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Whitey Ford Hall Of Fame

Whitey Ford

#79 PITCHER ALL-TIME
1950—1967
Starting Pitcher
BORN
October 21, 1928, in New York, NY
THROWS
Left-Handed
PRIMARY TEAM
New York Yankees

What Pitches Did Whitey Ford Throw?

Fastball
Curve
Spitball
Change
Sinking Fastball
Slider
236
WINS
64.4
QUALITY START PCT
56.9
WAR
106
LOSSES
133
ERA+
33.3
WAR7
2.75
ERA
1.80
K / BB RATIO
17.1
WAR3
1956
STRIKEOUTS
1.22
WHIP
3.6
WAR PER SEASON
Master of the spitter and doctored fastball, he drew the toughest assignments from his managers in the dynasty years for the Yankees in the 1950s and 1960s.
Hall of Fame
10-TIME
ALL-STAR
Yankees
ALL-TIME TEAM
6-TIME
WORLD SERIES CHAMPION

Whitey Ford Compared to Hall of Fame Pitcher

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 JAWS WAR PER SN
Ford
CAREER
56.9
WAR7
33.3
WAR5C
23.7
WAR3
17.1
JAWS
45.1
WAR PER SN
3.6
AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER
CAREER
73.0
WAR7
49.8
WAR5C
30.3
WAR3
21.5
JAWS
61.4
WAR PER SN
4.5

Where Does Whitey Ford Rank Among Pitchers?

RANKING CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK JAWS
RANKING
79
CAREER
67
LONG PEAK
NR
PRIME
NR
SHORT PEAK
NR
JAWS
84
RANKING
EGG RANKING
CAREER
WAR
LONG PEAK
WAR7
PRIME
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
SHORT PEAK
WAR3
JAWS
JAWS