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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	46	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
2	6 (4)	Apr 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
3	8 (1)	Apr 26	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	GS	34	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	9	May 1	NYY		WSA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
5	13 (3)	May 5	NYY		DET	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
6	18 (4)	May 9	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	22 (3)	May 13	NYY	@	DET	T,1-1	CG	21	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	27 (4)	May 17 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
9	30 (2)	May 22	NYY		LAA	W,4-3	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	34 (3)	May 26	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GS	34	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
11	37 (2)	May 30	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	41 (3)	Jun 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	P
13	45 (3)	Jun 7	NYY	@	LAA	W,9-3	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
14	51 (5)	Jun 12 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
15	56 (4)	Jun 16 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,7-5	GS	34	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
16	59 (2)	Jun 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	42	11.0	2	4	0	6	1	P
17	64 (4)	Jun 24	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-7	GS	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	67 (2)	Jun 27	NYY		DET	W,5-4	GS	17	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	72 (4)	Jul 1	NYY		KCA	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
20	77 (4)	Jul 5	NYY		MIN	L,2-9	GS	21	4.0	2	3	0	5	0	P
21	79 (1)	Jul 10	NYY	@	WSA	W,4-1	GS	24	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	84 (4)	Jul 15	NYY		BAL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	89 (4)	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	GS	24	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
24	94 (4)	Jul 24 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	GS	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	104 (9)	Aug 4	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-5	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
26	108 (3)	Aug 8	NYY		BAL	L,5-6	GS	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	115 (6)	Aug 14	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
28	118 (2)	Aug 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2		6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	121 (2)	Aug 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS	19	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	126 (4)	Aug 25	NYY		WSA	W,4-1	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	130 (3)	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,6-1	GS	29	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	135 (4)	Sep 4	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-7	GS	29	6.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
33	138 (2)	Sep 7	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	140 (1)	Sep 9	NYY	@	DET	L,0-4	GS	29	6.2	1	3	0	4	0	P
35	144 (3)	Sep 13	NYY		MIN	W,5-2	GS	17	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	148 (3)	Sep 18	NYY		KCA	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	152 (3)	Sep 22 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-1	GS	25	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
38	157 (4)	Sep 27	NYY	@	WSA	L,2-3	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	162 (4)	Oct 2	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							39gm		244.2	18	47	1	66	2