Whitey Ford

Whitey Ford

1950–1967 · Bats L · Throws L · 5'10", 178 lb · b. 1928 New York, NY

Career 236–106 · 2.75 ERA · 1,956 SO · 3170.1 IP · 500 G · 177 H · 3 HR · 69 RBI · .173 AVG

Seasons leading his league

12

7 best in baseball 5 league only

47 Top-5 finishes

7 Title seasons

7 Categories led

1958 Best season

Spanning 1955–1965, peaking at 3 titles in 1958.

Clubs 20 Win Seasons ×2

Team records #1 Yankees career W #1 Yankees career IP #2 Yankees career SO #6 Yankees career ERA #8 Yankees 1958 ERA #9 Yankees 1961 W

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

382nd League titles 12
308th Best in baseball 7
438th Top-5 finishes 47

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

29th Shutouts 45
64th Wins 236
91st Earned Run Average 2.75
106th Strikeouts 1,956
116th Innings Pitched 3170.1
133rd Pitcher Assists 630
168th Pitcher Putouts 173
206th Walks + Hits / IP 1.22
211th Complete Games 156
337th Pitcher Range Factor 1.61
494th Strikeouts / 9 5.55

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Wins	3	1st	—	1961 25 1955 AL 18 1963 AL 24
Shutouts	2	1st	—	1958 7 1960 AL 4 1964 #2
Innings Pitched	2	1st	—	1961 283.0 1963 AL 269.1 1955 #2
Earned Run Average	2	1st	—	1956 2.47 1958 2.01 1955 #2 1962 #3 1964 #3
Pitcher Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1965 1.000
Complete Games	1	1st	—	1955 AL 18
Walks + Hits / IP	1	1st	—	1958 1.08 1955 #2
Pitcher Range Factor	—	#2	—	1956 #3 1958 #3 1962 #2
Pitcher Putouts	—	#2	—	1962 #2
Pitcher Assists	—	#2	—	1956 #2 1958 #3 1959 #2 1962 #2
Strikeouts	—	#2	—	1961 #2

Title Seasons

7 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1965	1	P FPCT 1.000
1963	2	W 24 IP 269.1
1961	2	W 25 IP 283.0
1960	1	SHO 4
1958	3	ERA 2.01 WHIP 1.08 SHO 7
1956	1	ERA 2.47
1955	2	W 18 CG 18

Pitching

led the league 16 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1950	NYA	AL	9	1	2.81	20	12	1	112.0	87	35	7	52	59	1.24
1953	NYA	AL	18	6	3.00	32	30	0	207.0	187	69	13	110	110	1.44
1954	NYA	AL	16	8	2.82	34	28	1	210.2	170	66	10	101	125	1.29
1955	NYA	AL	18	7	2.63	39	33	2	253.2	188	74	20	113	137	1.19
1956	NYA	AL	19	6	2.47	31	30	1	225.2	187	62	13	84	141	1.20
1957	NYA	AL	11	5	2.57	24	17	0	129.1	114	37	10	53	84	1.29
1958	NYA	AL	14	7	2.01	30	29	1	219.1	174	49	14	62	145	1.08
1959	NYA	AL	16	10	3.04	35	29	1	204.0	194	69	13	89	114	1.39
1960	NYA	AL	12	9	3.08	33	29	0	192.2	168	66	15	65	85	1.21
1961	NYA	AL	25	4	3.21	39	39	0	283.0	242	101	23	92	209	1.18
1962	NYA	AL	17	8	2.90	38	37	0	257.2	243	83	22	69	160	1.21
1963	NYA	AL	24	7	2.74	38	37	1	269.1	240	82	26	56	189	1.10
1964	NYA	AL	17	6	2.13	39	36	1	244.2	212	58	10	57	172	1.10
1965	NYA	AL	16	13	3.24	37	36	1	244.1	241	88	22	50	162	1.19
1966	NYA	AL	2	5	2.47	22	9	0	73.0	79	20	8	24	43	1.41
1967	NYA	AL	2	4	1.64	7	7	0	44.0	40	8	2	9	21	1.11
Career	—	—	236	106	2.75	498	438	10	3170.1	2,766	967	228	1,086	1,956	1.22

Batting

16 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1950	NYA	AL	20	36	2	7	0	0	0	3	4	4	0	.194	.275	.194	.469
1953	NYA	AL	33	75	10	20	2	0	0	10	9	13	0	.267	.345	.293	.639
1954	NYA	AL	34	62	7	10	1	0	0	7	9	15	0	.161	.264	.177	.441
1955	NYA	AL	39	86	9	14	0	0	1	7	11	16	0	.163	.258	.198	.455
1956	NYA	AL	31	78	9	17	2	0	0	4	9	14	0	.218	.299	.244	.543
1957	NYA	AL	24	42	4	6	0	0	0	2	3	7	0	.143	.200	.143	.343
1958	NYA	AL	30	73	10	15	1	0	0	2	5	10	0	.206	.266	.219	.485
1959	NYA	AL	35	65	6	15	4	0	1	6	12	11	0	.231	.351	.339	.689
1960	NYA	AL	33	53	4	8	2	0	0	3	9	14	0	.151	.274	.189	.463
1961	NYA	AL	39	96	11	17	1	0	0	10	12	17	0	.177	.266	.188	.454
1962	NYA	AL	38	85	5	10	2	0	0	5	8	22	1	.118	.198	.141	.339
1963	NYA	AL	38	92	5	13	2	0	1	4	6	22	2	.141	.194	.196	.390
1964	NYA	AL	39	67	5	8	1	0	0	2	10	23	0	.119	.244	.134	.378
1965	NYA	AL	38	82	4	15	1	0	0	4	5	26	0	.183	.230	.195	.425
1966	NYA	AL	22	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	.000	.053	.000	.053
1967	NYA	AL	7	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.154	.154	.154	.308
Career	—	—	500	1,023	91	177	19	0	3	69	113	224	3	.173	.256	.200	.457

Fielding

1 position

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1950	NYA	AL	P	20	—	—	7	17	0	1	24	1.000	1.20
1953	NYA	AL	P	32	—	—	8	35	1	3	44	.977	1.34
1954	NYA	AL	P	34	28	210.2	7	39	2	3	48	.958	1.35
1955	NYA	AL	P	39	33	253.2	10	41	1	1	52	.981	1.31
1956	NYA	AL	P	31	30	225.2	9	57	1	6	67	.985	2.13
1957	NYA	AL	P	24	17	129.1	6	28	2	5	36	.944	1.42
1958	NYA	AL	P	30	29	219.1	7	44	6	2	57	.895	1.70
1959	NYA	AL	P	35	29	204.0	15	49	1	5	65	.985	1.83
1960	NYA	AL	P	33	29	192.2	12	38	1	2	51	.980	1.52
1961	NYA	AL	P	39	39	283.0	12	45	5	5	62	.919	1.46
1962	NYA	AL	P	38	37	257.2	25	58	3	4	86	.965	2.18
1963	NYA	AL	P	38	37	269.1	20	38	5	3	63	.921	1.53
1964	NYA	AL	P	39	36	244.2	18	47	1	2	66	.985	1.67
1965	NYA	AL	P	37	36	244.1	7	53	0	4	60	1.000	1.62
1966	NYA	AL	P	22	9	73.0	7	26	4	2	37	.892	1.50
1967	NYA	AL	P	7	7	44.0	3	15	0	1	18	1.000	2.57
Career	—	—	P	498	396	2851.1	173	630	33	49	836	.961	1.61