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.
"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]
Whitey Ford![]() Whitey Ford Autograph on a 1963 Post Cereal Baseball Card (#19) |
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Whitey FordWhitey Ford Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| 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 |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
| 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 | ||
Whitey FordWhitey Ford Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 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 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 16 Years | 500 | 1,023 | 91 | 177 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 113 | 0 | 224 | 65 | 4 | 3 | 10 | .173 | .256 | .200 | ||
Whitey FordWhitey Ford Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 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 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 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 | |
Whitey FordWhitey Ford Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 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 |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 16 Years | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1 | 1 | n/a | 341.0 | 4.6 | 14.8 | 1.80 | 5.55 | 3.08 |
Whitey FordWhitey Ford Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 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 | - | - |
| Whitey Ford Stats by Baseball Almanac | ||||

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]

Whitey Ford Rookie Card | 1951 Bowman Baseball Card (#1 | Checklist)
Baseball Almanac Research Library
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).

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).