Whitey Ford vs. Matt Hensley — Career Comparison

Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Matt Hensley
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAnaheim AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Whitey Ford built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Hensley 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 4.88 and 1.446 for Matt Hensley. 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 Matt Hensley

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.2
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.65
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.44
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.88
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.2
9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.41
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.41
10.41
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.65
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.63
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1086
3.08
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.28
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1956
5.55
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
9.76
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.76
9.76
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.21
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.65
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
39.04
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.23
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.88
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11922
33.84
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
35.46
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.365
0.365
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.04
39.04

Fielding Stats for Whitey Ford and Matt Hensley

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.2
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.2
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.55
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.3
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.98
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.28
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.28
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.05
96.05
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.438
0.438
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Whitey Ford and Matt Hensley

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
500
248.34
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
9600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1023
508.11
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.91
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
76.99
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
101.82
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
224
111.26
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
32.28
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Matt Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.48
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Matt Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA