Whitey Ford vs. Philip Humber — Career Comparison

Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Philip Humber
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Whitey Ford a clear advantage over Philip Humber across the core pitching metrics. Whitey Ford led in run prevention (ERA+ 129 vs 88), home run suppression (HR9+ 129 vs 93), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 93). Philip Humber held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 101 vs 91). Whitey Ford was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Whitey Ford and Philip Humber

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.35
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
438
1.24
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.24
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.39
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.56
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.03
41.03
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.58
52.58
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.44
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
5.31
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
9.65
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.65
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.29
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1086
3.08
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
3.13
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1956
5.55
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
6.6
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.6
6.6
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.21
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.63
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.32
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1630
39.54
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.41
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
5.41
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.63
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11922
33.84
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1470
35.66
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.54
39.54

Fielding Stats for Whitey Ford and Philip Humber

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.35
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.24
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.55
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.7
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.63
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.38
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.33
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.05
96.05
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.49
96.49
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.567
0.567
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.58
52.58
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Whitey Ford and Philip Humber

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
500
248.34
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
4476.92
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
508.11
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
11
507.69
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.91
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
76.99
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
3.73
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
101.82
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
34.27
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-18.27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
224
111.26
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
32.28
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.48
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA