Whitey Ford vs. Ken Forsch — Career Comparison

Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Ken Forsch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Whitey Ford a clear advantage over Ken Forsch across the core pitching metrics. Whitey Ford led in home run suppression (HR9+ 129 vs 92), run prevention (ERA+ 129 vs 107), and strikeout rate (K%+ 102 vs 81). Ken Forsch held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 128 vs 91). Whitey Ford was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Whitey Ford and Ken Forsch

Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
2.2
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
0.48
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.48
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.22
50.22
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.26
46.26
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.44
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.3
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
796
3.37
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
6382
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2127.1
9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2071
8.76
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.76
8.76
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.65
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.66
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1086
3.08
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
2.48
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.29
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
5.55
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1047
4.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.01
2.01
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.21
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.18
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.2
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8852
37.45
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.75
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
881
3.73
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.38
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.24
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.69
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.249
1.249
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11922
33.84
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8073
34.15
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.45
37.45

Fielding Stats for Whitey Ford and Ken Forsch

Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
2.21
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
6379
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2126.1
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.55
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.57
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
1.29
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.11
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
465
1.97
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
439
1.86
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.05
96.05
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.41
94.41
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.26
46.26
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.1
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Whitey Ford and Ken Forsch

Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
500
248.34
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
521
713.7
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
438
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1023
508.11
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
383
524.66
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.91
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
52
71.23
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
76.99
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
46
63.01
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
9.58
13.13
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
101.82
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
58
79.45
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
68
93.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
16
21.92
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
17
23.29
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
33
45.21
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
2.82
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
16
21.92
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
224
111.26
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
223.29
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.69
2.69
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
32.28
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.42
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.11
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.37
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.48
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.37
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
60
60
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100