Whitey Ford
Given Name: Edward Charles
Born: 10/21/1928 in New York, NY US
Died: 10/8/2020 in Lake Success, NY USA
First Game: Saturday July 1, 1950
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974
Received 284.0 of 365 votes (274 required)
Voted in by BBWAA
Awards:
1955 - TSN All-Star - ML (P)
1955 - TSN Pitcher of the Year - AL
1956 - TSN All-Star - ML (P)
1961 - World Series MVP - ML
1961 - TSN Pitcher of the Year - AL
1961 - TSN All-Star - AL (P)
1961 - Cy Young Award - ML
1961 - Babe Ruth Award - AL (P)
1963 - TSN All-Star - AL (P)
1963 - TSN Pitcher of the Year - AL
Whitey Ford's Batting Statistics
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | NYA | 20 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .194 | .275 | .194 | .469 |
1953 | NYA | 33 | 75 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .267 | .345 | .293 | .639 |
1954 | NYA | 34 | 62 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .161 | .264 | .177 | .441 |
1955 | NYA | 39 | 86 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | .163 | .258 | .198 | .455 |
1956 | NYA | 31 | 78 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .218 | .299 | .244 | .542 |
1957 | NYA | 24 | 42 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 |
1958 | NYA | 30 | 73 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .205 | .266 | .219 | .485 |
1959 | NYA | 35 | 65 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | .231 | .351 | .338 | .689 |
1960 | NYA | 33 | 53 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .151 | .274 | .189 | .463 |
1961 | NYA | 39 | 96 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | .177 | .266 | .188 | .454 |
1962 | NYA | 38 | 85 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .118 | .198 | .141 | .339 |
1963 | NYA | 38 | 92 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 22 | .141 | .194 | .196 | .390 |
1964 | NYA | 39 | 67 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23 | .119 | .244 | .134 | .378 |
1965 | NYA | 38 | 82 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .183 | .230 | .195 | .425 |
1966 | NYA | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .053 | .000 | .053 |
1967 | NYA | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 |
Career | 500 | 1023 | 91 | 177 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 205 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 113 | 224 | .173 | .256 | .200 | .457 | |
Max | 39 | 96 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 26 | .267 | .351 | .338 | .689 |
Whitey Ford's World Series and Playoffs Batting Statistics
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | GIDP | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | WS | NYA | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1953 | WS | NYA | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
1955 | WS | NYA | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 |
1956 | WS | NYA | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1957 | WS | NYA | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1958 | WS | NYA | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 |
1960 | WS | NYA | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
1961 | WS | NYA | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 |
1962 | WS | NYA | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 |
1963 | WS | NYA | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1964 | WS | NYA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
22 | 49 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .082 | .196 | .082 | .278 |
Whitey Ford's Pitching Statistics
Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | ERA | WHIP | HR | BB | SO | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | NYA | 9 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 112.0 | 87 | 39 | 35 | 2.81 | 1.24 | 7 | 52 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 465 | 5 |
1953 | NYA | 18 | 6 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 207.0 | 187 | 77 | 69 | 3.00 | 1.43 | 13 | 110 | 110 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 882 | 2 |
1954 | NYA | 16 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 210.2 | 170 | 72 | 66 | 2.82 | 1.29 | 10 | 101 | 125 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 873 | 4 |
1955 | NYA | 18 | 7 | 39 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 253.2 | 188 | 83 | 74 | 2.63 | 1.19 | 20 | 113 | 137 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1027 | 4 |
1956 | NYA | 19 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 225.2 | 187 | 70 | 62 | 2.47 | 1.20 | 13 | 84 | 141 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 920 | 1 |
1957 | NYA | 11 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 129.1 | 114 | 46 | 37 | 2.57 | 1.29 | 10 | 53 | 84 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 539 | 2 |
1958 | NYA | 14 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 219.1 | 174 | 62 | 49 | 2.01 | 1.08 | 14 | 62 | 145 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 872 | 1 |
1959 | NYA | 16 | 10 | 35 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 204.0 | 194 | 82 | 69 | 3.04 | 1.39 | 13 | 89 | 114 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 877 | 4 |
1960 | NYA | 12 | 9 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 192.2 | 168 | 76 | 66 | 3.08 | 1.21 | 15 | 65 | 85 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 797 | 1 |
1961 | NYA | 25 | 4 | 39 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 283.0 | 242 | 108 | 101 | 3.21 | 1.18 | 23 | 92 | 209 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1159 | 0 |
1962 | NYA | 17 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 257.2 | 243 | 90 | 83 | 2.90 | 1.21 | 22 | 69 | 160 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1070 | 0 |
1963 | NYA | 24 | 7 | 38 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 269.1 | 240 | 94 | 82 | 2.74 | 1.10 | 26 | 56 | 189 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1068 | 1 |
1964 | NYA | 17 | 6 | 39 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 244.2 | 212 | 67 | 58 | 2.13 | 1.10 | 10 | 57 | 172 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 996 | 2 |
1965 | NYA | 16 | 13 | 37 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 244.1 | 241 | 97 | 88 | 3.24 | 1.19 | 22 | 50 | 162 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1000 | 1 |
1966 | NYA | 2 | 5 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 79 | 33 | 20 | 2.47 | 1.41 | 8 | 24 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 318 | 7 |
1967 | NYA | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 40 | 11 | 8 | 1.64 | 1.11 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 0 |
Career | 236 | 106 | 498 | 438 | 156 | 45 | 10 | 3170.1 | 2766 | 1107 | 967 | 0.00 | 1.22 | 228 | 1086 | 1956 | 44 | 75 | 28 | 5 | 13036 | 35 | |
'Best' | 25 | 13 | 39 | 39 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 283.0 | 243 | 108 | 101 | 1.64 | 1.08 | 26 | 113 | 209 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1159 | 7 |
Whitey Ford's World Series and Playoffs Pitching Statistics
Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | ERA | WHIP | HR | BB | SO | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | WS | NYA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.92 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
1953 | WS | NYA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4.50 | 1.38 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
1955 | WS | NYA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2.12 | 1.24 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 0 |
1956 | WS | NYA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 5.25 | 1.33 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
1957 | WS | NYA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1.12 | 1.00 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 |
1958 | WS | NYA | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4.11 | 1.57 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 |
1960 | WS | NYA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.72 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 |
1961 | WS | NYA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 0 |
1962 | WS | NYA | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 4.12 | 1.42 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 0 |
1963 | WS | NYA | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4.50 | 1.08 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
1964 | WS | NYA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8.44 | 1.69 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
10 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 146.0 | 132 | 51 | 44 | 2.71 | 1.14 | 8 | 34 | 94 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 594 | 0 |
Whitey Ford's Fielding Statistics
Year | Team | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB |
1950 | NYA | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1953 | NYA | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
1954 | NYA | P | 34 | 28 | 210.2 | 7 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
1955 | NYA | P | 39 | 33 | 253.2 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
1956 | NYA | P | 31 | 30 | 225.2 | 9 | 57 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
1957 | NYA | P | 24 | 17 | 129.1 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
1958 | NYA | P | 30 | 29 | 219.1 | 7 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
1959 | NYA | P | 35 | 29 | 204.0 | 15 | 49 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
1960 | NYA | P | 33 | 29 | 192.2 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
1961 | NYA | P | 39 | 39 | 283.0 | 12 | 45 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
1962 | NYA | P | 38 | 37 | 257.2 | 25 | 58 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
1963 | NYA | P | 38 | 37 | 269.1 | 20 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
1964 | NYA | P | 39 | 36 | 244.2 | 18 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
1965 | NYA | P | 37 | 36 | 244.1 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
1966 | NYA | P | 22 | 9 | 73.0 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
1967 | NYA | P | 7 | 7 | 44.0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career | P | 498 | 396 | 2851.1 | 173 | 630 | 33 | 49 | 0 |