Whitey Ford
Edward Charles Ford (The Chairman of the Board and Slick)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 181 lb.

Born: October 21, 1928 in New York, NY
High School: Manhattan School of Aviation (Manhattan, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 1950
Final Game: May 21, 1967
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1974 (284/365 ballots).
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1950 21 NYY AL 9 1 .900 2.81 20 12 5 7 2 1 112.0 87 39 35 7 52 59 2 0 3 465 153 1.241 7.0 0.6 4.2 4.7 1.13 MVP-21,RoY-2
1953 24 NYY AL 18 6 .750 3.00 32 30 2 11 3 0 207.0 187 77 69 13 110 110 4 0 3 882 124 1.435 8.1 0.6 4.8 4.8 1.00 MVP-20
1954 25 NYY AL 16 8 .667 2.82 34 28 4 11 3 1 210.2 170 72 66 10 101 125 1 0 1 873 121 1.286 7.3 0.4 4.3 5.3 1.24 AS
1955 26 NYY AL 18 7 .720 2.63 39 33 4 18 5 2 253.2 188 83 74 20 113 7 137 1 1 7 1027 143 1.187 6.7 0.7 4.0 4.9 1.21 AS,MVP-15
1956 27 NYY AL 19 6 .760 2.47 31 30 1 18 2 1 225.2 187 70 62 13 84 3 141 4 0 6 920 156 1.201 7.5 0.5 3.4 5.6 1.68 AS,CYA-3,MVP-12
1957 28 NYY AL 11 5 .688 2.57 24 17 2 5 0 0 129.1 114 46 37 10 53 3 84 1 2 2 539 140 1.291 7.9 0.7 3.7 5.8 1.58 MVP-19
1958 29 NYY AL 14 7 .667 2.01 30 29 1 15 7 1 219.1 174 62 49 14 62 3 145 3 1 5 872 176 1.076 7.1 0.6 2.5 5.9 2.34 AS
1959 30 NYY AL 16 10 .615 3.04 35 29 4 9 2 1 204.0 194 82 69 13 89 5 114 1 1 5 877 119 1.387 8.6 0.6 3.9 5.0 1.28 AS
1960 31 NYY AL 12 9 .571 3.08 33 29 1 8 4 0 192.2 168 76 66 15 65 5 85 1 0 5 797 116 1.209 7.8 0.7 3.0 4.0 1.31 AS
1961 32 NYY AL 25 4 .862 3.21 39 39 0 11 3 0 283.0 242 108 101 23 92 3 209 1 0 8 1159 117 1.180 7.7 0.7 2.9 6.6 2.27 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1962 33 NYY AL 17 8 .680 2.90 38 37 0 7 0 0 257.2 243 90 83 22 69 1 160 4 0 5 1070 130 1.211 8.5 0.8 2.4 5.6 2.32 MVP-26
1963 34 NYY AL 24 7 .774 2.74 38 37 1 13 3 1 269.1 240 94 82 26 56 3 189 2 0 9 1068 128 1.099 8.0 0.9 1.9 6.3 3.38 MVP-3
1964 35 NYY AL 17 6 .739 2.13 39 36 2 12 8 1 244.2 212 67 58 10 57 3 172 2 0 6 996 170 1.099 7.8 0.4 2.1 6.3 3.02 AS,MVP-21
1965 36 NYY AL 16 13 .552 3.24 37 36 1 9 2 1 244.1 241 97 88 22 50 2 162 1 0 7 1000 105 1.191 8.9 0.8 1.8 6.0 3.24
1966 37 NYY AL 2 5 .286 2.47 22 9 7 0 0 0 73.0 79 33 20 8 24 6 43 0 0 1 318 134 1.411 9.7 1.0 3.0 5.3 1.79
1967 38 NYY AL 2 4 .333 1.64 7 7 0 2 1 0 44.0 40 11 8 2 9 0 21 0 0 2 173 190 1.114 8.2 0.4 1.8 4.3 2.33
16 Seasons 236 106 .690 2.75 498 438 35 156 45 10 3170.1 2766 1107 967 228 1086 44 1956 28 5 75 13036 133 1.215 7.9 0.6 3.1 5.6 1.80
162 Game Avg. 17 8 .690 2.75 36 32 3 11 3 1 230 201 80 70 17 79 142 2 0 5 947 133 1.215 7.9 0.6 3.1 5.6 1.80

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1950 21 NYY AL WS W PHI 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 7 2 0 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 35 0.923 7.3 0.0 1.0 7.3 7.00
1953 24 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 1 .000 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 9 4 4 0 2 1 7 0 0 1 34 1.375 10.1 0.0 2.3 7.9 3.50
1955 26 NYY AL WS L BRO 2 0 1.000 2.12 2 2 0 1 0 0 17.0 13 6 4 2 8 0 10 1 0 1 72 1.235 6.9 1.1 4.2 5.3 1.25
1956 27 NYY AL WS W BRO 1 1 .500 5.25 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.0 14 8 7 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 50 1.333 10.5 1.5 1.5 6.0 4.00
1957 28 NYY AL WS L MLN 1 1 .500 1.12 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.0 11 2 2 0 5 0 7 0 0 0 62 1.000 6.2 0.0 2.8 3.9 1.40
1958 29 NYY AL WS W MLN 0 1 .000 4.11 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.1 19 8 7 0 5 0 16 0 0 2 71 1.565 11.2 0.0 2.9 9.4 3.20
1960 31 NYY AL WS L PIT 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 2 0 2 2 0 18.0 11 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 65 0.722 5.5 0.0 1.0 4.0 4.00
1961 32 NYY AL WS W CIN 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 2 0 1 1 0 14.0 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 49 0.500 3.9 0.0 0.6 4.5 7.00
1962 33 NYY AL WS W SFG 1 1 .500 4.12 3 3 0 1 0 0 19.2 24 9 9 1 4 0 12 0 0 0 83 1.424 11.0 0.5 1.8 5.5 3.00
1963 34 NYY AL WS L LAD 0 2 .000 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 10 7 6 2 3 1 8 0 0 0 48 1.083 7.5 1.5 2.3 6.0 2.67
1964 35 NYY AL WS L STL 0 1 .000 8.44 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 5 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 25 1.688 13.5 1.7 1.7 6.8 4.00
11 Seasons (11 Series) 10 8 .556 2.71 22 22 0 7 3 0 146.0 132 51 44 8 34 2 94 3 0 4 594 1.137 8.1 0.5 2.1 5.8 2.76
11 WS 10 8 .556 2.71 22 22 0 7 3 0 146.0 132 51 44 8 34 2 94 3 0 4 594 1.137 8.1 0.5 2.1 5.8 2.76

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1954 NYY AL 25 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
1955 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 16.20 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.600 27.0 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
1956 NYY AL 27 0 0 0 18.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 4.000 27.0 9.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
1958 NYY AL 29
1959 NYY AL 30 0 0 1 .000 54.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 81.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1960 NYY AL 31
1960 NYY AL 31 1 0 1 .000 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 1.667 15.0 6.0 0.0 3.0
1961 NYY AL 32 1 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1961 NYY AL 32
1964 NYY AL 35
8 Seasons (6 Appearances) 3 0 2 .000 8.25 3 0 0 0 0 12.0 19 13 11 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 57 1.833 14.3 2.3 2.3 3.8 1.67

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 25 NYY AL 34 873 750 72 170 17 10 10 2 6 101 125 .227 .317 .316 .633 .258 237 25 1 15 6
1955 26 NYY AL 39 1024 901 83 188 28 2 20 1 2 113 137 .209 .297 .311 .608 .225 280 34 1 7 2 7
1956 27 NYY AL 31 920 820 70 187 30 4 13 1 1 84 141 .228 .301 .322 .623 .259 264 31 4 7 5 3
1957 28 NYY AL 24 539 482 46 114 12 4 10 2 2 53 84 .237 .313 .340 .653 .267 164 19 1 2 1 3
1958 29 NYY AL 30 872 801 62 174 25 3 14 0 7 62 145 .217 .276 .308 .584 .249 247 26 3 5 1 3
1959 30 NYY AL 35 878 776 82 194 19 5 13 0 3 89 114 .250 .327 .338 .664 .278 262 27 1 9 3 5
1960 31 NYY AL 33 797 716 76 168 23 5 15 3 4 65 85 .235 .297 .344 .641 .246 246 18 1 10 5 5
1961 32 NYY AL 39 1159 1056 108 242 39 8 23 0 3 92 209 .229 .291 .347 .637 .265 366 28 1 7 3 3
1962 33 NYY AL 38 1071 989 90 243 38 11 22 2 4 69 160 .246 .296 .373 .669 .272 369 21 4 4 5 1
1963 34 NYY AL 38 1067 995 94 240 32 8 26 3 4 56 189 .241 .281 .368 .649 .272 366 30 2 6 8 3
1964 35 NYY AL 39 996 922 67 212 29 4 10 0 1 57 172 .230 .276 .303 .578 .272 279 17 2 13 2 3
1965 36 NYY AL 37 1000 933 97 241 31 11 22 6 4 50 162 .258 .296 .386 .681 .291 360 29 1 12 4 2
1966 37 NYY AL 22 318 285 33 79 11 4 8 4 0 24 43 .277 .330 .428 .758 .300 122 6 0 6 3 6
1967 38 NYY AL 7 173 162 11 40 6 1 2 0 0 9 21 .247 .285 .333 .618 .271 54 8 0 1 1 0
14 Seasons 446 11687 10588 991 2492 340 80 208 24 41 924 1787 .235 .297 .342 .638 .264 3616 319 22 104 49 44
162 Game Avg. 36 944 855 80 201 27 6 17 2 3 75 144 .235 .297 .342 .638 .264 292 26 2 8 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 25 NYY AL 34 28 14 6 8 1 2 16 12 .571 1 3 11 3 17 61% 57 90 27 17 7 13 7 4.7 4.5 6.8
1955 26 NYY AL 39 33 18 6 9 1 3 24 9 .727 0 3 18 5 25 76% 60 85 26 21 10 14 4 5.2 5.4 7.3
1956 27 NYY AL 31 30 19 6 5 3 3 23 7 .767 0 3 18 2 20 67% 61 84 25 13 2 7 10 4.9 5.0 7.5
1957 28 NYY AL 24 17 8 5 4 1 1 12 5 .706 1 2 5 0 10 59% 55 77 33 17 6 1 9 5.5 5.2 6.3
1958 29 NYY AL 30 29 14 7 8 0 3 16 13 .552 2 3 15 7 21 72% 63 89 27 4 0 5 10 4.4 4.3 7.5
1959 30 NYY AL 35 29 14 8 7 0 3 18 10 .643 2 3 9 2 19 66% 55 106 27 28 6 8 9 4.5 4.8 6.7
1960 31 NYY AL 33 29 12 9 8 3 3 19 10 .655 1 7 8 4 15 52% 55 85 27 13 7 4 11 4.6 3.6 6.4
1961 32 NYY AL 39 39 25 4 10 7 4 34 5 .872 3 5 11 3 24 62% 58 86 20 21 12 27 5 5.7 5.8 7.3
1962 33 NYY AL 38 37 17 8 12 2 3 26 11 .703 3 6 7 0 20 54% 57 82 35 14 5 27 5 4.6 4.1 6.9
1963 34 NYY AL 38 37 24 7 6 2 1 26 11 .703 2 4 13 3 25 68% 59 88 24 11 3 23 4 4.6 4.9 7.3
1964 35 NYY AL 39 36 17 6 13 1 1 25 10 .714 1 7 12 8 24 67% 61 92 23 9 2 22 4 4.2 3.6 6.7
1965 36 NYY AL 37 36 16 13 7 1 4 19 17 .528 1 5 9 2 23 64% 56 85 19 20 8 16 10 4.0 4.2 6.8
1966 37 NYY AL 22 9 0 4 5 0 3 2 7 .222 2 1 0 0 5 56% 52 73 16 8 1 1 5 3.2 3.6 5.7
1967 38 NYY AL 7 7 2 4 1 0 2 3 4 .429 0 0 2 1 5 71% 59 73 46 0 0 0 4 3.3 3.6 6.3
14 Seasons 446 396 200 93 103 22 36 263 131 .668 19 52 138 40 253 64% 58 106 16 196 69 168 97 4.7 4.6 6.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 25 NYY AL 34 6 4 2 2 1 1 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0% 5 1.146 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 5 6 0 6 0 10.3
1955 26 NYY AL 39 6 4 0 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 7 1 14% 9 1.062 2 3 1 2 1 3 4 2 4 0 4 0 6.8
1956 27 NYY AL 31 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0% 8 1.060 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1957 28 NYY AL 24 7 2 3 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 4 2 50% 8 1.178 5 2 0 3 3 1 3 4 6 1 6 1 9.4
1958 29 NYY AL 30 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 8 0.968 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.0
1959 30 NYY AL 35 6 4 2 2 4 1 2 25% 4 0 3 0 0% 9 1.169 4 1 1 4 1 1 2 4 3 2 3 1 5.2
1960 31 NYY AL 33 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 2 1.081 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 3 0 3 0 6.0
1962 33 NYY AL 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.020 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1963 34 NYY AL 38 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 10 1.064 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1964 35 NYY AL 39 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 6 1.090 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 3.0
1965 36 NYY AL 37 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 9 0.970 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
1966 37 NYY AL 22 13 7 2 1 4 0 4 0% 4 0 9 6 67% 7 1.338 5 3 5 4 1 8 5 8 7 3 7 2 5.1
12 Seasons 400 50 28 9 6 16 9 7 56% 19 2 38 11 29% 1.076 23 15 12 21 9 20 22 28 32 8 32 4 6.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1950 21 NYY AL
1953 24 NYY AL
1954 25 NYY AL 873 75% 1.2% 14.3% 11.6% 4.2% 22% 0.96 71% 179 25 14%
1955 26 NYY AL 1024 79% 2.0% 13.4% 11.0% 4.9% 27% 0.98 73% 202 34 17%
1956 27 NYY AL 920 74% 1.4% 15.3% 9.1% 5.1% 25% 1.51 73% 173 31 18%
1957 28 NYY AL 539 73% 1.9% 15.6% 9.8% 4.8% 23% 1.57 72% 122 19 16%
1958 29 NYY AL 872 80% 1.6% 16.6% 7.1% 4.8% 24% 1.56 74% 149 26 17%
1959 30 NYY AL 878 80% 1.5% 13.0% 10.1% 4.2% 19% 1.58 74% 186 27 15%
1960 31 NYY AL 797 82% 1.9% 10.7% 8.2% 5.4% 26% 1.32 78% 158 18 11%
1961 32 NYY AL 1159 78% 2.0% 18.0% 7.9% 6.0% 29% 1.31 71% 179 28 16%
1962 33 NYY AL 1071 73% 2.1% 14.9% 6.4% 6.6% 29% 1.25 76% 172 21 12%
1963 34 NYY AL 1068 75% 2.4% 17.7% 5.3% 6.2% 28% 1.31 74% 182 30 16%
1964 35 NYY AL 996 77% 1.0% 17.3% 5.7% 4.3% 20% 1.71 75% 153 17 11%
1965 36 NYY AL 1000 80% 2.2% 16.2% 5.0% 6.4% 27% 1.28 75% 156 29 19%
1966 37 NYY AL 318 77% 2.5% 13.5% 7.6% 7.2% 29% 1.77 75% 59 6 10%
1967 38 NYY AL 173 80% 1.2% 12.1% 5.2% 5.2% 23% 1.53 81% 36 8 22%
16 Seasons 11688 77% 2.0% 16.7% 9.3% 5.4% 23% 1.34 74% 2106 319 15%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1950 21 NYY AL 87 7 3
1953 24 NYY AL 187 13 3
1954 25 NYY AL 873 170 10 0 23 7 3 6 4 48 23 8 48% 7 1 1 316 2 6 25% 2 4 0 2 0 0 3 0 11 0
1955 26 NYY AL 1024 188 20 0 20 15 5 7 13 36 11 6 31% 12 7 0 356 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 16 0
1956 27 NYY AL 919 187 13 0 24 10 3 3 10 44 21 7 48% 17 6 1 330 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 13 0 13 1
1957 28 NYY AL 539 114 10 0 13 7 3 6 4 27 10 5 37% 8 2 1 194 2 2 50% 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 0
1958 29 NYY AL 872 174 14 0 21 11 3 8 6 26 8 2 31% 14 5 2 280 0 7 0% 0 7 0 0 0 0 7 0 10 0
1959 30 NYY AL 878 194 13 0 26 9 4 4 9 40 20 6 50% 18 5 1 342 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 15 0
1960 31 NYY AL 797 168 15 1 10 11 4 5 10 29 18 4 62% 13 5 1 295 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 5 1 10 0
1961 32 NYY AL 1159 242 23 0 16 18 5 12 11 41 21 5 51% 17 8 2 370 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 20 0
1962 33 NYY AL 1071 243 22 0 9 17 5 8 14 44 21 7 48% 12 5 0 371 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 15 0
1963 34 NYY AL 1068 240 26 0 16 16 10 13 13 41 17 6 41% 9 9 1 347 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 9 0 18 0
1964 35 NYY AL 996 212 10 0 14 8 2 2 8 26 14 5 54% 11 6 0 352 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 8 0
1965 36 NYY AL 1000 241 22 0 7 12 10 11 11 33 16 7 48% 13 7 3 340 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1966 37 NYY AL 318 79 8 0 9 8 0 3 5 29 12 4 41% 6 1 1 112 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 7 0
1967 38 NYY AL 173 40 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 7 2 0 29% 2 2 1 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
16 Seasons 11687 2766 228 1 210 151 57 90 118 471 214 72 45% 159 75 15 4072 24 41 37% 21 38 2 3 1 0 65 1 168 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1950 21 9 1 .900 2.81 20 12 5 7 2 1 112.0 87 39 35 7 52 59 2 0 3 465 153 1.241 7.0 0.6 4.2 4.7 1.13 153
1951 22 9 1 .900 2.81 20 12 5 7 2 1 112.0 87 39 35 7 52 59 2 0 3 465 153 1.241 7.0 0.6 4.2 4.7 1.13 153
1952 23 9 1 .900 2.81 20 12 5 7 2 1 112.0 87 39 35 7 52 59 2 0 3 465 153 1.241 7.0 0.6 4.2 4.7 1.13 153
1953 24 27 7 .794 2.93 52 42 7 18 5 1 319.0 274 116 104 20 162 169 6 0 6 1347 134 1.367 7.7 0.6 4.6 4.8 1.04 134
1954 25 43 15 .741 2.89 86 70 11 29 8 2 529.2 444 188 170 30 263 294 7 0 7 2220 129 1.335 7.5 0.5 4.5 5.0 1.12 129
1955 26 61 22 .735 2.80 125 103 15 47 13 4 783.1 632 271 244 50 376 7 431 8 1 14 3247 133 1.287 7.3 0.6 4.3 5.0 1.15 133
1956 27 80 28 .741 2.73 156 133 16 65 15 5 1009.0 819 341 306 63 460 10 572 12 1 20 4167 138 1.268 7.3 0.6 4.1 5.1 1.24 138
1957 28 91 33 .734 2.71 180 150 18 70 15 5 1138.1 933 387 343 73 513 13 656 13 3 22 4706 138 1.270 7.4 0.6 4.1 5.2 1.28 138
1958 29 105 40 .724 2.60 210 179 19 85 22 6 1357.2 1107 449 392 87 575 16 801 16 4 27 5578 143 1.239 7.3 0.6 3.8 5.3 1.39 143
1959 30 121 50 .708 2.66 245 208 23 94 24 7 1561.2 1301 531 461 100 664 21 915 17 5 32 6455 139 1.258 7.5 0.6 3.8 5.3 1.38 139
1960 31 133 59 .693 2.70 278 237 24 102 28 7 1754.1 1469 607 527 115 729 26 1000 18 5 37 7252 136 1.253 7.5 0.6 3.7 5.1 1.37 136
1961 32 158 63 .715 2.77 317 276 24 113 31 7 2037.1 1711 715 628 138 821 29 1209 19 5 45 8411 133 1.243 7.6 0.6 3.6 5.3 1.47 133
1962 33 175 71 .711 2.79 355 313 24 120 31 7 2295.0 1954 805 711 160 890 30 1369 23 5 50 9481 133 1.239 7.7 0.6 3.5 5.4 1.54 133
1963 34 199 78 .718 2.78 393 350 25 133 34 8 2564.1 2194 899 793 186 946 33 1558 25 5 59 10549 132 1.224 7.7 0.7 3.3 5.5 1.65 132
1964 35 216 84 .720 2.73 432 386 27 145 42 9 2809.0 2406 966 851 196 1003 36 1730 27 5 65 11545 135 1.214 7.7 0.6 3.2 5.5 1.72 135
1965 36 232 97 .705 2.77 469 422 28 154 44 10 3053.1 2647 1063 939 218 1053 38 1892 28 5 72 12545 132 1.212 7.8 0.6 3.1 5.6 1.80 132
1966 37 234 102 .696 2.76 491 431 35 154 44 10 3126.1 2726 1096 959 226 1077 44 1935 28 5 73 12863 132 1.216 7.8 0.7 3.1 5.6 1.80 132
1967 38 236 106 .690 2.75 498 438 35 156 45 10 3170.1 2766 1107 967 228 1086 44 1956 28 5 75 13036 133 1.215 7.9 0.6 3.1 5.6 1.80 133

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1950 21 8 4 .667 2.66 115.0 87 38 34 7 52 61 2 1.209 6.8 4.1 4.8 1.17 0.5 20
1953 24 12 10 .545 3.46 200.0 200 86 77 14 118 106 4 1.590 9.0 5.3 4.8 0.90 0.6 32
1954 25 12 10 .545 3.49 204.0 188 88 79 11 112 121 1 1.471 8.3 4.9 5.3 1.08 0.5 34
1955 26 18 9 .667 2.92 250.0 201 90 81 21 121 135 1 1.288 7.2 4.4 4.9 1.12 0.8 39
1956 27 17 7 .708 2.65 224.0 197 73 66 14 88 140 4 1.272 7.9 3.5 5.6 1.59 0.6 31
1957 28 9 5 .643 3.05 127.0 126 48 43 11 59 83 1 1.457 8.9 4.2 5.9 1.41 0.8 24
1958 29 17 6 .739 2.43 215.0 194 64 58 16 69 142 3 1.223 8.1 2.9 5.9 2.06 0.7 30
1959 30 12 10 .545 3.46 203.0 211 87 78 14 97 113 1 1.517 9.4 4.3 5.0 1.16 0.6 35
1960 31 12 9 .571 3.54 193.0 186 84 76 17 72 85 1 1.337 8.7 3.4 4.0 1.18 0.8 33
1961 32 17 13 .567 3.52 271.0 249 118 106 24 95 200 1 1.269 8.3 3.2 6.6 2.11 0.8 39
1962 33 17 10 .630 3.16 248.0 250 97 87 23 71 154 4 1.294 9.1 2.6 5.6 2.17 0.8 38
1963 34 16 11 .593 3.26 251.0 253 101 91 27 59 176 2 1.243 9.1 2.1 6.3 2.98 1.0 38
1964 35 19 7 .731 2.40 236.0 221 70 63 10 59 166 2 1.186 8.4 2.3 6.3 2.81 0.4 39
1965 36 13 12 .520 3.93 229.0 258 111 100 24 54 152 1 1.362 10.1 2.1 6.0 2.81 0.9 37
1966 37 4 3 .571 3.13 69.0 87 27 24 9 26 41 0 1.638 11.3 3.4 5.3 1.58 1.2 22
1967 38 3 1 .750 2.25 40.0 44 11 10 2 10 19 0 1.350 9.9 2.3 4.3 1.90 0.5 7
16 Seasons 206 127 .619 3.14 3075.0 2952 1193 1073 244 1162 1894 28 1.338 8.6 5.5 1.63 0.7 498

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1954 (P)
1955 *
1956 *
1958
1959-1 *
1960-1
1960-2 (P)
1961-1 (P)
1961-2
1964

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1955-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1961-AL-Babe Ruth Award
1961-ML-Cy Young
1961-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1961-ML-WS MVP
1963-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1950-AL-21-2%
1953-AL-20-2%
1955-AL-15-6%
1956-AL-12-10%
1957-AL-19-1%
1961-AL-5-36%
1962-AL-26-2%
1963-AL-3-45%
1964-AL-21-2%
1.06 Career Shares (220th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1956-ML--3--6%
1961-ML--1--50%
1 Cy Young
0.56 Career Shares (86th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1953 AL--3.000--4th
1954 AL--2.820--8th
1955 AL--2.625--2nd
1956 AL--2.473--1st
1958 AL--2.011--1st
1959 AL--3.044--7th
1960 AL--3.083--5th
1961 AL--3.212--10th
1962 AL--2.899--3rd
1963 AL--2.740--7th
1964 AL--2.134--3rd
Career--2.745--85th

Wins s c a p y
1953 AL--18--5th
1954 AL--16--7th
1955 AL--18--1st
1956 AL--19--7th
1958 AL--14--8th
1959 AL--16--8th
1961 AL--25--1st
1962 AL--17--7th
1963 AL--24--1st
1964 AL--17--8th
1965 AL--16--5th
Career--236--60th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1953 AL--.750--2nd
1955 AL--.720--2nd
1956 AL--.760--1st
1957 AL--.688--4th
1958 AL--.667--2nd
1961 AL--.862--1st
1962 AL--.680--3rd
1963 AL--.774--1st
1964 AL--.739--2nd
Career--.690--4th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1955 AL--1.187--2nd
1956 AL--1.201--5th
1958 AL--1.076--1st
1960 AL--1.209--7th
1961 AL--1.180--7th
1962 AL--1.211--8th
1963 AL--1.099--5th
1964 AL--1.100--7th
Career--1.215--167th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL--8.130--7th
1954 AL--7.263--2nd
1955 AL--6.670--3rd
1956 AL--7.458--6th
1958 AL--7.140--3rd
1960 AL--7.848--5th
1961 AL--7.696--8th
Career--7.852--76th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL--3.350--10th
1958 AL--2.544--8th
1962 AL--2.410--9th
1963 AL--1.871--7th
1964 AL--2.097--6th
1965 AL--1.842--4th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL--4.783--7th
1954 AL--5.340--7th
1955 AL--4.861--7th
1956 AL--5.623--9th
1958 AL--5.950--6th
1961 AL--6.647--5th
1963 AL--6.316--9th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1953 AL--207.0--10th
1955 AL--253.7--2nd
1961 AL--283.0--1st
1962 AL--257.7--4th
1963 AL--269.3--1st
1964 AL--244.7--8th
1965 AL--244.3--6th
Career--3170.3--108th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1953 AL--110--8th
1954 AL--125--8th
1955 AL--137--4th
1956 AL--141--9th
1958 AL--145--6th
1961 AL--209--2nd
1962 AL--160--7th
1963 AL--189--4th
1964 AL--172--9th
1965 AL--162--9th
Career--1956--72nd

Games Started s c a p y
1953 AL--30--9th
1955 AL--33--3rd
1961 AL--39--1st
1962 AL--37--2nd
1963 AL--37--1st
1964 AL--36--2nd
1965 AL--36--5th
Career--438--83rd

Complete Games s c a p y
1953 AL--11--10th
1955 AL--18--1st
1956 AL--18--4th
1958 AL--15--7th
1961 AL--11--9th
1963 AL--13--6th
1964 AL--12--6th
1965 AL--9--10th
Career--156--211th

Shutouts s c a p y
1950 AL--2--7th
1953 AL--3--9th
1954 AL--3--10th
1955 AL--5--5th
1958 AL--7--1st
1960 AL--4--1st
1961 AL--3--6th
1963 AL--3--8th
1964 AL--8--2nd
Career--45--29th

Home Runs s c a p y
1955 AL--20--7th
Career--228--132nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1953 AL--110--3rd
1954 AL--101--4th
1955 AL--113--4th
1959 AL--89--4th
Career--1086--79th

Hits s c a p y
1961 AL--242--7th
1962 AL--243--4th
1963 AL--240--6th
1965 AL--241--4th
Career--2766--164th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1956 AL--1.679--9th
1958 AL--2.339--4th
1961 AL--2.272--3rd
1962 AL--2.319--8th
1963 AL--3.375--3rd
1964 AL--3.018--2nd
1965 AL--3.240--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL--.565--7th
1954 AL--.427--10th
1956 AL--.519--3rd
1958 AL--.575--3rd
1959 AL--.574--4th
1960 AL--.701--7th
1961 AL--.731--8th
1962 AL--.768--8th
1964 AL--.368--2nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1961 AL--101--9th
1965 AL--88--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1955 AL--7--4th
1956 AL--6--7th
1959 AL--5--10th
1961 AL--8--6th
1963 AL--9--6th
Career--75--187th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1953 AL--882--10th
1955 AL--1027--3rd
1961 AL--1159--1st
1962 AL--1070--4th
1963 AL--1068--4th
1964 AL--996--10th
1965 AL--1000--7th
Career--13036--101st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1953 AL--124--6th
1955 AL--143--3rd
1956 AL--156--2nd
1958 AL--176--1st
1959 AL--119--10th
1960 AL--116--7th
1962 AL--130--3rd
1963 AL--128--8th
1964 AL--170--3rd
Career--133--30th

Oldest s c a p y
1966 AL--born 1928-10-21--7th
1967 AL--born 1928-10-21--6th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 24 (49), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 137 (34), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 202 (20), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 56 (24), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Bob Welch (838)
  7. Lefty Gomez (837) *
  8. Hal Newhouser (836) *
  9. Joe McGinnity (835) *
  10. Luis Tiant (835)
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