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: 22-12 / in Starts: 18-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 2

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	211	3	Apr 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	1	1	6	4	0	0	1.00	3.65	37	14	7	3	0	6	69			0	0	1	30	1	0	1	2	0	2	1.90	0.398	5.20	0.66%	3.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
2	212	9	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	W,1-0	SHO(14)	W(2-0)	6	14.0	7	0	0	7	15	0	0	0.39	2.59	54	19	8	2	2	5	106			0	0	0	46	1	0	1	2	0	0	2.00	1.413	5.72	2.43%	6.83	1b start tie	14b 3 out a1
3	213	12	Apr 26(1)	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	9-9	BL(2-1)	3	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.17	2.72	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.33	-0.544	12.23	-0.92%	-1.98	9t --- 0 out a1	9t 12- 0 out tie
4	214	15	Apr 30	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-6		3	6.0	11	3	3	2	3	1	1	1.86	3.23	30	11	5	1	0	8	39			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.131	3.48	-0.20%	-0.10	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
5	215	20	May 5	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-2	GS-9		4	8.1	9	2	2	5	4	0	0	1.93	3.27	36	19	3	1	0	5	56			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	4	0	1	1.85	0.138	3.07	0.14%	1.91	1b start a 1	9b 123 1 out a1
6	216	23	May 10(1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	GS-9	W(3-1)	4	8.0	11	3	3	1	5	1	0	2.18	3.27	36	13	11	3	0	6	52			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.075	.81	0.08%	-0.24	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
7	217	26	May 15	NYY		CHW	L,0-6	GS-6	L(3-2)	4	6.0	6	4	2	2	6	0	0	2.28	3.07	28	13	3	0	0	4	52			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.17	-0.117	2.41	-0.14%	-1.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
8	218	30	May 19	NYY		DET	L,3-6	GS-1	L(3-3)	3	0.2	4	4	4	2	1	0	0	2.94	3.14	8	0	1	1	0	4	27			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.55	-0.346	1.85	-0.25%	-4.11	1t start tie	1t -23 2 out d4
9	219	34	May 24(1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-0	SHO	W(4-3)	4	9.0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.51	3.10	31	17	6	1	0	2	83			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.308	.58	0.21%	4.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
10	220	39	May 29	NYY		BAL	W,5-2	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	8	2	2	4	3	1	0	2.44	3.30	39	19	6	1	0	7	62			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.222	1.01	0.12%	2.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
11	221	45	Jun 4	NYY	@	DET	W,14-3	CG	W(6-3)	5	9.0	7	3	3	4	6	1	0	2.51	3.38	37	10	10	1	0	7	63			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	2	0	1	.55	0.069	.99	0.08%	1.65	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a11
12	222	50	Jun 9	NYY		KCA	W,9-8	GS-4		4	3.2	5	5	5	3	1	0	0	2.94	3.43	19	12	3	2	0	0	29			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.385	2.88	-0.63%	-3.55	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d1
13	223	55	Jun 14(1)	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	L(6-4)	4	9.0	7	3	3	1	4	1	0	2.95	3.43	34	13	10	2	0	6	64			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.19	-0.124	3.51	-0.22%	1.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
14	224	60	Jun 19	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GS-6		4	5.2	7	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.96	3.28	25	7	7	0	0	4	52			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.035	5.00	-0.07%	0.23	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out tie
15	225	65	Jun 23	NYY	@	KCA	W,10-2	CG	W(7-4)	3	9.0	5	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.88	3.17	31	12	9	2	0	5	72			0	0	1	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	.52	0.161	1.62	0.30%	2.48	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a8
16	226	70	Jun 28(1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-9	GS-6	L(7-5)	4	6.0	6	5	5	1	2	3	0	3.12	3.48	26	12	5	0	0	6	41			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.404	4.17	-1.03%	-2.10	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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
17	227	75	Jul 3	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	GS-7	W(8-5)	4	6.0	6	3	3	7	4	0	0	3.19	3.54	30	9	7	3	0	3	45			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.46	-0.181	4.92	-0.37%	-1.17	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a1
18	228	81	Jul 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	GS-4	L(8-6)	6	4.0	6	5	3	1	5	0	0	3.31	3.45	21	7	2	0	0	6	38			0	0	0	20	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.29	-0.306	3.41	-0.49%	-2.97	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d4
19	229	85	Jul 14	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	GS-7	W(9-6)	3	7.0	4	0	0	5	4	0	0	3.13	3.46	30	13	7	1	0	1	68			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.451	2.56	0.53%	3.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
20	230	90	Jul 19(1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	GS-7	W(10-6)	4	7.0	6	2	0	3	1	0	0	2.97	3.46	30	12	9	4	0	5	59			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	2	0	2	1.35	0.117	2.17	0.11%	1.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
21	231	96	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,9-8	GS-2		5	1.2	5	4	3	2	0	0	0	3.13	3.49	12	5	5	3	0	0	29			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.60	-0.331	1.60	-0.20%	-3.58	1b start a 1	2b -23 2 out d3
22	232	99	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	T,4-4	GS-2		3	1.2	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.22	3.50	9	3	1	0	0	4	38			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.145	.89	-0.06%	-1.26	1b start tie	2b 1-- 2 out tie
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
23	233	107	Aug 7	NYY		KCA	W,3-0	GS-8	W(11-6)	8	7.2	5	0	0	1	10	0	0	3.05	3.34	29	8	5	0	0	5	78			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.387	.16	0.04%	3.16	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out a3
24	234	111	Aug 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	9-GF(10)	W(12-6)	2	2.0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.01	3.35	9	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.84	0.181	.41	0.02%	1.02	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 3
25	235	115	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	L,6-11	GS-8		3	7.1	7	5	4	6	3	0	0	3.10	3.39	34	9	9	1	0	7	43			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	.80	0.047	.07	0.00%	0.21	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a4
26	236	119	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	8-GF	S(1)	3	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.13	3.45	5	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.065	.04	0.00%	-0.25	8b 1-- 2 out a3	9b end a 2
27	237	120	Aug 19	NYY	@	DET	W,10-5	4-GF	W(13-6)	0	5.2	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.02	3.42	20	6	7	3	0	0		2	0	0	0	1	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.340	.05	0.01%	3.79	4b 1-3 1 out d1	9b end a 5
28	238	127	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-5	L(13-7)	5	5.0	5	6	4	4	3	3	0	3.15	3.66	24	8	4	0	0	5	36			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	1	1	.55	-0.347	.00	0.00%	-3.64	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d5
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
29	239	132	Sep 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-0	GS-7	W(14-7)	6	6.0	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.04	3.62	26	9	8	2	0	6	61			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.034	.00	0.00%	1.01	1b start a 3	7b 123 0 out a3
30	240	137	Sep 6	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	GS-2	L(14-8)	4	2.0	4	4	4	2	0	1	0	3.21	3.71	12	6	1	0	0	3	30			0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.09	-0.286	.00	0.00%	-3.07	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
31	241	139	Sep 9	NYY		KCA	W,4-0	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.19	3.71	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
32	242	142	Sep 12	NYY		DET	L,0-4	GS-8	L(14-9)	2	8.0	11	4	3	5	3	0	0	3.20	3.71	38	12	7	3	0	11	44			0	1	0	33	3	0	1	1	0	1	.90	-0.128	.00	0.00%	-0.26	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
33	243	146	Sep 15	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	8-8	BL(14-10)	2	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.29	3.72	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	-0.405	.00	0.00%	-1.69	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 1-3 1 out tie
34	244	149	Sep 19	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(15-10)	3	9.0	4	1	0	2	3	0	0	3.14	3.67	32	16	10	1	0	1	78			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.442	.00	0.00%	3.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
35	245	153	Sep 25	NYY		BAL	W,5-2	CG	W(16-10)	5	9.0	8	2	1	0	4	0	0	3.04	3.58	35	12	13	3	0	6	69			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	1	0	1	.95	0.247	.00	0.00%	2.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
							22-12		W-L:16-10,Sv:2,BSv:2	3.8	204.0	194	82	69	89	114	13	1	3.04	3.58	878	1.75		8%	0%	146	55	3	0%	0	3	3	776	19	5	5	27	3	18	1.17	0.893	2.07	0.15%	12.50

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