Whitey Ford vs. Dallas Green — Career Comparison

Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Dallas Green
Silent GenerationDelawareThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Whitey Ford built a career as a starting pitcher and Dallas Green as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Whitey Ford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.75 and WHIP 1.229 compared to 4.26 and 1.549 for Dallas Green. By the career numbers, Whitey Ford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Whitey Ford and Dallas Green

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
2.96
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.74
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.62
47.62
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.86
24.86
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.44
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
4.26
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1687
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
562.1
9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
647
10.36
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.65
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.74
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1086
3.08
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
3.15
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
5.55
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
268
4.29
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.827
0.827
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.21
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.22
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2460
39.37
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.88
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
4.77
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.501
1.501
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11922
33.84
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2249
35.99
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.37
39.37

Fielding Stats for Whitey Ford and Dallas Green

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
2.96
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.74
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1686
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
562
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.55
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
1.75
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
836
2.64
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
2.72
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
803
2.53
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
2.64
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.05
96.05
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.892
0.892
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.86
24.86
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Whitey Ford and Dallas Green

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
500
248.34
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PAverified
199
746.25
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
160
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1023
508.11
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PAverified
142
532.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.91
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
17
63.75
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
76.99
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
16
60
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.75
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.75
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
3.79
14.22
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
101.82
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
18
67.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
29
108.75
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
12
45
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
6
22.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
18
67.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
1.16
4.36
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.49
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.75
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
11
41.25
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
224
111.26
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
232.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
32.28
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
6
22.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.49
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.75
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.48
Dallas Green
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.75
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
60
60
Dallas Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100