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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-8 / in Starts: 12-5
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 50 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	33 (18-11-4)
Avg. MLBer w/ 50 PAs	5
Avg. Runners on Base	30 (16-9-4)

Most Driven In
Y Berra	1
B Del Greco	1
J Coleman	0

Most Driven In By
H Bauer	2
M Mantle	1
E Slaughter	1

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	158	1	Apr 16	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.75	-0.132	4.49	-0.20%	-0.93	P
2	159	5 (3)	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	W,15-6	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.33	-0.015	.99	-0.03%	0.31	P
3	160	10 (4)	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.98	-0.050	2.89	-0.09%	-0.26	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	161	15 (4)	May 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9						P
5	162	28 (12)	May 21	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.90	-0.045	4.16	-0.12%	-0.44	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	163	70 (41)	Jul 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-2	8-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	.42	-0.010	2.36	-0.03%	-0.14	P
7	164	71	Jul 2	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-4	8-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	7	3.48	-0.079	19.52	-0.27%	-0.33	P
8	165	77 (5)	Jul 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.12	-0.055	5.66	-0.17%	-0.44	P
9	166	82 (4)	Jul 14 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.53	-0.026	5.04	-0.15%	-0.25	P
10	167	86 (3)	Jul 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-1	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.62	-0.037	2.46	-0.09%	-0.63	P
11	168	91 (4)	Jul 24	NYY		CHW	L,2-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9						P
12	169	97 (5)	Jul 30	NYY		KCA	W,10-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.208	.174	.382	9	.54	0.030	2.80	0.09%	0.76	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	170	102 (4)	Aug 4 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.185	.154	.339	9	1.31	-0.011	4.65	-0.02%	-0.75	P
14	171	108 (5)	Aug 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.172	.143	.315	9	.46	-0.022	1.87	-0.05%	-0.23	P
15	172	112 (3)	Aug 14	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.172	.143	.315	9						P
16	173	125 (12)	Aug 27	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-6	3-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.167	.138	.305	9	.45	-0.011	4.37	-0.07%	-0.22	P
17	174	127 (1)	Aug 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	7-GF(11)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.161	.133	.295	8	1.02	-0.034	4.56	-0.09%	-0.27	P
18	175	129 (1)	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	4-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321	9	1.52	0.049	2.05	0.04%	0.38	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	176	131 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,7-8	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.182	.129	.311	9	.41	-0.010	.84	-0.01%	-0.09	P
20	177	134 (2)	Sep 4	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.129	.182	.129	.311	9						P
21	178	137 (2)	Sep 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.189	.118	.307	9	.50	-0.034	1.52	-0.06%	-0.54	P
22	179	141 (3)	Sep 13	NYY		CHW	W,7-1	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.175	.108	.283	9	.94	-0.064	3.38	-0.14%	-1.02	P
23	180	147 (5)	Sep 20	NYY		BOS	W,7-4	GS-9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.190	.128	.319	9	.37	0.040	.08	0.01%	-0.11	P
24	181	151 (3)	Sep 25 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.143	.343	9	1.28	0.085	.00	0.00%	0.53	P
							16-8		50	42	4	6	0	0	0	2	3	0	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.143	.343		.87	-0.431	3.03	-1.45%	-4.65

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