Whitey Ford vs. Eddie Plank — Career Comparison

Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Eddie Plank
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Eddie Plank posted a stronger line than Whitey Ford. Eddie Plank posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.35 vs 2.75) and WHIP (1.119 vs 1.229). By the career numbers, Eddie Plank 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 Eddie Plank

Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
1.41
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
623
1.25
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
529
1.06
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
326
0.65
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
0.39
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.69
62.69
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.91
84.91
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.44
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
410
0.82
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.13
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.14
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.05
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
967
2.75
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1174
2.35
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13487
27
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4495.2
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3958
7.92
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.92
7.92
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.65
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.08
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1086
3.08
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1072
2.15
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.12
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
5.55
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2246
4.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.21
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.17
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
0.38
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13036
37.01
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17985
36
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1107
3.14
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
3.13
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.215
1.215
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.119
1.119
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11922
33.84
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16722
33.48
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.01
37.01
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Whitey Ford and Eddie Plank

Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
1.92
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
0.75
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8751
27
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2917
9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
0.55
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
0.71
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
630
1.99
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
3.42
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.1
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.12
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
836
2.64
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1377
4.25
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
803
2.53
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1337
4.13
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.05
96.05
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.612
1.612
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.146
2.146
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.84
38.84
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.11
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Whitey Ford and Eddie Plank

Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
500
248.34
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
212.6
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1778
600
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1023
508.11
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1607
542.29
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.519
0.519
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
177
87.91
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
331
111.7
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
155
76.99
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
282
95.16
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
19
9.44
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
13.16
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.36
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.01
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
22
10.93
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
16.54
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
56.22
27.92
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103.24
34.84
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
205
101.82
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
393
132.62
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
426
143.76
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.378
0.378
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
43.87
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
69
34.27
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
41.17
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
157
77.98
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
249
84.03
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
59.79
29.7
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113.11
38.17
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.49
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
8.1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
71
23.96
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
111.26
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
265
89.43
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
5.39
5.39
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.71
6.71
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
32.28
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
25.65
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Eddie Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.49
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
4.39
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.99
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.01
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.48
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
5.4
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
60
60
Eddie Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81.25
81.25