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: 25-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 2

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 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	394	1	Apr 16	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG(11)	L(0-1)	99	11.0	13	4	4	2	5	0	0	3.27	2.24	46	22	9	0	0	8	58			0	0	0	44	2	2	0	2	0	0	1.24	0.005	2.49	0.01%	1.07	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
2	395	6	Apr 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-1)	5	9.0	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.80	2.36	34	23	4	1	0	4	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	0.507	1.59	0.46%	3.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
3	396	8	Apr 26	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	GS-7		3	7.0	8	4	3	3	2	0	0	2.33	2.61	34	15	8	4	0	6	46			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.03	-0.136	1.97	-0.16%	-0.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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	397	9	May 1	NYY		WSA	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	2	0	0	3	8	0	0	1.75	2.41	31	12	7	1	0	1	88			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.713	2.60	0.89%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	398	13	May 5	NYY		DET	W,4-3	GS-9		3	8.0	8	3	3	0	6	1	1	2.05	2.54	33	14	5	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.364	2.75	-0.44%	-0.29	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out d1
6	399	18	May 9	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	GS-6	W(3-1)	3	6.0	8	1	1	1	6	0	0	1.98	2.37	27	5	8	2	0	7	57			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.207	3.72	0.36%	1.71	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a4
7	400	22	May 13	NYY	@	DET	T,1-1	CG(6)		3	6.0	3	1	1	0	5	0	0	1.93	2.21	21	6	7	1	0	3	67			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.197	3.91	0.36%	1.77	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
8	401	27	May 17(2)	NYY		KCA	W,8-0	SHO	W(4-1)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	1.66	2.10	31	9	12	2	0	2	85			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.47	0.247	1.35	0.43%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
9	402	30	May 22	NYY		LAA	W,4-3	GS-3		4	3.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	0	1.85	2.03	15	5	2	1	0	5	42			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.091	3.56	-0.14%	-0.62	1t start tie	3t 3 out d1
10	403	34	May 26	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GS-9		3	8.1	8	2	2	1	10	0	0	1.89	1.87	34	12	5	2	0	6	68			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.118	3.66	0.19%	1.28	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out tie
11	404	37	May 30	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-1	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	5	1	0	1	7	0	0	1.69	1.82	33	12	10	5	4	3	81			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.83	0.207	2.10	0.31%	3.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
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
12	405	41	Jun 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-1)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	1.53	1.78	31	11	9	1	5	3	85			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.554	1.97	0.65%	4.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
13	406	45	Jun 7	NYY	@	LAA	W,9-3	GS-7	W(7-1)	3	7.0	7	3	3	3	5	2	0	1.69	2.08	30	11	6	2	1	5	53			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.109	2.59	0.14%	-0.15	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a2
14	407	51	Jun 12(2)	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	1.55	2.09	34	16	9	2	0	2	82			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.454	3.84	1.02%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	408	56	Jun 16(2)	NYY		BOS	W,7-5	GS-7	W(9-1)	3	7.0	10	4	2	1	4	0	0	1.61	2.08	34	14	7	3	1	8	48			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.12	-0.012	4.39	-0.03%	-0.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
16	409	59	Jun 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,1-0	SHO(11)	W(10-1)	3	11.0	6	0	0	3	10	0	0	1.47	2.04	42	18	8	2	1	3	92			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.58	0.946	8.10	2.91%	4.82	1b start tie	11b 3 out a1
17	410	64	Jun 24	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-7	GS-2		3	2.0	7	4	4	0	0	1	0	1.73	2.14	12	3	4	1	1	5	26			0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.283	5.65	-1.15%	-3.10	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
18	411	67	Jun 27	NYY		DET	W,5-4	GS-3		2	3.0	6	4	4	1	2	0	0	1.96	2.15	17	8	2	1	1	4	32			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.257	3.94	-0.61%	-2.62	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
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
19	412	72	Jul 1	NYY		KCA	L,4-5	GS-7		3	7.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	1	1.99	2.16	29	7	12	4	1	4	58			0	0	1	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.240	5.30	0.58%	1.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
20	413	77	Jul 5	NYY		MIN	L,2-9	GS-4	L(10-2)	3	4.0	8	4	4	2	3	0	0	2.18	2.17	21	9	2	1	1	5	31			0	0	0	18	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.09	-0.262	5.05	-0.73%	-2.16	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
21	414	79	Jul 10	NYY	@	WSA	W,4-1	GS-6	W(11-2)	4	5.2	6	1	1	2	4	1	0	2.16	2.26	24	11	4	0	0	3	55			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.158	3.46	0.37%	1.30	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out a3
22	415	84	Jul 15	NYY		BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(12-2)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.04	2.22	30	17	7	1	0	1	86			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.522	6.55	2.30%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
23	416	89	Jul 19(2)	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	GS-5	L(12-3)	3	5.0	6	3	3	3	4	1	0	2.14	2.31	24	11	4	0	2	2	44			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.109	5.03	-0.34%	-0.70	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
24	417	94	Jul 24(2)	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	GS-2		4	2.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	2.22	2.37	9	3	2	1	0	2	44			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.132	3.66	-0.41%	-1.08	1b start tie	2b 3 out d2
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	418	104	Aug 4	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-5	GS-7	L(12-4)	10	7.0	4	3	1	6	6	0	0	2.18	2.41	31	11	5	2	1	3	61			0	0	1	24	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.25	-0.125	7.33	-0.44%	0.29	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
26	419	108	Aug 8	NYY		BAL	L,5-6	GS-2		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.16	2.39	7	2	2	1	0	1	56			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.096	6.13	0.52%	0.92	1t start tie	2t 3 out tie
27	420	115	Aug 14	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.15	2.42	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.027	3.66	0.12%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
28	421	118	Aug 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	6-7		2	1.2	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	2.13	2.40	6	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.016	6.42	0.07%	0.33	6b --3 1 out d1	7b 3 out d2
29	422	121	Aug 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS-4	L(12-5)	2	3.0	9	5	5	0	2	0	0	2.34	2.38	19	10	2	0	0	5	23			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.229	4.75	-0.62%	-2.65	1b start tie	4b 12- 0 out d3
30	423	126	Aug 25	NYY		WSA	W,4-1	GS-8	W(13-5)	4	8.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.29	2.33	29	12	5	0	0	4	74			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.267	2.44	0.44%	2.69	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
31	424	130	Aug 29(2)	NYY		BOS	W,6-1	GS-7	W(14-5)	3	7.0	8	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.21	2.27	29	8	7	0	0	7	68			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.356	3.89	0.70%	3.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
Sep/Oct				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	425	135	Sep 4	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-7	GS-6		5	6.0	7	3	3	5	3	1	0	2.28	2.39	29	10	5	1	1	6	44			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.072	4.61	-0.15%	-0.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
33	426	138	Sep 7	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-4	11-GF(11)	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	2.39	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.49	0.162	38.81	0.58%	0.41	11b 12- 2 out a1	11b end a 1
34	427	140	Sep 9	NYY	@	DET	L,0-4	GS-7	L(14-6)	1	6.2	8	4	4	2	6	1	0	2.37	2.43	29	11	2	0	0	8	46			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.046	9.82	-0.25%	-1.12	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out d4
35	428	144	Sep 13	NYY		MIN	W,5-2	GS-4		3	4.0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.33	2.46	17	8	5	0	0	2	52			0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	.79	0.079	6.29	0.38%	0.84	1t start tie	4t 3 out a3
36	429	148	Sep 18	NYY		KCA	W,6-0	SHO	W(15-6)	4	9.0	7	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.23	2.46	35	13	9	3	0	7	75			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.219	7.06	1.57%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
37	430	152	Sep 22(2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-1	GS-7	W(16-6)	3	7.0	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.20	2.52	25	13	6	1	0	3	68			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.328	15.80	2.63%	2.16	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a2
38	431	157	Sep 27	NYY	@	WSA	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.18	2.50	26	8	7	0	0	4	68			0	0	1	23	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	0.222	3.08	0.38%	2.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
39	432	162	Oct 2	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(17-6)	4	9.0	4	2	1	1	8	0	0	2.13	2.45	32	11	8	2	0	4	80			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	.69	0.150	4.79	0.63%	2.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
							26-12		W-L:17-6,Sv:1	3.3	244.2	212	67	58	57	172	10	2	2.13	2.45	996	1.83		8%	3%	154	61	3	0%	0	1	4	922	29	4	3	17	2	11	1.08	4.988	4.53	13.56%	44.63

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