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	20-14 / in Starts: 16-12
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 78 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	39 (19-11-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 78 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	50 (26-16-7)

Most Driven In
A Carey	3
J Coleman	2
G Woodling	1
E Slaughter	1

Most Driven In By
M Mantle	4
J Collins	1
H Bauer	1
B Cerv	0

1954 Batting Game Log

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1954 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	54	1	Apr 13	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.23	0.056	5.98	0.09%	0.48	P
2	55	11 (9)	Apr 27	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.70	-0.017	1.93	-0.03%	-0.15	P
3	56	13 (1)	Apr 30	NYY		CLE	L,4-9	7-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.22	-0.059	3.24	-0.09%	-0.24	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	57	22 (8)	May 10	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
5	58	27 (4)	May 15	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	5-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.34	-0.008	1.35	-0.02%	-0.15	P
6	59	30 (2)	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
7	60	32 (1)	May 21	NYY		BOS	L,3-6	GS-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9	.99	0.040	3.85	0.09%	0.37	P
8	61	36 (3)	May 25	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	9	.53	0.030	1.86	0.06%	0.15	P
9	62	42 (5)	May 31 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	9	.88	-0.020	2.81	-0.04%	-0.09	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
10	63	47 (4)	Jun 4	NYY		CLE	W,8-3	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.286	.619	9	.43	-0.029	2.00	-0.08%	-0.42	P
11	64	53 (5)	Jun 9	NYY		DET	W,5-1	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.333	.286	.619	9						P
12	65	56 (2)	Jun 12	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.250	.544	9	1.50	-0.081	7.20	-0.23%	-0.78	P
13	66	60 (3)	Jun 16	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.211	.461	9	.41	-0.030	1.39	-0.06%	-0.38	P
14	67	65 (4)	Jun 20 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS-6	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.250	.536	9	1.50	0.017	7.87	0.05%	0.14	P
15	68	67 (1)	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	W,9-4	5-GF	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.292	.227	.519	9	.62	0.001	1.97	0.00%	-0.40	P
16	69	71 (3)	Jun 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.280	.217	.497	9	1.13	-0.036	7.51	-0.14%	-0.35	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	70	76 (4)	Jul 2 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,4-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.280	.217	.497	9						P
18	71	81 (4)	Jul 6	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.250	.192	.442	9	.88	-0.065	4.11	-0.18%	-0.51	P
19	72	84 (2)	Jul 10	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.241	.185	.427	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
20	73	87 (2)	Jul 16	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.242	.167	.409	9	1.42	-0.072	7.83	-0.24%	-0.43	P
21	74	92 (4)	Jul 20	NYY		CHW	W,4-1	CG	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.306	.194	.499	9	.81	0.103	6.03	0.46%	1.10	P
22	75	98 (5)	Jul 25	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.289	.182	.471	9	.55	-0.027	5.04	-0.15%	-0.24	P
23	76	101 (2)	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.286	.216	.502	9	.63	0.135	3.70	0.47%	1.35	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
24	77	106 (4)	Aug 3	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.304	.205	.509	9	.87	-0.044	8.95	-0.27%	-0.31	P
25	78	111 (4)	Aug 8	NYY	@	DET	L,8-10	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.298	.200	.498	9	1.69	-0.022	10.19	-0.08%	-0.19	P
26	79	116 (4)	Aug 13	NYY		BOS	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.294	.205	.499	9	1.03	-0.024	6.35	-0.09%	0.20	P
27	80	120 (3)	Aug 18	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.273	.188	.460	9	.66	-0.070	3.96	-0.25%	-0.82	P
28	81	123 (2)	Aug 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,9-10	10-GF(12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.268	.188	.455	7	4.38	0.134	25.89	0.47%	0.15	P
29	82	125 (1)	Aug 24	NYY		BAL	W,9-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.259	.180	.439	9	1.04	-0.039	3.85	-0.09%	-0.40	P
30	83	130 (4)	Aug 29	NYY		CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.258	.185	.443	9	.35	-0.021	2.06	-0.08%	-0.33	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
31	84	133 (2)	Sep 2	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.246	.175	.422	9	.66	-0.049	4.57	-0.21%	-0.52	P
32	85	138 (4)	Sep 6 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,7-8	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.239	.169	.408	9	.49	0.070	1.89	0.16%	0.56	P
33	86	143 (4)	Sep 12 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.235	.167	.402	9	1.47	-0.050	.81	-0.02%	-0.45	P
34	87	150 (6)	Sep 20	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.254	.177	.431	9	1.70	0.137	.00	0.00%	0.91	P
							20-14		78	62	7	10	1	0	0	7	8	0	15	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	.161	.254	.177	.431		.91	-0.040	4.40	-0.47%	-1.85

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