Jan 7, 2025 · The Dodgers acquired Mike Sirota, a five-tool outfield prospect and grand nephew of HOP Yankees P Whitey Ford from the Reds for Gavin Lux. Learn about Sirota’s potential and why LA sees him as a future star.

Ford won the Cy Young Award in 1961; he likely would have won the 1963 AL Cy Young, but this was before the institution of a separate award for each league, and Ford could not match Sandy Koufax's numbers for the Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League (NL).

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Whitey Ford. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com.

Oct 31, 2023 · Howard homered off Whitey Ford in the Dodgers’ 2-1 win at Dodger Stadium in Game 4 of the World Series, finishing off a four-game sweep of the Yankees.

Sandy Koufax started it off with a record 15- strikeout performance in Game 1 to outduel the Yankees' ace left-hander Whitey Ford. The 15 strikeouts bested fellow Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine 's mark in 1953 by one, and would be surpassed by Bob Gibson in 1968 with 17.

Jan 13, 2019 · Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees was the top pitcher in the majors in 1961 and he would have likely claimed a second Cy Young Award in 1963. Ford led the AL with a 24-7 record as the Yankees reached the World Series where …

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Mar 22, 2021 · The Yankees won their fifth straight pennant in 1953, and in a Game 4 start against the Dodgers at Ebbets Field, Ford had a rare bad October outing. But the crafty left-hander came back two days later in the deciding Game 6 and gave the Yankees seven innings of one-run ball, helping the organization clinch its record fifth consecutive World ...

Oct 9, 2020 · 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...

Oct 9, 2020 · Whitey Ford, the 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.