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Whitey Ford
Pitcher

1950, 1953-67 New York Yankees

  • .690 career winning percentage is the best of any modern pitcher with at least 200 wins. Had a 236-106 career record.

  • Holds record for most World Series wins with 10.

  • Won the American League Cy Young Award in 1961 by going 25-4 and helping to lead the Yankees to yet another World Series win.

  • Ford only had two 20 win seasons in his career because 1950s Yankee manager Casey Stengel usually used Ford only against the Yankees toughest opponents. "If you had one game to win and your life depended on it, you'd want him to pitch it," Stengel said of Ford. Stengel refused to overuse his ace.

  • As a rookie in 1950, Ford was called up in mid-season. He went 9-1 in 12 starts and tossed a shutout in that fall's World Series.

  • Ford missed the next two seasons while serving in the military in Korea. But when he returned to New York in 1953, he had an 18-6 record to help lead the Yankees to their fifth consecutive World Series.

  • Late in his career, Ford was known for his fabulous spitball.


Ford early in his career, 1954

  • Ford also holds the records for most World Series strikeouts (94) and innings pitched (146.)

  • Led the AL in wins (8) and ERA (2.47) in 1955.

  • Had a career 2.74 ERA.

  • Went 24-7 with a 2.74 ERA in 1963.

  • Averaged 16 wins and only 7 losses a season from 1953-60.

  • Inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
YR TM LG G W L PCT IP H BB SO ERA
1950 NY A 20 9 1 .900 112.0 87 52 59 2.81
1953 NY A 32 18 6 .750 207.0 187 110 110 3000
1954 NY A 34 16 8 .667 210.2 170 101 125 2.82
1955 NY A 39 18 7 .720 253.2 188 113 137 2.63
1956 NY A 31 19 6 .760 225.2 187 84 141 2.47
1957 NY A 24 11 5 .688 129.1 114 53 84 2.57
1958 NY A 30 14 7 .667 219.1 174 62 145 2.01
1959 NY A 35 16 10 .615 204.0 194 89 114 3.04
1960 NY A 33 12 9 .571 192.2 168 65 85 3.08
1961 NY A 39 25 4 .862 283.0 242 92 209 3.21
1962 NY A 38 17 8 .680 257.2 243 69 160 2.90
1963 NY A 38 24 7 .774 269.1 240 56 189 2.74
1964 NY A 39 17 6 .739 244.2 212 57 172 2.13
1965 NY A 37 16 13 .552 244.1 241 50 162 3.24
1966 NY A 22 2 5 .286 73.0 79 24 43 2.47
1967 NY A 7 2 4 .333 44.0 40 9 21 1.64
  16   498 236 106 .690 3170.1 2766 1086 1956 2.74






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