Whitey Ford Career Batters Faced Overview
During Whitey Ford's 16-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
13036 batters faced, an average of 815 batters faced per season. 1961 was his best season
with 1159 batters faced and his worst season was 1967 when he had
173 batters faced. Whitey Ford is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or
being beat by USA (2595.9271853631), The Greatest Generation (2836.0140023337), mlb (2506.629423901), SP (3599.0649970185), and Y (14857.652777778) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
Batters faced is the number of hitters that have a plate appearance against a pitcher or team's pitchers over a given period of time. Generally, for Batters Faced, higher is better. (
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Whitey Ford Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Whitey Ford
| Whitey FordBatters Faced | Whitey FordBatters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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Career | 13036 | 37.01 |
Season Avg. | 815 | 37.08 |
162 Game Avg. | 1780 | 37.01 |
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Whitey Ford Batters Faced By Year Line Chart
This line chart shows Whitey Ford's yearly Batters Faced
for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison,
are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their
country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
Whitey Ford Cumulative Batters Faced by Year
This line chart attempts to show show how Whitey Ford's career Batters Faced progressed by year.
Each year on the chart represents Whitey Ford's career Batters Faced at the end of that season.
Whitey Ford Batters Faced By Year Box Chart
This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Whitey Ford and related player groups by summarizing Batters Faced
for each season played by Whitey Ford. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box
being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and
medians to draw your conclusions!
Whitey Ford Batters Faced Per Season Stats Table
This table shows Whitey Ford Batters Faced stats per season for his full MLB career with the
aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season
player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players,
SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each
group for each year of Whitey Ford career.
Note: "—" indicate there were no players
for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may
not have been a hall of famer playing that year.