Whitey Ford vs. Emil Yde — Career Comparison

Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Emil Yde
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Whitey Ford and Emil Yde are fairly close on the surface numbers. Whitey Ford posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.75 vs 4.02) and WHIP (1.229 vs 1.486). Emil Yde had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.33 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 Emil Yde

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.63
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.32
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.22
66.22
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.74
56.74
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
0.44
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.55
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
4.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
2114
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
704.2
9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
9.59
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.65
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.33
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1086
3.08
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
3.78
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.12
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
5.55
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
2.04
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.647
0.647
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.21
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.19
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.15
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3072
39.24
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.52
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
387
4.94
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.486
1.486
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11922
33.84
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2764
35.3
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.24
39.24

Fielding Stats for Whitey Ford and Emil Yde

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
1.57
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8554
27
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2851.1
9
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.55
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.05
96.05
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.458
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Yde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Whitey Ford and Emil Yde

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
500
248.34
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
209
373.21
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PA
336
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1023
508.11
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
317
566.07
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.519
0.519
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.602
0.602
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
177
87.91
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
132.14
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
76.99
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
96.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
9.44
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.64
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.29
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.49
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
10.93
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.71
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56.22
27.92
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26.65
47.59
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
101.82
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
104
185.71
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
145.53
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
84
150
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.585
0.585
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.378
0.378
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
45.2
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
82.14
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
34.27
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
50
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
77.98
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
73
130.36
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.79
29.7
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29.42
52.53
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PA
10
17.86
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
224
111.26
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
71.43
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
5.39
5.39
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.4
8.4
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
32.28
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PA
9
16.07
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Emil Yde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.49
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
0.99
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.48
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.57
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Emil Yde
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50