Did Whitey Ford play for the Yanks?

Factual Questions
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Just need a SDoper to confirm: Was Whitey Ford the greatest pitcher in Yankee history, and did he play for Yankees around 1955 into the early 1960’s?

  • Jinx (having a “shirt of my back to save my skin” sale…or, “spur the economy now” sale.) Do you detect a hint of sarcasm here? Actually, I’m just stating the cold, hard facts! And no, Virginia, there really is no Santa Claus…and no free lunch (and no free launch for NASA). …Feeling like Daffy Duck… whoo-hoo! Please pass the ketchup, I think it’s going to rain! :smiley:
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yes, '50 - '67, off and on.

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And Jinx, have a heart and post a bunch of related questions in one thread next time, m’kay?

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Whitey Ford spent his entire career with the Yankees, from 1950 through 1967. He had 236 wins vs 106 losses and an ERA of 2.75.

His best seasons were 1961 when he went 25 and 4 and 1963 when he went 24 and 7.

He appeared in 10 World Series where he started 22 games and had a record of 10 and 8 with an ERA of 2.71.

He was certainly one of the best pitchers in Yankee history.

God bless the Baseball Encyclopedia.

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yes, yes (actually played from 1950-1967 for the NYY)
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It’s called www.google.com. Pete Rose played for the Reds, Greg Maddux pitches for the Braves, and Casey Stengel stuck a dove in his cap. What’s with the baseball Q’s? Oh, Willie Mays was the Say-Hey kid… :slight_smile:

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Also had a string of 30+scoreless ininngs in the World Series,IIRC,and taught Mickey Mantle the art of pubcrawling in the big apple.

Whitey and Scroogie Louie were a potent pair for 9 innings,a big reason for his lifetime abt…670 win pc.a mark achieved by few others.

Greatest?That’s subjective,but was definitely the man from mid 50s(after the Reynolds,Raschi,and Lopat run) thru 64.