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	27-11 / in Starts: 26-11
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 103 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	68 (39-15-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 103 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	60 (31-19-9)

Most Driven In
C Boyer	1
E Howard	1
H LÃ³pez	1
Self	1
P Linz	0

Most Driven In By
T Kubek	2
P Linz	1
Self	1
B Richardson	1
C Boyer	0

1963 Batting Game Log

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1963 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	357	3 (2)	Apr 11	NYY		BAL	L,1-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.87	-0.091	5.11	-0.15%	-0.73	P
2	358	6 (2)	Apr 16	NYY		DET	L,2-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.86	-0.023	2.37	-0.04%	-0.21	P
3	359	13 (6)	Apr 28	NYY		CLE	W,5-0	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.800	1.000	9	.47	0.043	1.14	0.06%	0.15	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	360	16 (2)	May 2	NYY	@	LAA	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.444	.556	9	.78	-0.076	1.88	-0.11%	-0.87	P
5	361	20 (3)	May 6	NYY	@	DET	W,10-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.167	.417	.583	9	1.05	0.056	2.82	0.09%	0.29	P
6	362	24 (3)	May 10	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.357	.500	9	1.49	-0.148	3.96	-0.24%	-1.58	P
7	363	27 (2)	May 14	NYY		MIN	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.313	.489	9	1.59	-0.027	4.06	-0.04%	-0.05	P
8	364	30 (2)	May 19 (1)	NYY		LAA	L,2-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.211	.333	.544	9	1.56	0.018	5.03	0.03%	-0.03	P
9	365	34 (3)	May 24	NYY		WSA	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.217	.286	.503	9	.69	-0.046	2.16	-0.09%	-0.58	P
10	366	40 (5)	May 31	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.222	.280	.502	9	.75	-0.036	2.54	-0.07%	-0.55	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	367	45 (4)	Jun 5	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.258	.286	.544	9	.74	-0.013	3.51	-0.04%	0.20	P
12	368	49 (3)	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.229	.250	.479	9	.45	-0.048	1.48	-0.09%	-0.65	P
13	369	53 (3)	Jun 13	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.222	.242	.465	9	1.50	-0.058	6.94	-0.16%	-0.63	P
14	370	58 (4)	Jun 18	NYY		WSA	W,10-5	GS-7	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.194	.256	.306	.562	9	.09	0.010	.38	0.03%	-0.89	P
15	371	62 (3)	Jun 22 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.238	.282	.520	9	1.70	-0.146	10.33	-0.53%	-1.10	P
16	372	67 (4)	Jun 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.244	.310	.554	9	.77	0.009	5.31	0.04%	-0.08	P
17	373	71 (3)	Jun 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.234	.295	.529	9	.19	-0.010	1.21	-0.04%	-0.36	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
18	374	76 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,9-1	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.167	.216	.271	.487	9	.55	-0.051	4.01	-0.22%	0.52	P
19	375	81 (4)	Jul 7 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-4	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.216	.271	.487	9						P
20	376	82	Jul 11	NYY	@	LAA	W,3-2	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.154	.200	.250	.450	9	1.33	-0.163	7.72	-0.57%	-1.00	P
21	377	87 (4)	Jul 15	NYY	@	KCA	L,10-11	GS-7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.151	.211	.245	.456	9	2.37	-0.090	12.79	-0.29%	-0.57	P
22	378	90 (2)	Jul 20	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.232	.432	9	.44	-0.033	2.54	-0.11%	-0.38	P
23	379	95 (4)	Jul 24	NYY		LAA	W,8-4	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.155	.222	.241	.464	9	.57	0.072	2.38	0.18%	0.96	P
24	380	99 (3)	Jul 28 (1)	NYY		MIN	L,1-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.215	.233	.449	9	1.10	-0.052	4.21	-0.12%	-0.59	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
25	381	104 (4)	Aug 2	NYY		BAL	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.224	.242	.466	9	.80	0.010	3.65	0.03%	0.10	P
26	382	108 (3)	Aug 6 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	L,5-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.217	.234	.452	9	.79	-0.038	2.78	-0.08%	-0.37	P
27	383	113 (4)	Aug 10	NYY	@	LAA	W,2-1	GS-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.154	.225	.231	.456	9	.78	-0.027	2.24	-0.05%	-0.17	P
28	384	118 (4)	Aug 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.219	.224	.443	9	1.04	-0.051	3.97	-0.12%	-0.42	P
29	385	122 (3)	Aug 20	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.211	.214	.425	9	1.52	-0.104	1.60	-0.07%	-0.68	P
30	386	127 (4)	Aug 24	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.151	.215	.219	.434	9	.85	0.000	.74	0.00%	-0.08	P
31	387	132 (4)	Aug 28	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.210	.213	.423	9	.98	0.010	.17	0.00%	-0.06	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
32	388	137 (4)	Sep 2 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.202	.205	.408	9	.83	-0.067	.03	0.00%	-0.66	P
33	389	142 (4)	Sep 6	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.198	.200	.398	9	1.27	-0.062	.01	0.00%	-0.53	P
34	390	147 (4)	Sep 11	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.202	.402	9	.29	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.65	P
35	391	152 (4)	Sep 15	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.194	.195	.389	9	.88	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.71	P
36	392	154 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,5-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.189	.191	.380	9	.34	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.29	P
37	393	158 (3)	Sep 24	NYY		LAA	W,8-1	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.186	.187	.372	9	.22	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.69	P
38	394	161 (2)	Sep 28	NYY		MIN	L,3-6	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.194	.196	.390	9	.76	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.24	P
							27-11		103	92	5	13	2	0	1	4	6	0	22	0	5	0	1	2	2	2	.141	.194	.196	.390		.89	-1.307	2.97	-2.76%	-13.68

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