Whitey Ford stats

Last played for the New York Yankees, 1967

Pitcher

Age 98

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Whitey Ford played 16 MLB seasons, 1950 to 1967.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
498
W
236
L
106
ERA
2.75
IP
3,170.1
K
1,956
BB
1,086
WHIP
1.22

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1950NYY20912.81112.059521.24
1953NYY321863.00207.01101101.43
1954NYY341682.82210.21251011.29
1955NYY391872.63253.21371131.19
1956NYY311962.47225.2141841.20
1957NYY241152.57129.184531.29
1958NYY301472.01219.1145621.08
1959NYY3516103.04204.0114891.39
1960NYY331293.08192.285651.21
1961NYY392543.21283.0209921.18
1962NYY381782.90257.2160691.21
1963NYY382472.74269.1189561.10
1964NYY391762.13244.2172571.10
1965NYY3716133.24244.1162501.19
1966NYY22252.4773.043241.41
1967NYY7241.6444.02191.11

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
22
W
10
L
8
ERA
2.75
IP
144.0
K
94
BB
34
WHIP
1.15

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
156
SHO
45
K/9
5.6
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1950NYY0724.70000
1953NYY01134.80000
1954NYY01135.30000
1955NYY01854.90000
1956NYY01825.60000
1957NYY0505.80000
1958NYY01575.90000
1959NYY0925.00000
1960NYY0844.00000
1961NYY01136.60000
1962NYY0705.60000
1963NYY01336.30000
1964NYY01286.30000
1965NYY0926.00000
1966NYY0005.30000
1967NYY0214.30000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
98 yearsOct 21, 1928
Debut
1950
Cy Young
1961
World Series MVP
1961

What were Whitey Ford's career stats?

Whitey Ford played 16 seasons for the Yankees. He had 236 wins and 1,956 strikeouts with a 2.75 ERA over 3,170.1 innings. His best season was 1961: 25 wins, a 3.21 ERA and 209 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

16 seasons, 11 postseasons, 1950 to 1967

Championships ×6

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 105th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,956)
  • 61st in wins (pitching) (236)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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