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Whitey Ford played 16 major-league seasons (1950-1967) as a P (498). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 22 | NYA | 20 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .194 | .469 | 26 |
| 1953 | 25 | NYA | 33 | 75 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .267 | .639 | 79 |
| 1954 | 26 | NYA | 34 | 62 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .161 | .441 | 27 |
| 1955 | 27 | NYA | 39 | 86 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 16 | .163 | .455 | 28 |
| 1956 | 28 | NYA | 31 | 78 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .218 | .542 | 49 |
| 1957 | 29 | NYA | 24 | 42 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .143 | .343 | -2 |
| 1958 | 30 | NYA | 30 | 73 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .205 | .485 | 39 |
| 1959 | 31 | NYA | 35 | 65 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 11 | .231 | .689 | 96 |
| 1960 | 32 | NYA | 33 | 53 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .151 | .463 | 32 |
| 1961 | 33 | NYA | 39 | 96 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 17 | .177 | .454 | 28 |
| 1962 | 34 | NYA | 38 | 85 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 22 | .118 | .339 | -4 |
| 1963 | 35 | NYA | 38 | 92 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | .141 | .390 | 13 |
| 1964 | 36 | NYA | 39 | 67 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 23 | .119 | .378 | 12 |
| 1965 | 37 | NYA | 38 | 82 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .183 | .425 | 26 |
| 1966 | 38 | NYA | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .053 | -83 |
| 1967 | 39 | NYA | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .154 | .308 | -6 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 22 | NYA | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 112 | 59 | 52 | 2.81 | 163 |
| 1953 | 25 | NYA | 32 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 207 | 110 | 110 | 3.00 | 133 |
| 1954 | 26 | NYA | 34 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 210.2 | 125 | 101 | 2.82 | 132 |
| 1955 | 27 | NYA | 39 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 253.2 | 137 | 113 | 2.63 | 151 |
| 1956 | 28 | NYA | 31 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 225.2 | 141 | 84 | 2.47 | 168 |
| 1957 | 29 | NYA | 24 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 129.1 | 84 | 53 | 2.57 | 147 |
| 1958 | 30 | NYA | 30 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 219.1 | 145 | 62 | 2.01 | 187 |
| 1959 | 31 | NYA | 35 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 204 | 114 | 89 | 3.04 | 127 |
| 1960 | 32 | NYA | 33 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 192.2 | 85 | 65 | 3.08 | 126 |
| 1961 | 33 | NYA | 39 | 39 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 283 | 209 | 92 | 3.21 | 125 |
| 1962 | 34 | NYA | 38 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 257.2 | 160 | 69 | 2.90 | 137 |
| 1963 | 35 | NYA | 38 | 37 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 269.1 | 189 | 56 | 2.74 | 132 |
| 1964 | 36 | NYA | 39 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 244.2 | 172 | 57 | 2.13 | 170 |
| 1965 | 37 | NYA | 37 | 36 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 244.1 | 162 | 50 | 3.24 | 107 |
| 1966 | 38 | NYA | 22 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 43 | 24 | 2.47 | 139 |
| 1967 | 39 | NYA | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 21 | 9 | 1.64 | 197 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | P | 20 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 1953 | P | 32 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 3 |
| 1954 | P | 34 | 28 | 7 | 39 | 2 | 3 |
| 1955 | P | 39 | 33 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 1 |
| 1956 | P | 31 | 30 | 9 | 57 | 1 | 6 |
| 1957 | P | 24 | 17 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 5 |
| 1958 | P | 30 | 29 | 7 | 44 | 6 | 2 |
| 1959 | P | 35 | 29 | 15 | 49 | 1 | 5 |
| 1960 | P | 33 | 29 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 2 |
| 1961 | P | 39 | 39 | 12 | 45 | 5 | 5 |
| 1962 | P | 38 | 37 | 25 | 58 | 3 | 4 |
| 1963 | P | 38 | 37 | 20 | 38 | 5 | 3 |
| 1964 | P | 39 | 36 | 18 | 47 | 1 | 2 |
| 1965 | P | 37 | 36 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 4 |
| 1966 | P | 22 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 2 |
| 1967 | P | 7 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Whitey Ford won: TSN All-Star 1955 (ML), TSN All-Star 1956 (ML), Babe Ruth Award 1961 (AL), Cy Young Award 1961 (ML), TSN All-Star 1961 (AL), World Series MVP 1961 (ML), TSN All-Star 1963 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (12 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1953, 1950.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 21 | 7 / 336 | 0 |
| 1950 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 2 | 6 / 24 | 6 |
| 1953 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 8 / 336 | 0 |
| 1955 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 15 | 21 / 336 | 0 |
| 1956 | Cy Young Award | ML | 3 | 1 / 16 | 1 |
| 1956 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 33 / 336 | 0 |
| 1957 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 4 / 336 | 0 |
| 1961 | Cy Young Award (winner) | ML | 1 | 9 / 18 | 9 |
| 1961 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 102 / 280 | 0 |
| 1962 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 27 | 6 / 280 | 0 |
| 1963 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 125 / 280 | 3 |
| 1964 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 21 | 7 / 280 | 0 |
Whitey Ford ranks on 3 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #90 | starting pitchers | 1958 | 187 ERA+ |
| #142 | starting pitchers | 1964 | 170 ERA+ |
| #146 | starting pitchers | 1956 | 168 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.