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: 24-7 / in Starts: 23-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	126	4	Apr 20	NYY		BOS	W,7-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	1	1	4	6	1	0	1.00	3.81	36	15	6	0	2	5	75			0	0	1	32	2	0	0	1	0	2	.72	0.325	2.08	0.56%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
2	127	8	Apr 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	6	2	0	2	8	0	0	0.50	2.54	36	16	4	0	1	6	77			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	3	1.79	0.268	6.27	0.56%	2.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
3	128	12	May 1	NYY		DET	W,9-2	CG	W(3-0)	5	9.0	7	2	2	3	6	0	0	1.00	2.37	34	12	6	1	1	7	68			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	.43	0.216	1.55	0.47%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
4	129	17	May 6(1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(4-0)	4	9.0	8	0	0	2	6	0	0	0.75	2.20	35	15	10	3	3	2	75			0	0	1	33	2	0	0	2	0	1	.69	0.338	2.94	0.86%	4.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
5	130	22	May 11	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	W(5-0)	4	9.0	12	2	2	5	5	0	0	1.00	2.35	41	15	6	1	3	10	55			0	0	0	33	3	1	1	1	0	0	1.65	0.418	6.73	1.02%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
6	131	28	May 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	W(6-0)	5	9.0	8	3	0	1	4	0	0	0.83	2.26	35	13	10	1	2	7	68			0	0	1	34	1	0	0	1	0	2	.57	0.095	2.46	0.25%	1.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
7	132	33	May 22	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	L(6-1)	4	8.0	8	3	3	4	5	1	0	1.16	2.52	35	11	7	0	1	8	55			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.76	-0.333	8.52	-0.97%	1.22	1b start a 2	9b --- 0 out d1
8	133	38	May 28	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-1)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.01	2.40	30	14	5	0	2	5	81			0	0	1	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.02	0.567	5.83	1.94%	4.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
9	134	44	Jun 3(1)	NYY		DET	L,3-6	GS-5	L(7-2)	5	4.1	4	5	5	5	1	0	0	1.55	2.57	21	10	1	0	0	4	31			0	0	1	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.227	8.30	-0.78%	-1.88	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out d2
10	135	49	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,0-9	GS-5	L(7-3)	4	5.0	8	6	6	5	3	0	0	2.13	2.67	29	12	1	0	0	8	25			0	0	0	21	2	0	1	1	0	1	.95	-0.258	6.29	-1.03%	-3.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
11	136	52	Jun 12	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	4	2	2	2	6	0	1	2.12	2.61	32	8	11	1	0	4	75			0	0	1	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.383	5.03	1.44%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
12	137	57	Jun 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-4	GS-2		4	1.2	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	2.08	2.73	10	4	0	0	0	2	45			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.48	-0.042	9.44	-0.16%	-0.56	1b start a 4	2b -23 2 out a3
13	138	60	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	2.73	4	2	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.067	3.31	0.22%	0.77	8b 1-- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
14	139	63	Jun 24(1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-14	GS-1	L(8-4)	3	1.0	3	4	4	0	0	1	1	2.41	2.90	7	2	1	0	0	3	31			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.325	9.33	-1.57%	-3.47	1b start a 1	1b 3 out d3
15	140	66	Jun 26	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-4	CG	W(9-4)	1	9.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	0	2.55	3.00	34	14	9	2	0	7	57			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	2	0	0	.92	0.093	4.73	0.29%	0.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
16	141	70	Jul 1(1)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	12	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.55	2.92	28	8	2	0	0	11	48			0	0	2	26	1	0	0	4	0	0	1.11	0.119	5.85	0.38%	1.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
17	142	75	Jul 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	W(10-4)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.43	2.83	33	11	10	0	2	7	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	1	0	.64	0.233	3.79	0.83%	4.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
18	143	82	Jul 15(1)	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(11-4)	9	9.0	3	1	1	0	7	0	1	2.33	2.72	31	9	11	0	0	3	84			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.30	0.643	6.83	2.02%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
19	144	88	Jul 20	NYY		KCA	W,6-2	CG	W(12-4)	4	9.0	7	2	1	1	8	0	1	2.24	2.62	35	8	10	5	0	7	74			0	0	1	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.66	0.331	1.85	0.56%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
20	145	92	Jul 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	W(13-4)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.17	2.61	34	10	13	0	0	4	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.72	0.283	2.93	0.69%	3.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
21	146	97	Jul 30	NYY	@	CLE	W,13-6	GS-9	W(14-4)	4	8.2	8	6	6	8	10	1	0	2.40	2.71	43	8	9	2	0	8	46			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	1	1	.12	0.044	.50	0.11%	-2.00	1b start a 1	9b 123 2 out a7
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
22	147	101	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	L,4-10	GS-1		3	0.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.45	2.73	5	1	0	0	0	3	40			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.176	4.04	-0.35%	-2.08	1b start tie	1b 123 1 out d1
23	148	108	Aug 10	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	GS-7		6	7.0	8	4	4	0	6	2	0	2.57	2.80	30	11	5	0	0	8	51			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	2	.81	-0.103	2.15	-0.17%	-0.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
24	149	113	Aug 15	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	GS-4		4	4.0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.50	2.82	17	4	7	0	0	1	59			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.215	2.20	0.29%	2.03	1t start tie	4t 3 out tie
25	150	124	Aug 25	NYY		CHW	L,2-4	GS-8	L(14-5)	9	8.0	8	4	3	2	6	0	0	2.54	2.76	34	5	13	1	0	8	56			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	-0.185	2.17	-0.22%	0.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
26	151	129	Aug 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-8	W(15-5)	5	7.1	5	4	4	4	2	3	0	2.64	3.01	31	12	8	1	1	5	50			0	0	1	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	-0.022	2.12	-0.02%	-0.52	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a2
Sept				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
27	152	134	Sep 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(16-5)	4	9.0	7	3	3	4	5	1	0	2.66	3.06	36	13	7	0	0	7	62			0	0	1	32	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.35	0.445	1.04	0.21%	2.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
28	153	137	Sep 9	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(17-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	11	0	0	2.58	2.96	34	7	7	1	2	6	79			1	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.50	0.612	.35	0.09%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
29	154	140	Sep 13	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	W(18-5)	3	9.0	5	2	2	5	6	0	0	2.56	2.95	36	14	6	1	0	5	70			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.80	0.558	.19	0.04%	2.70	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
30	155	145	Sep 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-11	W(19-5)	4	10.0	8	2	2	5	1	2	0	2.52	3.10	41	15	12	3	0	8	64			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.080	.00	0.00%	2.28	1b start tie	11b 12- 0 out a1
31	156	151	Sep 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(19-6)	7	8.0	8	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.47	3.04	33	9	7	1	0	8	67			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.226	.00	0.00%	2.80	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
							24-7		W-L:19-6,Sv:1	4.3	225.2	187	70	62	84	141	13	4	2.47	3.04	920	1.50		5%	4%	177	61	1	0%	1	1	11	820	30	4	3	31	5	17	1.05	4.888	3.43	7.54%	44.02

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