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: 34-5 / in Starts: 34-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	279	1	Apr 11	NYY		MIN	L,0-6	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.1	5	3	3	3	3	1	0	4.26	5.10	27	8	8	3	1	5	51			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.051	2.22	-0.07%	-0.13	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d3
2	280	3	Apr 17	NYY		KCA	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-1)	5	9.0	3	0	0	4	8	0	0	1.76	3.36	33	12	6	2	0	3	85			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	1	.98	0.400	1.98	0.49%	4.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	281	6	Apr 21	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	0	1.85	2.86	34	10	12	3	2	7	68			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.386	2.85	0.56%	2.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
4	282	11	Apr 26	NYY	@	DET	W,13-11	GS-7		4	6.1	11	10	6	2	3	1	0	3.23	3.23	32	9	8	0	2	10	20			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.22	-0.528	3.03	-0.79%	-5.27	1b start a 5	7b 12- 1 out tie
5	283	14	Apr 30(1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,4-3	GS-6	W(3-1)	3	6.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.19	3.01	24	8	5	0	1	4	59			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.81	0.017	2.40	0.03%	0.87	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
6	284	18	May 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-2	GS-6	W(4-1)	3	6.0	5	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.16	3.18	26	10	10	3	0	1	51			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.130	3.63	0.30%	1.21	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a2
7	285	22	May 9	NYY	@	KCA	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.0	6	4	4	1	5	0	1	3.44	3.02	28	8	10	2	2	3	53			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.069	4.07	0.14%	0.57	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a2
8	286	26	May 14(1)	NYY		DET	W,5-4	GS-9		4	8.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.28	2.82	30	12	9	3	2	0	69			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	1	0	0	.98	0.241	3.68	0.54%	1.95	1t start tie	9t --3 0 out a3
9	287	32	May 21(1)	NYY		BAL	W,4-2	CG	W(5-1)	6	9.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.11	2.95	34	11	17	8	2	0	69			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.368	2.62	0.52%	2.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	288	36	May 25	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	GS-8	W(6-1)	3	7.0	5	4	4	2	5	1	0	3.30	3.04	27	9	6	2	3	5	54			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	-0.013	1.40	-0.02%	-0.96	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a3
11	289	39	May 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS-7	L(6-2)	3	7.0	4	2	2	4	8	1	0	3.24	3.11	27	6	7	5	1	2	65			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.023	2.76	0.04%	1.60	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
12	290	43	Jun 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.11	3.20	37	9	16	3	4	7	66			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	0	0	1	.79	0.167	2.14	0.27%	2.49	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
13	291	48	Jun 6	NYY		MIN	W,7-2	GS-8	W(8-2)	3	7.1	3	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.06	3.05	27	12	2	0	0	3	70			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.65	0.303	1.83	0.52%	1.36	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a5
14	292	53	Jun 10	NYY		KCA	W,5-3	CG	W(9-2)	3	9.0	5	3	3	2	6	2	0	3.06	3.20	32	14	5	0	0	5	69			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.39	0.245	5.14	0.54%	1.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
15	293	58	Jun 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-5	GS-7	W(10-2)	3	7.0	8	5	5	3	2	1	0	3.27	3.32	33	11	9	0	2	8	40			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	1	0	.89	0.134	5.00	0.45%	-1.55	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
16	294	62	Jun 18	NYY	@	DET	W,9-0	GS-8	W(11-2)	3	8.0	3	0	0	2	12	0	0	3.05	3.12	28	6	8	4	1	0	86			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.193	2.52	0.68%	4.20	1b start tie	8b 3 out a9
17	295	66	Jun 22	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-3	GS-8	W(12-2)	3	7.0	6	3	3	3	9	0	0	3.09	3.02	30	9	3	1	1	6	59			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	2	.52	0.150	2.44	0.42%	1.57	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a7
18	296	70	Jun 26	NYY	@	LAA	W,8-6	GS-8	W(13-2)	3	8.0	6	6	6	4	7	3	0	3.31	3.27	34	6	11	1	0	6	49			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.461	4.16	-1.33%	-1.52	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
19	297	73	Jun 30	NYY		WSA	W,5-1	CG	W(14-2)	3	9.0	5	1	0	3	8	0	0	3.10	3.17	34	11	7	1	0	5	80			0	1	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	2	1.05	0.342	5.42	1.06%	3.35	1t start tie	9t 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
20	298	76	Jul 4(1)	NYY		DET	W,6-2	CG	W(15-2)	3	9.0	5	2	1	1	11	1	0	2.98	3.10	34	14	6	2	1	2	81			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.54	0.170	4.73	0.89%	2.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
21	299	81	Jul 8	NYY		BOS	W,8-5	GS-7	W(16-2)	3	6.0	10	5	5	0	3	1	0	3.15	3.12	27	11	4	0	1	9	35			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.140	4.89	-0.48%	-1.09	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a3
22	300	88	Jul 17	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-0	SHO	W(17-2)	8	9.0	6	0	0	2	9	0	0	2.98	3.02	36	11	8	1	2	6	82			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	2	.82	0.303	5.11	1.13%	4.40	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a5
23	301	92	Jul 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-8	GS-5		3	4.2	7	7	7	6	5	0	0	3.26	3.06	27	3	8	2	0	5	21			0	0	0	20	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.72	-0.639	9.92	-2.21%	-5.21	1b start a 2	5b 123 2 out d1
24	302	95	Jul 25(1)	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	GS-7	W(18-2)	3	7.0	7	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.14	3.03	30	4	11	3	1	7	65			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.00	0.329	5.65	1.12%	3.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
25	303	100	Jul 29	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	CG	W(19-2)	3	9.0	7	4	4	3	7	0	0	3.18	2.99	37	9	11	1	2	7	61			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.208	8.81	0.81%	0.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
26	304	103	Aug 2(1)	NYY		KCA	W,6-5	GS-9		3	8.0	8	5	4	1	8	2	0	3.23	3.03	34	12	12	2	3	1	55			0	0	0	32	1	1	1	0	1	1	1.37	-0.505	8.12	-1.79%	-1.75	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out tie
27	305	108	Aug 6(1)	NYY		MIN	W,7-6	GS-10		3	10.0	9	6	6	1	7	3	0	3.34	3.15	38	15	8	3	0	7	56			0	0	0	37	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.18	-0.211	7.02	-0.75%	-1.17	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
28	306	113	Aug 10	NYY		LAA	W,3-1	GS-7	W(20-2)	3	7.0	8	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.27	3.11	29	14	3	1	1	8	59			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.345	6.42	1.10%	2.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
29	307	118	Aug 15	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	GS-7	L(20-3)	4	7.0	8	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.25	3.12	32	11	6	3	0	8	52			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	0.113	6.17	0.35%	1.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
30	308	122	Aug 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-10	W(21-3)	3	9.2	8	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.19	3.14	37	8	16	2	2	8	68			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	0.347	9.79	1.16%	2.61	1b start tie	10b -2- 2 out a1
31	309	126	Aug 23	NYY	@	LAA	W,8-6	GS-4		3	4.0	6	6	6	6	2	0	0	3.37	3.19	23	7	2	0	0	6	22			0	0	1	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.304	6.70	-1.17%	-3.76	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
32	310	130	Aug 27	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-7	GS-5	W(22-3)	3	5.0	5	3	3	2	0	1	0	3.41	3.25	22	10	10	7	1	0	43			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.012	6.43	0.04%	-0.46	1b start tie	5b 3 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
33	311	134	Sep 1	NYY		DET	W,1-0	GS-5		4	4.2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.34	3.24	18	9	4	2	0	2	57			0	0	1	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	.95	0.245	13.47	2.09%	2.19	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out tie
34	312	140	Sep 6	NYY		WSA	W,8-0	SHO	W(23-3)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.22	3.18	32	12	6	0	1	5	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.62	0.260	.69	0.17%	4.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
35	313	144	Sep 10(1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	GS-3		3	2.0	7	5	5	0	2	0	0	3.38	3.16	13	2	9	3	0	0	24			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.278	.13	-0.02%	-3.02	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out a3
36	314	149	Sep 15(1)	NYY	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	W(24-3)	4	9.0	8	1	1	3	6	0	0	3.29	3.13	36	11	8	2	2	8	70			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.293	.05	0.01%	3.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
37	315	153	Sep 19(1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS-7	L(24-4)	3	7.0	7	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.24	3.10	31	9	5	0	1	7	63			0	0	1	28	2	1	0	0	0	1	.93	0.209	.00	0.00%	2.42	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
38	316	157	Sep 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-3	GS-5	W(25-4)	3	5.0	9	3	3	2	2	2	0	3.28	3.19	22	8	3	1	0	7	37			0	0	1	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.43	1b start a 3	5b 3 out a1
39	317	161	Sep 29	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	GS-6		5	6.0	4	0	0	2	9	0	0	3.21	3.13	24	5	4	0	2	4	71			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.359	.00	0.00%	2.90	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
							34-5		W-L:25-4	3.5	283.0	242	108	101	92	210	23	1	3.21	3.13	1159	1.21		11%	7%	187	58		---%	0	3	4	1056	39	8	3	28	3	17	1.01	3.212	4.25	6.81%	35.75

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