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.87
6.87
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8900
27
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966.2
9
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
12.35
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2809
8.52
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.4
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
6.18
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
840
2.55
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.12
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2045
6.2
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.922
0.922
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.973
0.973
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.23
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
45.18
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12369
37.52
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.16
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
10.59
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1246
3.78
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.059
2.059
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
39
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11452
34.74
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.18
45.18
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Tom Ford and Dazzy Vance

Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.48
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
27
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
9
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.59
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.99
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.95
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
714
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.96
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.48
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.575
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Ford and Dazzy Vance

Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
11
206.25
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
442
238.49
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1112
600
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
581.25
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
971
523.92
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
78.78
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
62.05
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
12.41
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.73
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.32
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.63
25.7
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
103.6
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
125.18
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
36.69
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
40.47
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
73.38
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.98
-37.08
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.96
20.48
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
42.63
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
287
154.86
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
29.68
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.16
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.54
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.54
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100