Whitey Ford vs. Faustino Valdés — Career Comparison

Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Faustino Valdés
UnknownCubaCaribbeanCuban Stars WestNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Whitey Ford and Faustino Valdés are fairly close on the surface numbers. Whitey Ford posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.75 vs 4.62) and WHIP (1.229 vs 1.549). Faustino Valdés had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.37 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 Faustino Valdés

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
1.41
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.25
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.66
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.95
87.95
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.24
88.24
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
0.44
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.88
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.62
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
122.2
9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
9.98
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.65
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.37
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1086
3.08
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
3.96
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.12
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
5.55
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.791
0.791
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.21
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.08
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
40.5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.1
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.61
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.44
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.549
1.549
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11922
33.84
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
34.85
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Whitey Ford and Faustino Valdés

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
1.57
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.29
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.11
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.2
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.55
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.58
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
630
1.99
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.4
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.1
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
836
2.64
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
4.22
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
803
2.53
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.98
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.05
96.05
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.612
1.612
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.091
3.091
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.52
79.52
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.36
86.36
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Whitey Ford and Faustino Valdés

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
500
248.34
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
22
183.33
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
72
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1023
508.11
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
541.67
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.518
0.518
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
177
87.91
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
108.33
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
76.99
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
100
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56.22
27.92
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
32.74
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
101.82
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
116.67
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
145.53
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
150
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.378
0.378
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
45.2
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
58.33
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
77.98
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.79
29.7
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.58
38.13
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
5
41.67
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
224
111.26
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
32.28
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.67
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.49
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.48
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
60
60
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100