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	22-12 / in Starts: 18-10
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 80 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	48 (19-22-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 80 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	49 (26-15-7)

Most Driven In
G McDougald	2
T Kubek	1
E Howard	1
H LÃ³pez	1
Self	1
B Richardson	0

Most Driven In By
T Kubek	2
B Skowron	1
Self	1
M Mantle	1
E Slaughter	1
N Siebern	0

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 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	212	3 (2)	Apr 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.42	-0.145	3.88	-0.24%	-1.51	P
2	213	9 (5)	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG(14)	6	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.400	.286	.686	9	1.24	0.160	3.55	0.27%	0.65	P
3	214	12 (2)	Apr 26 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.400	.286	.686	9						P
4	215	15 (2)	Apr 30	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-7	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.500	.375	.875	9	.96	0.077	2.48	0.12%	0.76	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
5	216	20 (4)	May 5	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-2	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.375	.250	.625	9	1.54	-0.163	2.56	-0.16%	-1.22	P
6	217	23 (2)	May 10 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.300	.188	.488	9	.25	-0.025	.46	-0.03%	-0.97	P
7	218	26 (2)	May 15	NYY		CHW	L,0-6	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.286	.176	.462	9	1.45	-0.034	2.98	-0.04%	-0.28	P
8	219	30 (3)	May 19	NYY		DET	L,3-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.286	.176	.462	9						P
9	220	34 (3)	May 24 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.280	.190	.470	9	.61	0.131	.68	0.09%	0.28	P
10	221	39 (4)	May 29	NYY		BAL	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.310	.250	.560	9	.38	0.030	.35	0.02%	0.34	P
Jun		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
11	222	45 (5)	Jun 4	NYY	@	DET	W,14-3	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.333	.429	.762	9	.13	-0.003	.23	0.00%	2.21	P
12	223	50 (4)	Jun 9	NYY		KCA	W,9-8	GS-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.353	.448	.801	9	1.03	0.041	2.83	0.07%	0.58	P
13	224	55 (4)	Jun 14 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.324	.406	.731	9	.63	-0.047	1.86	-0.08%	-0.59	P
14	225	60 (4)	Jun 19	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.333	.412	.745	9	1.35	-0.016	4.66	-0.03%	-0.20	P
15	226	65 (4)	Jun 23	NYY	@	KCA	W,10-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.333	.405	.739	9	.41	-0.016	1.28	-0.03%	-0.11	P
16	227	70 (4)	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.318	.385	.703	9	1.37	-0.072	5.80	-0.18%	-0.64	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
17	228	75 (4)	Jul 3	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	GS-7	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.340	.415	.755	9	1.05	0.010	3.56	0.02%	0.04	P
18	229	81 (5)	Jul 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.327	.395	.722	9	1.16	-0.052	3.07	-0.08%	-0.53	P
19	230	85 (3)	Jul 14	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	GS-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.353	.395	.748	9	1.17	0.042	2.29	0.05%	0.49	P
20	231	90 (4)	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.370	.400	.770	9	.68	0.005	1.10	0.01%	0.14	P
21	232	96 (5)	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,9-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.370	.400	.770	9						P
22	233	99 (2)	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	T,4-4	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.364	.391	.755	9	.91	-0.026	.67	-0.01%	-0.32	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
23	234	107 (7)	Aug 7	NYY		KCA	W,3-0	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.351	.375	.726	9	.52	-0.026	.09	0.00%	-0.37	P
24	235	111 (3)	Aug 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.345	.367	.712	9	.26	-0.007	.06	0.00%	-0.44	P
25	236	115 (3)	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	L,6-11	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.361	.373	.733	9	.38	0.019	.04	0.00%	0.63	P
26	237	119 (3)	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.361	.373	.733	9						P
27	238	120	Aug 19	NYY	@	DET	W,10-5	4-GF	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.375	.377	.752	9	.23	-0.003	.01	0.00%	0.30	P
28	239	127 (6)	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.379	.382	.761	9	1.36	-0.012	.01	0.00%	-0.10	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
29	240	132 (4)	Sep 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-0	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.391	.386	.777	9	.40	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.60	P
30	241	137 (4)	Sep 6	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.391	.386	.777	9						P
31	242	139 (1)	Sep 9	NYY		KCA	W,4-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.391	.386	.777	9						P
32	243	142 (2)	Sep 12	NYY		DET	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.380	.373	.753	9	.75	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.32	P
33	244	146 (3)	Sep 15	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.380	.373	.753	9						P
34	245	149 (2)	Sep 19	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.370	.361	.731	9	.91	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.87	P
35	246	153 (3)	Sep 25	NYY		BAL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.351	.338	.689	9	.39	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-1.04	P
							22-12		80	65	6	15	4	0	1	6	12	0	11	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	.231	.351	.338	.689		.77	-0.233	1.51	-0.26%	-2.49

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