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.
"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

Whitey Ford Autograph on a 1963 Post (#19)

Whitey Ford Autograph on a 1963 Post (#19)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Edward Charles Ford
Nickname:   Banty Rooster or The Chairman of the Board or Whitey
Born On:   10-21-1928
Place of Birth Data Born In:   New York, New York
Zodiac:   Libra
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
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

Whitey Ford Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1950 Yankees 20 12 5 9 1 .900 2.81 7 2 1 112.0 465 87 35 39 7 52 - 59 3 2 0 -
1953 Yankees 32 30 2 18 6 .750 3.00 11 3 0 207.0 882 187 69 77 13 110 - 110 3 4 0 -
1954 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 -
1962 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 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 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 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 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 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 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP 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 44 1,956 75 28 5 -
Whitey Ford

Whitey Ford Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1950 Yankees 20 36 2 7 0 0 0 0 3 4 - 4 4 - 0 1 .194 .275 .194
1953 Yankees 33 75 10 20 2 0 0 0 10 9 - 13 1 - 0 3 .267 .345 .293
1954 Yankees 34 62 7 10 1 0 0 0 7 9 - 15 7 1 0 0 .161 .264 .177
1955 Yankees 39 86 9 14 0 0 1 0 7 11 0 16 3 0 0 1 .163 .258 .198
1956 Yankees 31 78 9 17 2 0 0 0 4 9 0 14 5 0 0 0 .218 .299 .244
1957 Yankees 24 42 4 6 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 7 5 0 0 0 .143 .200 .143
1958 Yankees 30 73 10 15 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 10 5 0 1 1 .205 .266 .219
1959 Yankees 35 65 6 15 4 0 1 0 6 12 0 11 3 0 0 0 .231 .351 .338
1960 Yankees 33 53 4 8 2 0 0 0 3 9 0 14 4 0 0 0 .151 .274 .189
1961 Yankees 39 96 11 17 1 0 0 0 10 12 0 17 5 1 0 1 .177 .266 .188
1962 Yankees 38 85 5 10 2 0 0 0 5 8 0 22 3 2 1 0 .118 .198 .141
1963 Yankees 38 92 5 13 2 0 1 0 4 6 0 22 5 0 0 2 .141 .194 .196
1964 Yankees 39 67 5 8 1 0 0 0 2 10 0 23 7 0 1 0 .119 .244 .134
1965 Yankees 38 82 4 15 1 0 0 0 4 5 0 26 6 0 0 0 .183 .230 .195
1966 Yankees 22 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 1 .000 .053 .000
1967 Yankees 7 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS 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 Ford

Whitey Ford Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
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 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
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 Ford

Whitey Ford Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1950 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 9.0 12.0 1.13 4.74 4.18
1953 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 5.8 7.5 1.00 4.78 4.78
1954 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.1 8.9 1.24 5.34 4.31
1955 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 86.0 5.4 12.3 1.21 4.86 4.01
1956 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 5.6 19.5 1.68 5.62 3.35
1957 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 6.0 21.0 1.58 5.85 3.69
1958 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 7.3 36.5 2.34 5.95 2.54
1959 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 65.0 5.9 10.8 1.28 5.03 3.93
1960 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.8 17.7 1.31 3.97 3.04
1961 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 5.6 9.6 2.27 6.65 2.93
1962 Yankees 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 0.0 3.9 17.0 2.32 5.59 2.41
1963 Yankees 2 2 .500 - - n/a 92.0 4.2 23.0 3.38 6.32 1.87
1964 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.9 33.5 3.02 6.33 2.10
1965 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.2 20.5 3.24 5.97 1.84
1966 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.0 0.0 1.79 5.30 2.96
1967 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.3 0.0 2.33 4.30 1.84
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
16 Years 3 2 .600 - - n/a 341.0 4.6 14.8 1.80 5.55 3.08
Whitey Ford

Whitey Ford Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1950 New York Yankees 19 Undetermined - Stats
1953 New York Yankees 16 Undetermined - Stats
1954 New York Yankees 16 Undetermined Stats -
1955 New York Yankees 16 $20,000.00 Stats Stats
1956 New York Yankees 16 Undetermined Stats Stats
1957 New York Yankees 16 Undetermined - Stats
1958 New York Yankees 16 Undetermined Stats Stats
1959 New York Yankees 16 $35,000.00 Stats -
1960 New York Yankees 16 $35,000.00 Stats Stats
1961 New York Yankees 16 Undetermined Stats Stats
1962 New York Yankees 16 Undetermined - Stats
1963 New York Yankees 16 Undetermined - Stats
1964 New York Yankees 16 Undetermined Stats Stats
1965 New York Yankees 16 Undetermined - -
1966 New York Yankees 16 Undetermined - -
1967 New York Yankees 16 Undetermined - -




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