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: 5-17 / in Starts: 2-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 5

1966 Pitching Game Log

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1966 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	470	1	Apr 12	NYY		DET	L,1-2	GS-9	L(0-1)	99	8.2	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.08	1.98	30	12	11	3	0	2	67			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.49	-0.028	3.22	-0.04%	1.52	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out d1
2	471	6	Apr 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	8	3	1	2	3	1	0	1.72	3.06	32	12	7	1	0	8	54			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	2	1.28	-0.127	2.24	-0.13%	0.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
3	472	12	Apr 26	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	GS-9		8	8.0	7	3	3	4	1	1	0	2.28	3.86	34	14	8	0	0	7	53			1	0	0	30	1	2	1	2	0	1	1.45	0.153	.95	0.06%	0.94	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
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
4	473	15	May 1(1)	NYY		KCA	L,0-1	GS-8	L(0-2)	4	8.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	1.99	3.22	29	16	4	0	0	4	73			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.213	.43	0.07%	2.30	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
5	474	20	May 6	NYY	@	CAL	L,4-7	GS-6	L(0-3)	4	5.1	6	4	2	2	3	0	0	2.19	3.12	25	9	5	1	0	6	45			0	0	1	22	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.28	-0.398	.46	-0.09%	-2.31	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d1
6	475	25	May 13	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-2	GS-2		6	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.08	3.04	8	3	2	1	0	2	53			1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.094	.50	0.02%	0.84	1b start a 2	2b 3 out a2
7	476	35	May 24	NYY		CAL	L,2-4	GS-1		10	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.03	3.10	4	2	1	0	0	0	52			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.044	1.08	0.03%	0.41	1t start tie	1t 3 out tie
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	477	66	Jun 25	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	8-GF		31	2.0	4	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.14	3.36	10	2	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	.43	-0.081	.03	0.00%	-0.18	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
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
9	478	73	Jul 2	NYY	@	WSA	L,4-10	GS-6	L(0-4)	6	6.0	15	10	3	0	0	4	0	2.44	4.35	34	13	6	2	0	15	16			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	1	1	1.03	-0.585	.04	-0.01%	-7.43	1b start tie	6b 3 out d7
10	479	78	Jul 6(1)	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	GS-5		3	5.0	4	3	2	2	5	1	0	2.55	4.35	22	7	4	0	0	4	52			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.00	-0.163	.05	-0.01%	-0.94	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
11	480	83	Jul 9	NYY		WSA	L,0-3	8-GF		2	2.0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.78	4.32	9	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	.58	-0.156	.01	0.00%	-1.18	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
12	481	85	Jul 10(2)	NYY		WSA	L,2-9	7-GF		0	3.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.79	4.05	12	3	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	.01	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.24	7t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 9
13	482	88	Jul 16	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-5	7-9	BW(1-4)	5	2.1	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.83	4.00	10	3	2	0	0	5		2	1	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	-0.238	.02	0.00%	-0.71	7b 1-3 2 out a2	9b 3 out tie
14	483	93	Jul 21	NYY		KCA	W,4-3	8-8	BS(2)	4	0.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.95	3.91	5	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	-0.281	.04	0.00%	-1.03	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 1-3 2 out tie
15	484	95	Jul 23	NYY		CAL	L,6-7	7-GF	L(1-5)	1	3.0	3	1	0	2	3	0	0	2.81	3.85	14	3	3	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.37	-0.126	.01	0.00%	0.24	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
16	485	102	Jul 31(1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-4	6-7		7	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.73	3.86	6	4	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.038	.01	0.00%	1.41	6b -2- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
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
17	486	105	Aug 2	NYY	@	CAL	L,5-6	9-9	BS(3)	1	0.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.70	3.78	4	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.29	-0.329	.01	0.00%	-1.07	9b 12- 0 out a2	9b 1-3 2 out tie
18	487	108	Aug 5(1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.66	3.75	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.43	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
19	488	110	Aug 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	7-GF	BW(2-5)	0	2.2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.56	3.76	13	7	1	1	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.67	0.155	.00	0.00%	0.20	7b -23 1 out a2	9b end a 1
20	489	114	Aug 10	NYY		BAL	L,4-9	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.52	3.84	6	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.41	7t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
21	490	116	Aug 12	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.49	3.80	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.41	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
22	491	122	Aug 17	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		4	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	3.79	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.008	.00	0.00%	0.13	8b 1-3 1 out d2	8b end d 3
							5-17		W-L:2-5,BSv:4	3.4	73.0	79	33	20	24	43	8	0	2.47	3.79	318	2.00		6%	0%	74	52	9	67%	4	0	3	285	11	4	6	6	3	6	1.32	-1.773	.72	-0.10%	-5.37

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