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: 26-13 / in Starts: 24-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 4

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	87	1	Apr 13	NYY		WSH	W,19-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	2	1	1	5	8	0	0	1.00	2.26	33	7	11	0	4	2	82			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.218	.88	0.32%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a18
2	88	6	Apr 18	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	0.50	1.98	31	7	13	2	3	3	85			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.202	.81	0.32%	4.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
3	89	9	Apr 22	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-0)	3	9.0	7	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.33	2.29	34	10	12	2	0	7	72			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.13	0.505	3.66	0.98%	4.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
4	90	13	Apr 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-13	GS-1	L(3-1)	4	0.2	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	1.63	2.29	6	2	0	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.283	3.84	-0.61%	-2.82	1b start a 2	1b -2- 2 out d1
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
5	91	19	May 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-5	GS-3		6	2.2	2	5	5	3	2	1	1	2.97	2.99	14	2	4	0	0	2	33			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.227	4.13	-0.45%	-2.23	1b start a 3	3b 123 2 out a1
6	92	23	May 10	NYY		CLE	L,6-9	4-5		5	2.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.90	2.99	13	2	3	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.260	4.15	-0.71%	-3.01	4t --- 0 out d3	5t 3 out d5
7	93	25	May 13	NYY		DET	W,5-2	GS-7	W(4-1)	2	7.0	3	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.66	3.21	24	14	3	0	0	2	64			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	.73	0.218	2.49	0.45%	1.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
8	94	29	May 17	NYY		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-1)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.98	3.03	32	14	8	1	0	7	74			0	1	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.728	6.72	1.81%	4.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
9	95	34	May 22(2)	NYY		BAL	W,7-5	GS-6		4	6.0	8	3	1	1	2	0	0	2.82	2.94	28	7	10	1	0	8	49			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.53	-0.098	6.44	-0.25%	-0.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
10	96	35	May 24	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.77	3.04	5	1	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.69	-0.221	16.70	-0.60%	-0.13	9t 1-- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
11	97	39	May 27	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	W(6-1)	2	9.0	5	2	2	6	4	1	0	2.66	3.30	38	13	10	1	0	5	67			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	0.229	4.84	0.62%	2.12	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a4
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
12	98	45	Jun 1(2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	W(7-1)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.45	3.25	32	9	11	1	0	7	68			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	4	0	0	.94	0.313	4.48	0.89%	3.48	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
13	99	50	Jun 5(2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-7		3	6.2	6	2	1	2	6	1	0	2.36	3.27	29	9	6	3	0	6	60			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.51	0.027	10.35	0.11%	0.95	1b start a 1	7b -23 2 out tie
14	100	54	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	W,7-3	GS-5		3	4.1	3	3	2	5	3	2	0	2.45	3.64	21	5	5	1	0	3	45			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.064	4.20	-0.23%	-1.46	1b start a 4	5b 12- 1 out a4
15	101	58	Jun 12(2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-7	2-7	L(7-2)	2	5.2	3	4	4	4	2	1	0	2.70	3.79	22	9	4	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	1	17	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.20	-0.035	7.85	-0.14%	0.01	2b -23 1 out d1	7b 3 out d4
16	102	62	Jun 17	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(7-3)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.64	3.72	33	11	12	2	0	4	73			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.010	7.96	-0.04%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
17	103	67	Jun 22	NYY		KCA	W,6-1	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	9	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.50	3.63	36	14	9	1	0	9	65			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	.95	0.411	4.97	1.30%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
18	104	72	Jun 26(2)	NYY		CLE	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	5	3	0	0	2.31	3.61	34	3	19	1	0	4	77			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.45	0.608	10.10	2.55%	4.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
19	105	75	Jul 1	NYY		WSH	W,7-2	CG	W(10-3)	4	9.0	8	2	2	5	5	0	0	2.29	3.56	40	11	11	1	0	8	63			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	2	.68	0.161	3.44	0.49%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
20	106	80	Jul 6	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-4	GS-4	L(10-4)	4	3.2	6	4	4	3	1	0	0	2.50	3.58	19	4	5	0	0	6	31			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.215	6.39	-0.72%	-2.58	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d4
21	107	83	Jul 10(1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-6	GS-5		3	4.1	4	4	4	2	2	1	0	2.69	3.65	18	6	4	2	0	4	39			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.101	5.64	-0.33%	-0.99	1b start a 2	5b -23 1 out a2
22	108	88	Jul 16(2)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(10-5)	5	8.0	8	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.66	3.53	32	14	8	0	0	4	62			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.071	5.29	0.25%	1.90	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
23	109	92	Jul 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-9	GS-2		4	1.1	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	2.89	3.56	9	3	0	0	0	4	28			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.186	10.16	-1.02%	-2.18	1b start a 4	2b 1-3 1 out a2
24	110	95	Jul 24(1)	NYY	@	KCA	W,7-3	GS-8	W(11-5)	2	7.2	8	3	3	1	6	2	0	2.92	3.61	31	8	8	3	0	8	56			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	0	.68	-0.003	4.33	-0.01%	0.66	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a4
25	111	100	Jul 29	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	CG	W(12-5)	4	9.0	5	2	1	3	7	1	0	2.81	3.59	34	10	9	1	0	5	75			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.51	0.332	9.56	1.26%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
26	112	106	Aug 4	NYY		CLE	L,3-6	GS-6		5	6.0	10	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.82	3.55	28	6	7	0	0	10	45			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	1	0	0	.90	0.039	7.29	0.19%	0.96	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
27	113	108	Aug 6	NYY		DET	L,5-7	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.86	3.53	5	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.071	4.55	-0.27%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
28	114	111	Aug 9	NYY		BOS	L,1-4	CG	L(12-6)	2	9.0	5	4	4	6	6	2	0	2.91	3.65	38	11	10	1	0	5	61			1	0	1	31	1	0	1	0	0	1	.61	-0.034	4.72	-0.16%	0.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
29	115	114	Aug 14(1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-2	GS-7	W(13-6)	4	6.1	8	2	2	6	4	0	0	2.91	3.66	31	5	8	1	0	8	47			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.025	6.23	0.08%	0.34	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a5
30	116	120	Aug 19	NYY		BAL	W,8-0	SHO	W(14-6)	4	9.0	2	0	0	7	3	0	0	2.78	3.68	34	4	18	2	0	2	79			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.309	7.10	1.46%	4.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
31	117	124	Aug 24	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	3	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.77	3.69	26	7	11	4	0	2	65			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.026	4.05	0.13%	1.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
32	118	128	Aug 28(1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(15-6)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	9	1	0	2.69	3.64	35	6	11	2	0	7	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.65	0.218	8.48	1.69%	3.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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
33	119	132	Sep 2	NYY		WSH	W,4-2	CG	W(16-6)	4	9.0	1	2	0	4	4	0	0	2.58	3.60	32	10	13	1	0	1	81			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.439	9.45	2.53%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
34	120	134	Sep 4	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.56	3.58	4	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.026	2.47	0.15%	0.93	8t 12- 2 out a4	9t end a 5
35	121	137	Sep 7	NYY		KCA	W,2-1	CG	W(17-6)	2	9.0	1	1	1	6	3	0	0	2.50	3.59	33	13	10	1	0	1	78			0	0	0	27	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.56	0.490	17.00	3.20%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
36	122	142	Sep 11(2)	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	L(17-7)	3	9.0	5	3	3	6	6	2	0	2.52	3.68	37	12	8	3	0	5	65			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.47	-0.062	36.30	-0.92%	1.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
37	123	145	Sep 16	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.2	10	4	3	3	5	0	0	2.55	3.63	35	7	10	3	0	10	47			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.78	-0.041	24.60	-0.34%	0.45	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out tie
38	124	149	Sep 20(2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-7	GS-8	W(18-7)	3	7.2	5	5	4	3	6	1	0	2.62	3.63	29	6	9	1	0	5	54			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.229	4.29	0.94%	0.40	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a6
39	125	152	Sep 23(2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	7-GF	S(2)	2	2.2	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.63	3.66	9	4	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.69	0.379	3.23	0.27%	1.04	7b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 1
							26-13		W-L:18-7,Sv:2	3.3	253.2	188	83	74	113	137	20	1	2.63	3.66	1024	0.94		7%	1%	180	60	7	14%	1	2	3	901	28	2	7	33	2	12	1.05	4.292	7.89	15.20%	47.57

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