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Whitey Ford
Edward Charles Ford (The Chairman of the Board,Slick)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 181 lb.

MLB Debut July 1, 1950
Final Game May 21, 1967
Born October 21, 1928 in New York, NY
Died October 8, 2020 (age 91)

Pitching   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Batters
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1950 21 NYA AL  11   5  .688  22  18   1   1   0   0  118.1   99   482   44   40   8   37   1   3   64   2  0  3.04  
 1951           [Did not play]
 1952           [Did not play]
 1953 24 NYA AL  12  11  .522  35  35   4   0   0   1  227.1  205   953   88   79  18   83   1   4  148   3  0  3.13  CY-10
 1954 25 NYA AL  14  13  .519  32  32  12   0   0   2  229.1  201   995  114   91  20  113   6   5  146   2  0  3.57  
 1955 26 NYA AL  21  10  .677  35  35  14   0   0   4  273.2  189  1114   85   78  15  116   6   4  149   5  2  2.57  CY-1
 1956 27 NYA AL  21   7  .750  33  33   1   0   0   0  230.1  186   933   81   76  15   70   3   3  127   4  0  2.97  CY-4
 1957 28 NYA AL   9   6  .600  45  12   0  16   7   0  144.0  130   604   59   55  17   49   3   2  126   3  2  3.44  
 1958 29 NYA AL  16   9  .640  30  29   8   1   0   2  220.1  182   879   65   50  18   50   1   0  198   5  1  2.04  CY-4
 1959 30 NYA AL  16   7  .696  29  29   8   0   0   5  223.1  206   947   86   82  18   90   2   2  126   8  0  3.30  CY-7
 1960 31 NYA AL  15   8  .652  33  32   2   1   0   0  208.2  202   882   92   77  23   61   2   2   94   1  0  3.32  CY-10
 1961 32 NYA AL  21   8  .724  35  35  12   0   0   4  266.1  255  1123  113  101  27   78   0   5  194   6  0  3.41  CY-2
 1962 33 NYA AL  10  18  .357  36  36   9   0   0   2  257.0  261  1095  124  107  19   82   4   5  142   7  0  3.75  
 1963 34 NYA AL  15  13  .536  36  36   3   0   0   1  255.1  244  1060  110  100  28   69   4   4  167  14  0  3.52  
 1964 35 NYA AL  11  14  .440  32  32   9   0   0   1  251.0  224  1017   82   77  10   53   4   2  168   7  0  2.76  
 1965 36 NYA AL   7  13  .350  22  22   3   0   0   1  147.0  176   643  101   95  26   38   0   2  112   7  0  5.82  
 1966 37 NYA AL   2   4  .333  15   8   1   4   0   0   66.0   69   279   42   35  11   17   4   0   35   2  0  4.77  
 1967 38 NYA AL   1   3  .250   6   6   0   0   0   0   41.1   39   169   12   12   1    8   1   1   17   1  0  2.61  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 16 Seasons     202 149  .575 476 430  87  23   7  23 3159.1 2868 13175 1298 1155 274 1014  42  44 2013  77  5  3.29
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With NYA     202 149  .575 476 430  87  23   7  23 3159.1 2868 13175 1298 1155 274 1014  42  44 2013  77  5  3.29
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     236 106  .690 498 438 156  35  10  45 3171.1 2766 13036 1107  967 228 1086  44  28 1956  75  5  2.75
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1950 21 NYA AL  33   42   3.3   0  4.56   39   5   0  .128   0    6    5  .833    0    0  .000  -28   
 1951           [Did not play]
 1952           [Did not play]
 1953 24 NYA AL  27   88   3.5   0  5.11   85  20   0  .235   2   10    8  .800    1    2  .333  -51   
 1954 25 NYA AL  29  102   4.0   0  4.56   70  13   0  .186   3    7    4  .571    1    0 1.000   30   
 1955 26 NYA AL  21   81   2.6   0  4.97   90  14   0  .156   2    9    6  .667    0    1  .000  -62   
 1956 27 NYA AL  19   79   3.1   0  5.45   75   9   0  .120   3   14   11  .786    3    2  .600  -32   
 1957 28 NYA AL  28   58   3.6  12  4.17   33   5   0  .152   2   10    7  .700    2    0 1.000  -18   
 1958 29 NYA AL  24   65   2.7   0  5.34   82  21   0  .256   9   12    3  .250    0    1  .000  -25   
 1959 30 NYA AL  20   93   3.7   0  4.79   79  13   1  .165   0    6    6 1.000    0    1  .000  -25   
 1960 31 NYA AL  21   95   4.1   0  4.84   61   9   0  .148   2   11    9  .818    4    1  .800   33   
 1961 32 NYA AL  19  120   4.0   0  6.09   97  10   0  .103   3    7    2  .286    7    1  .875   18   
 1962 33 NYA AL  22  121   4.2   0  3.42   84  10   0  .119   5   14    9  .643    7    7  .500   -2   
 1963 34 NYA AL  21  113   4.0   0  3.81   78  16   3  .205   1    5    3  .600    5    1  .833   17   
 1964 35 NYA AL  20   79   2.8   0  3.25   79   5   0  .063   0   13   13 1.000    2    1  .667  -17   
 1965 36 NYA AL  30   93   5.7   0  4.23   47   8   0  .170   0   10   10 1.000    7    1  .875   99   
 1966 37 NYA AL  17   37   5.1   0  4.25   18   3   0  .167   1    2    1  .500    9    2  .818  -30   
 1967 38 NYA AL  19   14   3.2   0  2.17   12   2   0  .167   0    1    1 1.000    2    1  .667  -45   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 16 Seasons         1286   3.6  12       1029 163   4  .158  33  137   98  .715   50   22  .694   -7   7
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 39.2 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 103.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1956 WS    NYA NY2   W    2  3.86   0-1   0  2  14.0  13   6   8   4
 1957 WS    NYA CIN   L    1  5.14   1-0   0  1   7.0   7   4   3   5
 1958 WS    NYA CHN   W    2  1.69   1-0   0  2  10.2  11   2   4  12
 1959 WS    NYA CHN   L    2 10.64   0-1   0  2  11.0  20  13   4   5
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1950  NYA  105-49   Billy Vanson
 1953  NYA   72-82   Billy Vanson
 1954  NYA   79-75   Billy Vanson
 1955  NYA   84-70   Billy Vanson
 1956  NYA  101-53   Billy Vanson
 1957  NYA   94-60   Billy Vanson
 1958  NYA  100-54   Billy Vanson
 1959  NYA   90-64   Billy Vanson
 1960  NYA   81-73   Billy Vanson
 1961  NYA   83-71   Billy Vanson
 1962  NYA   79-83   Billy Vanson
 1963  NYA   86-76   Billy Vanson
 1964  NYA   70-92   Billy Vanson
 1965  NYA   75-87   Billy Vanson
 1966  NYA   63-99   Billy Vanson
 1967  NYA   57-105  Billy Vanson

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