Whitey Ford vs. Cade Smith — Career Comparison

Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Cade Smith
Gen ZCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Whitey Ford built a career as a starting pitcher and Cade Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cade Smith led in home run suppression (HR9+ 536 vs 129), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 259 vs 104), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 153 vs 91). Role difference aside, Cade Smith holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Whitey Ford and Cade Smith

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
9.06
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
0.67
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.85
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.01
69.01
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.44
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.03
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
967
2.75
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.42
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.52
1.52
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.232
0.232
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.196
0.196
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2766
7.85
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
6.4
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.85
7.85
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.4
6.4
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.65
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.3
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1086
3.08
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.17
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1956
5.55
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
12.5
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.5
12.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.631
1.631
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.21
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.42
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13036
37.01
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
589
35.58
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.93
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1107
3.14
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.84
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.48
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.215
1.215
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.953
0.953
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11922
33.84
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
542
32.74
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.01
37.01
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.58
35.58

Fielding Stats for Whitey Ford and Cade Smith

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
9.06
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.55
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.6
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.42
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.09
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.03
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.05
96.05
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.113
0.113
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cade Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Whitey Ford and Cade Smith

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
500
248.34
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
150
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1208
600
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
508.11
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.91
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
76.99
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
101.82
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
224
111.26
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
32.28
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Cade Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.48
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Cade Smith
Career
Per 600 PA