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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-11 / in Starts: 22-8
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 85 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	54 (27-19-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 85 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	54 (28-17-8)

Most Driven In
C Silvera	2
G Woodling	2
B Martin	2
G McDougald	1
P Rizzuto	1
Y Berra	1
W Miranda	1

Most Driven In By
M Mantle	3
B Martin	2
I Noren	2
Y Berra	2
H Bauer	1

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	21	6 (5)	Apr 19 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-3	5-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.62	-0.016	2.09	-0.03%	-0.17	P
2	22	11 (4)	Apr 25	NYY		WSH	W,4-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.81	-0.040	3.00	-0.09%	-0.25	P
3	23	14 (2)	Apr 30	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	9	.65	-0.071	2.83	-0.19%	-0.61	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	24	19 (4)	May 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-1	GS-9	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.222	.586	9	.74	0.035	3.27	0.09%	0.93	P
5	25	23 (3)	May 12	NYY		CLE	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.154	.267	.154	.421	9	.22	0.020	1.12	0.06%	0.65	P
6	26	26 (2)	May 16	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.267	.154	.421	8						PR
7	27	27	May 17	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	.61	-0.015	2.64	-0.04%	-0.15	P
8	28	30 (2)	May 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.235	.133	.369	9	.76	-0.021	4.04	-0.07%	-0.22	P
9	29	34 (3)	May 25	NYY		BOS	L,10-14	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.235	.133	.369	9						P
10	30	36 (1)	May 28	NYY		WSH	W,7-2	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.238	.158	.396	9	1.39	0.037	7.51	0.12%	1.03	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	31	40 (3)	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,18-2	GS-8	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.217	.280	.261	.541	9	.20	-0.012	1.24	-0.04%	1.75	P
12	32	45 (4)	Jun 7 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-2	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.259	.240	.499	9						P
13	33	49 (3)	Jun 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.276	.231	.507	9	1.08	0.043	6.24	0.15%	0.23	P
14	34	53 (3)	Jun 16	NYY		SLB	L,1-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.267	.222	.489	9	1.08	-0.027	2.69	-0.04%	-0.23	P
15	35	59 (5)	Jun 21 (1)	NYY		DET	W,6-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.233	.506	9	.42	-0.010	1.15	-0.02%	0.00	P
16	36	66 (6)	Jun 28	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.273	.233	.506	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	37	70 (3)	Jul 3	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.243	.206	.449	9	.49	-0.051	2.30	-0.14%	-1.16	P
18	38	77 (6)	Jul 7	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.243	.206	.449	9						P
19	39	79 (1)	Jul 9	NYY		BOS	L,0-4	GS-9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.275	.250	.525	9	.45	0.019	2.22	0.06%	0.18	P
20	40	84 (4)	Jul 16 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.184	.295	.237	.532	9	1.15	0.101	5.51	0.29%	0.92	P
21	41	90 (5)	Jul 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.298	.244	.542	9	1.19	0.138	5.20	0.36%	1.38	P
22	42	96 (5)	Jul 28	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.280	.227	.507	9	.55	-0.041	2.93	-0.13%	-0.88	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	43	101 (4)	Aug 3	NYY		SLB	W,11-3	CG	5	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.327	.286	.613	9	.12	0.021	.54	0.06%	0.89	P
24	44	106 (4)	Aug 8 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,1-0	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.310	.269	.580	9	1.36	-0.112	8.10	-0.40%	-0.69	P
25	45	110 (3)	Aug 12	NYY	@	WSH	W,22-1	GS-8	5	5	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.281	.349	.316	.665	9	.09	0.017	.27	0.03%	2.95	P
26	46	115 (4)	Aug 17 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.348	.317	.665	9	1.35	0.057	1.84	0.05%	-0.05	P
27	47	121 (5)	Aug 22	NYY		PHA	L,4-10	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.343	.311	.655	9	.90	-0.023	.60	-0.01%	-0.23	P
28	48	125 (3)	Aug 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.333	.302	.635	9	1.06	-0.053	.23	-0.01%	-0.38	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	49	130 (4)	Sep 1	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-7	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.361	.323	.684	9	.61	0.064	.25	0.02%	0.64	P
30	50	135 (4)	Sep 9	NYY		CHW	W,9-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.364	.319	.682	9	.80	0.042	.04	0.00%	-0.23	P
31	51	140 (4)	Sep 14	NYY		CLE	W,8-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.364	.319	.682	9						P
32	52	146 (5)	Sep 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-8	GS-6	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.278	.358	.306	.664	9	.60	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.78	P
33	53	151 (4)	Sep 27	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.267	.345	.293	.639	9	1.40	-0.137	.00	0.00%	-0.95	P
							22-11		85	75	10	20	2	0	0	10	9	0	13	0	1		3	3	0	0	.267	.345	.293	.639		.71	-0.066	2.37	0.07%	4.57

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