Whitey Ford Stats

Whitey Ford was born on Sunday, October 21, 1928, in New York, New York. Ford was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 1, 1950, with the New York Yankees. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Whitey Ford baseball stats page.

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"I didn't cheat when I won the twenty-five games in 1961. I don't want anybody to get any ideas and take my Cy Young Award away. And I didn't cheat in 1963 when I won twenty-four games. Well, maybe just a little." - Ford, Whitey. Slick: My Life In and Around Baseball. Ford, Whitey. Author. Dell Publishing. 1 March 1988. Page 205. [Whitey Ford Quotes]

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Whitey Ford Autograph on a 1963 Post Cereal Baseball Card (#19)

Whitey Ford Autograph on a 1963 Post Cereal Baseball Card (#19)

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Birth Name:   Edward Charles Ford
Nickname:   Banty Rooster, Slick, The Chairman of the Board, Whitey
Born On:   10-21-1928  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   New York, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-08-2020 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Lake Success, New York
Cemetery:   Locust Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, New York
High School:   Manhattan School of Aviation (Manhattan, NY)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   181
First Game:   07-01-1950 (Age 21)
Last Game:   05-21-1967
Draft:   Not Applicable / Signing Bonus = $7,500

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Whitey Ford Pitching Stats

1950 22 Yankees 20 12 5 9 1 .900 2.81 7 2 1 112.0 465 87 35 39 7 52 0 59 3 2 0 -
1953 25 Yankees 32 30 2 18 6 .750 3.00 11 3 0 207.0 882 187 69 77 13 110 3 110 3 4 0 -
1954 26 Yankees 34 28 4 16 8 .667 2.82 11 3 1 210.2 873 170 66 72 10 101 0 125 1 1 0 -
1955 27 Yankees 39 33 4 18 7 .720 2.63 18 5 2 253.2 1,027 188 74 83 20 113 7 137 7 1 1 -
1956 28 Yankees 31 30 1 19 6 .760 2.47 18 2 1 225.2 920 187 62 70 13 84 3 141 6 4 0 -
1957 29 Yankees 24 17 2 11 5 .688 2.57 5 0 0 129.1 539 114 37 46 10 53 3 84 2 1 2 -
1958 30 Yankees 30 29 1 14 7 .667 2.01 15 7 1 219.1 872 174 49 62 14 62 3 145 5 3 1 -
1959 31 Yankees 35 29 4 16 10 .615 3.04 9 2 1 204.0 877 194 69 82 13 89 5 114 5 1 1 -
1960 32 Yankees 33 29 1 12 9 .571 3.08 8 4 0 192.2 797 168 66 76 15 65 5 85 5 1 0 -
1961 33 Yankees 39 39 0 25 4 .862 3.21 11 3 0 283.0 1,159 242 101 108 23 92 3 209 8 1 0 0
1962 34 Yankees 38 37 0 17 8 .680 2.90 7 0 0 257.2 1,070 243 83 90 22 69 1 160 5 4 0 -
1963 35 Yankees 38 37 1 24 7 .774 2.74 13 3 1 269.1 1,068 240 82 94 26 56 3 189 9 2 0 -
1964 36 Yankees 39 36 2 17 6 .739 2.13 12 8 1 244.2 996 212 58 67 10 57 3 172 6 2 0 -
1965 37 Yankees 37 36 1 16 13 .552 3.24 9 2 1 244.1 1,000 241 88 97 22 50 2 162 7 1 0 -
1966 38 Yankees 22 9 7 2 5 .286 2.47 0 0 0 73.0 318 79 20 33 8 24 6 43 1 0 0 -
1967 39 Yankees 7 7 0 2 4 .333 1.64 2 1 0 44.0 173 40 8 11 2 9 0 21 2 0 0 0
16 Years 498 438 35 236 106 .690 2.75 156 45 10 3,170.1 13,036 2,766 967 1,107 228 1,086 47 1,956 75 28 5 0

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Whitey Ford Hitting Stats

1950 22 Yankees 20 36 2 7 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 4 4 0 0 1 .194 .275 .194
1953 25 Yankees 33 75 10 20 2 0 0 0 10 9 0 13 1 0 0 3 .267 .345 .293
1954 26 Yankees 34 62 7 10 1 0 0 0 7 9 0 15 7 1 0 0 .161 .264 .177
1955 27 Yankees 39 86 9 14 0 0 1 0 7 11 0 16 3 0 0 1 .163 .258 .198
1956 28 Yankees 31 78 9 17 2 0 0 0 4 9 0 14 5 0 0 0 .218 .299 .244
1957 29 Yankees 24 42 4 6 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 7 5 0 0 0 .143 .200 .143
1958 30 Yankees 30 73 10 15 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 10 5 0 1 1 .205 .266 .219
1959 31 Yankees 35 65 6 15 4 0 1 0 6 12 0 11 3 0 0 0 .231 .351 .338
1960 32 Yankees 33 53 4 8 2 0 0 0 3 9 0 14 4 0 0 0 .151 .274 .189
1961 33 Yankees 39 96 11 17 1 0 0 0 10 12 0 17 5 1 0 1 .177 .266 .188
1962 34 Yankees 38 85 5 10 2 0 0 0 5 8 0 22 3 2 1 0 .118 .198 .141
1963 35 Yankees 38 92 5 13 2 0 1 0 4 6 0 22 5 0 0 2 .141 .194 .196
1964 36 Yankees 39 67 5 8 1 0 0 0 2 10 0 23 7 0 1 0 .119 .244 .134
1965 37 Yankees 38 82 4 15 1 0 0 0 4 5 0 26 6 0 0 0 .183 .230 .195
1966 38 Yankees 22 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 1 .000 .053 .000
1967 39 Yankees 7 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154
16 Years 500 1,023 91 177 19 0 3 0 69 113 0 224 65 4 3 10 .173 .256 .200

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Whitey Ford Fielding Stats

1950 Yankees P 20 12 336 24 1.2 24 7 17 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.93
1953 Yankees P 32 30 621 44 1.4 43 8 35 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .977 1.87
1954 Yankees P 34 28 632 48 1.4 46 7 39 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .958 1.97
1955 Yankees P 39 33 761 52 1.3 51 10 41 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .981 1.81
1956 Yankees P 31 30 677 67 2.2 66 9 57 1 6 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.63
1957 Yankees P 24 17 388 36 1.5 34 6 28 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .944 2.37
1958 Yankees P 30 29 658 57 1.9 51 7 44 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .895 2.09
1959 Yankees P 35 29 612 65 1.9 64 15 49 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.82
1960 Yankees P 33 29 578 51 1.5 50 12 38 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.34
1961 Yankees P 39 39 849 62 1.6 57 12 45 5 5 n/a n/a n/a .919 1.81
1962 Yankees P 38 37 773 86 2.3 83 25 58 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.90
1963 Yankees P 38 37 808 63 1.7 58 20 38 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .921 1.94
1964 Yankees P 39 36 734 66 1.7 65 18 47 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.39
1965 Yankees P 37 36 733 60 1.6 60 7 53 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.21
1966 Yankees P 22 9 219 37 1.7 33 7 26 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .892 4.07
1967 Yankees P 7 7 132 18 2.6 18 3 15 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.68
P Totals 498 438 9,511 836 1.7 803 173 630 33 49 n/a n/a n/a .961 2.28
16 Years 498 438 9,511 836 1.7 803 173 630 33 49 n/a n/a n/a .961 2.28

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Whitey Ford Miscellaneous Stats

1950 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 9.0 12.0 1.13 4.74 4.18
1953 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 5.8 7.5 1.00 4.78 4.78
1954 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.1 8.9 1.24 5.34 4.31
1955 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 86.0 5.4 12.3 1.21 4.86 4.01
1956 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.6 19.5 1.68 5.62 3.35
1957 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.0 21.0 1.58 5.85 3.69
1958 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 7.3 36.5 2.34 5.95 2.54
1959 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 65.0 5.9 10.8 1.28 5.03 3.93
1960 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.8 17.7 1.31 3.97 3.04
1961 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.6 9.6 2.27 6.65 2.93
1962 Yankees 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.9 17.0 2.32 5.59 2.41
1963 Yankees 2 2 .500 0 0 n/a 92.0 4.2 23.0 3.38 6.32 1.87
1964 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.9 33.5 3.02 6.33 2.10
1965 Yankees 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 0.0 3.2 20.5 3.24 5.97 1.84
1966 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 0.0 1.79 5.30 2.96
1967 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.3 0.0 2.33 4.30 1.84
16 Years 3 2 .600 1 1 n/a 341.0 4.6 14.8 1.80 5.55 3.08

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Whitey Ford Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1950 New York Yankees 19 $5,000.00 - Stats
1953 New York Yankees 16 $9,500.00 - Stats
1954 New York Yankees 16 $16,250.00 Stats -
1955 New York Yankees 16 $21,000.00 Stats Stats
1956 New York Yankees 16 $28,500.00 Stats Stats
1957 New York Yankees 16 $34,000.00 - Stats
1958 New York Yankees 16 $34,000.00 Stats Stats
1959 New York Yankees 16 $31,000.00 Stats -
1960 New York Yankees 16 $36,000.00 Stats Stats
1961 New York Yankees 16 $36,000.00 Stats Stats
1962 New York Yankees 16 $47,500.00 - Stats
1963 New York Yankees 16 $50,000.00 - Stats
1964 New York Yankees 16 $53,000.00 Stats Stats
1965 New York Yankees 16 $58,000.00 - -
1966 New York Yankees 16 $60,000.00 - -
1967 New York Yankees 16 $60,000.00 - -

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Edward Charles Ford was a Major League Baseball player who spent his entire sixteen year Hall of Fame career pitching for the New York Yankees (1950-1967). Did you know that Whitey, his nickname, holds the New York Yankees' franchise record for games won with 236? Red Ruffing, the previous Yankees all-time wins record-holder, still leads all Yankees' right-handed pitchers, with 231 of his 273 career wins coming with the Yankees. Other Yankees' pitchers have had more career wins (for example, Roger Clemens joined the 300 Wins Club as a Yankee), but amassed them for multiple franchises. [New York Yankees Records]

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Whitey Ford Rookie Card | 1951 Bowman Baseball Card (#1 | Checklist)
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The "Chairman of the Board" remained calm and in command during high-pressure situations and his name appears quite frequently in the World Series Career Pitching Records Book: 10 wins (#1), 94 strikeouts (#1), 146 innings pitched (#1) and 22 games started (#1).

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Whitey Ford | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 1974 (HOF)

Slick was a nickname given to Whitey, Billy Martin AND Mickey Mantle, by manager Casey Stengel, who called the trio his Whiskey Slicks. This "slick" was a ten time All-Star, a six time World Series champion, a Cy Young Award winner (1961) and a World Series MVP Award winner (1961) / his post career honors include having his #16 retired by the New York Yankees, a plaque in Monument Park in Yankee Stadium (1987), and election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974, along with teammate Mickey Mantle (Cool Papa Bell, Jim Bottomley, Jocko Conlan and Sam Thompson were enshrined that year as well).