| Whitey Ford Edward Charles Ford (The Chairman of the Board or Slick) Position: Pitcher
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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.
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Debut: July 1, 1950 (Age 21)
vs. BOS 4.2 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 6 BB, 5 ER
Team: Yankees 1950-1967
Final Game: May 21, 1967 (Age 38)
vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1974 (284/365 ballots).
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| Rk | Gcar | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | |||
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| 1 | 318 | 1 | Apr 10 | NYY | BAL | W,7-6 | GS-6 | 99 | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.07 | -0.139 | -1.09 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out a1 | ||||||||
| 2 | 319 | 4 | Apr 17 | NYY | @ | BAL | W,8-3 | GS-5 | 6 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5.73 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.08 | -0.162 | -0.68 | 1b start tie | 5b 3 out tie | |||||||
| 3 | 320 | 7 | Apr 21 | NYY | CLE | W,3-1 | GS-8 | W(1-0) | 3 | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3.79 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .98 | 0.355 | 2.87 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out a2 | |||||||
| 4 | 321 | 11 | Apr 25 | NYY | CHW | W,7-6 | GS-6 | 3 | 6.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.32 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .82 | -0.189 | -1.09 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out d2 | ||||||||
| 5 | 322 | 14 | Apr 29(1) | NYY | @ | WSA | W,3-2 | CG | W(2-0) | 3 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.71 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.63 | 0.586 | 2.45 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a1 | ||||||
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 6 | 323 | 18 | May 3 | NYY | @ | CHW | L,0-1 | GS-7 | L(2-1) | 3 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.29 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .83 | 0.207 | 2.46 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d1 | ||||||
| 7 | 324 | 22 | May 9 | NYY | BOS | W,4-1 | CG | W(3-1) | 5 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.88 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .97 | 0.472 | 3.36 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a3 | |||||||
| 8 | 325 | 25 | May 13(1) | NYY | @ | CLE | L,4-6 | GS-7 | L(3-2) | 3 | 7.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.16 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .84 | -0.107 | -0.64 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d1 | ||||||
| 9 | 326 | 30 | May 18 | NYY | MIN | L,3-4 | GS-8 | L(3-3) | 4 | 8.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3.32 | 35 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | -0.254 | -0.13 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out d1 | |||||||
| 10 | 327 | 34 | May 22 | NYY | LAA | W,2-1 | GS-7 | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .89 | 0.275 | 2.39 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out tie | ||||||||
| June | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 11 | 328 | 45 | Jun 2 | NYY | @ | LAA | L,1-6 | GS-7 | L(3-4) | 10 | 7.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.30 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .51 | -0.117 | -0.64 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d4 | ||||||
| 12 | 329 | 49 | Jun 8 | NYY | BAL | W,1-0 | GS-1 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.34 | 0.047 | 0.48 | 1t start tie | 1t 3 out tie | ||||||||
| 13 | 330 | 58 | Jun 17(2) | NYY | @ | CLE | L,3-6 | 7-7 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .15 | 0.012 | 0.48 | 7b --- 0 out d3 | 7b 3 out d3 | ||||||
| 14 | 331 | 60 | Jun 21 | NYY | @ | BAL | W,3-0 | GS-9 | W(4-4) | 3 | 8.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.91 | 31 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .88 | 0.418 | 3.70 | 1b start tie | 9b 1-3 2 out a3 | ||||||
| 15 | 332 | 65 | Jun 25 | NYY | @ | DET | W,2-0 | GS-9 | W(5-4) | 3 | 8.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.66 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.17 | 0.589 | 4.36 | 1b start tie | 9b --- 1 out a2 | ||||||
| 16 | 333 | 69 | Jun 29 | NYY | LAA | W,6-3 | CG | W(6-4) | 3 | 9.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.61 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.10 | 0.146 | 1.36 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a3 | |||||||
| July | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 17 | 334 | 74 | Jul 3 | NYY | KCA | W,8-7 | GS-4 | 3 | 4.0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.68 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | -0.230 | -2.06 | 1t start tie | 4t 3 out d4 | ||||||||
| 18 | 335 | 79 | Jul 8 | NYY | @ | MIN | W,9-8 | GS-9 | W(7-4) | 4 | 8.0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2.95 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .97 | -0.088 | -1.88 | 1b start tie | 9b 12- 0 out a4 | ||||||
| 19 | 336 | 80 | Jul 12 | NYY | @ | LAA | L,4-5 | GS-6 | L(7-5) | 3 | 6.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.17 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .46 | -0.294 | -2.12 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out d5 | ||||||
| 20 | 337 | 85 | Jul 16 | NYY | @ | KCA | W,3-1 | GS-9 | W(8-5) | 3 | 8.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.03 | 34 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.10 | 0.367 | 3.12 | 1b start tie | 9b 1-3 2 out a2 | ||||||
| 21 | 338 | 89 | Jul 20 | NYY | WSA | W,3-2 | GS-7 | W(9-5) | 3 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.01 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.14 | 0.230 | 1.39 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out a1 | |||||||
| 22 | 339 | 93 | Jul 24 | NYY | BOS | W,5-3 | GS-9 | W(10-5) | 3 | 8.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3.03 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .78 | 0.162 | 0.89 | 1t start tie | 9t 12- 0 out a3 | |||||||
| 23 | 340 | 98 | Jul 28 | NYY | CHW | W,4-3 | GS-5 | 3 | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.10 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.02 | -0.108 | -0.58 | 1t start tie | 5t 3 out d3 | ||||||||
| August | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 24 | 341 | 103 | Aug 1(2) | NYY | @ | WSA | W,5-2 | GS-10 | W(11-5) | 3 | 10.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.02 | 38 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.37 | 0.579 | 2.94 | 1b start a 1 | 10b 3 out tie | ||||||
| 25 | 342 | 106 | Aug 5 | NYY | @ | CHW | L,2-3 | GS-5 | 3 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.04 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .76 | 0.027 | 0.47 | 1b start tie | 5b 3 out d1 | |||||||
| 26 | 343 | 111 | Aug 10 | NYY | DET | W,8-0 | GS-8 | W(12-5) | 4 | 7.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2.91 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .36 | 0.186 | 2.32 | 1t start tie | 8t 123 1 out a8 | |||||||
| 27 | 344 | 116 | Aug 14 | NYY | @ | MIN | W,5-2 | CG | W(13-5) | 3 | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2.87 | 39 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .92 | 0.314 | 2.63 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a3 | ||||||
| 28 | 345 | 120 | Aug 18(1) | NYY | @ | KCA | L,4-5 | CG | L(13-6) | 3 | 8.2 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2.97 | 44 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.65 | -0.420 | -0.81 | 1b start tie | 9b 12- 2 out d1 | ||||||
| 29 | 346 | 125 | Aug 22 | NYY | @ | LAA | W,4-3 | GS-6 | 3 | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3.02 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .93 | -0.061 | -0.12 | 1b start a 1 | 6b 3 out d1 | |||||||
| 30 | 347 | 131 | Aug 26 | NYY | @ | BAL | L,1-2 | GS-7 | L(13-7) | 3 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .85 | 0.071 | 1.25 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d1 | ||||||
| 31 | 348 | 136 | Aug 31 | NYY | KCA | W,5-1 | GS-8 | W(14-7) | 4 | 7.1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.94 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.10 | 0.282 | 2.62 | 1t start tie | 8t --- 1 out a3 | |||||||
| September | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 32 | 349 | 141 | Sep 4 | NYY | LAA | L,6-7 | GS-7 | 3 | 6.1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.02 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .89 | -0.027 | -0.50 | 1t start tie | 7t 12- 1 out a1 | ||||||||
| 33 | 350 | 144 | Sep 8 | NYY | BOS | W,6-1 | GS-5 | W(15-7) | 3 | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.96 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.49 | 0.156 | 1.42 | 1t start tie | 5t 3 out a1 | |||||||
| 34 | 351 | 149 | Sep 12 | NYY | @ | CLE | W,5-2 | CG | W(16-7) | 3 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.92 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.03 | 0.206 | 2.32 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a3 | ||||||
| 35 | 352 | 152 | Sep 16 | NYY | @ | BOS | L,3-4 | GS-6 | L(16-8) | 3 | 6.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.96 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.23 | -0.080 | 0.05 | 1b start a 2 | 6b 3 out d1 | ||||||
| 36 | 353 | 155 | Sep 21 | NYY | @ | CHW | L,6-7 | GS-6 | 4 | 5.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.89 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.06 | 0.153 | 1.45 | 1b start tie | 6b 1-- 1 out a4 | |||||||
| 37 | 354 | 158 | Sep 25 | NYY | WSA | W,8-3 | CG | W(17-8) | 3 | 9.0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.90 | 41 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .87 | 0.206 | 1.36 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a5 | |||||||
| 38 | 355 | 161 | Sep 29 | NYY | CHW | W,8-6 | GS-3 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.90 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.028 | 0.45 | 1t start tie | 3t 3 out d1 | ||||||||
| NYY | 257.2 | 243 | 90 | 83 | 69 | 160 | 22 | 4 | 2.90 | 1070 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Other (days rest listed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 and 99 days |
| Avg | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Other Game Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.56 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | runs |
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