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: 26-12 / in Starts: 26-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 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	318	1	Apr 10	NYY		BAL	W,7-6	GS-6		99	6.0	8	4	4	2	4	1	0	6.00	4.45	27	6	8	3	1	7	42			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.139	2.22	-0.17%	-1.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
2	319	4	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-3	GS-5		6	5.0	5	3	3	2	7	1	0	5.73	4.07	22	6	4	0	0	3	50			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.08	-0.162	2.38	-0.22%	-0.68	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
3	320	7	Apr 21	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	3	8.0	6	1	1	4	4	1	1	3.79	4.51	34	10	10	0	0	5	66			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.355	2.48	0.54%	2.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
4	321	11	Apr 25	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	GS-6		3	6.0	11	4	4	0	1	1	0	4.32	4.50	28	9	8	3	0	10	35			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.189	1.67	-0.23%	-1.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
5	322	14	Apr 29(1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	3	2	0	3.71	4.68	33	13	9	0	0	7	67			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.63	0.586	3.80	0.82%	2.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
6	323	18	May 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS-7	L(2-1)	3	7.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.29	4.47	26	11	6	2	0	3	69			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.207	3.33	0.50%	2.46	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
7	324	22	May 9	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	7	1	1	0	7	0	0	2.88	3.86	34	13	11	1	2	3	76			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.472	3.54	1.03%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	325	25	May 13(1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-7	L(3-2)	3	7.0	9	4	4	4	3	2	0	3.16	4.27	33	13	6	1	0	7	42			0	0	0	29	3	0	1	1	0	0	.84	-0.107	3.66	-0.28%	-0.64	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
9	326	30	May 18	NYY		MIN	L,3-4	GS-8	L(3-3)	4	8.0	11	4	4	1	6	1	0	3.32	4.12	35	8	9	0	1	11	49			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.254	4.53	-0.62%	-0.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
10	327	34	May 22	NYY		LAA	W,2-1	GS-7		3	7.0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.13	4.10	24	14	7	1	0	0	70			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	.89	0.275	3.32	0.61%	2.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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
11	328	45	Jun 2	NYY	@	LAA	L,1-6	GS-7	L(3-4)	10	7.0	5	4	4	3	5	0	0	3.30	3.96	27	10	5	1	0	4	53			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	.51	-0.117	1.88	-0.26%	-0.64	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
12	329	49	Jun 8	NYY		BAL	W,1-0	GS-1		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.26	3.92	4	2	0	0	0	1	52			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.34	0.047	5.79	0.12%	0.48	1t start tie	1t 3 out tie
13	330	58	Jun 17(2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-6	7-7		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.22	3.85	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.012	.63	0.03%	0.48	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
14	331	60	Jun 21	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-0	GS-9	W(4-4)	3	8.2	3	0	0	3	6	0	0	2.91	3.70	31	8	11	0	0	3	81			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.418	2.44	0.69%	3.70	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out a3
15	332	65	Jun 25	NYY	@	DET	W,2-0	GS-9	W(5-4)	3	8.1	2	0	0	3	6	0	0	2.66	3.58	30	10	10	5	0	1	82			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.589	3.75	1.14%	4.36	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out a2
16	333	69	Jun 29	NYY		LAA	W,6-3	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	4	3	2	1	4	1	0	2.61	3.57	32	12	12	1	0	3	72			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.146	4.88	0.39%	1.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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	334	74	Jul 3	NYY		KCA	W,8-7	GS-4		3	4.0	8	4	2	1	2	1	0	2.68	3.64	22	7	6	1	0	6	35			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.230	4.21	-0.58%	-2.06	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
18	335	79	Jul 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-8	GS-9	W(7-4)	4	8.0	9	7	6	2	4	2	1	2.95	3.80	35	15	5	1	0	8	40			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	1	.97	-0.088	5.18	-0.28%	-1.88	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a4
19	336	80	Jul 12	NYY	@	LAA	L,4-5	GS-6	L(7-5)	3	6.0	5	5	5	2	4	0	0	3.17	3.73	25	9	7	1	0	3	44			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	1	0	.46	-0.294	3.01	-1.15%	-2.12	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
20	337	85	Jul 16	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-1	GS-9	W(8-5)	3	8.2	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.03	3.59	34	11	12	2	0	4	71			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.367	6.41	1.28%	3.12	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out a2
21	338	89	Jul 20	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	GS-7	W(9-5)	3	7.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.01	3.52	25	10	7	2	0	4	61			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.230	6.66	0.81%	1.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
22	339	93	Jul 24	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	GS-9	W(10-5)	3	8.0	8	3	3	2	8	1	0	3.03	3.49	33	7	9	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	0	.78	0.162	4.52	0.57%	0.89	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
23	340	98	Jul 28	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	GS-5		3	5.0	6	3	3	4	1	0	0	3.10	3.53	24	7	6	1	0	6	40			0	0	0	19	1	2	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.108	6.22	-0.40%	-0.58	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
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	341	103	Aug 1(2)	NYY	@	WSA	W,5-2	GS-10	W(11-5)	3	10.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.02	3.44	38	11	16	3	0	6	69			0	1	1	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.579	6.57	1.66%	2.94	1b start a 1	10b 3 out tie
25	342	106	Aug 5	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-5		3	5.0	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.04	3.46	22	9	6	1	0	3	49			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.76	0.027	3.90	0.08%	0.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
26	343	111	Aug 10	NYY		DET	W,8-0	GS-8	W(12-5)	4	7.1	7	0	0	4	10	0	0	2.91	3.38	32	9	4	0	0	5	70			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.186	2.19	0.68%	2.32	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a8
27	344	116	Aug 14	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	W(13-5)	3	9.0	9	2	2	2	9	2	0	2.87	3.42	39	8	13	2	0	7	68			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	1	.92	0.314	7.99	1.64%	2.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
28	345	120	Aug 18(1)	NYY	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	L(13-6)	3	8.2	16	5	5	2	5	0	1	2.97	3.38	44	14	7	1	0	15	35			1	0	0	40	4	0	0	1	1	0	1.65	-0.420	10.00	-1.53%	-0.81	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
29	346	125	Aug 22	NYY	@	LAA	W,4-3	GS-6		3	6.0	7	3	3	1	5	1	1	3.02	3.40	26	13	2	0	0	4	50			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.061	7.59	-0.30%	-0.12	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
30	347	131	Aug 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(13-7)	3	7.0	7	2	2	0	7	2	0	3.00	3.43	27	6	7	2	0	7	62			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.071	5.54	0.28%	1.25	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
31	348	136	Aug 31	NYY		KCA	W,5-1	GS-8	W(14-7)	4	7.1	8	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.94	3.38	32	10	9	2	0	6	61			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.282	9.24	1.43%	2.62	1t start tie	8t --- 1 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
32	349	141	Sep 4	NYY		LAA	L,6-7	GS-7		3	6.1	6	5	4	2	4	1	0	3.02	3.41	29	16	2	0	0	5	45			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	2	.89	-0.028	9.41	-0.18%	-0.50	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
33	350	144	Sep 8	NYY		BOS	W,6-1	GS-5	W(15-7)	3	5.0	6	1	0	2	3	0	0	2.96	3.39	24	10	5	0	0	4	54			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.49	0.156	13.37	0.84%	1.42	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
34	351	149	Sep 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(16-7)	3	9.0	6	2	2	0	5	1	0	2.92	3.38	31	16	5	2	0	5	72			0	0	1	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.206	7.05	0.85%	2.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
35	352	152	Sep 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-6	L(16-8)	3	6.0	9	3	3	4	3	0	0	2.96	3.38	32	13	5	3	0	7	41			0	0	0	28	0	2	0	1	0	2	1.23	-0.080	4.55	-0.18%	0.05	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d1
36	353	155	Sep 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-6		4	5.1	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.89	3.38	22	12	8	2	0	1	57			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.153	.99	0.09%	1.45	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a4
37	354	158	Sep 25	NYY		WSA	W,8-3	CG	W(17-8)	3	9.0	12	3	3	3	6	0	0	2.90	3.34	41	18	7	0	0	7	54			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.206	.16	0.02%	1.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
38	355	161	Sep 29	NYY		CHW	W,8-6	GS-3		3	3.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.90	3.33	11	5	3	0	0	1	51			0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.45	1t start tie	3t 3 out d1
							26-12		W-L:17-8	3.5	257.2	243	90	83	69	160	22	4	2.90	3.33	1071	1.42		7%	1%	189	57	0	---%	2	4	2	989	38	11	1	21	5	12	1.01	3.797	4.83	9.74%	36.25

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