Whitey Ford
Edward Charles Ford
Born: October 21, 1928
New York, NY USA
Deceased: 2020
Lake Success, NY USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 178
Career: 1950-1967
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
Minor League Statistics
Whitey Ford compiled a career record of 236 wins and 106 losses in his 500-game career with the New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1950 season and last took the field during the 1967 campaign. Ford was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1950 | AL | New York Yankees | 9 | 1 | .900 | 2.81 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 112.0 | 87 | 39 | 35 | 7 | 52 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 465 |
1953 | AL | New York Yankees | 18 | 6 | .750 | 3.00 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 207.0 | 187 | 77 | 69 | 13 | 110 | 0 | 110 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 882 |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | 16 | 8 | .667 | 2.82 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 210.7 | 170 | 72 | 66 | 10 | 101 | 0 | 125 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 873 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | 18 | 7 | .720 | 2.63 | 39 | 33 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 253.7 | 188 | 83 | 74 | 20 | 113 | 7 | 137 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1027 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | 19 | 6 | .760 | 2.47 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 225.7 | 187 | 70 | 62 | 13 | 84 | 3 | 141 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 920 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.57 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 129.3 | 114 | 46 | 37 | 10 | 53 | 3 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 539 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | 14 | 7 | .667 | 2.01 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 219.3 | 174 | 62 | 49 | 14 | 62 | 3 | 145 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 872 |
1959 | AL | New York Yankees | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.04 | 35 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 204.0 | 194 | 82 | 69 | 13 | 89 | 5 | 114 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 877 |
1960 | AL | New York Yankees | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.08 | 33 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 192.7 | 168 | 76 | 66 | 15 | 65 | 5 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 797 |
1961 | AL | New York Yankees | 25 | 4 | .862 | 3.21 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 283.0 | 242 | 108 | 101 | 23 | 92 | 3 | 209 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1159 |
1962 | AL | New York Yankees | 17 | 8 | .680 | 2.90 | 38 | 37 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 257.7 | 243 | 90 | 83 | 22 | 69 | 1 | 160 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1070 |
1963 | AL | New York Yankees | 24 | 7 | .774 | 2.74 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 269.3 | 240 | 94 | 82 | 26 | 56 | 3 | 189 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1068 |
1964 | AL | New York Yankees | 17 | 6 | .739 | 2.13 | 39 | 36 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 244.7 | 212 | 67 | 58 | 10 | 57 | 3 | 172 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 996 |
1965 | AL | New York Yankees | 16 | 13 | .552 | 3.24 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 244.3 | 241 | 97 | 88 | 22 | 50 | 2 | 162 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1000 |
1966 | AL | New York Yankees | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.47 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 79 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 318 |
1967 | AL | New York Yankees | 2 | 4 | .333 | 1.64 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 40 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 173 |
Totals | 236 | 106 | .690 | 2.75 | 498 | 438 | 35 | 156 | 45 | 10 | 3170.3 | 2766 | 1107 | 967 | 228 | 1086 | 44 | 1956 | 28 | 5 | 75 | 13036 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1950 | AL | New York Yankees | 20 | 44 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .194 | .275 | .194 | .469 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | AL | New York Yankees | 33 | 85 | 75 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .267 | .345 | .293 | .639 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | 34 | 79 | 62 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .161 | .264 | .177 | .441 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | 39 | 100 | 86 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | .163 | .258 | .198 | .455 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | 31 | 92 | 78 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .218 | .299 | .244 | .542 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | 24 | 50 | 42 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | 30 | 84 | 73 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .205 | .266 | .219 | .485 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1959 | AL | New York Yankees | 35 | 80 | 65 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | .231 | .351 | .338 | .689 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1960 | AL | New York Yankees | 33 | 66 | 53 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .151 | .274 | .189 | .463 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1961 | AL | New York Yankees | 39 | 114 | 96 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | .177 | .266 | .188 | .454 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
1962 | AL | New York Yankees | 38 | 99 | 85 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .118 | .198 | .141 | .339 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
1963 | AL | New York Yankees | 38 | 103 | 92 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 22 | .141 | .194 | .196 | .390 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1964 | AL | New York Yankees | 39 | 85 | 67 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23 | .119 | .244 | .134 | .378 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1965 | AL | New York Yankees | 38 | 93 | 82 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .183 | .230 | .195 | .425 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1966 | AL | New York Yankees | 22 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .053 | .000 | .053 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1967 | AL | New York Yankees | 7 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 500 | 1208 | 1023 | 91 | 177 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 113 | 224 | .173 | .256 | .200 | .457 | 205 | 10 | 3 | 65 | 4 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1950 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | |
1953 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 3 | .977 | 1.344 | |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 34 | 28 | 210.7 | 7 | 39 | 2 | 3 | .958 | 1.965 | 1.353 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 39 | 33 | 253.7 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 1.809 | 1.308 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 31 | 30 | 225.7 | 9 | 57 | 1 | 6 | .985 | 2.632 | 2.129 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 24 | 17 | 129.3 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 5 | .944 | 2.366 | 1.417 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 30 | 29 | 219.3 | 7 | 44 | 6 | 2 | .895 | 2.093 | 1.700 |
1959 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 35 | 29 | 204.0 | 15 | 49 | 1 | 5 | .985 | 2.824 | 1.829 |
1960 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 33 | 29 | 192.7 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 2.336 | 1.515 |
1961 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 39 | 39 | 283.0 | 12 | 45 | 5 | 5 | .919 | 1.813 | 1.462 |
1962 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 38 | 37 | 257.7 | 25 | 58 | 3 | 4 | .965 | 2.899 | 2.184 |
1963 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 38 | 37 | 269.3 | 20 | 38 | 5 | 3 | .921 | 1.938 | 1.526 |
1964 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 39 | 36 | 244.7 | 18 | 47 | 1 | 2 | .985 | 2.391 | 1.667 |
1965 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 37 | 36 | 244.3 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.210 | 1.622 |
1966 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 22 | 9 | 73.0 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .892 | 4.068 | 1.500 |
1967 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 7 | 7 | 44.0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.682 | 2.571 |
Totals | 498 | 396 | 2851.3 | 173 | 630 | 33 | 49 | .961 | 2.535 | 1.612 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1950 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
1953 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71 |
1960 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
1961 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
1962 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
1963 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
1964 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Totals | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.71 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 146.0 | 132 | 51 | 44 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 594 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1950 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1960 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1961 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1962 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1963 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1964 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 22 | 57 | 49 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .082 | .196 | .082 | .278 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1950 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 8.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.038 | 1.000 |
1953 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | .500 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.647 | 2.500 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | .500 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | 1.000 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 3 | 3 | 15.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.174 | .667 |
1960 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
1961 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .643 | .500 |
1962 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 3 | 3 | 19.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.831 | 1.333 |
1963 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 12.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.750 | 2.500 |
1964 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | 1.000 |
Totals | 22 | 22 | 146.0 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 1.911 | 1.409 |
Awards
1955 - AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1961 - AL TSN All-Star P
1961 - AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1961 - AL Babe Ruth Award P
1963 - AL TSN All-Star P
1963 - AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
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