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	26-12 / in Starts: 26-11
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 99 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	53 (26-16-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 99 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	61 (32-19-10)

Most Driven In
J Blanchard	1
H LÃ³pez	1
D Long	1
C Boyer	1
B Skowron	1
T Tresh	0

Most Driven In By
B Richardson	2
C Boyer	1
T Tresh	1
R Maris	1

1962 Batting Game Log

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1962 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	319	1	Apr 10	NYY		BAL	W,7-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.76	-0.041	1.58	-0.05%	-0.32	P
2	320	4 (2)	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.82	-0.041	1.81	-0.05%	-0.37	P
3	321	7 (2)	Apr 21	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	9	.36	-0.018	.91	-0.03%	-0.32	P
4	322	11 (3)	Apr 25	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	GS-6	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	9	1.03	0.040	2.10	0.05%	0.39	P
5	323	14 (2)	Apr 29 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.091	.154	.182	.336	9	.86	-0.044	2.02	-0.06%	-0.60	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
6	324	18 (3)	May 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.133	.154	.287	9	1.44	-0.067	5.72	-0.16%	-0.46	P
7	325	22 (3)	May 9	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.111	.125	.236	9	.39	-0.030	1.43	-0.07%	-0.43	P
8	326	25 (2)	May 13 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.100	.111	.211	9	.97	-0.048	4.23	-0.13%	-0.38	P
9	327	30 (4)	May 18	NYY		MIN	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.048	.087	.095	.182	9	1.80	-0.141	7.25	-0.34%	-1.38	P
10	328	34 (3)	May 22	NYY		LAA	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.043	.080	.087	.167	9	1.45	-0.070	5.40	-0.16%	-0.52	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	329	45 (10)	Jun 2	NYY	@	LAA	L,1-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.040	.074	.080	.154	9	.94	-0.047	3.49	-0.11%	-0.38	P
12	330	49 (3)	Jun 8	NYY		BAL	W,1-0	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.040	.074	.080	.154	9						P
13	331	58 (8)	Jun 17 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-6	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.040	.074	.080	.154	9						P
14	332	60 (1)	Jun 21	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-0	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.036	.067	.071	.138	9	.66	-0.038	1.81	-0.06%	-0.70	P
15	333	65 (4)	Jun 25	NYY	@	DET	W,2-0	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.088	.094	.182	9	1.09	-0.048	3.51	-0.09%	-0.86	P
16	334	69 (3)	Jun 29	NYY		LAA	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.057	.105	.086	.191	9	.44	0.015	1.96	0.04%	0.31	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	335	74 (4)	Jul 3	NYY		KCA	W,8-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.103	.083	.186	9	.43	-0.011	1.81	-0.03%	-0.10	P
18	336	79 (4)	Jul 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-8	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.051	.095	.077	.172	9	.79	-0.068	4.19	-0.22%	-0.73	P
19	337	80	Jul 12	NYY	@	LAA	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.049	.091	.073	.164	9	.49	-0.026	3.15	-0.10%	-0.45	P
20	338	85 (4)	Jul 16	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-1	GS-9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.047	.085	.070	.155	9	.71	-0.010	4.11	-0.04%	-0.59	P
21	339	89 (3)	Jul 20	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.044	.082	.067	.148	9	.51	-0.028	2.96	-0.10%	-0.32	P
22	340	93 (3)	Jul 24	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.042	.077	.063	.139	9	.57	-0.043	3.30	-0.15%	-0.68	P
23	341	98 (4)	Jul 28	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.042	.094	.063	.157	9	.99	0.040	6.05	0.15%	0.38	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	342	103 (4)	Aug 1 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	W,5-2	GS-11	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.058	.105	.077	.182	9	1.05	-0.082	5.05	-0.24%	-0.35	P
25	343	106 (2)	Aug 5	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.074	.119	.093	.211	9	1.10	0.089	5.65	0.28%	0.96	P
26	344	111 (4)	Aug 10	NYY		DET	W,8-0	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.086	.127	.103	.230	9	.32	-0.013	1.92	-0.05%	-0.55	P
27	345	116 (4)	Aug 14	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.082	.134	.098	.233	9	1.00	-0.078	8.72	-0.41%	-0.76	P
28	346	120 (3)	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.092	.141	.108	.249	9	.87	-0.023	5.29	-0.09%	-0.05	P
29	347	125 (4)	Aug 22	NYY	@	LAA	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.090	.137	.104	.241	9	1.50	-0.086	12.23	-0.42%	-0.69	P
30	348	131 (5)	Aug 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.101	.147	.116	.263	9	.78	-0.007	5.07	-0.03%	-0.10	P
31	349	136 (4)	Aug 31	NYY		KCA	W,5-1	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.165	.137	.302	9	1.02	0.012	8.58	0.06%	-0.64	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
32	350	141 (4)	Sep 4	NYY		LAA	L,6-7	GS-7	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.173	.160	.333	9	.86	0.039	9.08	0.25%	0.79	P
33	351	144 (2)	Sep 8	NYY		BOS	W,6-1	GS-6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.181	.158	.339	9	.93	0.023	8.33	0.12%	0.16	P
34	352	149 (4)	Sep 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.127	.184	.152	.336	9	.96	-0.045	6.58	-0.19%	-0.23	P
35	353	152 (2)	Sep 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.191	.150	.341	9	.64	-0.015	2.35	-0.03%	-0.11	P
36	354	155 (2)	Sep 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.207	.148	.355	9	.66	-0.021	.62	-0.01%	-0.25	P
37	355	158 (2)	Sep 25	NYY		WSA	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.198	.141	.339	9	.52	-0.056	.10	-0.01%	-0.91	P
38	356	161 (2)	Sep 29	NYY		CHW	W,8-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.198	.141	.339	9						P
							26-12		99	85	5	10	2	0	0	5	8	0	22	1	3	2	1	0	1	0	.118	.198	.141	.339		.83	-0.987	4.19	-2.45%	-11.25

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