Whitey Ford vs. Christian Roa — Career Comparison

Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Christian Roa
Gen ZTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMiami MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Whitey Ford built a career as a starting pitcher and Christian Roa as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Christian Roa posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 2.75 and 1.229 for Whitey Ford. By the career numbers, Christian Roa had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Whitey Ford and Christian Roa

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.3
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.44
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
967
2.75
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.232
0.232
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.111
0.111
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2766
7.85
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.85
7.85
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.65
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1086
3.08
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.12
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1956
5.55
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.21
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.08
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13036
37.01
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
36
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1107
3.14
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11922
33.84
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.167
0.167
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.01
37.01
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Whitey Ford and Christian Roa

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.55
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Christian Roa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.05
96.05
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christian Roa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Whitey Ford and Christian Roa

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