Whitey Ford

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 178lb (178cm, 80kg)

Born: October 21, 1928 in New York, NY us

Died: October 8, 2020 in Lake Success, NY

Buried: Locust Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, NY

High School: Aviation Career & Technical Education HS (Long Island City, NY)

Debut: July 1, 1950 (Age 21-253d, 10,718th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4.2 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 6 BB, 5 ER

Last Game: May 21, 1967 (Age 38-212d)
vs. DET 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1974. (Voted by BBWAA on 284/365 ballots)
View Whitey Ford's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Edward Charles Ford

Nicknames: The Chairman of the Board or Slick

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

57.1

236

106

ERA

2.75

498

438

3170.1

1956

WHIP

1.215

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-7 / in Starts: 23-7
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 92 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	58 (30-18-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 92 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (30-18-9)

Most Driven In
H Bauer	1
E Howard	1
G McDougald	1
B Skowron	1
P Rizzuto	0
A Carey	0
J Lumpe	0

Most Driven In By
H Bauer	3
M Mantle	3
G McDougald	2
E Slaughter	0

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	127	4 (3)	Apr 20	NYY		BOS	W,7-1	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	9	.55	-0.004	1.60	-0.01%	0.21	P
2	128	8 (3)	Apr 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.286	.536	9	1.20	0.078	4.18	0.16%	-0.20	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	129	12 (3)	May 1	NYY		DET	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	9	.42	-0.041	1.49	-0.09%	-0.53	P
4	130	17 (4)	May 6 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.267	.517	9	.47	-0.007	1.98	-0.02%	-0.63	P
5	131	22 (4)	May 11	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.353	.631	9	1.41	0.075	5.74	0.18%	0.57	P
6	132	28 (5)	May 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.348	.381	.729	9	.58	0.070	2.52	0.18%	0.69	P
7	133	33 (4)	May 22	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.333	.641	9	.71	-0.053	3.44	-0.16%	-0.73	P
8	134	38 (4)	May 28	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.276	.296	.572	9	.51	-0.039	2.91	-0.13%	-0.56	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	135	44 (5)	Jun 3 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.286	.552	9	.37	-0.010	2.12	-0.03%	-0.11	P
10	136	49 (4)	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,0-9	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.281	.276	.557	9	.37	0.002	2.45	0.01%	0.02	P
11	137	52 (2)	Jun 12	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.286	.258	.544	9	.34	-0.002	2.13	-0.01%	-0.29	P
12	138	57 (4)	Jun 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-4	GS-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.306	.258	.564	9	.32	0.012	2.04	0.04%	0.27	P
13	139	60 (2)	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.324	.281	.606	9	.28	-0.008	1.49	-0.02%	-0.45	P
14	140	63 (2)	Jun 24 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-14	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.324	.281	.606	9						P
15	141	66 (2)	Jun 26	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.293	.250	.543	9	.68	-0.070	3.48	-0.22%	-1.18	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	142	70 (3)	Jul 1 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.302	.243	.546	9	.87	0.006	4.58	0.02%	0.10	P
17	143	75 (4)	Jul 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.319	.250	.569	9	.58	0.047	3.45	0.17%	0.43	P
18	144	82 (6)	Jul 15 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.300	.233	.533	9	.51	-0.039	2.69	-0.12%	-0.51	P
19	145	88 (5)	Jul 20	NYY		KCA	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.321	.261	.582	9	.53	0.012	1.49	0.02%	0.18	P
20	146	92 (3)	Jul 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.298	.240	.538	9	.42	-0.046	1.70	-0.11%	-0.77	P
21	147	97 (4)	Jul 30	NYY	@	CLE	W,13-6	GS-9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.295	.241	.536	9	.41	0.009	1.71	0.02%	-0.47	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	148	101 (3)	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	L,4-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.295	.241	.536	9						P
23	149	108 (6)	Aug 10	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.302	.236	.538	9	.74	-0.012	1.98	-0.02%	-0.11	P
24	150	113 (4)	Aug 15	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.297	.232	.529	9	1.60	-0.019	3.58	-0.03%	-0.21	P
25	151	124 (10)	Aug 25	NYY		CHW	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.288	.224	.512	9	.51	-0.025	1.01	-0.03%	-0.27	P
26	152	129 (4)	Aug 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.290	.230	.519	9	1.17	0.021	1.99	0.02%	-0.03	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	153	134 (4)	Sep 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.301	.234	.536	9	1.66	-0.054	1.27	-0.03%	-0.77	P
28	154	137 (2)	Sep 9	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.289	.224	.513	9	1.64	-0.126	.38	-0.02%	-1.25	P
29	155	140 (2)	Sep 13	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.300	.239	.539	9	.57	0.004	.06	0.00%	0.02	P
30	156	145 (4)	Sep 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.286	.227	.512	9	1.53	-0.159	.00	0.00%	-0.90	P
31	157	151 (5)	Sep 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.299	.244	.542	9	1.13	0.053	.00	0.00%	0.23	P
							24-7		92	78	9	17	2	0	0	4	9	0	14	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.299	.244	.542		.78	-0.325	2.11	-0.21%	-7.26

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