Whitey Ford

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Hall of Famer Major League Baseball player baseball player human pitcher

Whitey Ford was a Hall of Fame left-handed pitcher for the New York Yankees, renowned as one of the greatest postseason and World Series pitchers in baseball history.

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instanceOf Hall of Famer ⓘ
Major League Baseball player ⓘ
baseball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
pitcher ⓘ
AllStarSelection 10-time All-Star ⓘ
bats left ⓘ
burialPlace Long Island ⓘ
surface form: Long Island, New York
careerERA 2.75 ⓘ
careerStrikeouts 1956 ⓘ
careerWins 236 ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn Korean War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
CyYoungAward 1961 ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1928-10-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2020-10-08 ⓘ
familyName Ford ⓘ
finalMLBGameDate 1967-05-21 ⓘ
finalMLBTeam New York Yankees ⓘ
fullName Edward Charles Ford ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
GoldGloveAward 1961 ⓘ
HallOfFameInduction National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⓘ
surface form: Baseball Hall of Fame
HallOfFameInductionYear 1974 ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam New York Yankees ⓘ
middleName Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryService United States Army ⓘ
MLBDebutDate 1950-07-01 ⓘ
MLBDebutTeam New York Yankees ⓘ
nickname The Chairman of the Board ⓘ
Whitey ⓘ
notableFor World Series pitching records ⓘ
postseason pitching excellence ⓘ
numberRetiredBy New York Yankees ⓘ
placeOfBirth Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lake Success, New York ⓘ
positionPlayed pitcher ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
teamRecord most career wins by a New York Yankees pitcher ⓘ
throws left ⓘ
uniformNumber 16 ⓘ
WorldSeriesChampion 1949–1964 Yankees dynasty era player ⓘ
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1956 ⓘ
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1961 ⓘ
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1964 ⓘ
WorldSeriesMVP 1961 ⓘ

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Monument Park → commemorates → Whitey Ford ⓘ
Mickey Mantle → notableTeammate → Whitey Ford ⓘ