In 1955, Whitey Ford led the American League in complete games and games won; in 1956 in earned run average and winning percentage; in 1958, in earned run average; and in both 1961 and 1963, in games won and winning percentage. In 1961, he broke Babe Ruth's World Series record of 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, and won the World Series MVP as well as the Cy Young Award.
During his career, Whitey Ford won 236 games, still a Yankee career record. Among pitchers with at least 300 career decisions, Ford ranks first with a winning percentage of .690. Among those with at least 200 decisions, he was ranked second at the end of the 2005 season. Among starting pitchers whose careers began after the Live Ball Era in 1920, Whitey's 2.75 earned-run average ranks second.
Whitey played his entire 16-year career as a Yankee, retiring in 1967. He was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame in 1974, at which time his number 16 was retired by the Yankees. On August 2, 1987, the Yankees dedicated plaques for Monument Park at Yankee Stadium for Ford. Ford's plaque calls him "One of the greatest pitchers ever to step on a mound."
In 1999, he ranked number 52 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.
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