Whitey Ford

1950–1967 · bats L / throws L · ALS, New York Yankees

500G

.173AVG

.256OBP

.200SLG

More career statistics

177H

3HR

69RBI

3SB

236–106W–L

3,170.1IP

1,956K

2.75ERA

438GS

10SV

4Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · Strikeouts	224	226
Batting · Plate appearances	1,208	1,207
Batting · Walks	113	112
Pitching · Batters faced	13,036	13,032
Pitching · p er	967	968
Pitching · p k	1,956	1,959

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
500	1,208	1,023	91	177	19	0	3	69	113	224	3	2	3	4	205	.173	.256	.200	.456

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
3,170.3	498	438	156	236	106	10	2,766	1,107	967	228	1,086	1,956	0	0	2.75	1.215

Streaks

4longest hitting streak · 1950-08-15 to 1950-08-30

10longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
66	Complete Game, Fifteen K	1959-04-22	1 in 1,054 games	box score ↗
60	11 scoreless innings	1964-06-20	1 in 3,313 pitcher-games	box score ↗
47	One-Hit Shutout	1953-05-12	1 in 193 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	257	605	89	2	37	56	120	.173	.240	.210
Away	243	602	88	1	32	56	106	.173	.239	.191

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	51	137	20	1	11	15	26	.175	.255	.237
May	85	197	29	0	10	15	39	.166	.223	.189
June	79	219	34	1	12	22	34	.188	.256	.232
July	97	224	27	1	14	25	34	.145	.232	.177
August	99	215	35	0	18	14	46	.185	.228	.190
September	85	207	31	0	4	21	46	.181	.251	.193
October	4	8	1	0	0	0	1	.143	.125	.143

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
chicago-white-sox	82	201	29	0	11	17	48	.168	.229	.197
cleveland-guardians	66	153	22	1	8	19	28	.176	.268	.208
baltimore-orioles	64	148	19	0	6	12	22	.150	.209	.173
detroit-tigers	57	116	16	1	8	6	35	.154	.190	.202
boston-red-sox	55	123	12	0	6	15	18	.126	.220	.147
kansas-city-athletics	49	141	24	1	11	14	15	.203	.270	.237
washington-senators-1901-60	43	120	25	0	13	8	18	.238	.275	.257
washington-senators-1961-71	20	51	4	0	3	5	15	.089	.176	.133

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1950	New York Yankees	20	36	7	–	3	–	.194	112	59
1953	New York Yankees	33	75	20	–	10	–	.267	207	110
1954	New York Yankees	34	62	10	–	7	–	.161	210	126
1955	New York Yankees	39	86	14	1	7	–	.163	253	137
1956	New York Yankees	31	78	17	–	4	–	.218	225	141
1957	New York Yankees	24	42	6	–	2	–	.143	129	85
1958	New York Yankees	30	73	15	–	2	–	.205	219	145
1959	New York Yankees	35	65	15	1	6	–	.231	204	114
1960	New York Yankees	33	53	8	–	3	–	.151	192	85
1961	New York Yankees	39	96	17	–	10	–	.177	283	210
1962	New York Yankees	38	85	10	–	5	1	.118	257	160
1963	New York Yankees	38	92	13	1	4	2	.141	269	189
1964	New York Yankees	39	67	8	–	2	–	.119	244	172
1965	New York Yankees	38	82	15	–	4	–	.183	244	162
1966	New York Yankees	22	18	–	–	–	–	.000	73	43
1967	New York Yankees	7	13	2	–	–	–	.154	44	21