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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Team Record in Appearances: 22-10 / in Starts: 22-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 0

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	21	6	Apr 19(2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-3	5-GF(8)		99	4.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.00	2.34	15	6	3	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.059	.87	0.12%	2.05	5b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
2	22	11	Apr 25	NYY		WSH	W,4-2	GS-8		5	8.0	6	2	2	3	5	0	0	1.50	2.43	32	10	8	1	0	6	64			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.11	0.125	4.13	0.28%	1.83	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
3	23	14	Apr 30	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	8	1	1	1	4	0	1	1.29	2.40	36	11	11	0	0	8	70			0	0	1	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.41	0.423	6.18	1.11%	3.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	24	19	May 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-1	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	8.0	8	1	1	3	5	1	0	1.24	2.87	34	10	8	0	0	8	64			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.43	0.161	1.91	0.43%	2.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out a10
5	25	23	May 12	NYY		CLE	W,7-0	SHO	W(3-0)	6	9.0	1	0	0	5	5	0	0	0.95	2.94	30	9	10	0	0	1	85			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	.56	0.235	2.82	0.71%	4.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
6	26	27	May 17	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	GS-5		4	5.0	7	4	4	4	2	0	0	1.67	3.08	26	2	11	0	0	7	35			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.193	3.03	-0.50%	-1.61	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
7	27	30	May 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS-3		3	2.2	2	3	2	7	1	0	0	1.97	3.47	16	2	4	0	2	2	38			1	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.262	6.73	-0.83%	-2.31	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d1
8	28	34	May 25	NYY		BOS	L,10-14	8-GF		3	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.08	3.66	7	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.003	.11	-0.01%	-0.04	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
9	29	36	May 28	NYY		WSH	W,7-2	CG	W(4-0)	2	9.0	5	2	2	4	5	1	0	2.06	3.76	34	9	12	0	3	4	70			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	1	.71	0.228	3.82	0.74%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	30	40	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,18-2	GS-7	W(5-0)	5	7.0	6	2	2	4	4	0	0	2.12	3.69	30	9	7	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.109	1.56	0.40%	1.59	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a15
11	31	45	Jun 7(2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-2	GS-	W(6-0)	3	5.0	6	2	2	2	0	1	0	2.23	3.89	22						45						20			0		0
12	32	49	Jun 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS-6	W(7-0)	4	6.0	4	1	1	6	2	1	0	2.17	4.15	26	6	8	0	2	4	56			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.156	5.88	0.54%	1.91	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
13	33	53	Jun 16	NYY		SLB	L,1-3	GS-5	L(7-1)	3	5.0	5	3	3	4	1	1	0	2.37	4.34	24	9	5	0	0	5	42			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	-0.097	2.73	-0.15%	-0.61	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
14	34	59	Jun 21(1)	NYY		DET	W,6-3	CG	W(8-1)	4	9.0	11	3	3	3	2	1	0	2.44	4.36	36	12	8	1	0	11	52			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	3	0	1	1.06	0.292	2.86	0.47%	1.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	35	66	Jun 28	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	GS-1	L(8-2)	6	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	2.73	4.54	6	2	0	0	0	3	32			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.314	5.86	-1.15%	-3.69	1t start tie	1t 1-3 1 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	36	70	Jul 3	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-2)	4	9.0	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	2.48	4.42	31	13	9	1	0	2	82			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	.73	0.404	3.45	1.15%	4.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	37	77	Jul 7	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS-1		3	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	2.73	4.53	7	2	1	0	0	4	33			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.230	3.86	-0.59%	-2.49	1b start tie	1b 3 out d3
18	38	79	Jul 9	NYY		BOS	L,0-4	CG	L(9-3)	1	9.0	11	4	3	3	2	1	0	2.75	4.54	39	11	12	2	1	11	50			0	1	1	36	1	0	0	0	0	1	.55	-0.109	2.69	-0.32%	0.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
19	39	84	Jul 16(2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	W(10-3)	6	9.0	8	3	2	7	3	0	0	2.69	4.52	42	12	12	1	5	8	57			0	0	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.11	0.238	5.33	0.69%	1.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
20	40	90	Jul 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-7	L(10-4)	5	6.1	7	6	6	6	6	2	1	2.99	4.70	33	8	5	0	0	7	35			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.354	4.52	-0.92%	-2.50	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d1
21	41	96	Jul 28	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	GS-7	W(11-4)	5	6.2	5	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.98	4.53	25	8	3	1	0	5	61			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.214	5.05	0.69%	0.93	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	42	101	Aug 3	NYY		SLB	W,11-3	CG	W(12-4)	5	9.0	11	3	3	3	8	0	0	2.98	4.36	40	10	8	0	0	11	58			1	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.179	1.32	0.48%	1.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
23	43	106	Aug 8(1)	NYY		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(13-4)	4	9.0	5	0	0	4	5	0	0	2.80	4.26	32	4	14	1	4	5	78			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.672	7.84	2.39%	4.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
24	44	110	Aug 12	NYY	@	WSH	W,22-1	GS-7	W(14-4)	3	7.0	4	0	0	5	8	0	0	2.67	4.18	29	5	7	0	3	4	72			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.094	1.10	0.17%	3.39	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a17
25	45	115	Aug 17(1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-3	GS-7	W(15-4)	4	6.2	7	3	3	7	3	0	0	2.73	4.21	32	8	7	0	1	7	44			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.082	1.40	0.07%	0.81	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a4
26	46	121	Aug 22	NYY		PHA	L,4-10	GS-6	L(15-5)	4	6.0	8	4	3	1	3	1	0	2.79	4.21	26	7	7	2	2	8	44			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	1	.62	-0.161	.41	-0.06%	-1.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
27	47	125	Aug 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	0	2	6	0	0	2.68	4.11	28	10	4	0	1	6	65			0	2	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.91	0.078	.19	0.01%	1.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	48	130	Sep 1	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-7	W(16-5)	4	6.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.69	4.06	23	10	2	1	0	6	53			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.29	-0.004	.53	0.00%	0.59	1b start tie	7b -23 0 out a2
29	49	135	Sep 9	NYY		CHW	W,9-3	CG	W(17-5)	7	9.0	5	3	1	5	7	0	0	2.61	4.00	34	9	8	1	4	5	71			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	.79	0.020	.04	0.00%	1.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
30	50	140	Sep 14	NYY		CLE	W,8-5	GS-3		4	3.0	5	5	5	4	1	0	1	2.80	4.04	19	6	2	0	0	5	26			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.300	.00	0.00%	-3.56	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
31	51	146	Sep 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-8	GS-6	W(18-5)	5	5.1	9	7	7	6	1	0	0	3.05	4.08	30	7	7	0	0	9	17			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-3.31	1b start a 3	6b -23 1 out a5
32	52	151	Sep 27	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	CG	L(18-6)	6	9.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.00	4.00	34	9	11	2	1	7	68			0	1	0	31	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.50	0.125	.00	0.00%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
							22-10		W-L:18-6	4.2	207.0	187	77	69	110	110	13	4	3.00	4.00	878	1.10		4%	6%	179	54	0	---%	4	11	2	759	25	1	3	25	0	11	.87	1.862	2.79	5.91%	23.10

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