Whitey Ford vs. Claude Passeau — Career Comparison

Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Claude Passeau
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Whitey Ford and Claude Passeau are fairly close on the surface numbers. Whitey Ford posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.75 vs 3.32) and WHIP (1.229 vs 1.318). Claude Passeau had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.35 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 Claude Passeau

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
1.47
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
1.1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
0.54
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.92
51.92
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.55
74.55
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.44
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.62
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.09
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.07
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1003
3.32
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
8159
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2719.2
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2856
9.45
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.65
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.35
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1086
3.08
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
728
2.41
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
5.55
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1104
3.65
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.21
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.13
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11642
38.53
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.28
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1204
3.98
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.318
1.318
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11922
33.84
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10875
35.99
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Whitey Ford and Claude Passeau

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
1.57
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8554
27
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2851.1
9
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.55
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
583
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
730
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
713
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.05
96.05
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.67
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Whitey Ford and Claude Passeau

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
500
248.34
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
447
255.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
1050
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1023
508.11
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
982
561.14
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.515
0.515
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
177
87.91
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
108
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
76.99
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
142
81.14
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
19
9.44
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
16.57
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.71
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.49
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.57
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
22
10.93
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
26.86
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
56.22
27.92
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.94
34.25
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
205
101.82
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
153.71
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
216
123.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
45.2
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
84
48
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
69
34.27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
45.71
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
77.98
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
149
85.14
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
51.63
29.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.57
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
26
14.86
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
224
111.26
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
294
168
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
3.57
3.57
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
32.28
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
41
23.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.97
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
13
7.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.14
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.48
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.14
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
60
60
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100