Whitey Ford vs. Jeff Gray — Career Comparison

Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Jeff Gray
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Whitey Ford built a career as a starting pitcher and Jeff Gray as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Whitey Ford led in run prevention (ERA+ 129 vs 80), strikeout rate (K%+ 102 vs 54), and home run suppression (HR9+ 129 vs 96). Jeff Gray held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 93 vs 91). Role difference aside, Whitey Ford holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Whitey Ford and Jeff Gray

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
7.36
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.45
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.3
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.01
69.01
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.44
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
4.99
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
422
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
140.2
9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
10.24
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.24
10.24
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.65
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1086
3.08
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
3.39
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
5.55
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
4.86
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.21
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.51
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.58
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
636
40.69
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.24
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
5.25
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.96
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11922
33.84
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
36.21
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.69
40.69

Fielding Stats for Whitey Ford and Jeff Gray

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
7.36
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
422
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
140.2
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.55
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.51
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.22
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.1
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.92
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.73
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.05
96.05
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.15
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Whitey Ford and Jeff Gray

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
500
248.34
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
115
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1208
600
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
508.11
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.91
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
76.99
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
101.82
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
224
111.26
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
32.28
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Jeff Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.48
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Jeff Gray
Career
Per 600 PA