Whitey Ford vs. Doc Scanlan — Career Comparison

Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Doc Scanlan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Whitey Ford and Doc Scanlan are fairly close on the surface numbers. Whitey Ford posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.75 vs 3) and WHIP (1.229 vs 1.333). Doc Scanlan had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.11 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 Doc Scanlan

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
1.41
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.3
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
1.07
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.47
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.51
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.79
47.79
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.32
82.32
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
0.44
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.73
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
417
3
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3756
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1252
9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2766
7.85
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
7.63
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.85
7.85
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.65
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1086
3.08
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
608
4.37
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.12
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
5.55
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
4.2
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.952
0.952
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.21
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.26
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5169
37.16
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.19
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
557
4
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11922
33.84
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4525
32.53
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Whitey Ford and Doc Scanlan

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
1.57
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
1.05
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3414
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1138
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.55
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.22
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
630
1.99
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.07
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.1
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
2.44
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
2.29
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.05
96.05
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.85
93.85
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.602
1.602
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.48
73.48
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Whitey Ford and Doc Scanlan

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
500
248.34
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
181
232.55
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
467
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1023
508.11
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
416
534.48
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.519
0.519
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
177
87.91
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
100.21
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
76.99
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
83.51
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
9.44
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
14.13
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.57
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
10.93
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.7
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56.22
27.92
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25.71
33.03
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
101.82
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
93
119.49
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
113
145.18
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.378
0.378
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
23
29.55
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
23
29.55
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
46
59.1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.79
29.7
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26.97
34.64
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.28
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
34
43.68
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
224
111.26
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
104.07
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
5.39
5.39
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.77
5.77
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
32.28
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
16
20.56
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.49
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.48
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
60
60
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100