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Whitey Ford
Full name Edward Charles Ford Born October 21, 1928, New York, New York Died October 8, 2020, Lake Success, New York Buried at Locust Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, New York First Game: July 1, 1950 ; Final Game: May 21, 1967 Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 10" Weight: 178 Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1974 Named Major League Cy Young Award Winner by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1961) Named AL Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News (1955, 1961 and 1963) Named AL Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News (1950) Named World Series Most Valuable Player (1961) Named pitcher on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1955 to 1956) Named pitcher on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1961 and 1963) Ejections as player: 1956 (1), 1957 (1), 1963 (1). Total: 3 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1950 NY A Daily Splits 20 36 2 7 0 0 0 3 4 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 .194 .275 .194 0.0 1950 NY A
1953 NY A Daily Splits 33 75 10 20 2 0 0 10 9 0 13 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 .267 .345 .293 0.0 1953 NY A
1954 NY A Daily Splits 34 62 7 10 1 0 0 7 9 0 15 0 7 1 0 2 0 0 0 .161 .264 .177 0.0 1954 NY A
1955 NY A Daily Splits 39 86 9 14 0 0 1 7 11 0 16 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .163 .258 .198 0.0 1955 NY A
1956 NY A Daily Splits 31 78 9 17 2 0 0 4 9 0 14 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218 .299 .244 0.0 1956 NY A
1957 NY A Daily Splits 24 42 4 6 0 0 0 2 3 0 7 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 .143 .200 .143 0.0 1957 NY A
1958 NY A Daily Splits 30 73 10 15 1 0 0 2 5 0 10 1 5 0 0 2 1 0 0 .205 .266 .219 0.0 1958 NY A
1959 NY A Daily Splits 35 65 6 15 4 0 1 6 12 0 11 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .231 .351 .338 0.0 1959 NY A
1960 NY A Daily Splits 33 53 4 8 2 0 0 3 9 0 14 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 .151 .274 .189 0.0 1960 NY A
1961 NY A Daily Splits 39 96 11 17 1 0 0 10 12 0 17 0 5 1 0 3 1 0 0 .177 .266 .188 0.0 1961 NY A
1962 NY A Daily Splits 38 85 5 10 2 0 0 5 8 0 22 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 .118 .198 .141 0.0 1962 NY A
1963 NY A Daily Splits 38 92 5 13 2 0 1 4 6 0 22 0 5 0 0 3 2 2 2 .141 .194 .196 0.0 1963 NY A
1964 NY A Daily Splits 39 67 5 8 1 0 0 2 10 0 23 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .119 .244 .134 0.0 1964 NY A
1965 NY A Daily Splits 38 82 4 15 1 0 0 4 5 0 26 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .183 .230 .195 0.0 1965 NY A
1966 NY A Daily Splits 22 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .053 .000 0.0 1966 NY A
1967 NY A Daily Splits 7 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 0.0 1967 NY A
Total (16 Years) Splits 500 1023 91 177 19 0 3 69 113 0 224 3 65 4 0 19 10 3 2 .173 .256 .200 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1950 NY A Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1950 NY A
1953 NY A Daily Splits 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1953 NY A
1955 NY A Daily Splits 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 1955 NY A
1956 NY A Daily Splits 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1956 NY A
1957 NY A Daily Splits 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1957 NY A
1958 NY A Daily Splits 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 1958 NY A
1960 NY A Daily Splits 2 8 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1960 NY A
1961 NY A Daily Splits 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 1961 NY A
1962 NY A Daily Splits 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .125 .000 1962 NY A
1963 NY A Daily Splits 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1963 NY A
1964 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1964 NY A
Total (11 Years) Splits 22 49 4 4 0 0 0 3 7 0 14 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .082 .196 .082 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1954 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1954 AL
1955 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1955 AL
1956 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1956 AL
1959 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1959 AL
1960 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1960 AL
1961 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1961 AL
Total ( 6 Years) Splits 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
1950 NY A Daily Splits 20 12 7 2 5 1 112 87 465 7 39 35 52 0 59 8 3 2 0 12 3 12 8 9 1 2.81 6.25 1.5 1950 NY A
1953 NY A Daily Splits 32 30 11 3 2 0 207 187 882 13 77 69 110 3 110 6 3 4 0 27 1 25 12 18 6 3.00 6.27 2.5 1953 NY A
1954 NY A Daily Splits 34 28 11 3 4 1 210.2 170 873 10 72 66 101 2 125 15 6 1 1 0 17 10 25 12 16 8 2.82 4.54 2.1 1954 NY A
1955 NY A Daily Splits 39 33 18 5 4 2 253.2 188 1027 20 83 74 113 7 137 7 2 7 1 1 28 2 33 13 18 7 2.63 5.00 3.4 1955 NY A
1956 NY A Daily Splits 31 30 18 2 1 1 225.2 187 920 13 70 62 84 3 141 7 5 6 4 0 30 4 31 19 19 6 2.47 4.77 4.6 1956 NY A
1957 NY A Daily Splits 24 17 5 0 2 0 129.1 114 539 10 46 37 53 3 84 2 1 2 1 2 12 4 19 11 11 5 2.57 5.29 1.6 1957 NY A
1958 NY A Daily Splits 30 29 15 7 1 1 219.1 174 872 14 62 49 62 3 145 5 1 5 3 1 25 3 26 17 14 7 2.01 4.48 3.9 1958 NY A
1959 NY A Daily Splits 35 29 9 2 4 2 204 194 877 13 82 69 89 5 114 9 3 5 1 1 19 5 27 20 16 10 3.04 4.52 2.6 1959 NY A
1960 NY A Daily Splits 33 29 8 4 1 0 192.2 168 797 15 76 66 65 5 85 10 5 5 1 0 23 5 18 14 12 9 3.08 4.41 1.5 1960 NY A
1961 NY A Daily Splits 39 39 11 3 0 0 283 242 1159 23 108 101 92 3 209 7 3 8 1 0 39 8 28 18 25 4 3.21 5.67 2.1 1961 NY A
1962 NY A Daily Splits 38 37 7 0 0 0 257.2 243 1070 22 90 83 69 1 160 4 5 5 4 0 38 11 21 12 17 8 2.90 4.49 2.7 1962 NY A
1963 NY A Daily Splits 38 37 13 3 1 1 269.1 240 1068 26 94 82 56 3 189 6 8 9 2 0 32 8 30 11 24 7 2.74 4.57 2.5 1963 NY A
1964 NY A Daily Splits 39 36 12 8 2 1 244.2 212 996 10 67 58 57 3 172 13 2 6 2 0 29 4 17 15 17 6 2.13 4.11 3.9 1964 NY A
1965 NY A Daily Splits 37 36 9 2 1 1 244.1 241 1000 22 97 88 50 2 162 12 4 7 1 0 31 11 29 14 16 13 3.24 3.89 1.0 1965 NY A
1966 NY A Daily Splits 22 9 0 0 7 0 73 79 318 8 33 20 24 6 43 6 3 1 0 0 11 4 6 9 2 5 2.47 3.22 0.2 1966 NY A
1967 NY A Daily Splits 7 7 2 1 0 0 44 40 173 2 11 8 9 0 21 1 1 2 0 0 6 1 8 2 2 4 1.64 3.29 1.1 1967 NY A
Total (16 Years) Splits 498 438 156 45 35 11 3170.1 2766 13036 228 1107 967 1086 49 1956 118 49 75 28 5 379 84 355 207 236 106 2.75 4.73 37.2 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1950 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 7 35 0 2 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0.00 5.00 1950 NY A
1953 NY A Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 9 34 0 4 4 2 1 7 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 4.50 3.50 1953 NY A
1955 NY A Daily Splits 2 2 1 0 0 0 17 13 72 2 6 4 8 0 10 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 2.12 5.50 1955 NY A
1956 NY A Daily Splits 2 2 1 0 0 0 12 14 50 2 8 7 2 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 5.25 4.00 1956 NY A
1957 NY A Daily Splits 2 2 1 0 0 0 16 11 62 0 2 2 5 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1.12 1.50 1957 NY A
1958 NY A Daily Splits 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.1 19 71 0 8 7 5 0 16 1 0 2 0 0 6 1 1 2 0 1 4.11 2.33 1958 NY A
1960 NY A Daily Splits 2 2 2 2 0 0 18 11 65 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 2 0 0.00 11.00 1960 NY A
1961 NY A Daily Splits 2 2 1 1 0 0 14 6 49 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.00 4.50 1961 NY A
1962 NY A Daily Splits 3 3 1 0 0 0 19.2 24 83 1 9 9 4 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 1 1 4.12 3.67 1962 NY A
1963 NY A Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 10 48 2 7 6 3 1 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 4.50 1.50 1963 NY A
1964 NY A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 8 25 1 5 5 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 8.44 5.00 1964 NY A
Total (11 Years) Splits 22 22 7 3 0 0 146 132 594 8 51 44 34 2 94 3 5 4 3 0 20 4 17 10 10 8 2.71 4.14 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1954 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 11.00 1954 AL
1955 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 12 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.20 - 1955 AL
1956 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 - 1956 AL
1959 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 54.00 - 1959 AL
1960 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 13 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.00 0.00 1960 AL
1961 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 11 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.00 4.00 1961 AL
Total ( 6 Years) Splits 6 3 0 0 0 0 12 19 57 3 13 11 3 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 8.25 5.00 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1950 NY A Daily Splits P 20 12 7 112 7 17 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1.000
1953 NY A Daily Splits P 32 30 11 207 8 35 1 3 0 4 4 11 2 .977
1954 NY A Daily Splits P 34 28 11 210.2 7 39 2 3 0 1 2 6 3 .958
1955 NY A Daily Splits P 39 33 18 253.2 10 41 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 .981
1956 NY A Daily Splits P 31 30 18 225.2 9 57 1 6 0 1 1 1 11 .985
1957 NY A Daily Splits P 24 17 5 129.1 6 28 2 5 0 1 2 2 0 .944
1958 NY A Daily Splits P 30 29 15 219.1 7 44 6 2 0 2 0 7 6 .895
1959 NY A Daily Splits P 35 29 9 204 15 49 1 5 0 1 0 3 3 .985
1960 NY A Daily Splits P 33 29 8 192.2 12 38 1 2 0 1 3 4 4 .980
1961 NY A Daily Splits P 39 39 11 283 12 45 5 5 0 2 0 3 4 .919
1962 NY A Daily Splits P 38 37 7 257.2 25 58 3 4 0 0 2 4 2 .965
1963 NY A Daily Splits P 38 37 13 269.1 20 38 5 3 0 1 3 4 5 .921
1964 NY A Daily Splits P 39 36 12 244.2 18 47 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 .985
1965 NY A Daily Splits P 37 36 9 244.1 7 53 0 4 0 3 6 4 1 1.000
1966 NY A Daily Splits P 22 9 0 73 7 26 4 2 0 1 4 0 3 .892
1967 NY A Daily Splits P 7 7 2 44 3 15 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total (16 Years) Splits P 498 438 156 3170.1 173 630 33 49 0 21 30 54 50 .961
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1950 NY A Daily Splits P 1 1 0 8.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 NY A Daily Splits P 2 2 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1955 NY A Daily Splits P 2 2 1 17 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1956 NY A Daily Splits P 2 2 1 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1957 NY A Daily Splits P 2 2 1 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 NY A Daily Splits P 3 3 0 15.1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1960 NY A Daily Splits P 2 2 2 18 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 NY A Daily Splits P 2 2 1 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 NY A Daily Splits P 3 3 1 19.2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .800
1963 NY A Daily Splits P 2 2 0 12 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 NY A Daily Splits P 1 1 0 5.1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total (11 Years) Splits P 22 22 7 146 11 20 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 .969
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1954 AL Daily Splits P 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1955 AL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 AL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1959 AL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 AL Daily Splits P 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -
1961 AL Daily Splits P 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 6 Years) Splits P 6 3 0 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Coaching Record
Year Team Position START END
1964 NY A Pitching 4-16 10-15
1968 NY A Coach 4-10 9-29
1974 NY A Pitching 4- 6 10- 2
1975 NY A Pitching 4- 8 5-21
Total ( 4 Years)
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
5-14-1956 BOX NY A Ed Runge Call at HP
6-13-1957 BOX NY A Johnny Stevens Call at 1B
8-14-1963(1) BOX NY A Joe Paparella Balls and strikes
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1947).
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