Whitey Ford Edward Charles Ford Bats Left Throws Left Height 5'10 Weight 178 Born October 21, 1928 New York, NY Died October 8, 2020 Sea Cliff, NY

Pitching  

 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 1950 21 BRK  10  10  .500   0  29  29   2   0  191.2  168   93   91   94  127  14  4.27  4.26  100  
 1951 22 BRK   Military Service                                                                      
 1952 23 BRK   Military Service                                                                     
 1953 24 BRK   4   9  .308   0  33  30   3   0  185.0  210  117  110   92   93  26  5.35  4.67   87 
 1954 25 BRK  13  14  .481   0  32  31   6   2  213.1  187   95   86  115  119  16  3.63  4.10  113 

 1955 26 BRK  13  12  .520   0  31  31   8   1  218.2  189  114   99   81  121  41  4.07  4.58  112 
 1956 27 BRK   9  10  .474   0  30  29   6   1  194.2  185   89   84   83  129  24  3.88  4.29  110 
 1957 28 BRK   7  12  .368   0  31  31   1   1  178.0  181  110   94   83  109  34  4.75  4.19   88 
 1958 29 BRK   9  11  .450   0  29  29   6   3  212.0  167   72   64   72  137  21  2.72  3.75  138 
 1959 30 BRK   8  16  .333   0  31  31   4   2  190.0  223  122  105   97   90  24  4.97  3.77   76 

 1960 31 BRK  16  10  .615   0  32  31  13   2  243.1  213   89   79   86  103  21  2.92  4.08  140 
 1961 32 BRK  14   6  .700   0  32  32   8   3  217.2  179   82   73   68  193  27  3.02  4.18  138 
 1962 33 BRK                                                                                        
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons  103 110  .484   0 310 304  57  15 2044.1 1902  983  885  871 1221 248  3.90  4.19  108        
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  11  12  .484   0  33  32   6   2  216.1  201  104   94   92  129  26  3.90  
 Career High  16  16  .700   0  33  32  13   3  243.1  223  122  110  115  193  41  2.72  
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+

Shaded Text indicates partial season results.

Postseason Pitching

 
 Year Tm  OPP WLser   W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR   ERA  
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+
 1955 BRK MON   W     1   0 1.000   0   1   1   0   0   8.0    5    1    1    1    4   1  1.13
 1961 BRK MUS   W     2   0 1.000   0   2   2   2   1  18.0    8    1    1    9   15   0  0.50
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+
               2-0    3   0 1.000   0   3   3   2   1  26.0   13    2    2   10   19   1  0.69
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Stats are Year-Value-Rank

Wins 1955-13-10 1960-16-3 1961-14-10

ERA 1958-2.72-3 1960-2.92-3 1961-3.02-3

Strikeouts 1954-119-9 1958-137-5 1961-193-2

Complete Games 1960-13-3 1961-8-9

Innings 1960-243.1-6

Walks 1950-94-8 1953-92-4 1954-115-3 1955-81-10 1958-72-10 1959-97-3 1960-86-9 1961-132-3

Losses 1954-14-4 1959-16-3

Transactions January 1, 1950: Drafted 1st round (1st overall) by Brooklyn.

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