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Whitey
Ford		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 191
 
Born: October 21, 1928 in Usa, NY, NEW YORK
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 21 CIN NL $ 300,000 9 6 6 6 7 6 6 8 7 7
1951 22 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1952 23 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1953 24 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1954 25 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5
1955 26 CIN NL $ 350,000 8 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5
1956 27 CIN NL $ 1,154,286 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5
1957 28 CIN NL $ 1,154,286 8 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1958 29 BOS AL $ 650,000 8 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5
1959 30 BOS AL $ 650,000 8 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5
1960 31 BOS AL $ 650,000 8 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 5
1961 32 BOS AL $ 760,000 8 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4
1962 33 BSN NL $ 525,000 6 5 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,154,286 9 6 6 6 7 6 6 8 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 21 CIN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1951 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1952 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1953 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1954 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1955 26 CIN NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1956 27 CIN NL $ 1,154,286   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1957 28 CIN NL $ 1,154,286   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1958 29 BOS AL $ 650,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1959 30 BOS AL $ 650,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1960 31 BOS AL $ 650,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1961 32 BOS AL $ 760,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1962 33 BSN NL $ 525,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,154,286   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1950 21 CIN NL 3 2 .600 6 6 1 0 0 46.3 51 24 7 23 24 4.66 .279 .357 .454 .811 2.8
    AAA   5 7 .417 18 18 0 0 0 113.3 116 59 3 60 73 4.69 .262 .350 .354 .704  
1951 22 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 11.7 13 5 2 5 7 3.86 .283 .353 .478 .831 1.3
1952 23 CIN NL 12 15 .444 37 37 7 1 0 277.7 263 123 40 129 122 3.99 .248 .328 .403 .731 16.6
1953 24 CIN NL 10 19 .345 38 38 6 1 0 286.0 272 158 43 138 164 4.97 .251 .334 .429 .764 8.5
1954 25 CIN NL 12 14 .462 39 25 4 0 1 193.3 249 140 37 84 107 6.52 .311 .376 .505 .881 1.8
1955 26 CIN NL 6 7 .462 39 9 0 0 2 91.3 82 37 7 31 49 3.65 .246 .307 .356 .663 7.1
1956 27 CIN NL 4 15 .211 26 26 0 0 0 128.7 161 87 24 40 55 6.09 .303 .352 .493 .845 0.0
1957 28 CIN NL 7 23 .233 44 44 0 0 0 216.0 246 129 32 83 104 5.38 .284 .344 .460 .804 3.2
1958 29 BOS AL 1 2 .333 41 0 0 0 2 50.0 55 19 5 22 22 3.42 .286 .361 .417 .778 3.7
1959 30 BOS AL 9 5 .643 54 0 0 0 2 73.3 72 29 7 31 47 3.56 .259 .332 .406 .739 5.4
1960 31 BOS AL 0 3 .000 47 0 0 0 1 54.7 52 30 6 28 40 4.94 .250 .336 .394 .730 1.2
1961 32 BOS AL 5 4 .556 57 0 0 0 6 60.7 62 37 10 21 39 5.49 .259 .314 .448 .762 1.6
1962 33 AAA   4 0 1.000 26 0 0 0 2 44.3 35 14 8 9 44 2.84 .208 .249 .375 .624  
12 Years Sim 70 109 .391 430 187 18 2 14 1489.6 1578 818 220 635 780 4.94 .271 .341 .440 .782 53.2
2 Years AAA 9 7 .563 44 18 0 0 2 157.7 151 73 11 69 117 4.17 .247 .324 .360 .684  
Season Average 5 9 .357 35 15 1 0 1 124.1 131 68 18 52 65 4.94 .271 .341 .440 .782  
Career Highs 12 23 1.000 57 44 7 1 6 286.0 272 158 43 138 164 6.52 .311 .376 .505 .881  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1167 588 160 453 546   .284 .355 .458 .813
vs LH   411 230 60 182 234   .240 .313 .399 .712
Home 31 57 .352 208 94 8 0 4 760.3 800 420 128 317 384 4.97 .271 .342 .451 .793
Away 39 52 .429 222 93 10 2 10 729.3 778 398 92 318 396 4.91 .271 .344 .429 .773
Mar/Apr 12 17 .414 63 34 1 0 1 241.3 256 123 39 107 124 4.59 .272 .346 .455 .801
May 10 13 .435 68 28 3 1 1 231.6 256 125 32 100 133 4.86 .281 .352 .437 .789
June 13 26 .333 74 31 1 0 1 255.0 258 143 42 115 124 5.05 .261 .338 .442 .780
July 7 14 .333 63 26 3 0 5 209.0 228 128 28 79 118 5.51 .279 .342 .443 .785
August 14 21 .400 88 39 7 0 4 307.6 335 171 46 140 144 5.00 .276 .351 .450 .802
Sep/Oct 14 18 .438 74 29 3 1 2 245.0 245 128 33 94 137 4.70 .258 .325 .412 .736
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1950 21 CIN NL 6 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.6 0.0
1951 22 CIN NL 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.6 0.1
1952 23 CIN NL 37 93 6 15 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 22 .161 .161 .161 .323 0.5 0.0
1953 24 CIN NL 38 96 7 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 22 .135 .152 .156 .308 0.5 0.0
1954 25 CIN NL 39 65 3 11 4 0 0 5 0 0 2 14 .169 .194 .231 .425 2.2 0.0
1955 26 CIN NL 39 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .048 .048 .048 .095 -1.2 0.0
1956 27 CIN NL 26 49 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .061 .078 .082 .160 -2.1 0.0
1957 28 CIN NL 44 74 5 18 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 19 .243 .273 .284 .557 5.4 0.1
1958 29 BOS AL 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1959 30 BOS AL 54 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .429 .333 .762 1.0 0.2
1960 31 BOS AL 47 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1961 32 BOS AL 57 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
12 Years Sim 430 427 23 65 10 0 0 19 0 0 9 99 .152 .171 .176 .346 5.8 0.5
162 Game Average 160 8 24 3 0 0 7 0 0 3 37 .152 .171 .176 .346 2.2  
Career Highs 57 96 7 18 4 0 0 6 0 0 3 22 .333 .429 .333 .762 5.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   244 16 40 5 0 0 8 0 0 7 54 .164 .187 .184 .371 3.9
vs LH   183 7 25 5 0 0 11 0 0 2 45 .137 .150 .164 .314 -0.9
Home 183 209 10 34 4 0 0 8 0 0 4 56 .163 .178 .182 .359 2.4
Away 191 218 13 31 6 0 0 11 0 0 5 43 .142 .164 .170 .334 0.6
RISP   88 0 15 3 0 0 18 0 0 2 19 .170 .185 .205 .389 1.8
Close/Late   30 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .067 .097 .067 .163 -1.3
Mar/Apr 50 74 2 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 14 .162 .173 .176 .349 0.6
May 54 66 5 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 .167 .167 .182 .348 0.4
June 54 69 3 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 15 .130 .178 .159 .338 0.2
July 35 57 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 16 .123 .148 .123 .270 -0.6
August 62 88 5 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 18 .125 .154 .159 .313 -0.2
Sep/Oct 43 73 6 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 .205 .205 .247 .452 2.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1950 21 CIN NL P 6 6 46.3 0 12 0 1 1.000 2.33    
1951 22 CIN NL P 2 2 11.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.77    
1952 23 CIN NL P 37 37 277.7 22 49 0 3 1.000 2.30    
1953 24 CIN NL P 38 38 286.0 17 47 3 4 .955 2.01    
1954 25 CIN NL P 39 25 193.3 6 25 5 2 .861 1.44    
1955 26 CIN NL P 39 9 91.3 4 19 0 3 1.000 2.27    
1956 27 CIN NL P 26 26 128.7 5 28 1 1 .971 2.31    
1957 28 CIN NL P 44 44 216.0 8 38 0 4 1.000 1.92    
1958 29 BOS AL P 41 0 50.0 1 15 0 2 1.000 2.88    
1959 30 BOS AL P 54 0 73.3 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.60    
1960 31 BOS AL P 47 0 54.7 2 5 0 2 1.000 1.15    
1961 32 BOS AL P 57 0 60.7 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.34    
Career Totals   430 187 1489.6 74 252 9 23 .973 1.97    
Career Highs   57 44 286.0 22 49 5 4 1.000 2.88    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1958 29 BOS AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.7 2 0 0 3 1 0.00 .222 .417 .222 .639
1961 32 BOS AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 3.7 2 0 0 3 2 0.00 .182 .357 .182 .539
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1953-5-19
1956-8-15
1957-2-23
 Games Started
1957-1-44
 Homeruns Allowed
1952-3-40
1953-4-43
1954-4-37
1957-9-32
 Walks Allowed
1952-10-129
1953-7-138
 Hits per 9IP
1952-8-8.5
 OAVG
1952-7-.248
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Doug Rau (953)
  2. Jim McAndrew (942)
  3. Steve McCatty (937)
  4. Bill Henry (931)
  5. Bump Hadley (929)
  6. Al Yeargin (928)
  7. Chris Van Cuyk (928)
  8. Karl Drews (928)
  9. Virgil Trucks (927)
  10. Lou Brissie (925)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Walter Beall (995)
  2. Bill Lohrman (988)
  3. George Pipgras (987)
  4. Newt Kimball (987)
  5. Guy Bush (987)
  6. Bill Lee (986)
  7. Dick Drott (986)
  8. Moe Drabowsky (986)
  9. Gene Schott (985)
  10. Bunny Hearn (985)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1950
Injured on 4/18/1950 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 5/29/1950 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days
Injured on 7/19/1950 with a Spasms Back, out for 3-4 weeks
Earned first career win on 8/1/1950
Had first career hit on 8/23/1950, off Russ Meyer (PIT)
Injured on 8/23/1950 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 4/8/1951 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 7/18/1953 with a Sore Back, out for one week
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,154,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/27/1956 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,154,286 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/9/1958 to a 3-year deal worth $650,000 per year
9/22/1960: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $760,000 per year, for 1 years
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/9/1962 to a 1-year deal worth $525,000 per year
 
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