Whitey Ford (1928–2020), legendary Yankees pitcher
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2 min readWhitey Ford was a legendary pitcher who helped lead the New York Yankees to six World Series titles.
- Died:Thursday,October8, 2020(Who else died onOctober8?)
- Details of Death:Died at the age of91,a family memberconfirmed to the Associated Press.
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Yankees Legend
Born in New York City, Whitey Forddonned a New York Yankees uniform for his entire 16-year Major League Baseball career. Ford holds the best winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20thcentury, with a record of 236 wins against only 106 losses. Heis the winningest pitcher in Yankees history andwasan importantpart of thedynasty that won six World Series titles in the 1950s and early 1960s. Ford still holdsWorld Seriesrecords forgames and starts, innings pitched,victories and strikeouts.He was a 10-time All-Star, won the Cy Young award in 1961 and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1974.Ford served in the Army during the Korean War. Though opposites in personality, the outgoing Ford and shy Yankees star Mickey Mantle were best friends andwereknown for theiradventuresout on the town.
Ford on his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame
“It never was anything I imagined was possible or anything I dared dream about when I was a kid growing up on the sidewalks of New York. I never really thought I would make it as a kid because I always was too small.” —Ford from his 1987autobiography ‘Slick,’ co-written with Phil Pepe
What they said about him
Full Obituary: The New York Times
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