Whitey Ford Awards

What awards did Whitey Ford win? This page lists every known baseball award won by Whitey Ford in chronological order. Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball award.

"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." - Whitey Ford in Slick (1987)
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Whitey Ford Autograph on a 1963 Post (#19)

Whitey Ford Autograph on a 1963 Post (#19)
 

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Birth Name:   Edward Charles Ford
Nickname:   Banty Rooster or The Chairman of the Board or Whitey
Born On:   10-21-1928  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   New York, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Manhattan School of Aviation High School (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
Whitey Ford

Awards

1950 Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award
1955 Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
1961 Cy Young Award
1961 Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
1961 The Babe Ruth Award (World Series MVP)
1961 World Series Most Valuable Player Award
1963 Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
1974 National Baseball Hall of Fame


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