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: 16-8 / in Starts: 12-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 3

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	157	1	Apr 16	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	1	1	1	7	1	0	1.00	2.68	34	11	10	3	0	5	77			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.24	0.422	3.17	0.65%	3.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
2	158	5	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	W,15-6	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	7.0	7	2	2	4	4	0	0	1.69	2.83	33	11	7	1	3	7	55			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	1	.92	0.236	2.78	0.43%	1.21	1b start tie	7b 3 out a9
3	159	10	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	GS-8		5	7.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.17	2.80	27	9	9	0	0	5	67			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.39	0.337	4.09	0.60%	2.87	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a2
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	160	15	May 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-2		5	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	2.70	5	3	1	0	0	0	56			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.086	2.74	0.20%	0.85	1b start tie	2b --- 2 out tie
5	161	28	May 21	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-1)	16	6.0	6	3	0	5	5	0	0	0.88	2.81	30	9	6	1	1	5	54			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.235	5.62	-0.65%	-1.56	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 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
6	162	70	Jul 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-2	8-10	BW(3-1)	40	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.10	2.76	9	3	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.82	-0.049	21.48	-0.16%	0.30	8b --3 1 out a1	10b 1-- 1 out a1
7	163	71	Jul 2	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-4	8-GF(11)	W(4-1)	0	4.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.23	2.57	15	4	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.070	9.93	0.24%	0.74	8b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 2
8	164	77	Jul 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-5	GS-6		4	6.0	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	1.48	2.95	23	10	6	0	0	4	55			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.09	0.017	5.53	0.05%	0.75	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
9	165	82	Jul 14(2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-5		6	4.2	6	4	3	6	3	0	0	1.90	3.15	28	8	7	0	0	4	35			0	0	0	21	0	1	1	0	1	1	.89	-0.159	8.43	-0.91%	-1.39	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d3
10	166	86	Jul 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-1	GS-7	W(5-1)	4	6.0	3	1	1	1	6	1	0	1.86	3.15	21	5	6	1	2	3	67			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.298	3.11	0.70%	1.81	1b start a 2	7b --- 0 out a7
11	167	91	Jul 24	NYY		CHW	L,2-7	GS-3	L(5-2)	4	2.1	5	4	2	3	2	0	0	2.10	3.21	16	6	1	0	0	4	34			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.330	5.70	-1.25%	-3.97	1t start tie	3t -23 1 out d4
12	168	97	Jul 30	NYY		KCA	W,10-4	CG	W(6-2)	5	9.0	13	4	4	2	5	1	0	2.37	3.24	37	13	7	0	1	10	48			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	3	0	0	.71	-0.043	3.67	-0.13%	0.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
13	169	102	Aug 4(1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	6	2	2	4	7	1	0	2.32	3.30	36	8	11	1	3	6	70			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.219	2.99	0.47%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
14	170	108	Aug 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(7-3)	4	6.0	6	4	4	2	4	1	0	2.60	3.37	23	7	4	0	0	6	46			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.25	-0.316	5.16	-0.78%	-1.39	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
15	171	112	Aug 14	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-2	L(7-4)	4	1.0	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	2.90	3.44	8	2	1	0	1	3	33			0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.31	-0.136	4.54	-0.28%	-1.50	1b start tie	2b 12- 0 out d1
16	172	125	Aug 27	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-6	3-6		12	2.2	1	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.02	3.49	11	5	1	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.012	11.08	-0.07%	0.10	3b 1-- 2 out a2	6b 123 1 out a3
17	173	127	Aug 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	7-GF(11)	W(8-4)	1	5.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.85	3.37	17	11	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.22	0.643	9.90	1.72%	2.36	7b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 1
18	174	129	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	4-7		1	4.0	2	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.73	3.22	17	4	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.137	1.04	0.11%	1.85	4t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
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
19	175	131	Sep 2(1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,7-8	6-9	H(1)	1	3.2	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.81	3.19	15	4	3	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.06	0.229	4.22	0.28%	1.02	6b --- 0 out a1	9b 123 2 out a2
20	176	134	Sep 4	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	9-9		1	0.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.79	3.17	4	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.62	-0.228	5.43	-0.28%	-0.85	9t 1-3 1 out tie	9t 3 out d2
21	177	137	Sep 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(9-4)	2	9.0	8	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.64	3.18	34	13	10	2	0	6	70			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	.88	0.341	2.69	0.62%	3.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
22	178	141	Sep 13	NYY		CHW	W,7-1	GS-6	W(10-4)	5	6.0	7	1	1	1	1	1	1	2.58	3.30	25	13	4	0	4	5	54			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.151	3.36	0.33%	1.78	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
23	179	147	Sep 20	NYY		BOS	W,7-4	GS-9	W(11-4)	6	8.2	6	4	1	2	8	2	0	2.47	3.37	32	11	6	0	3	5	68			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	.43	0.216	.10	0.03%	0.07	1t start tie	9t --- 2 out a3
24	180	151	Sep 25(2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-4	CG	L(11-5)	4	9.0	8	4	4	6	3	0	0	2.57	3.40	39	13	9	0	0	8	52			2	0	0	33	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.60	-0.154	.00	0.00%	0.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
							16-8		W-L:11-5,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.6	129.1	114	46	37	53	85	10	1	2.57	3.40	539	1.58		4%	6%	101	55	4	50%	2	2	0	482	12	4	3	19	1	8	1.15	1.740	4.30	1.91%	13.83

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