Whitey Ford vs. Vic Willis — Career Comparison

Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Vic Willis
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Vic Willis posted a stronger line than Whitey Ford. Vic Willis posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.63 vs 2.75) and home runs allowed (0.15 per nine innings vs 0.65). By the career numbers, Vic Willis 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 Vic Willis

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
1.41
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513
1.16
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
471
1.06
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
0.56
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
0.46
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.85
54.85
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.95
87.95
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.81
91.81
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.44
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
0.87
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.11
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
967
2.75
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1167
2.63
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.243
0.243
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11988
27
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3996
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3621
8.16
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.16
8.16
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.65
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.15
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1086
3.08
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1212
2.73
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.12
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
5.55
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1651
3.72
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.717
0.717
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.21
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.21
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.35
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13036
37.01
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16263
36.63
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.1
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.09
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1620
3.65
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.215
1.215
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11922
33.84
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14895
33.55
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.01
37.01
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.63
36.63

Fielding Stats for Whitey Ford and Vic Willis

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
1.57
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525
1.15
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
0.57
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12291
27
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4097
9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
0.55
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
0.85
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
630
1.99
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1131
2.48
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.1
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.16
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
836
2.64
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1592
3.5
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
803
2.53
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1520
3.34
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.05
96.05
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.48
95.48
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.612
1.612
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.895
2.895
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.14
49.14
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.07
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Whitey Ford and Vic Willis

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
500
248.34
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
531
196.3
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1623
600
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1023
508.11
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1493
551.94
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
177
87.91
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
91.68
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
155
76.99
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
224
82.81
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
19
7.02
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.48
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.37
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.93
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
8.87
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61.59
22.77
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
205
101.82
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
278
102.77
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
124.58
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
39.56
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
31.05
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
70.24
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
56.49
20.88
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.49
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
2.96
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
81
29.94
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
224
111.26
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
73.57
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
5.39
5.39
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.16
8.16
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
32.28
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
41
15.16
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.11
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.48
Vic Willis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.11
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
60
60
Vic Willis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100