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: 20-14 / in Starts: 16-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 1

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	53	1	Apr 13	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-4		99	3.2	4	3	2	3	3	0	0	4.91	3.22	19	5	4	1	2	4	43			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	-0.242	3.16	-0.39%	-1.95	1b start tie	4b 123 2 out d1
2	54	11	Apr 27	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	13	5.0	6	4	3	1	3	1	0	5.19	3.90	23	5	8	0	1	6	43			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.190	3.07	-0.31%	-1.73	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
3	55	13	Apr 30	NYY		CLE	L,4-9	7-GF(10)	L(0-2)	2	4.0	5	5	5	3	2	0	0	7.11	3.82	18	4	4	1	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.04	-0.181	5.41	-0.29%	-3.18	7t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	56	22	May 10	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS-1		9	0.0	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	9.24	4.29	3	0	0	0	0	1	34			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.173	4.11	-0.30%	-1.83	1b start a 3	1b 123 0 out a3
5	57	27	May 15	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	5-9	W(1-2)	4	4.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	7.02	3.36	14	4	5	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.94	0.395	7.70	0.94%	2.48	5b 12- 1 out a2	9b --- 1 out a2
6	58	30	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	5-6		2	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	6.27	3.74	12	3	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.060	3.19	0.16%	0.98	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
7	59	32	May 21	NYY		BOS	L,3-6	GS-6	L(1-3)	2	6.0	9	6	6	6	3	1	0	6.93	4.43	32	6	8	0	5	9	27			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.206	4.74	-0.48%	-3.28	1t start tie	6t 3 out d6
8	60	36	May 25	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	W(2-3)	3	9.0	7	3	3	5	4	0	0	5.88	4.09	38	6	16	0	1	7	60			0	0	0	32	0	3	0	1	1	0	.71	0.040	2.50	0.09%	1.01	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
9	61	42	May 31(1)	NYY		WSH	L,0-1	GS-8	L(2-4)	5	8.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	4.97	3.55	30	9	8	2	1	6	69			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.268	3.36	0.52%	2.63	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	62	47	Jun 4	NYY		CLE	W,8-3	GS-9	W(3-4)	3	8.2	7	3	3	5	4	1	0	4.65	3.75	36	6	14	0	5	7	57			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	1	0	.88	0.186	4.11	0.52%	0.68	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a5
11	63	53	Jun 9	NYY		DET	W,5-1	GS-2		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.47	3.70	7	1	4	0	1	2	52			0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.095	2.62	0.16%	0.91	1t start tie	2t 3 out tie
12	64	56	Jun 12	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-4)	2	9.0	2	0	0	1	8	0	1	3.82	3.34	31	10	9	2	3	2	90			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.531	5.49	1.53%	4.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
13	65	60	Jun 16	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-4)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.33	3.05	30	12	9	1	2	3	87			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.553	3.37	1.12%	3.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
14	66	65	Jun 20(2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS-5		3	5.0	4	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.46	3.21	21	7	7	0	1	3	47			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.064	5.87	-0.20%	-0.56	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
15	67	67	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	W,9-4	5-GF	W(6-4)	2	5.0	3	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.36	3.28	19	6	5	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	3	0	0	.89	0.157	2.81	0.30%	1.32	5b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 5
16	68	71	Jun 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-6	L(6-5)	3	5.1	6	4	4	6	1	2	0	3.57	3.72	27	5	9	0	6	6	35			0	0	1	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.183	7.85	-0.73%	-1.68	1b start a 1	6b 123 1 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	69	76	Jul 2(2)	NYY		WSH	L,4-7	GS-3	L(6-6)	4	2.1	6	5	3	1	2	1	0	3.78	3.82	15	6	1	0	0	5	30			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.313	3.78	-0.86%	-4.15	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d4
18	70	81	Jul 6	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	GS-8	W(7-6)	3	8.0	7	1	0	4	6	0	0	3.47	3.70	35	8	10	0	3	7	68			1	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.43	0.386	6.68	1.08%	2.63	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
19	71	84	Jul 10	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-1	7-GF	S(1)	3	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.36	3.60	10	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.004	.08	0.01%	1.34	7b --- 0 out a8	9b end a 8
20	72	87	Jul 16	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	W(8-6)	5	9.0	7	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.25	3.52	32	11	10	1	4	7	65			0	1	0	30	0	1	0	3	0	1	1.30	0.443	7.16	1.46%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
21	73	92	Jul 20	NYY		CHW	W,4-1	CG	W(9-6)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.08	3.40	34	8	11	3	4	8	70			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	3	0	0	.97	0.376	7.19	1.68%	3.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
22	74	98	Jul 25	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	3	4	3	0	0	3.12	3.39	29	8	9	0	3	5	54			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.134	11.13	-0.73%	0.18	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
23	75	101	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-0	SHO	W(10-6)	3	9.0	4	0	0	4	3	0	0	2.91	3.37	34	9	14	1	1	4	78			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	.50	0.189	2.92	0.66%	4.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
24	76	106	Aug 3	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(11-6)	4	9.0	4	1	1	4	6	1	0	2.79	3.40	35	9	12	1	5	4	77			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.38	0.700	14.28	4.33%	3.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
25	77	111	Aug 8	NYY	@	DET	L,8-10	GS-4		4	4.0	7	5	5	2	4	0	0	3.02	3.36	19	3	3	0	0	7	30			0	1	0	15	2	0	0	0	1	0	.74	-0.299	4.48	-1.08%	-3.14	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
26	78	116	Aug 13	NYY		BOS	W,8-2	CG	W(12-6)	4	9.0	9	2	2	4	8	0	0	2.96	3.28	38	8	9	1	2	9	65			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	1	1	0	.93	0.112	5.75	0.42%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
27	79	120	Aug 18	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	W(13-6)	4	9.0	5	1	1	8	9	0	0	2.85	3.26	37	8	7	2	0	5	74			0	2	0	28	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.02	0.268	6.11	0.96%	3.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
28	80	123	Aug 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,9-10	10-GF(12)	L(13-7)	2	2.2	2	2	2	3	5	0	0	2.92	3.24	13	2	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.93	-0.511	23.25	-1.81%	-0.89	10b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
29	81	125	Aug 24	NYY		BAL	W,9-2	GS-6	W(14-7)	2	5.1	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.88	3.20	20	6	6	0	2	4	58			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.127	3.10	0.28%	1.24	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a4
30	82	130	Aug 29	NYY		CHW	W,4-1	CG	W(15-7)	4	9.0	6	1	1	5	3	0	0	2.78	3.21	37	16	7	3	1	6	69			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.381	7.24	1.35%	3.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
31	83	133	Sep 2	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GS-9	W(16-7)	3	8.1	3	2	2	2	5	2	0	2.76	3.29	30	11	9	0	5	3	72			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.273	6.75	1.14%	1.85	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out a1
32	84	138	Sep 6(2)	NYY		BOS	L,7-8	GS-7		3	6.1	10	5	5	1	4	0	0	2.90	3.24	29	9	5	0	2	10	36			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.213	3.12	0.49%	-0.68	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a4
33	85	143	Sep 12(1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-6		5	6.0	5	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.86	3.23	26	4	9	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.181	.77	0.06%	1.87	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
34	86	150	Sep 20	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	L(16-8)	7	9.0	7	3	2	8	4	0	0	2.82	3.27	40	14	7	1	2	7	59			0	0	1	30	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.70	-0.070	.00	0.00%	1.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
							20-14		W-L:16-8,Sv:1	3.6	210.2	170	72	66	101	126	10	1	2.82	3.27	873	0.94		5%	13%	167	57	2	0%	2	6	3	750	17	10	2	25	6	7	1.14	3.372	5.41	12.06%	26.37

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