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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Team Record in Appearances: 12-10 / in Starts: 12-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1950	WS g4	Oct 7	NYY		PHI	W,5-2	GS-9	W(1-0)	5	8.2	7	2	0	1	7	0	1	0.00	1.66	35					11	9	0	1	6	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	.87	0.354	19.52	4.37%	2.52	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a3
1953 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	1953	WS g4	Oct 3	NYY	@	BRO	L,3-7	GS-1	L(0-1)	5	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	27.00	5.59	7					2	2	1	0	2	34			0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.01	-0.218	61.31	-7.35%	-2.44	1b start tie	1b 3 out d3
3	1953	WS g6	Oct 5	NYY		BRO	W,4-3	GS-7		1	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	4.50	1.59	27					6	8	2	1	5	67			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.276	66.21	11.77%	2.35	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
1955 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	1955	WS g1	Sep 28	NYY		BRO	W,6-5	GS-8	W(1-0)	4	8.0	9	5	3	4	2	2	0	3.38	6.62	37					10	13	0	4	8	46			1	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	1	1	1.14	0.007	59.51	-0.97%	-1.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
5	1955	WS g6	Oct 3	NYY		BRO	W,5-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	4	1	1	4	8	0	1	2.12	4.31	35					16	4	1	1	2	79			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.220	54.27	10.90%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
1956 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	1956	WS g1	Oct 3	NYY	@	BRO	L,3-6	GS-3	L(0-1)	6	3.0	6	5	5	0	1	2	0	15.00	10.37	15					3	6	2	1	5	28			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.364	58.57	-11.05%	-3.44	1b start a 2	3b 3 out d3
7	1956	WS g3	Oct 6	NYY		BRO	W,5-3	CG	W(1-1)	2	9.0	8	3	2	2	7	0	0	5.25	3.70	35					11	9	1	2	6	66			0	1	0	31	1	1	0	1	2	1	1.45	0.235	60.32	4.72%	1.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
1957 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	1957	WS g1	Oct 2	NYY		MLN	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	6	9.0	5	1	1	4	5	0	0	1.00	2.68	35					14	12	5	4	0	74			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.30	0.478	68.15	13.78%	3.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
9	1957	WS g5	Oct 7	NYY	@	MLN	L,0-1	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.13	2.52	27	89	59	17	4	11	13	6	1	0	62			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.170	86.69	7.77%	2.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
1958 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	1958	WS g1	Oct 1	NYY	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS-8		4	7.0	6	3	3	3	8	0	0	3.86	1.48	31					9	8	3	0	3	58			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.41	-0.222	73.95	-6.64%	-0.30	1b start tie	8b -23 0 out a1
11	1958	WS g4	Oct 5	NYY		MLN	L,0-3	GS-8	L(0-1)	3	7.0	8	3	2	1	6	0	0	3.21	1.33	30					12	5	0	1	6	56			0	0	0	29	4	1	0	1	0	1	1.04	-0.029	63.27	-2.78%	-0.47	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out d3
12	1958	WS g6	Oct 8	NYY	@	MLN	W,4-3	GS-2		2	1.1	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.11	1.37	10					2	0	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.263	95.17	-11.55%	-2.61	1b start a 1	2b 123 1 out d1
1960 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	1960	WS g3	Oct 8	NYY		PIT	W,10-0	SHO	W(1-0)	5	9.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	2.19	32					15	9	2	0	4	81			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.16	0.098	9.89	3.41%	4.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
14	1960	WS g6	Oct 12	NYY	@	PIT	W,12-0	SHO	W(2-0)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	0.00	1.97	33					17	3	1	0	7	77			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	3	0	1	.35	0.159	26.72	7.54%	4.29	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
1961 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	1961	WS g1	Oct 4	NYY		CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	0.00	1.57	30	115	82	21	13	14	9	2	4	0	88			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.570	53.50	16.47%	4.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	1961	WS g4	Oct 8	NYY	@	CIN	W,7-0	GS-6	W(2-0)	3	5.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.00	2.00	19					8	9	3	0	0	60			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.256	63.22	9.21%	2.18	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a4
1962 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	1962	WS g1	Oct 4	NYY	@	SFG	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	10	2	2	2	6	0	0	2.00	1.95	37					15	9	1	3	5	63			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.16	0.310	60.83	9.48%	2.47	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
18	1962	WS g4	Oct 8	NYY		SFG	L,3-7	GS-6		3	6.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.40	2.88	23					11	4	1	0	4	56			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.029	53.39	0.88%	0.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
19	1962	WS g6	Oct 15	NYY	@	SFG	L,2-5	GS-5	L(1-1)	6	4.2	9	5	5	1	3	0	0	4.12	2.67	23					12	6	2	1	1	28			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	.98	-0.247	88.45	-12.23%	-3.01	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d4
1963 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	1963	WS g1	Oct 2	NYY		LAD	L,2-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	3	5.0	8	5	5	2	4	1	0	9.00	4.68	25	74	50	13	7	10	8	5	1	1	33			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	.55	-0.309	28.63	-10.71%	-2.76	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
21	1963	WS g4	Oct 6	NYY	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-2)	3	7.0	2	2	1	1	4	1	0	4.50	4.06	23	83	50	10	11	11	7	4	1	0	70			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	1	1	.81	-0.106	18.01	-1.31%	0.73	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
1964 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	1964	WS g1	Oct 7	NYY	@	STL	L,5-9	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	5.1	8	5	5	1	4	1	0	8.44	4.11	25					7	5	0	2	8	35			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.24	-0.275	64.57	-8.47%	-1.74	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out tie
											146.0	132	51	44	34	94	8	3	2.71		594																			2

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