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: 27-11 / in Starts: 26-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	356	3	Apr 11	NYY		BAL	L,1-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	6	3	3	0	3	1	0	5.40	3.88	20	8	5	0	0	4	46			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.172	2.66	-0.28%	-0.76	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
2	357	6	Apr 16	NYY		DET	L,2-7	GS-4	L(0-2)	4	4.0	6	7	5	2	2	0	0	8.00	3.48	21	6	5	2	0	5	26			0	0	0	16	2	1	1	0	1	0	.87	-0.323	2.38	-0.54%	-5.21	1t start tie	4t 3 out d7
3	358	13	Apr 28	NYY		CLE	W,5-0	GS-7	W(1-2)	11	7.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	4.50	2.79	24	9	6	0	0	2	76			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	.59	0.249	1.44	0.37%	3.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
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	359	16	May 2	NYY	@	LAA	W,7-0	SHO	W(2-2)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	10	0	0	2.88	2.00	30	9	8	2	0	2	88			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.287	1.18	0.42%	3.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
5	360	20	May 6	NYY	@	DET	W,10-3	GS-7	W(3-2)	3	6.2	10	3	3	1	3	0	1	3.13	2.10	30	9	6	0	0	10	44			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.52	-0.044	4.08	-0.07%	-0.21	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a3
6	361	24	May 10	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS-7		3	7.0	8	3	3	0	5	2	0	3.26	2.58	28	5	10	3	0	8	54			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.124	1.96	-0.20%	0.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
7	362	27	May 14	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	0	2.83	2.35	34	12	8	1	0	4	79			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.47	0.539	3.77	0.83%	3.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
8	363	30	May 19(1)	NYY		LAA	L,2-6	GS-6	L(4-3)	4	5.0	6	6	6	4	1	2	0	3.59	3.05	24	7	7	0	0	5	28			0	0	1	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.294	2.60	-0.57%	-3.13	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d4
9	364	34	May 24	NYY		WSA	W,5-3	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	6	3	2	2	7	1	0	3.36	3.05	35	13	7	1	0	6	70			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.38	0.046	4.34	0.09%	1.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	365	40	May 31	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-3)	6	9.0	3	0	0	4	8	0	0	2.93	2.92	32	12	6	1	0	2	85			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.99	0.450	3.36	0.92%	4.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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	366	45	Jun 5	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	13	3	3	0	6	2	0	2.94	3.04	37	17	5	2	0	9	55			0	1	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.47	0.247	6.93	0.70%	0.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
12	367	49	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	6	1	0	2.84	3.03	36	13	11	2	0	5	68			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	.97	0.211	3.17	0.42%	2.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
13	368	53	Jun 13	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	GS-6		3	5.1	8	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.97	3.13	22	10	2	1	0	7	41			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.067	5.09	-0.19%	-0.16	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a2
14	369	58	Jun 18	NYY		WSA	W,10-5	GS-6	W(9-3)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	8	1	0	3.06	3.12	27	5	8	3	0	4	52			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.136	2.13	0.36%	-0.31	1t start tie	6t 3 out a6
15	370	62	Jun 22(1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS-7	W(10-3)	3	6.0	8	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.23	3.21	24	11	6	1	0	5	40			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.10	-0.348	6.69	-1.27%	-1.82	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out a1
16	371	67	Jun 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-7	W(11-3)	3	6.2	7	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.20	3.10	26	11	5	2	0	6	56			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.147	8.12	0.61%	0.90	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 2 out a1
17	372	71	Jun 30(1)	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	GS-7	W(12-3)	3	6.0	8	2	1	1	1	0	0	3.11	3.08	27	8	10	0	0	7	50			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.63	0.038	4.02	0.14%	0.32	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
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
18	373	76	Jul 4(1)	NYY		CHW	W,9-1	CG	W(13-3)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	12	1	0	2.96	2.95	33	8	11	1	0	2	83			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.407	5.70	1.78%	3.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
19	374	81	Jul 7(2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-4	10-GF(10)	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.94	2.91	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.035	3.06	0.14%	0.45	10b --- 0 out a3	10b end a 3
20	375	82	Jul 11	NYY	@	LAA	W,3-2	GS-9	W(14-3)	3	9.0	11	2	0	2	7	0	1	2.75	2.85	41	13	9	2	0	9	66			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.52	0.320	8.85	1.12%	1.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
21	376	87	Jul 15	NYY	@	KCA	L,10-11	GS-6		3	6.0	9	6	6	1	3	2	0	3.01	2.99	27	11	5	1	0	7	32			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.11	-0.545	5.99	-1.77%	-3.12	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
22	377	90	Jul 20	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GS-9	W(15-3)	4	8.1	5	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.08	3.02	31	14	7	2	0	5	60			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	.86	0.202	4.96	0.70%	0.14	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out a2
23	378	95	Jul 24	NYY		LAA	W,8-4	GS-7	W(16-3)	3	7.0	6	3	3	2	8	0	0	3.11	2.93	29	9	5	0	0	5	59			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.021	4.18	-0.05%	0.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
24	379	99	Jul 28(1)	NYY		MIN	L,1-5	GS-6	L(16-4)	3	5.1	7	5	5	3	0	1	0	3.29	3.05	26	9	10	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.316	4.28	-0.73%	-3.21	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out d4
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
25	380	104	Aug 2	NYY		BAL	L,3-5	GS-7	L(16-5)	4	7.0	7	5	4	2	8	1	0	3.36	3.05	28	8	6	0	0	4	51			0	0	1	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.315	4.03	-0.86%	-1.86	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
26	381	108	Aug 6(1)	NYY	@	WSA	L,5-8	GS-6	L(16-6)	3	6.0	10	8	8	0	4	4	0	3.65	3.27	27	11	4	0	0	8	24			0	0	1	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.727	3.82	-1.54%	-5.28	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d3
27	382	113	Aug 10	NYY	@	LAA	W,2-1	GS-8	W(17-6)	3	8.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.54	3.19	28	16	3	1	0	4	73			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.155	3.47	0.27%	2.41	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
28	383	118	Aug 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS-7		5	7.0	4	2	1	4	5	1	0	3.46	3.24	29	10	7	1	0	3	64			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	2	.69	-0.001	2.63	0.00%	1.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
29	384	122	Aug 20	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	L(17-7)	3	9.0	10	2	2	6	5	0	0	3.40	3.24	40	13	8	4	0	8	58			1	0	0	34	2	0	2	3	0	0	2.10	0.018	2.20	0.01%	2.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
30	385	127	Aug 24	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(18-7)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	8	0	0	3.25	3.14	31	16	4	1	0	3	83			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.05	0.490	.92	0.26%	4.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
31	386	132	Aug 28	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(19-7)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	5	1	0	3.16	3.12	32	10	13	2	0	4	78			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.69	0.288	.12	0.03%	3.04	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
32	387	137	Sep 2(1)	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-8	W(20-7)	4	7.0	7	3	1	2	7	0	0	3.10	3.07	29	8	8	2	0	4	60			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.26	0.050	.04	0.00%	0.89	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a3
33	388	142	Sep 6	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(21-7)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	4	1	0	3.02	3.09	31	7	12	3	0	6	73			1	1	1	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	0.402	.01	0.00%	3.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
34	389	147	Sep 11	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	W(22-7)	4	9.0	7	2	1	3	5	0	0	2.95	3.06	37	16	8	2	0	5	69			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	2	1	.74	0.253	.00	0.00%	2.32	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a6
35	390	152	Sep 15	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	W(23-7)	3	9.0	2	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.88	3.04	31	16	7	1	0	2	81			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.44	0.677	.00	0.00%	3.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
36	391	154	Sep 20(1)	NYY		KCA	W,5-4	GS-5		4	5.0	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	2.82	3.02	19	8	5	1	0	3	56			0	0	1	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.125	.00	0.00%	1.24	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
37	392	158	Sep 24	NYY		LAA	W,8-1	GS-7	W(24-7)	3	7.0	6	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.75	2.94	26	7	5	0	0	5	74			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.183	.00	0.00%	3.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
38	393	161	Sep 28	NYY		MIN	L,3-6	GS-4		3	4.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.74	2.98	13	3	6	1	0	1	57			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.070	.00	0.00%	0.79	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
							27-11		W-L:24-7,Sv:1	3.4	269.1	240	94	82	56	189	26	2	2.74	2.98	1068	1.46		7%	0%	183	59	0	---%	3	4	5	995	32	8	3	30	8	9	1.05	2.728	3.22	1.08%	27.22

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