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: 20-13 / in Starts: 19-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 2

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 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	246	4	Apr 22	NYY		BAL	W,5-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	2.10	29	9	11	2	0	5	65			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.355	2.71	0.56%	3.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
2	247	8	Apr 27	NYY		WSH	L,4-5	GS-8	L(1-1)	4	7.1	7	5	5	1	2	2	0	3.14	4.06	31	15	7	3	0	6	45			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.418	3.33	-0.80%	-1.53	1t start tie	8t --- 1 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
3	248	12	May 3	NYY		DET	W,10-3	GS-1		5	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.11	3.96	7	3	0	0	0	4	37			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.163	3.29	-0.25%	-1.54	1t start tie	1t 3 out d2
4	249	19	May 13	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-3	GS-7		9	6.0	6	3	3	4	2	1	0	4.22	4.54	28	8	11	2	0	3	46			0	0	0	24	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.22	-0.102	3.08	-0.16%	-0.39	1b start a 3	7b 1-- 0 out tie
5	250	24	May 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS-6	L(1-2)	6	6.0	4	2	0	2	2	1	0	3.29	4.65	24	9	11	3	4	0	60			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	0.041	3.95	0.09%	0.93	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
6	251	30	May 26	NYY		BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-2)	5	9.0	3	0	0	4	2	0	0	2.48	4.34	34	22	4	2	0	2	79			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.589	3.51	1.02%	4.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
7	252	36	May 31	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(2-3)	4	7.0	7	2	2	3	5	0	0	2.49	4.03	30	12	8	4	2	2	57			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.003	4.08	-0.01%	1.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
8	253	43	Jun 6	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	L(2-4)	5	9.0	8	3	2	2	2	0	0	2.41	3.81	37	13	19	6	3	1	61			1	0	1	35	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.64	-0.333	4.40	-0.54%	1.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
9	254	48	Jun 11	NYY		CLE	W,6-4	GS-4		4	4.0	5	3	2	0	1	1	0	2.56	3.91	17	3	9	3	1	4	43			0	0	1	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	.80	-0.182	2.77	-0.38%	-1.14	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
10	255	52	Jun 16	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-9	GS-7	L(2-5)	4	6.1	6	6	6	3	2	0	0	3.16	3.85	29	11	7	3	0	6	36			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.087	3.82	-0.21%	-1.45	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d3
11	256	57	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.76	3.70	31	16	13	4	4	0	79			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	.90	0.391	4.54	1.18%	4.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
12	257	62	Jun 26(1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	W(4-5)	4	9.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.68	3.69	31	17	7	0	0	3	73			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.183	4.93	0.66%	2.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
13	258	67	Jul 2	NYY		DET	W,7-6	GS-3		5	2.1	4	4	4	3	1	0	0	3.04	3.74	14	5	2	1	0	3	31			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.22	-0.309	6.48	-0.99%	-3.14	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d2
14	259	72	Jul 6	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	6	1	0	2.93	3.70	36	12	9	1	0	7	69			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	1	.92	0.385	6.30	1.58%	2.36	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
15	260	76	Jul 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-9	2-5		3	3.2	3	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.10	3.84	17	6	6	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	.77	-0.171	4.23	-0.56%	-2.30	2b 1-3 1 out d1	5b 3 out d2
16	261	81	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	W(6-5)	7	9.0	8	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.01	3.82	35	16	12	2	0	5	65			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	1	0	.61	0.143	4.76	0.67%	2.27	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
17	262	85	Jul 23	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	GS-6	L(6-6)	4	5.1	8	5	3	5	3	0	0	3.11	3.84	30	9	7	1	0	6	34			1	0	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.73	-0.214	14.39	-1.07%	-1.36	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d2
18	263	89	Jul 28(1)	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	GS-5	W(7-6)	4	5.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.97	3.78	20	6	6	2	0	3	60			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.261	5.84	0.97%	2.32	1t start tie	5t 3 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
19	264	96	Aug 2(2)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	5	1	0	4	1	0	0	2.78	3.78	31	14	7	1	0	5	67			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	3	1	3	1.47	0.218	8.83	0.79%	2.71	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
20	265	102	Aug 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-9	GS-7	L(7-7)	5	7.0	8	6	5	3	4	0	0	2.98	3.72	31	12	12	7	2	0	40			0	1	0	27	2	0	1	0	1	0	.68	-0.296	6.80	-1.79%	-2.58	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
21	266	106	Aug 13	NYY		WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-7)	4	9.0	3	0	0	4	7	0	0	2.78	3.63	32	14	7	2	3	0	84			0	2	1	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.699	11.24	2.83%	4.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
22	267	110	Aug 16	NYY		BAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-7)	2	9.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.61	3.52	32	8	14	2	1	2	85			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.716	13.71	4.39%	4.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
23	268	115	Aug 21	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS-5		4	5.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.59	3.49	18	8	5	1	0	0	56			0	0	1	15	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.27	0.194	9.52	0.87%	1.50	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a1
24	269	119	Aug 26(2)	NYY		CLE	W,7-5	GS-5		4	4.0	8	5	5	2	3	1	0	2.81	3.55	21	8	8	4	0	0	27			0	0	0	18	2	1	0	1	1	0	1.12	-0.419	9.21	-2.07%	-2.76	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out d1
25	270	122	Aug 28(1)	NYY		DET	L,2-6	9-GF		1	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.79	3.55	5	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.30	0.02%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
Sep/Oct				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	271	127	Sep 2	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-5	GS-5	L(9-8)	4	5.0	6	4	4	2	4	1	1	2.93	3.60	23	4	12	5	3	0	41			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.162	12.94	-1.38%	-1.58	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
27	272	129	Sep 4	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-6	4-5		1	1.1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.96	3.60	6	0	4	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.019	9.64	-0.16%	-0.03	4b 1-3 2 out d2	5b 3 out d3
28	273	133	Sep 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-7		2	6.2	5	4	3	2	1	1	0	3.00	3.66	27	11	13	5	2	0	49			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.154	8.78	-0.96%	-0.80	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d3
29	274	139	Sep 13	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-12	GS-1	L(9-9)	5	1.0	3	3	3	2	0	1	0	3.14	3.76	7	3	2	0	0	0	33			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.237	9.53	-1.45%	-2.51	1b start tie	1b 3 out d3
30	275	141	Sep 16	NYY		BAL	W,4-2	GS-9	W(10-9)	2	8.2	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.09	3.66	33	12	16	4	5	0	66			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.343	20.15	4.28%	3.43	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a4
31	276	146	Sep 21	NYY		WSH	W,10-3	GS-5	W(11-9)	4	5.0	7	3	2	1	2	1	0	3.10	3.70	24	10	7	2	0	4	44			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.123	3.36	-0.29%	-0.68	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
32	277	152	Sep 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	GS-5	W(12-9)	6	5.0	5	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.12	3.70	18	7	3	0	1	5	52			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	2	0	0	.82	0.053	.00	0.00%	0.50	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a4
33	278	155	Oct 2	NYY		BOS	W,8-7	5-6		3	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.08	3.68	9	3	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.120	.00	0.00%	0.93	5t --- 0 out a2	6t 3 out a2
							20-13		W-L:12-9	4.1	192.2	168	76	66	65	85	15	1	3.08	3.68	797	1.17		13%	6%	78	55	4	50%	3	4	4	716	23	5	5	18	5	13	1.08	1.302	6.79	6.84%	18.83

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