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He was 91. .jewamA header.mlb-header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__main-nav{background-color:#081c3b;width:145px;-ms-overflow-style:none;}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g83[id="Styles__SocialContainer-sc-1h38xz1-0"]{content:"blLcNM,"}/*!sc*/ Beyond the accolades that earned him his rightful spot within the walls of the Hall of Fame, in so many ways he encapsulated the spirit of the Yankees teams he played for and represented for nearly two decades. Ford's guile was necessary because he did not have an overwhelming fastball, but being able to throw several other pitches very well gave him pinpoint control. [23] Ford won the 1961 World Series MVP Award. Ford led the American League (AL) in wins three times and in earned run average (ERA) twice. The compelling case for Mike Piazza, not Yogi Berra, as catcher is sure to spark arguments. Sportswriter Mark Healey crafts the Gotham baseball team through captivating tales of the legends of the New York game. [18] In May 1967, Ford lasted just one inning in what would be his final start,[14] and he announced his retirement at the end of the month at age 38. .koKsQt{font-weight:600;}/*!sc*/ To think when I was 21 years old I’d be playing with [Joe] DiMaggio and [Yogi] Berra against guys like Stan Musial and Roy Campanella, it’s just something I can’t fathom. article ul,article ol{padding:0;margin:0 0 0 2.5rem;}/*!sc*/ While Casey Stengel had routinely started Ford no more than once every five days (sometimes even six or seven), new skipper Ralph Houk decided to hand the lefty the ball every fourth day. They would return to the Fall Classic in 1963 and ’64, though Ford went 0-3 in those two series as the Yankees fell to the Dodgers and Cardinals. Whitey Ford's birthday is in 70 days. .jewamA header.mlb-header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__nav-item--parent[aria-expanded='true'] .header__nav-side__nav-item--inner::after{display:inline-block;}/*!sc*/ The baseball world lost another legend as former New York Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford died on Thursday night. .kKeedG{color:#057AFF;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;border-bottom:none;font-family:"proxima-nova","open Sans","Helvetica","Arial",sans-serif;}/*!sc*/ He was 91 years old. button,[type="button"],[type="reset"],[type="submit"]{-webkit-appearance:button;}/*!sc*/ Mays asked. Only Clayton Kershaw (2.51) and Jacob deGrom (2.61) have a lower ERA. [6], In 1951, Ford married Joan at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Glen Cove, New York on Long Island. [16] Ford had 45 shutout victories in his career,[14] including eight 1–0 wins. “I really enjoyed that season because the writers were so busy with Maris and Mantle with their home-run derby that they didn’t bother me,” Ford told YES. .jewamA .p-search__status{left:-9999px;position:absolute;}/*!sc*/ Nicknamed the “Chairman of the Board,” Ford … Ford compiled those numbers despite missing two seasons (1951-52) while serving in the military. He did give broadcasting a try, serving as a color analyst for the Blue Jays in 1977.\n\nFord became the first Yankees pitcher to have his number retired when his No. [22] Ford's worst ERA in a single season was 3.24. @media (min-width:1024px){.jewamA header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__secondary-logos{width:100%;-webkit-order:-1;-ms-flex-order:-1;order:-1;}.jewamA header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-container{-webkit-order:0;-ms-flex-order:0;order:0;-webkit-flex-basis:80%;-ms-flex-preferred-size:80%;flex-basis:80%;}}/*!sc*/ We have lost our 'Chairman of the Board,' and we extend our deepest condolences to the entire Ford family.". @media (min-width:768px){h1.Styles__HeadlineContainer-sc-19rm04l-0{font-size:2.488rem;}h2.Styles__HeadlineContainer-sc-19rm04l-0{font-size:1.44rem;}}/*!sc*/ .jewamA header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__secondary-logos > *{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-flex:1 1 auto;-ms-flex:1 1 auto;flex:1 1 auto;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;-webkit-box-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center;}/*!sc*/ Ford went 25-4 with a 3.21 ERA that season, beating out Milwaukee’s Warren Spahn for the Cy Young Award, which was given to only one big league pitcher per year until 1967. .jewamA header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-item--mobile-quick-nav{display:inline;}/*!sc*/ .fUtTyI path{fill:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g84[id="Styles__StickyHeaderContainer-sc-1wye7kw-0"]{content:"ggWmAj,"}/*!sc*/ He was 91. @media (min-width:1024px){.jewamA header.mlb-header.mlb-header--side-nav-open .header__nav-side{display:none;}}/*!sc*/ A family member told The Associated Press on Friday that Ford died at his Long Island home Thursday night. .groqnz .ad-body-container .ad-body-inner-container{margin-bottom:32px;padding:43px 0 16px 0;position:relative;text-align:center;width:343px;}/*!sc*/ Found inside – Page 39Ford holds the ball he threw out to start the 1951 baseball season at Yankee Stadium on ... Ford wrote in Slick before Mantle died of liver cancer in 1995 . body.article .ad-top-container{background-color:#f3f3f3;padding:8px 0;min-height:66px;}/*!sc*/ “He was a very tough competitor.”\n\nThe 1961 season proved to be notable for several reasons, beginning with a change in the manager’s office. .jewamA header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__sponsor-logo,.jewamA header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__url-logo{padding-left:20px;-webkit-box-pack:end;-webkit-justify-content:flex-end;-ms-flex-pack:end;justify-content:flex-end;}/*!sc*/ .jewamA header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__logo--mlb a{text-align:center;}/*!sc*/ [30], Ford was the Yankees pitching coach during the 1964 season. He is survived by Joan, his wife of 69 years, and two of their three children, Sally Ann and Eddie, as well as eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. [40] It lasted less than a year before it closed down. .fYCiRB{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;-webkit-box-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center;height:40px;width:40px;}/*!sc*/ @font-face{font-family:'proxima-nova';src:url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-medium.woff2') format('woff2'),url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-medium.woff') format('woff');font-weight:500;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g82[id="Share-sc-1t9fdg-0"]{content:"koKsQt,"}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g85[id="Styles__StickyHeaderContent-sc-1wye7kw-1"]{content:"jbYgiH,"}/*!sc*/ In 2000, the Yankees honored the legendary hurler with “Whitey Ford Day,” 50 years after he debuted for the club. “You’re moving your whole body, but when you’re just sitting there watching all these ex-teammates, it was tough. .jewamA .p-search__input--sm{font-size:12px;height:30px;min-width:150px;}/*!sc*/ “I was a Yankee fan since I was five or six years old. data-styled.g80[id="sharestyle__Label-sc-9nfkvu-0"]{content:"ezZJVn,"}/*!sc*/ .hUHmCp > article .ad-top-right-container::before,.hUHmCp > article .ad-bottom-right-container::before{font-family:"proxima-nova";content:"ADVERTISEMENT";display:block;position:absolute;top:-17px;text-align:center;width:100%;color:#888888;font-size:0.694rem;line-height:13px;}/*!sc*/ Found insideYogi Berra's gift for saying the smartest things in the funniest, most memorable ways has made him a legend. 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LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — Whitey Ford, the street-smart New Yorker who had the best winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20th century and helped the Yankees become baseball's perennial champions in the 1950s and '60s, has died. In 1954, Ford was selected to the first of his 10 All-Star Games and won 16 games. The blond-haired Ford was nicknamed “Whitey” while still in the minor leagues. .blLcNM .content .share-btn button{font-weight:600;}/*!sc*/ 6-keys: media/spln/mlb/reg/free/stories, at .dLQAwR .contributor__image{margin-right:8px;}/*!sc*/ button,input{overflow:visible;}/*!sc*/ .dLQAwR a:hover{color:#0048AB;}/*!sc*/ hr{box-sizing:content-box;height:0;overflow:visible;}/*!sc*/ Robinson was called safe by home-plate umpire Bill Summers, though catcher Yogi Berra argued loudly that he had tagged him out.\n\n“I’ve seen the films of that play maybe 50 times, and Robinson is out every time,” Ford wrote in this autobiography.\n\nFord won that game, as well as Game 6, but the Dodgers beat the Yankees for the title in Game 7.\n\nFord pitched in 11 World Series during his 16 seasons, winning six rings. Where was Whitey Ford from? That distinction had remained in place until, coincidentally, this week, when Deivi Garcia started Game 2 of the Division Series. .ggWmAj .sticky-header__share{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-flex-direction:row-reverse;-ms-flex-direction:row-reverse;flex-direction:row-reverse;grid-column:9 / 13;}/*!sc*/ .jewamA header.mlb-header .mlb-header--inner{margin:auto;max-width:none;position:relative;}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g93[id="Styles__OEmbedContainer-oapuup-0"]{content:"epHHrr,"}/*!sc*/ Found inside – Page 523The month in which he died and the day of the month on which he died are ... BASEBALL Catcher Thurman Munson and pitcher Whitey Ford are two of the sixteen ... .jewamA header.mlb-header.mlb-header--side-nav-open .header__nav-top__nav-items{display:none;}/*!sc*/ Whitey Ford, one of the most talented pitchers in baseball history, who helped lead the New York Yankees to a string of World Series wins in the 1950s and '60s, has died, the … @media (max-width:350px){.jewamA header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-item__link .icon__nav-item{display:none;}}/*!sc*/ Whitey Ford, Hall of Famer, has sadly left the world. .jewamA header.mlb-header.mlb-header--side-nav-open .header__nav-top .header__nav-top__button-menu--icon span:nth-child(3){-webkit-transform:rotate(-45deg);-ms-transform:rotate(-45deg);transform:rotate(-45deg);}/*!sc*/ [11][42] When he died he was the second-oldest living member of the Hall of Fame, after Tommy Lasorda. The mark still stands.\n\n“If the World Series was on the line and I could pick one pitcher to pitch the game,” Mantle said. code,kbd,samp{font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:1em;}/*!sc*/ Found inside... Mickey and his buddy Whitey Ford, who called each other “slick” after Casey ... 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Whitey Ford, a Hall of Famer for the New York Yankees who won more World Series games than any other pitcher, died at the age of 91, the Yankees announced Friday. b,strong{font-weight:bolder;}/*!sc*/ .jewamA header.mlb-header.mlb-header.mlb-header.mlb-header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-item--spotlight .header__nav-top__nav-item__text{color:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ .cqZJDK:hover{cursor:pointer;background-color:#0462CC;}/*!sc*/ .eJdqRG a:hover{color:#0048AB;}/*!sc*/ Whitey Ford, Hall of Fame ace for mighty Yankees, died at 91. In addition to holding the World Series records for career wins and starts, he also has the mark for strikeouts (94) and innings pitched (146).\n\nBetween 1960-62, Ford threw a record 33 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings in the World Series, breaking Babe Ruth’s record of 29 2/3. Commissioners, executives, and players were shocked. Sportswriters called author Jim Bouton a traitor and "social leper." Commissioner Bowie Kuhn tried to force him to declare the book untrue. Fans, however, loved the book. Found inside – Page 75The scribe wrote: “Robert Caruthers, he of big league fame known ... history of major league baseball who won 200 or more games, only one—Whitey Ford—had a ... Died: Thursday, October 8, 2020 (Who else died on October 8?) “If the World Series was on the line and I could pick one pitcher to pitch the game,” Mantle said. .jewamA .p-search-item__image{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin-right:0.5rem;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;width:55px;}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g73[id="linkstyle__AnchorElement-sc-1rt6me7-0"]{content:"kKeedG,"}/*!sc*/ He came back as pitching coach in 1975 before health issues prompted him to end his coaching career. .jewamA header.mlb-header.mlb-header.mlb-header.mlb-header.mlb-header .header__nav-top [class$='__nav-item__text']{color:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ The mark still stands. .cwEpxl{height:100%;width:100%;border:transparent;background:none;cursor:pointer;-webkit-transition:0.2s;transition:0.2s;padding:0px;}/*!sc*/ .jewamA header.mlb-header.mlb-header.mlb-header.mlb-header.mlb-header[data-is-club] .header__nav-top .header__nav-top__tagline img,.jewamA header.mlb-header.mlb-header.mlb-header.mlb-header.mlb-header[data-is-microsite] .header__nav-top .header__nav-top__tagline img{height:56px;max-width:512px;line-height:56px;}/*!sc*/ [11][12] Ford wore number 19 in his rookie season,[13] but upon his return he changed to number 16, which he wore for the remainder of his career. 16 was hung up in Monument Park in August 1974, the same summer in which he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame alongside Mantle, his good friend. .jewamA header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-item--spotlight{background-color:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ He died at age 91 on October 9, 2020. .jewamA header.mlb-header.mlb-header .header__nav-side{display:none;-webkit-align-items:stretch;-webkit-box-align:stretch;-ms-flex-align:stretch;align-items:stretch;width:100%;height:calc(100vh - 56px);position:relative;overflow:hidden;z-index:99992;top:0;}/*!sc*/ .hUHmCp > article > header,.hUHmCp > article > section{grid-column:1 / span 12;}/*!sc*/ Ford retired in May 1967, having been limited to only seven starts due to bone spurs in his elbow. The great New York Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford has died. New York Yankees legend Whitey Ford passed away at the age of 91 on Friday, coming just a week after St. Louis Cardinals icon Bob Gibson died. Ford retired in May 1967, having been limited to only seven starts due to bone spurs in his elbow.\n\n“Sooner or later the arm goes bad. He was 91 years old. .jewamA header.mlb-header.mlb-header.mlb-header.mlb-header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__main-nav{background-color:#041E42;}/*!sc*/ .jewamA .p-search__form svg{width:16px !important;height:16px !important;}/*!sc*/ .jewamA header.mlb-header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__subnav--transparent{background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.7);width:calc(100vw - 145px);}/*!sc*/ .dLQAwR .contributor__text--twitter{font-size:0.8rem;font-weight:600;}/*!sc*/ .fUtTyI{pointer-events:none;width:16px;height:16px;display:inline-block;overflow:visible;fill:#ffffff;stroke:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ .jewamA .p-search__list:focus{outline:0;}/*!sc*/ Sooner or later you have to start pitching in pain.”. 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