Whitey Ford, byname of Edward Charles Ford, additionally referred to as Chairman of the Board, (born October 21, 1928, Queens, New York, U.S.—died October 9, 2020), American skilled baseball participant who was top-of-the-line pitchers on a dominant New York Yankees crew that received six World Series championships throughout his tenure (1950–67).
After an excellent rookie season in 1950, when he received 9 video games and misplaced only one, whereas posting an earned run common of two.81, the left-handed-throwing Ford was drafted into the U.S. Army and missed the 1951 and 1952 seasons. Returning in 1953, he spent the remainder of his 16-year profession with the Yankees. Ford’s report of 236 wins and 106 losses is the very best profitable proportion (.690) of any pitcher in baseball’s fashionable period. He led the American League in victories thrice, profitable 25 video games in 1961 and 24 in 1963. He additionally received the Cy Young Award in 1961 (separate awards for every league weren't given till 1969). Ford appeared in 11 World Series and holds the report for probably the most wins (10), losses (8), video games began (22), walks (34), and strikeouts (94) by any pitcher to ever play within the postseason traditional. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, in 1974.