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Whitey Ford

Yankees Career team 1950 to 1967
Position P
Born Oct 21, 1928

Key Insights

1967
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Curt Blefary has hit .444/.538/1.111 against Ford over 13 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

4 for 9 with 1 home run and 0 strikeouts, against a .629 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Ford has struck Mickey Lolich out 9 times in 15 plate appearances, 60% of everything between them.

9 strikeouts in 15 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Ford throws than Dave Nicholson: 100% of the swings between them come up empty.

37 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 110 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Ford has faced Nellie Fox more than any other hitter: 201 plate appearances, and Nellie Fox has hit .212/.259/.234 in them.

39 hits, 0 home runs and 5 strikeouts across 201 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Jim Brideweser is 0 for 13 against Ford, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

14 career plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Jim Lemon has taken Ford deep 7 times, once every 15.1 plate appearances between them.

106 career plate appearances against him.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Oct 21, 1928