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Whitey Ford

Edward Charles Ford (The Chairman of the Board or Slick)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: October 21, 1928 in New York, NY
High School: Aviation Tech HS (New York, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 1950
Team: Yankees 1950-1967

Final Game: May 21, 1967
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1974 (284/365 ballots).
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Jun 1, 2012, 7:02PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #29. Jim Palmer… #30. Old Hoss Radbourn… #31. Robin Roberts… #32. WHITEY FORD… #33. John Smoltz… #34. Don Drysdale… #35. Curt Schilling… 

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
1951 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
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 3 882 123 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 1 873 123 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 144 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 6 920 157 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 5 872 177 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 5 797 117 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 115 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 129 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 1 318 135 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 2 173 192 1.114 8.2 0.4 1.8 4.3 2.33
16 Yrs 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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1950 21 NYY AL 112.0 20 12 39 3.13 4.81 0.12 0.00 96.9 4.55 17 1.7 .7 -0.1 2.4 29 .585 .510 $ MVP-21,RoY-2
1953 24 NYY AL 207.0 32 30 77 3.35 4.41 0.22 0.00 91.0 3.82 10 1.1 .2 -0.1 2.5 29 .535 .507 $10,000 MVP-20
1954 25 NYY AL 210.2 34 28 72 3.08 4.24 0.11 0.00 91.5 3.78 17 1.9 1.4 -0.1 3.3 34 .556 .512 $ AS
1955 26 NYY AL 253.2 39 33 83 2.94 4.32 0.45 0.00 93.3 3.62 17 1.8 1.7 -0.2 3.5 42 .546 .511 $ AS,MVP-15
1956 27 NYY AL 225.2 31 30 70 2.79 4.59 0.18 0.00 93.7 4.13 32 3.5 .8 -0.1 5.0 55 .612 .521 $ AS,CYA-3,MVP-12
1957 28 NYY AL 129.1 24 17 46 3.20 4.21 0.29 0.00 93.6 3.67 7 0.8 2.3 0.0 1.8 18 .535 .505 $ MVP-19
1958 29 NYY AL 219.1 30 29 62 2.54 4.07 0.36 0.00 92.7 3.44 22 2.6 2.2 -0.1 4.1 40 .585 .516 $32,000 AS
1959 30 NYY AL 204.0 35 29 82 3.62 4.27 0.13 0.00 94.6 3.92 9 0.9 1.7 -0.1 2.3 25 .526 .506 $35,000 AS
1960 31 NYY AL 192.2 33 29 76 3.55 4.42 0.51 0.07 93.1 3.70 5 0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.8 20 .515 .503 $ AS
1961 32 NYY AL 283.0 39 39 108 3.43 4.51 0.43 0.07 92.7 3.86 15 1.6 -0.1 3.5 41 .541 .510 $ AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1962 33 NYY AL 257.2 38 37 90 3.14 4.35 0.21 0.07 95.4 4.02 28 3.2 .2 -0.1 4.9 49 .583 .519 $50,000 MVP-26
1963 34 NYY AL 269.1 38 37 94 3.14 4.06 0.32 0.07 96.5 3.67 19 2.2 .8 -0.1 4.1 39 .558 .514 $ MVP-3
1964 35 NYY AL 244.2 39 36 67 2.46 4.00 0.29 0.07 99.9 3.77 39 4.7 2.8 -0.1 6.4 56 .620 .529 $76,000 AS,MVP-21
1965 36 NYY AL 244.1 37 36 97 3.57 3.97 -0.18 0.07 97.5 4.12 16 1.9 10.7 -0.1 3.6 35 .551 .512 $65,000
1966 37 NYY AL 73.0 22 9 33 4.07 3.86 0.03 0.00 94.4 3.61 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.1 0.2 2 .487 .498 $76,000
1967 38 NYY AL 44.0 7 7 11 2.25 3.66 -0.14 0.07 92.0 3.55 7 0.9 -0.0 1.2 10 .631 .506 $75,000
16 Seasons 3170.1 498 438 1107 3.14 4.26 0.24 0.03 94.5 3.83 257 28.9 1.6 -1.6 50.6 525 .558 .511 $419,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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 1.13 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 Yrs (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
1951 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 24 NYY AL 33 85 75 10 20 2 0 0 10 0 0 9 13 .267 .345 .293 .639 77 22 3 0 1 1 MVP-20
1954 25 NYY AL 34 78 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 31 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 -6 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 8 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 Yrs 500 1207 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1950 21 NYY AL 20 44 -4 -1 -0 0 5 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1 MVP-21,RoY-2
1953 24 NYY AL 33 85 -0 -0 -0 0 9 8 0.8 2 10 0.8 .524 .505 0.8 0.0 10 $10,000 1 MVP-20
1954 25 NYY AL 34 78 -6 -0 0 0 9 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .509 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1 AS
1955 26 NYY AL 39 100 -9 0 0 0 10 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 5 $ 1 AS,MVP-15
1956 27 NYY AL 31 92 -7 0 1 0 10 4 0.4 2 7 0.4 .513 .503 0.4 0.0 7 $ 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-12
1957 28 NYY AL 24 50 -7 -0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 -0.0 0 $ 1 MVP-19
1958 29 NYY AL 30 84 -5 0 0 0 9 5 0.5 2 7 0.5 .516 .503 0.5 -0.0 7 $32,000 1 AS
1959 30 NYY AL 35 80 0 -1 0 0 9 9 0.9 2 11 0.9 .526 .506 0.9 -0.0 11 $35,000 1 AS
1960 31 NYY AL 33 66 -5 -0 1 0 7 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 -0.0 4 $ 1 AS
1961 32 NYY AL 39 114 -9 -0 0 0 13 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .510 .502 0.4 -0.0 7 $ 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1962 33 NYY AL 38 99 -13 -1 0 0 12 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 -0.0 1 $50,000 1 MVP-26
1963 34 NYY AL 38 103 -11 -0 0 0 11 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 4 $ 1 MVP-3
1964 35 NYY AL 39 85 -9 0 0 0 10 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 -0.0 3 $76,000 1 AS,MVP-21
1965 36 NYY AL 38 93 -9 -0 1 0 11 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .507 .502 0.2 -0.0 5 $65,000 1
1966 37 NYY AL 22 19 -4 0 -0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .489 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2 $76,000 1
1967 38 NYY AL 7 15 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $75,000 /1
16 Seasons 500 1207 -101 -3 4 0 135 35 3.4 33 68 3.6 .507 .501 3.6 -0.2 68 $419,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1950 NYY AL 21 P 20 12 7 112.0 24 7 17 0 1 1.000 1.93 1.20 .950 2.03 1.99 1 2 67% 0 MVP-21,RoY-2
1953 NYY AL 24 P 32 30 11 207.0 44 8 35 1 3 .977 1.87 1.34 .957 1.95 1.93 4 12 75% 51% 2 MVP-20
1954 NYY AL 25 P 34 28 11 210.2 48 7 39 2 3 .958 1.97 1.35 .959 2.01 1.99 2 6 75% 48% 3 AS
1955 NYY AL 26 P 39 33 18 253.2 52 10 41 1 1 .981 1.81 1.31 .956 1.99 1.97 1 2 67% 47% 3 AS,MVP-15
1956 NYY AL 27 P 31 30 18 225.2 67 9 57 1 6 .985 2.63 2.13 .950 1.92 1.91 1 1 50% 44% 12 AS,CYA-3,MVP-12
1957 NYY AL 28 P 24 17 5 129.1 36 6 28 2 5 .944 2.37 1.42 .963 1.99 2.00 2 2 50% 47% 0 MVP-19
1958 NYY AL 29 P 30 29 15 219.1 57 7 44 6 2 .895 2.09 1.70 .963 1.95 1.93 0 7 100% 47% 6 AS
1959 NYY AL 30 P 35 29 9 204.0 65 15 49 1 5 .985 2.82 1.83 .955 2.05 2.03 0 3 100% 40% 3 AS
1960 NYY AL 31 P 33 29 8 192.2 51 12 38 1 2 .980 2.34 1.52 .967 1.96 1.95 3 4 57% 40% 4 AS
1961 NYY AL 32 P 39 39 11 283.0 62 12 45 5 5 .919 1.81 1.46 .954 2.05 2.02 0 3 100% 36% 4 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1962 NYY AL 33 P 38 37 7 257.2 86 25 58 3 4 .965 2.90 2.18 .958 2.08 2.07 2 4 67% 36% 2 MVP-26
1963 NYY AL 34 P 38 37 13 269.1 63 20 38 5 3 .921 1.94 1.53 .955 1.99 2.00 3 4 57% 33% 5 MVP-3
1964 NYY AL 35 P 39 36 12 244.2 66 18 47 1 2 .985 2.39 1.67 .957 1.90 1.89 0 1 100% 37% 4 AS,MVP-21
1965 NYY AL 36 P 37 36 9 244.1 60 7 53 0 4 1.000 2.21 1.62 .951 2.04 2.03 6 4 40% 34% 1
1966 NYY AL 37 P 22 9 0 73.0 37 7 26 4 2 .892 4.07 1.50 .952 1.98 1.98 4 0 0% 38% 3
1967 NYY AL 38 P 7 7 2 44.0 18 3 15 0 1 1.000 3.68 2.57 .957 1.96 1.96 0 0 0
16 Seasons P 498 438 156 3170.1 836 173 630 33 49 .961 2.28 1.61 .956 1.99 1.98 29 55 65% 41% 52
16 Seasons TOT 498 438 156 3170.1 836 173 630 33 49 .961 2.28 1.61 .956 1.99 1.98 29 55 65% 41% 52
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (226th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1956 ML (3, 6%)
1961 ML (1, 50%)
1 Cy Young
0.56 Career Shares (94th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1958 AL  4.6 (10th)
1964 AL  6.5 (6th)
Career  54.2 (198th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1954 AL  3.3 (9th)
1955 AL  3.5 (6th)
1956 AL  5.0 (4th)
1958 AL  4.1 (5th)
1962 AL  4.9 (5th)
1963 AL  4.1 (7th)
1964 AL  6.4 (2nd)
1965 AL  3.6 (10th)
Career  50.6 (76th)

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 (87th)

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 (61st)

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 (4th)
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  1.099 (7th)
Career  1.215 (172nd)

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 (80th)

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  3,170.3 (109th)

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  1,956 (75th)

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 (86th)

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 (140th)

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  1,086 (79th)

Hits s c a p y
1961 AL  242 (7th)
1962 AL  243 (4th)
1963 AL  240 (6th)
1965 AL  241 (4th)
Career  2,766 (166th)

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  0.565 (7th)
1954 AL  0.427 (10th)
1956 AL  0.519 (3rd)
1958 AL  0.575 (3rd)
1959 AL  0.574 (4th)
1960 AL  0.701 (7th)
1961 AL  0.731 (8th)
1962 AL  0.768 (8th)
1964 AL  0.368 (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 (209th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1953 AL  882 (10th)
1955 AL  1,027 (3rd)
1961 AL  1,159 (1st)
1962 AL  1,070 (4th)
1963 AL  1,068 (4th)
1964 AL  996 (10th)
1965 AL  1,000 (7th)
Career  13,036 (121st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1953 AL  124 (7th)
1954 AL  123 (10th)
1955 AL  144 (3rd)
1956 AL  157 (2nd)
1958 AL  177 (1st)
1959 AL  119 (10th)
1960 AL  116 (7th)
1962 AL  130 (3rd)
1963 AL  129 (8th)
1964 AL  170 (3rd)
Career  133 (29th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1950 AL  20 (7th)
1953 AL  18 (9th)
1954 AL  18 (10th)
1955 AL  34 (3rd)
1956 AL  38 (3rd)
1958 AL  36 (1st)
1961 AL  21 (8th)
1962 AL  28 (2nd)
1963 AL  23 (6th)
1964 AL  40 (2nd)
Career  328 (22nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1950 AL  2.0 (7th)
1953 AL  1.9 (9th)
1954 AL  1.9 (10th)
1955 AL  3.6 (3rd)
1956 AL  4.0 (3rd)
1958 AL  4.1 (1st)
1961 AL  2.2 (8th)
1962 AL  2.9 (2nd)
1963 AL  2.6 (6th)
1964 AL  4.5 (2nd)
Career  35.0 (21st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1953 AL  24.01 (8th)
1954 AL  26.20 (6th)
1955 AL  47.72 (2nd)
1956 AL  44.25 (3rd)
1958 AL  37.44 (1st)
1960 AL  18.23 (5th)
1961 AL  36.07 (1st)
1962 AL  35.69 (2nd)
1963 AL  27.90 (4th)
1964 AL  43.96 (2nd)
Career  393.37 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1954 AL  3.4 (4th)
1955 AL  4.3 (3rd)
1956 AL  4.9 (3rd)
1958 AL  3.3 (3rd)
1961 AL  3.2 (3rd)
1962 AL  3.7 (2nd)
1963 AL  2.8 (8th)
1964 AL  4.9 (2nd)
Career  36.3 (15th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1950 AL  1.4 (7th)
1953 AL  2.2 (9th)
1954 AL  2.1 (7th)
1955 AL  3.3 (3rd)
1956 AL  4.0 (2nd)
1958 AL  3.3 (1st)
1960 AL  1.5 (5th)
1961 AL  4.0 (1st)
1962 AL  2.6 (5th)
1964 AL  4.2 (3rd)
Career  31.8 (21st)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1953 AL  2.6 (7th)
1954 AL  3.0 (5th)
1955 AL  5.3 (2nd)
1956 AL  4.9 (3rd)
1958 AL  4.3 (1st)
1960 AL  2.0 (4th)
1961 AL  3.9 (1st)
1962 AL  3.9 (2nd)
1963 AL  3.1 (4th)
1964 AL  5.0 (2nd)
Career  43.7 (8th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1962 AL  25 (2nd)

Assists as P s c a p y
1956 AL  57 (2nd)
1958 AL  44 (3rd)
1959 AL  49 (2nd)
1960 AL  38 (5th)
1961 AL  45 (5th)
1962 AL  58 (2nd)
1964 AL  47 (4th)
1965 AL  53 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1958 AL  6 (1st)
1961 AL  5 (1st)
1963 AL  5 (3rd)
1966 AL  4 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1956 AL  2.13 (3rd)
1958 AL  1.70 (3rd)
1959 AL  1.83 (5th)
1960 AL  1.52 (4th)
1962 AL  2.18 (2nd)
1964 AL  1.67 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1965 AL  1.000 (1st)

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


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 41 (38), 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

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Juan Marichal (853) *
  2. Charlie Buffinton (852)
  3. Pedro Martinez (851)
  4. Andy Pettitte (847)
  5. Catfish Hunter (843) *
  6. Bob Welch (838)
  7. Lefty Gomez (837) *
  8. Hal Newhouser (836) *
  9. Joe McGinnity (835) *
  10. Luis Tiant (835)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. John Candelaria (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Corbett (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tom Seaton (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lefty Williams (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Hippo Vaughn (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Babe Ruth (941) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Orval Overall (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jack Coombs (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Lefty Grove (924) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Lefty Grove (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Lefty Grove (916) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Lefty Grove (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Lefty Grove (905) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Lefty Grove (911) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Lefty Grove (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Lefty Grove (884) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Slim Sallee (982)
  2. Curt Simmons (982)
  3. Bill Lee (982)
  4. Rube Marquard (980) *
  5. Juan Marichal (977) *
  6. Jerry Reuss (975)
  7. Rube Benton (975)
  8. Virgil Trucks (975)
  9. Allie Reynolds (974)
  10. Hippo Vaughn (973)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Tom Glavine (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Johnny Podres (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Podres (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Eddie Cicotte (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Eddie Cicotte (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Curt Simmons (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rube Marquard (982) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Curt Simmons (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Curt Simmons (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
195324New York Yankees$10,0002/24/54 TSNBJHA says $8,000
195829New York Yankees$32,0002/23/59 AP2/19/58 TSN - $35,000
195930New York Yankees$35,0003/4/59 TSN
196233New York Yankees$50,0001/17/62 TSN
196435New York Yankees$76,000Bill James Historical Abstract
196536New York Yankees$65,0002/20/65 TSNBJHA says $75,000
196637New York Yankees$76,000Bill James Historical Abstract
196738New York Yankees$75,0002/18/67 TSNBJHA: $76K
Career to date (may be incomplete)$419,000
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