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	20-13 / in Starts: 19-10
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 66 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	37 (18-9-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 66 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	40 (21-12-6)

Most Driven In
G McDougald	1
B Skowron	1
T Kubek	1
B Richardson	0

Most Driven In By
B Cerv	1
R Maris	1
M Mantle	1
T Kubek	1

1960 Batting Game Log

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1960 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	247	4 (3)	Apr 22	NYY		BAL	W,5-0	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.90	0.092	2.36	0.15%	0.69	P
2	248	8 (3)	Apr 27	NYY		WSH	L,4-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.44	-0.022	1.40	-0.04%	-0.24	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	249	12 (3)	May 3	NYY		DET	W,10-3	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
4	250	19 (6)	May 13	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.71	-0.056	1.79	-0.09%	-0.57	P
5	251	24 (4)	May 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS-7	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	9	1.51	0.060	5.62	0.13%	0.53	P
6	252	30 (5)	May 26	NYY		BAL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.250	.100	.350	9	.49	-0.030	1.40	-0.05%	-0.43	P
7	253	36 (5)	May 31	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.286	.091	.377	9	.88	0.023	3.14	0.05%	0.10	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
8	254	43 (6)	Jun 6	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.235	.071	.307	9	1.02	-0.067	2.73	-0.11%	-0.68	P
9	255	48 (4)	Jun 11	NYY		CLE	W,6-4	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.278	.071	.349	9	1.65	0.010	5.75	0.02%	0.17	P
10	256	52 (3)	Jun 16	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-9	GS-7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.300	.067	.367	9	2.71	0.012	10.80	0.03%	0.46	P
11	257	57 (4)	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.292	.105	.397	9	.74	-0.050	3.74	-0.15%	-0.70	P
12	258	62 (4)	Jun 26 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.286	.091	.377	9	.77	-0.028	4.65	-0.10%	-0.63	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
13	259	67 (4)	Jul 2	NYY		DET	W,7-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.276	.087	.363	9	.70	-0.017	3.72	-0.05%	-0.15	P
14	260	72 (4)	Jul 6	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.273	.111	.384	9	.49	-0.037	3.36	-0.15%	-0.25	P
15	261	76 (3)	Jul 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-9	2-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.294	.111	.405	9	.88	0.038	4.84	0.12%	0.39	P
16	262	81 (4)	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.306	.138	.443	9	.81	0.101	6.30	0.47%	0.69	P
17	263	85 (3)	Jul 23	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.316	.161	.477	9	.95	0.027	7.89	0.14%	0.16	P
18	264	89 (3)	Jul 28 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	GS-6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.325	.156	.481	9	.98	0.014	6.04	0.05%	0.03	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
19	265	96 (6)	Aug 2 (2)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.310	.147	.457	9	.79	-0.038	4.72	-0.14%	-0.30	P
20	266	102 (5)	Aug 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-9	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.295	.139	.434	9	1.91	-0.040	19.16	-0.24%	-0.32	P
21	267	106 (3)	Aug 13	NYY		WSH	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.283	.132	.414	9	.78	-0.045	5.23	-0.18%	-0.50	P
22	268	110 (3)	Aug 16	NYY		BAL	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.286	.171	.456	9	1.35	-0.035	13.79	-0.22%	-0.56	P
23	269	115 (4)	Aug 21	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.275	.163	.437	9	.67	-0.034	5.00	-0.15%	-0.34	P
24	270	119 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,7-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.269	.159	.428	9	1.59	-0.065	13.12	-0.32%	-0.57	P
25	271	122 (2)	Aug 28 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.269	.159	.428	9						P
Sep/Oct		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
26	272	127 (4)	Sep 2	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.264	.156	.420	9	.46	-0.012	6.54	-0.10%	-0.10	P
27	273	129 (1)	Sep 4	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-6	4-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.264	.156	.420	9						P
28	274	133 (3)	Sep 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.208	.494	9	.90	0.071	9.33	0.44%	0.59	P
29	275	139 (5)	Sep 13	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-12	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.208	.494	9						P
30	276	141 (1)	Sep 16	NYY		BAL	W,4-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.288	.200	.488	9	.67	-0.044	14.01	-0.55%	-0.33	P
31	277	146 (4)	Sep 21	NYY		WSH	W,10-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.283	.196	.479	9	.60	-0.015	2.34	-0.03%	-0.15	P
32	278	152 (5)	Sep 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.151	.274	.189	.463	9	.79	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.47	P
33	279	155 (2)	Oct 2	NYY		BOS	W,8-7	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.151	.274	.189	.463	9						P
							20-13		66	53	4	8	2	0	0	3	9	0	14	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.151	.274	.189	.463		.95	-0.229	6.00	-1.07%	-3.49

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