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	20-18 / in Starts: 19-17
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	18 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 93 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	60 (39-12-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 93 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	54 (28-17-8)

Most Driven In
C Boyer	3
T Tresh	1

Most Driven In By
J Pepitone	2
T Tresh	1
B Richardson	1

1965 Batting Game Log

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1965 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	434	2 (1)	Apr 14	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS-6	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	1.39	-0.045	2.83	-0.06%	-0.45	P
2	435	6 (3)	Apr 19	NYY	@	KCA	L,2-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.30	-0.008	.72	-0.01%	-0.09	P
3	436	10 (3)	Apr 25 (1)	NYY		CAL	W,3-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	9	1.25	-0.005	1.95	-0.01%	-0.21	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	437	14 (3)	May 1	NYY		BAL	W,9-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	9	.40	0.013	.73	0.01%	-0.04	P
5	438	18 (3)	May 5	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	9	.62	-0.015	1.16	-0.02%	-0.21	P
6	439	22 (3)	May 9	NYY	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	9	.96	-0.047	1.36	-0.04%	-0.29	P
7	440	26 (3)	May 13	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	9	.71	-0.017	.78	-0.01%	-0.15	P
8	441	30 (3)	May 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-9	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.143	.343	9	.77	-0.037	.87	-0.03%	-0.29	P
9	442	35 (4)	May 22	NYY		WSA	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.263	.235	.498	9	1.07	0.076	.85	0.04%	1.35	P
10	443	40 (4)	May 27	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.263	.235	.498	9						P
11	444	44 (3)	May 31 (1)	NYY		DET	W,3-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.227	.200	.427	9	1.24	-0.023	.75	-0.01%	-0.32	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
12	445	46 (1)	Jun 4	NYY		CHW	L,0-2	15-GF(15)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.217	.190	.408	9	1.02	-0.024	.58	-0.01%	-0.14	PH
13	446	48 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.192	.167	.359	9	.23	-0.018	.13	-0.01%	-0.64	P
14	447	55 (6)	Jun 13	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-0	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.241	.222	.464	9	.71	-0.022	.56	-0.01%	0.15	P
15	448	61 (5)	Jun 19	NYY		MIN	W,5-3	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.258	.241	.499	9	.39	-0.010	.19	0.00%	-0.26	P
16	449	66 (4)	Jun 23	NYY		KCA	W,8-3	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.265	.226	.491	9	.11	0.005	.02	0.00%	0.02	P
17	450	70 (3)	Jun 27	NYY		CAL	W,7-2	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.263	.229	.492	9	.56	-0.092	.16	-0.02%	-1.59	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
18	451	75 (4)	Jul 1	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.256	.222	.479	9	1.85	-0.046	.95	-0.01%	-0.41	P
19	452	79 (3)	Jul 5 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.279	.250	.529	9	1.07	0.033	.46	0.01%	0.17	P
20	453	85 (5)	Jul 10 (1)	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.238	.505	9	.71	-0.037	.14	0.00%	-0.31	P
21	454	90 (4)	Jul 17	NYY		WSA	W,5-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.261	.233	.493	9	1.09	-0.027	.16	0.00%	-0.21	P
22	455	95 (4)	Jul 22	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.265	.222	.488	9	1.03	-0.017	.15	0.00%	-0.40	P
23	456	100 (4)	Jul 27 (1)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.260	.217	.477	9	1.42	-0.054	.12	0.00%	-0.38	P
24	457	105 (4)	Jul 31	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.275	.234	.509	9	.72	0.020	.01	0.00%	0.20	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
25	458	110 (4)	Aug 5	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.259	.220	.479	9	.48	-0.034	.01	0.00%	-0.56	P
26	459	112 (1)	Aug 7	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.259	.220	.479	9						P
27	460	114 (1)	Aug 10	NYY		MIN	L,3-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.250	.212	.462	9	1.87	-0.084	.06	0.00%	-0.60	P
28	461	118 (3)	Aug 14	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.241	.204	.445	9	1.03	-0.050	.01	0.00%	-0.35	P
29	462	122 (3)	Aug 18	NYY		CAL	L,3-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.233	.196	.430	9	.93	-0.050	.01	0.00%	-0.41	P
30	463	125 (2)	Aug 23	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.238	.203	.441	9	1.27	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.44	P
31	464	129 (3)	Aug 27	NYY	@	KCA	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.227	.194	.421	9	1.56	-0.122	.00	0.00%	-0.90	P
Sep/Oct		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	465	135 (5)	Sep 2	NYY	@	CAL	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.243	.212	.455	9	.28	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.12	P
33	466	140 (4)	Sep 6 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.236	.206	.442	9	1.14	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.41	P
34	467	146 (5)	Sep 11	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.237	.208	.445	9	.36	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.00	P
35	468	150 (3)	Sep 17	NYY		DET	L,3-4	GS-10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.241	.203	.443	9	1.13	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.19	P
36	469	154 (3)	Sep 22	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.235	.197	.432	9	1.32	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.47	P
37	470	158 (3)	Sep 26	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.226	.190	.416	9	.85	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.73	P
38	471	162 (3)	Oct 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-5	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.230	.195	.425	9	.99	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.70	P
							20-18		93	82	4	15	1	0	0	4	5	0	26	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.230	.195	.425		.87	-1.083	.42	-0.18%	-10.38

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