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: 17-13 / in Starts: 16-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1958 Pitching Game Log

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1958 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	181	4	Apr 18	NYY		BAL	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	1.00	1.81	33	11	10	1	5	4	77			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.427	2.95	0.76%	3.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
2	182	7	Apr 21	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.84	2.19	6	1	3	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.56	0.128	5.09	0.25%	1.58	8t 1-3 1 out a3	9t end a 3
3	183	10	Apr 25	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	L(1-1)	3	8.2	5	2	0	4	8	0	0	0.47	2.11	36	11	8	1	2	5	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.87	-0.212	6.86	-0.47%	1.66	1b start a 1	9b -2- 2 out d1
4	184	13	Apr 30	NYY		DET	L,1-10	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	12	7	5	3	2	0	0	2.05	2.40	37	16	7	1	0	9	28			0	0	0	31	4	0	1	0	1	1	.96	-0.261	3.81	-0.62%	-3.86	1t start tie	7t 3 out d6
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	185	16	May 10	NYY		WSH	W,8-0	GS-7	W(2-2)	9	7.0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.62	2.12	27	6	10	1	4	6	70			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.188	1.85	0.51%	3.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
6	186	21	May 16	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	W(3-2)	5	9.0	8	2	2	4	5	0	0	1.70	2.24	37	12	8	1	1	8	64			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.85	0.196	4.26	0.59%	2.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
7	187	26	May 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	9	2	2	2	2	2	0	1.75	2.83	38	24	4	1	0	6	61			0	0	0	36	0	0	1	2	0	2	1.06	0.186	5.27	0.55%	2.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
8	188	30	May 25(1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	5	0	1	1.64	2.81	37	13	14	4	4	1	73			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.295	6.63	0.98%	3.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
9	189	34	May 30(1)	NYY		WSH	L,8-13	GS-3		4	3.0	6	6	2	3	2	0	0	1.85	2.87	18	6	1	0	1	6	30			0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	2	.86	-0.390	4.06	-1.11%	-4.66	1t start tie	3t 3 out d6
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	190	38	Jun 2	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-2)	2	9.0	7	0	0	4	10	0	0	1.62	2.71	36	11	7	4	0	4	79			0	1	1	32	0	1	0	2	0	2	1.26	0.515	6.81	1.67%	4.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	191	44	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	10	3	3	1	5	1	0	1.77	2.76	36	16	7	0	0	7	59			0	0	1	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.102	3.77	0.31%	1.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
12	192	50	Jun 12(2)	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	GS-11		4	10.1	10	2	2	0	7	0	1	1.77	2.61	40	16	9	2	0	7	72			0	1	2	39	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.55	0.402	9.22	1.44%	2.08	1t start tie	11t 12- 1 out tie
13	193	55	Jun 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-2)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	10	0	0	1.61	2.46	32	10	8	1	0	2	89			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.375	4.11	1.40%	4.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
14	194	61	Jun 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(8-3)	5	8.0	7	2	2	4	4	1	0	1.66	2.61	33	14	6	2	0	5	60			0	0	1	28	0	0	0	2	0	1	.56	0.021	3.11	0.07%	1.70	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
15	195	65	Jun 28	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-0	SHO	W(9-3)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	1.53	2.52	30	10	7	3	0	3	87			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.41	0.223	2.28	0.74%	4.29	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
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	196	70	Jul 3	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	W(10-3)	4	9.0	6	3	3	1	5	2	1	1.63	2.69	33	13	7	2	1	6	67			0	1	1	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.088	2.09	0.21%	1.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
17	197	75	Jul 9	NYY		CLE	L,2-12	GS-8	L(10-4)	5	7.1	11	7	7	6	5	2	0	2.01	2.93	38	14	5	0	0	8	27			0	0	0	32	4	0	1	1	0	0	1.50	-0.203	5.24	-0.43%	-3.65	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out d6
18	198	82	Jul 14	NYY		CHW	W,5-0	SHO	W(11-4)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.89	2.87	30	13	13	2	2	2	83			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	.62	0.375	1.43	0.52%	4.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
19	199	89	Jul 20(2)	NYY		KCA	W,8-0	SHO	W(12-4)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	1.78	2.79	29	12	8	0	3	2	82			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	4	0	0	.45	0.249	.97	0.32%	4.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
20	200	93	Jul 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-0	SHO	W(13-4)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	1.68	2.74	33	13	8	2	1	4	83			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.354	.57	0.17%	4.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
21	201	98	Jul 29	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-7	GS-7		3	7.0	4	2	2	3	6	1	0	1.71	2.78	27	8	6	0	1	4	64			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.031	.36	0.01%	1.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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	202	103	Aug 3(1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-7	L(13-5)	4	7.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	0	1.75	2.76	29	10	4	1	2	6	60			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	.90	0.075	.12	0.01%	1.24	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
23	203	108	Aug 8	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	SHO	W(14-5)	4	9.0	3	0	0	4	6	0	0	1.66	2.74	31	12	6	1	0	3	83			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.24	0.626	.27	0.08%	4.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	204	115	Aug 13	NYY		WSH	L,4-9	GS-8	L(14-6)	4	8.0	10	8	4	0	6	2	0	1.78	2.80	34	10	8	1	0	10	44			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.754	.17	-0.07%	-4.41	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
25	205	120	Aug 19	NYY		CLE	L,6-8	GS-2		5	2.0	4	3	2	1	1	1	0	1.86	2.87	12	5	2	1	0	3	38			0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	.73	-0.224	.28	-0.05%	-2.10	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
26	206	124	Aug 23	NYY		CHW	L,1-7	GS-7	L(14-7)	3	6.2	9	7	7	1	4	1	0	2.11	2.90	31	9	9	1	1	8	31			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.172	.18	-0.02%	-4.20	1t start tie	7t --3 2 out d7
27	207	129	Aug 29	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-3	GS-1		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	2.90	2	2	0	0	0	0	52			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.036	.12	0.00%	0.36	1b start tie	1b --- 2 out tie
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	208	145	Sep 14(2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,12-7	GS-5		15	5.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.09	2.90	21	8	4	1	0	5	53			0	0	0	19	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.23	0.182	.00	0.00%	1.38	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a1
29	209	148	Sep 19	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.0	5	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.03	2.88	27	8	6	2	0	5	69			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	1	.71	0.215	.00	0.00%	2.71	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 0 out a4
30	210	153	Sep 26	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	GS-6		6	6.0	1	1	1	0	6	1	0	2.01	2.87	19	7	5	0	0	1	72			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.191	.00	0.00%	1.69	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
							17-13		W-L:14-7,Sv:1	4.2	219.1	174	62	49	62	145	14	3	2.01	2.87	872	1.61		7%	5%	141	63	2	0%	0	7	6	801	25	3	4	26	1	14	.94	3.264	3.10	7.82%	37.44

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