How Whitey Ford's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Whitey Ford posted a career Batting Average of .173, well below the league average of .262 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1953, posting .267, near the league average of .264 that year. The lowest point came in 1966 at .000, well below the league average of .240 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .183 in 1965 to .000 in 1966 and .154 in 1967. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .267 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Whitey Ford Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.173 | 1208 | 1023 | 0.218 |
| Season Avg. | 0.173 | 75.5 | 63.94 | 0.218 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.173 | 391.39 | 331.45 | 0.218 |
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Whitey Ford Batting Average Per Season
Whitey Ford's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Whitey Ford Batting Average by Team
Whitey Ford's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Whitey Ford Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Whitey Ford's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Whitey Ford Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Whitey Ford's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Whitey Ford Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Whitey Ford's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
