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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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1950 21 NYY AL 20 44 36 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 4 .194 .275 .194 .469 23 7 1 0 4 1 MVP-21,RoY-2
1953 24 NYY AL 33 85 75 10 20 2 0 0 10 0 0 9 13 .267 .345 .293 .639 76 22 3 0 1 1 MVP-20
1954 25 NYY AL 34 79 62 7 10 1 0 0 7 0 0 9 15 .161 .264 .177 .441 25 11 0 0 7 1 1 AS
1955 26 NYY AL 39 100 86 9 14 0 0 1 7 0 0 11 16 .163 .258 .198 .455 25 17 1 0 3 0 0 1 AS,MVP-15
1956 27 NYY AL 31 92 78 9 17 2 0 0 4 0 0 9 14 .218 .299 .244 .542 47 19 0 0 5 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-12
1957 28 NYY AL 24 50 42 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 .143 .200 .143 .343 -4 6 0 0 5 0 0 1 MVP-19
1958 29 NYY AL 30 84 73 10 15 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 10 .205 .266 .219 .485 38 16 1 1 5 0 0 1 AS
1959 30 NYY AL 35 80 65 6 15 4 0 1 6 0 0 12 11 .231 .351 .338 .689 94 22 0 0 3 0 0 1 AS
1960 31 NYY AL 33 66 53 4 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 9 14 .151 .274 .189 .463 32 10 0 0 4 0 0 1 AS
1961 32 NYY AL 39 114 96 11 17 1 0 0 10 0 0 12 17 .177 .266 .188 .454 27 18 1 0 5 1 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1962 33 NYY AL 38 99 85 5 10 2 0 0 5 1 0 8 22 .118 .198 .141 .339 -5 12 0 1 3 2 0 1 MVP-26
1963 34 NYY AL 38 103 92 5 13 2 0 1 4 2 2 6 22 .141 .194 .196 .390 10 18 2 0 5 0 0 1 MVP-3
1964 35 NYY AL 39 85 67 5 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 10 23 .119 .244 .134 .378 9 9 0 1 7 0 0 1 AS,MVP-21
1965 36 NYY AL 38 93 82 4 15 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 26 .183 .230 .195 .425 23 16 0 0 6 0 0 1
1966 37 NYY AL 22 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .053 .000 .053 -83 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1967 38 NYY AL 7 15 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .154 .308 -7 2 0 0 2 0 0 /1
16 Seasons 500 1208 1023 91 177 19 0 3 69 3 2 113 224 .173 .256 .200 .457 28 205 10 3 65 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 391 331 29 57 6 0 1 22 1 1 37 73 .173 .256 .200 .457 28 66 3 1 21

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 21 NYY AL WS PHI W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 24 NYY AL WS BRO W 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1955 26 NYY AL WS BRO L 2 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 27 NYY AL WS BRO W 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1957 28 NYY AL WS MLN L 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 29 NYY AL WS MLN W 3 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 31 NYY AL WS PIT L 2 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 2 0 0 1 0 0
1961 32 NYY AL WS CIN W 2 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 33 NYY AL WS SFG W 3 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 34 NYY AL WS LAD L 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 35 NYY AL WS STL L 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons (11 Series) 22 57 49 4 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 14 .082 .196 .082 .278 4 1 0 1 0 0
11 WS 22 57 49 4 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 14 .082 .196 .082 .278 4 1 0 1 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1950 NYY AL 21 P 20 24 7 17 0 1 1.000 1.20 .946 0.96 MVP-21,RoY-2
1953 NYY AL 24 P 32 44 8 35 1 3 .977 1.34 .957 0.88 MVP-20
1954 NYY AL 25 P 34 28 210.2 48 7 39 2 3 .958 1.97 1.35 .958 2.01 0.93 AS
1955 NYY AL 26 P 39 33 253.2 52 10 41 1 1 .981 1.81 1.31 .956 1.99 0.83 AS,MVP-15
1956 NYY AL 27 P 31 30 225.2 67 9 57 1 6 .985 2.63 2.13 .948 1.92 0.82 AS,CYA-3,MVP-12
1957 NYY AL 28 P 24 17 129.1 36 6 28 2 5 .944 2.37 1.42 .964 1.99 0.86 MVP-19
1958 NYY AL 29 P 30 29 219.1 57 7 44 6 2 .895 2.09 1.70 .965 1.95 0.82 AS
1959 NYY AL 30 P 35 29 204.0 65 15 49 1 5 .985 2.82 1.83 .954 2.05 0.85 AS
1960 NYY AL 31 P 33 29 192.2 51 12 38 1 2 .980 2.34 1.52 .967 1.96 0.78 AS
1961 NYY AL 32 P 39 39 283.0 62 12 45 5 5 .919 1.81 1.46 .956 2.05 0.83 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1962 NYY AL 33 P 38 37 257.2 86 25 58 3 4 .965 2.90 2.18 .958 2.08 0.79 MVP-26
1963 NYY AL 34 P 38 37 269.1 63 20 38 5 3 .921 1.94 1.53 .957 1.99 0.79 MVP-3
1964 NYY AL 35 P 39 36 244.2 66 18 47 1 2 .985 2.39 1.67 .956 1.90 0.72 AS,MVP-21
1965 NYY AL 36 P 37 36 244.1 60 7 53 0 4 1.000 2.21 1.62 .948 2.04 0.75
1966 NYY AL 37 P 22 9 73.0 37 7 26 4 2 .892 4.07 1.50 .954 1.98 0.75
1967 NYY AL 38 P 7 7 44.0 18 3 15 0 1 1.000 3.68 2.57 .956 1.96 0.74
16 Seasons P 498 396 2851.1 836 173 630 33 49 .961 2.53 1.61 .956 2.00 0.82
16 Seasons TOT 498 396 2851.1 836 173 630 33 49 .961 2.53 1.61 .917 2.00 0.82

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1973 BBWAA (67.1%)
1974 BBWAA (77.8%)
Selected to HOF in 1974 by BBWAA

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 (223rd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1956 ML (3, 6%)
1961 ML (1, 50%)
1 Cy Young
0.56 Career Shares (88th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1953 AL  3.00 (4th)
1954 AL  2.82 (8th)
1955 AL  2.63 (2nd)
1956 AL  2.47 (1st)
1958 AL  2.01 (1st)
1959 AL  3.04 (7th)
1960 AL  3.08 (5th)
1961 AL  3.21 (10th)
1962 AL  2.90 (3rd)
1963 AL  2.74 (7th)
1964 AL  2.13 (3rd)
Career  2.75 (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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 41 (36), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 234 (27), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 208 (20), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 56 (24), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Before 1947 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

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Name and misspellings: The Chairman of the Board Edward Slick Charles Whitey whity Ford

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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