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Whitey Ford | Major Leaguer 1950-1967

Full Name: Edward Charles Ford
Born: October 21,1928 in New York, New York
Height: 5-10 Weight: 181 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: -
College:

Father of Eddie Ford

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Transactions: [Jan 1,1947] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Yankees.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1950	NY Yankees	AL	21	Nyy	MLB	9	1	2.81	20	12	7	2	5	1	112.0	87	39	35	7	52	59	3	0	6.99	0.56	4.18	4.74	1.24	--
1953	NY Yankees	AL	24	Nyy	MLB	18	6	3.00	32	30	11	3	2	0	207.0	187	77	69	13	110	110	3	0	8.13	0.57	4.78	4.78	1.43	--
1954	NY Yankees	AL	25	Nyy	MLB	16	8	2.82	34	28	11	3	4	1	210.2	170	72	66	10	101	125	1	0	7.26	0.43	4.32	5.34	1.29	--
1955	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	18	7	2.63	39	33	18	5	4	2	253.2	188	83	74	20	113	137	7	1	6.67	0.71	4.01	4.86	1.19	--
1956	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	MLB	19	6	2.47	31	30	18	2	1	1	225.2	187	70	62	13	84	141	6	0	7.46	0.52	3.35	5.62	1.20	--
1957	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	MLB	11	5	2.57	24	17	5	0	2	0	129.1	114	46	37	10	53	84	2	2	7.93	0.70	3.69	5.85	1.29	60%
1958	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	14	7	2.01	30	29	15	7	1	1	219.1	174	62	49	14	62	145	5	1	7.14	0.57	2.54	5.95	1.08	63%
1959	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	16	10	3.04	35	29	9	2	4	1	204.0	194	82	69	13	89	114	5	1	8.56	0.57	3.93	5.03	1.39	61%
1960	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	12	9	3.08	33	29	8	4	1	0	192.2	168	76	66	15	65	85	5	0	7.85	0.70	3.04	3.97	1.21	55%
1961	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	MLB	25	4	3.21	39	39	11	3	0	0	283.0	242	108	101	23	92	209	8	0	7.70	0.73	2.93	6.65	1.18	58%
1962	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	17	8	2.90	38	37	7	0	0	0	257.2	243	90	83	22	69	160	5	0	8.49	0.77	2.41	5.59	1.21	57%
1963	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	24	7	2.74	38	37	13	3	1	1	269.1	240	94	82	26	56	189	9	0	8.02	0.87	1.87	6.32	1.10	52%
1964	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	17	6	2.13	39	36	12	8	2	1	244.2	212	67	58	10	57	172	6	0	7.80	0.37	2.10	6.33	1.10	64%
1965	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	16	13	3.24	37	36	9	2	1	1	244.1	241	97	88	22	50	162	7	0	8.88	0.81	1.84	5.97	1.19	54%
1966	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	MLB	2	5	2.47	22	9	0	0	7	0	73.0	79	33	20	8	24	43	1	0	9.74	0.99	2.96	5.30	1.41	55%
1967	NY Yankees	AL	38	Nyy	MLB	2	4	1.64	7	7	2	1	0	0	44.0	40	11	8	2	9	21	2	0	8.18	0.41	1.84	4.30	1.11	53%

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)						236	106	2.75	498	438	156	45	35	10	3,170.1	2766	1107	967	228	1086	1956	75	5	7.85	0.65	3.08	5.55	1.22	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1950	NY Yankees	AL	21	Nyy	MLB	p		20	36	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	4	0		4		1	.194	*.280	.194	*474	--
1953	NY Yankees	AL	24	Nyy	MLB	p		33	75	10	20	2	0	0	10	0	0	9	13	0		1		3	.267	*.349	.293	*642	--
1954	NY Yankees	AL	25	Nyy	MLB	p		34	62	7	10	1	0	0	7	0	0	9	15	0		7	1	0	.161	.264	.177	441	--
1955	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	p		39	86	9	14	0	0	1	7	0	0	11	16	0	0	3	0	1	.163	.258	.198	456	--
1956	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	MLB	p		31	78	9	17	2	0	0	4	0	0	9	14	0	0	5	0	0	.218	.299	.244	543	--
1957	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	MLB	p	9	24	42	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	0	0	5	0	0	.143	.200	.143	343	67%
1958	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	p	9	30	73	10	15	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	10	1	0	5	0	1	.205	.266	.219	485	62%
1959	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	p	9	35	65	6	15	4	0	1	6	0	0	12	11	0	0	3	0	0	.231	.351	.338	689	66%
1960	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	p	9	33	53	4	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	9	14	0	0	4	0	0	.151	.274	.189	463	63%
1961	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	MLB	p	9	39	96	11	17	1	0	0	10	0	0	12	17	0	0	5	1	1	.177	.266	.188	454	61%
1962	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	p	9	38	85	5	10	2	0	0	5	1	0	8	22	1	0	3	2	0	.118	.198	.141	339	59%
1963	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	p	9	38	92	5	13	2	0	1	4	2	2	6	22	0	0	5	0	2	.141	.194	.196	390	64%
1964	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	p	9	39	67	5	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	10	23	1	0	7	0	0	.119	.244	.134	378	62%
1965	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	p	9	38	82	4	15	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	26	0	0	6	0	0	.183	.230	.195	425	62%
1966	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	MLB	p	9	22	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.053	.000	053	80%
1967	NY Yankees	AL	38	Nyy	MLB	p	9	7	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	.154	.154	.154	308	67%

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)								500	1023	91	177	19	0	3	69	3	2	113	224	3		65		10	.173		.200	---	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1950	NY Yankees	AL	21		Ws	1	0	0.00	1		0			0	8.2	7		0		1	7			7.27	---	1.04	7.27	0.92	--
1953	NY Yankees	AL	24		Ws	0	1	4.50	2		0			0	8.0	9		4		2	7			10.13	---	2.25	7.88	1.38	--
1955	NY Yankees	AL	26		Ws	2	0	2.12	2		1			0	17.0	13		4		8	10			6.88	---	4.24	5.29	1.24	--
1956	NY Yankees	AL	27		Ws	1	1	5.25	2		1			0	12.0	14		7		2	8			10.50	---	1.50	6.00	1.33	--
1957	NY Yankees	AL	28		Ws	1	1	1.13	2		1			0	16.0	11		2		5	7			6.19	---	2.81	3.94	1.00	--
1958	NY Yankees	AL	29		Ws	0	1	4.11	3		0			0	15.1	19		7		5	16			11.15	---	2.94	9.39	1.57	--
1960	NY Yankees	AL	31		Ws	2	0	0.00	2		2			0	18.0	11		0		2	8			5.50	---	1.00	4.00	0.72	--
1961	NY Yankees	AL	32		Ws	2	0	0.00	2		1			0	14.0	6		0		1	7			3.86	---	0.64	4.50	0.50	--
1962	NY Yankees	AL	33		Ws	1	1	4.12	3		1			0	19.2	24		9		4	12			10.99	---	1.83	5.49	1.42	--
1963	NY Yankees	AL	34		Ws	0	2	4.50	2		0			0	12.0	10		6		3	8			7.50	---	2.25	6.00	1.08	--
1964	NY Yankees	AL	35		Ws	0	1	8.44	1		0			0	5.1	8		5		1	4			13.51	---	1.69	6.75	1.69	--

Major League Totals - 11 Season(s)						10	8	2.71	22		7			0	146.0	132		44		34	94			8.14	---	2.10	5.79	1.14	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1950	NY Yankees	AL	21	Nyy	Ws	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1953	NY Yankees	AL	24	Nyy	Ws	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--
1955	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	Ws	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	143	--
1956	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	Ws	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1957	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	Ws	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1958	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	Ws	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333	--
1960	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	Ws	2	8	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	--
1961	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	Ws	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	167	--
1962	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	Ws	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	125	--
1963	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	Ws	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1964	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	Ws	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	--

Major League Totals - 11 Season(s)						22	49	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	14	0	0	0	0	0	.082	.196	.082	278	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1950	NY Yankees	AL	21	Nyy	MLB	P	20		112	7	17	0	24	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.93

1953	NY Yankees	AL	24	Nyy	MLB	P	32		207	8	35	1	44	3	-	-	-	.977	1.87

1954	NY Yankees	AL	25	Nyy	MLB	P	34		210.2	7	39	2	48	3	-	-	-	.958	1.97

1955	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	P	39		253.2	10	41	1	52	1	-	-	-	.981	1.81

1956	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	MLB	P	31		225.2	9	57	1	67	6	-	-	-	.985	2.63

1957	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	MLB	P	24		129.1	6	28	2	36	5	-	-	-	.944	2.37

1958	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	P	30		219.1	7	44	6	57	2	-	-	-	.895	2.09

1959	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	P	35		204	15	49	1	65	5	-	-	-	.985	2.82

1960	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	P	33		192.2	12	38	1	51	2	-	-	-	.980	2.34

1961	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	MLB	P	39		283	12	45	5	62	5	-	-	-	.919	1.81

1962	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	P	38		257.2	25	58	3	86	4	-	-	-	.965	2.90

1963	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	P	38		269.1	20	38	5	63	3	-	-	-	.921	1.94

1964	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	P	39		244.2	18	47	1	66	2	-	-	-	.985	2.39

1965	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	P	37		244.1	7	53	0	60	4	-	-	-	1.000	2.21

1966	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	MLB	P	22		73	7	26	4	37	2	-	-	-	.892	4.07

1967	NY Yankees	AL	38	Nyy	MLB	P	7		44	3	15	0	18	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.68

Awards

[1950] - AL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #2), AL MVP (Voting Rank: #21) [1953] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #20) [1954] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1955] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #15) [1956] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #12), Played in MLB All-Star Game, Major League Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #3) [1957] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #19) [1958] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1959] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1960] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1961] - World Series Most Valuable Player, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #5), Played in MLB All-Star Game, Major League Cy Young Award [1962] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #26) [1963] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #3) [1964] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #21), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1973] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (255 votes - 67.11%) [1974] - Elected to Hall of Fame (284 votes - 77.81%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion New York Yankees in 1950, 1953, 1956, 1958 and 1961-1962.

Notes: Played in 8 All-Star games during his career (1954-1956, 1958-1961, 1964)

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