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	17-13 / in Starts: 16-13
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 84 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	56 (25-21-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 84 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	51 (27-16-8)

Most Driven In
E Howard	2

Most Driven In By
H Bauer	3
T Kubek	2
Y Berra	1
H Simpson	1
J Lumpe	1
G McDougald	1
N Siebern	1

1958 Batting Game Log

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1958 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	182	4 (3)	Apr 18	NYY		BAL	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.86	0.010	2.53	0.02%	-0.19	P
2	183	7 (2)	Apr 21	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	.15	-0.004	.49	-0.01%	-0.30	P
3	184	10 (2)	Apr 25	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.286	.000	.286	9	.61	-0.004	2.24	-0.01%	-0.06	P
4	185	13 (2)	Apr 30	NYY		DET	L,1-10	GS-8	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.333	.286	.619	9	.84	0.025	3.31	0.06%	0.26	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
5	186	16 (2)	May 10	NYY		WSH	W,8-0	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.333	.222	.556	9	.57	-0.035	2.56	-0.09%	-0.97	P
6	187	21 (4)	May 16	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.313	.231	.543	9	.58	0.008	2.92	0.03%	0.46	P
7	188	26 (4)	May 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.263	.188	.451	9	.39	-0.030	1.93	-0.09%	-0.29	P
8	189	30 (3)	May 25 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.304	.250	.554	9	.79	0.033	4.40	0.11%	0.48	P
9	190	34 (3)	May 30 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,8-13	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.304	.250	.554	9						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
10	191	38 (3)	Jun 2	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.308	.261	.569	9	.43	0.005	2.30	0.02%	-0.04	P
11	192	44 (5)	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.310	.269	.580	9	.48	-0.029	2.39	-0.09%	-0.82	P
12	193	50 (5)	Jun 12 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	GS-11	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.353	.300	.653	9	2.04	0.099	12.12	0.35%	0.96	P
13	194	55 (4)	Jun 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.316	.265	.580	9	.56	-0.055	3.49	-0.21%	-0.88	P
14	195	61 (5)	Jun 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.293	.243	.536	9	.70	-0.056	3.88	-0.18%	-0.46	P
15	196	65 (3)	Jun 28	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.289	.225	.514	9	.46	0.017	2.52	0.06%	-0.17	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	197	70 (4)	Jul 3	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.227	.306	.250	.556	9	.59	0.021	2.35	0.05%	-0.46	P
17	198	75 (4)	Jul 9	NYY		CLE	L,2-12	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.288	.234	.523	9	1.59	-0.128	5.56	-0.27%	-0.85	P
18	199	82 (6)	Jul 14	NYY		CHW	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.291	.240	.531	9	.60	-0.050	1.40	-0.07%	-0.01	P
19	200	89 (6)	Jul 20 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,8-0	CG	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	.208	.276	.226	.502	9	.55	0.053	1.18	0.07%	0.33	P
20	201	93 (3)	Jul 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.274	.228	.502	9	1.21	-0.078	.94	-0.04%	-1.03	P
21	202	98 (4)	Jul 29	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-7	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.281	.237	.519	9	.84	0.042	.38	0.01%	0.28	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	203	103 (4)	Aug 3 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.273	.230	.502	9	.80	-0.040	.11	0.00%	-0.32	P
23	204	108 (4)	Aug 8	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.261	.219	.480	9	.64	-0.048	.14	-0.01%	-0.52	P
24	205	115 (6)	Aug 13	NYY		WSH	L,4-9	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.254	.212	.466	9	1.42	-0.097	.20	-0.01%	-0.86	P
25	206	120 (4)	Aug 19	NYY		CLE	L,6-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.254	.212	.466	9						P
26	207	124 (3)	Aug 23	NYY		CHW	L,1-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.247	.206	.452	9	1.69	-0.083	.40	-0.01%	-0.64	P
27	208	129 (4)	Aug 29	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-3	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.247	.206	.452	9						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
28	209	145 (15)	Sep 14 (2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,12-7	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.253	.203	.456	9	.59	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.11	P
29	210	148 (2)	Sep 19	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.260	.211	.471	9	.48	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.58	P
30	211	153 (4)	Sep 26	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.266	.219	.485	9	1.96	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
							17-13		84	73	10	15	1	0	0	2	5	0	10	1	5	0	2	1	0	0	.205	.266	.219	.485		.83	-0.407	2.62	-0.32%	-5.60

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