How Whitey Ford's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players
Whitey Ford posted a career Range Factor of 1.61, well below the league average of 3.1 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1967, posting 2.57, below the league average of 3.17 that year. The lowest point came in 1950 at 1.2, well below the league average of 3.81 that year. The Range Factor trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.62 in 1965 to 1.5 in 1966 and 2.57 in 1967. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 16 seasons.
Whitey Ford Lifetime Range Factor
Stats similar to Range Factor for Whitey Ford
| Whitey Ford
Range Factor |
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| Career | 1.612 |
| Season Avg. | 1.612 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.612 |
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Whitey Ford Range Factor Per Season
Whitey Ford's Range Factor 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 Range Factor by Team
Whitey Ford's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Whitey Ford Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Whitey Ford's career Range Factor 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 Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Whitey Ford's seasonal Range Factor 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 Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Whitey Ford's MLB career with Range Factor 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.
