#44 Whitey Ford, Starting Pitcher, 27 yrs, New York (A) Yankees Thursday, 10/5/1956 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Whitey Ford
10/21/1928 27 USA,NY,NEW YORK 5"10 181
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Strong Minimal None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good GREAT Normal 3.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 7,500,000 1957 8 Year(s), 23 Days (1399 total Days) 172 Day(s) 8 Year(s), 29 Days (1405 total Days) 9 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 6 | 5 | 9 | 88-91 Mph |
Versus LHB | 7 | 5 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 6 | 5 | 9 | |
Talent | 7 | 5 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 59 4
| | Pitches: Knuckleball Fastball Curveball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus LHP | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus RHP | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), .961 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 39 | 39 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3.55 | 273.2 | 233 | 120 | 108 | 144 | 181 | 5 | 12.8 | 1 | 26 | 66.7 |
Projected | 41 | 41 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3.55 | 287.0 | 245 | 126 | 114 | 151 | 190 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 12.4 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.46 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 318 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 35 | 46 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .195 | .290 | .274 | .563 |
vs. RHB | 691 | 171 | 32 | 3 | 16 | 82 | 85 | 98 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 | .335 | .372 | .707 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 17 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3.23 | 122.2 | 106 | 52 | 44 | 63 | 84 |
Road | 22 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3.81 | 151.0 | 127 | 68 | 64 | 81 | 97 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.32 | 43.1 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 26 | 28 |
May | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5.20 | 45.0 | 50 | 29 | 26 | 33 | 29 |
June | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.71 | 52.2 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 38 |
July | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.89 | 41.2 | 42 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 28 |
August | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.67 | 56.1 | 41 | 24 | 23 | 32 | 31 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.89 | 34.2 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 27 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1950 | 41 | 41 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 4.43 | 280.2 | 275 | 156 | 138 | 23 | 156 | 121 | 2 | 1 | 1.54 | .274 | NYA,AL |
1951 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 6.01 | 143.2 | 176 | 104 | 96 | 18 | 66 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 1.68 | .327 | NYY |
1952 | 42 | 42 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3.31 | 293.1 | 284 | 125 | 108 | 16 | 135 | 139 | 2 | 2 | 1.43 | .282 | NYY,AL |
1953 | 42 | 42 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 3.77 | 293.1 | 278 | 138 | 123 | 13 | 148 | 128 | 3 | 0 | 1.45 | .280 | NYY,AL |
1954 | 36 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 5.29 | 240.0 | 262 | 160 | 141 | 22 | 116 | 126 | 3 | 0 | 1.58 | .303 | NYY |
1955 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4.08 | 205.1 | 201 | 103 | 93 | 14 | 98 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 1.46 | .289 | NYY |
1956 | 39 | 39 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3.55 | 273.2 | 233 | 120 | 108 | 21 | 144 | 181 | 5 | 1 | 1.38 | .263 | NYY,AL |
Total | 254 | 251 | 107 | 84 | 0 | 4.20 | 1730.0 | 1709 | 906 | 807 | 127 | 863 | 890 | 16 | 4 | 1.49 | .285 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1950 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | 6.1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.65 | 12.1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1950 | 41 | 104 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .135 | .142 | .154 | .295 | NYA,AL |
1951 | 23 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .146 | .163 | .188 | .351 | NYY |
1952 | 42 | 112 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 | .205 | .226 | .232 | .458 | NYY,AL |
1953 | 42 | 115 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .165 | .186 | .183 | .369 | NYY,AL |
1954 | 36 | 87 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .146 | .138 | .284 | NYY |
1955 | 31 | 83 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .157 | .167 | .169 | .335 | NYY |
1956 | 39 | 108 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .167 | .296 | NYY,AL |
Total | 254 | 657 | 102 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 41 | 8 | 148 | 0 | 2 | .155 | .167 | .177 | .344 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 39 | 39 | 13 | 47 | 4 | 63 | 3 | .952 | 273.2 | 2.07 | | | | |
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All Star Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game... Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game... Awards Won World Championship with New York (A) in 1950... Won Newcomer of the Year Award in 1950, going 19-16, 4.43 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1952, going 6-0, 1.30... Milestones Earned first career win on 4/5/1950... Had first career hit (double) on 4/18/1950, off Bob Kuzava (CHA)... Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1953, winning 2 games with a 0.55 ERA... 6/17/1953: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $7,500,000 per year, for 4 years. Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game... Injured on 5/14/1955 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1955, going 6-1, 3.92... Won World Championship with New York (A) in 1955... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1956, going 5-1, 1.71... Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1952 - 3.31 - 2nd 1953 - 3.77 - 7th
| Wins 1950 - 19 - 9th 1952 - 19 - 5th 1953 - 22 - 3rd
| Losses 1950 - 16 - 6th 1954 - 18 - 5th
| IP 1952 - 293.1 - 8th
| K's 1952 - 139 - 10th
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BB 1950 - 156 - 4th 1952 - 135 - 5th 1953 - 148 - 3rd
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