Whitey Ford vs. Tom Knowlson — Career Comparison

Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Tom Knowlson
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Whitey Ford and Tom Knowlson are fairly close on the surface numbers. Whitey Ford posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.75 vs 3.49) and WHIP (1.229 vs 1.579). Tom Knowlson had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.09 per nine innings vs 0.65). By the career numbers, Whitey Ford had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Whitey Ford and Tom Knowlson

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.61
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.54
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
0.44
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.72
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
3.49
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100.2
9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
8.85
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.65
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1086
3.08
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
5.36
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.12
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
5.55
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
2.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.834
0.834
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.21
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.36
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.54
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
38.26
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.63
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
4.74
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11922
33.84
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
362
32.36
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.26
38.26

Fielding Stats for Whitey Ford and Tom Knowlson

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
1.57
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8554
27
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2851.1
9
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.55
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.05
96.05
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.18
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.889
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Whitey Ford and Tom Knowlson

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
500
248.34
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
284.21
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1023
508.11
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
568.42
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.91
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
76.99
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
6.3
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
101.82
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.17
-18.54
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.49
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
224
111.26
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
363.16
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
1.65
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
32.28
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Tom Knowlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.48
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Tom Knowlson
Career
Per 600 PA