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 Tech HS (New York, NY)

Debut: July 1, 1950 (Age 21-253d, 10,725th 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

57.0

236

106

ERA

2.75

498

438

3170.1

1956

WHIP

1.215

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-7 / in Starts: 12-0

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 2

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	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	1	69	Jul 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-13	2-6		99	4.2	7	5	5	6	3	0	0	9.64	27	2	9	2	0	7		2	2	1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.037	.46	-0.09%	-3.46	2b 12- 1 out d5	6b 3 out d12
2	2	75	Jul 6	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	7	4	4	4	1	0	0	6.94	30	7	11	0	1	7	44			0	1	0	25	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.169	5.39	-0.42%	-0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	3	83	Jul 17	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	GS-8	W(1-0)	10	7.2	8	3	3	3	3	1	1	5.59	33	5	13	1	0	8	51			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.074	5.34	0.18%	0.62	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out a1
4	4	91	Jul 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-3	GS-6	W(2-0)	8	5.2	5	2	2	2	4	0	0	5.04	24	5	8	0	2	5	53			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.252	4.78	0.72%	2.07	1b start a 2	6b 12- 2 out a3
5	5	96	Jul 30(2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-1		3	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	6.04	5	0	1	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.249	4.82	-0.86%	-3.02	1b start tie	1b 1-- 1 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	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
6	6	97	Aug 1	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	6-GF(8)		1	2.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.53	8	4	1	1	0	2		3	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.33	-0.074	3.12	-0.42%	0.01	6b 123 2 out d2	8b end d 4
7	7	103	Aug 8	NYY		BOS	L,4-7	6-7		6	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.16	6	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.068	2.94	0.23%	1.11	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d2
8	8	105	Aug 10	NYY		PHA	L,3-5	4-7		1	4.0	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	4.54	15	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.169	4.65	0.51%	2.22	4t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
9	9	110	Aug 15(2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-0	SHO	W(3-0)	4	9.0	3	0	0	5	4	0	0	3.59	35	12	12	1	1	2	80			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.418	3.39	0.99%	4.87	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
10	10	116	Aug 20(2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	W(4-0)	4	9.0	6	2	1	6	2	0	0	3.14	38	11	14	0	1	5	65			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.64	0.454	7.57	1.26%	3.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
11	11	120	Aug 25	NYY		SLB	W,10-0	SHO	W(5-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.67	32	6	13	0	1	4	84			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.205	1.99	0.66%	4.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
12	12	125	Aug 30(1)	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	3	4	3	1	0	2.79	32	10	8	0	0	7	50			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.28	0.115	13.24	0.71%	0.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	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	13	132	Sep 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-11	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	6	5	3	1	1	0	0	3.10	13	3	3	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	.07	-0.020	.83	-0.14%	-3.75	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 9
14	14	135	Sep 11(1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	W(6-0)	4	9.0	3	1	1	4	5	0	0	2.86	34	8	14	1	0	3	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.441	8.23	2.29%	3.87	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
15	15	138	Sep 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-3	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.79	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.006	.35	0.03%	1.09	8b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 7
16	16	141	Sep 16	NYY	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	W(7-0)	2	9.0	6	1	1	4	6	0	0	2.61	36	15	5	1	0	6	73			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.345	26.64	3.89%	4.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
17	17	145	Sep 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	W(8-0)	3	9.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	1	2.46	30	14	8	0	2	3	79			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.44	0.199	5.80	1.59%	3.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
18	18	149	Sep 25(2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-4	CG	W(9-0)	4	9.0	7	4	4	3	7	2	0	2.59	38	9	12	0	1	7	61			0	0	0	35	2	1	0	1	0	2	.87	0.105	6.88	0.50%	0.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
19	19	152	Sep 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	7-GF	BL(9-1)	1	2.1	3	3	2	2	0	1	0	2.70	13	4	4	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.62	-0.660	12.89	-1.95%	-1.62	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end d 1
20	20	155	Oct 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	3	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.81	10	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.75	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
							13-7		W-L:9-1,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.5	112.0	87	39	35	52	59	7	2	2.81	465	0.89		3%	4%	84	62	5	80%	2	2	0	403	12	3	0	12	0	8	.95	1.565	7.13	9.67%	21.29

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