Whitey Ford: A Biography

Miles Coverdale

Whitey Ford: A Biography
Format
Paperback
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Country
United States
Published
10 July 2006
Pages
249
ISBN
9780786425143

Whitey Ford: A Biography

Miles Coverdale

Called the
Chairman of the Board
because of his remarkable control in big-money games, Eddie
Whitey
Ford still holds the record for World Series wins (10), and was Casey Stengel’s ace during much of the Yankees’ historic mid-century pennant streak. Off the mound, Whitey’s carousing with Mickey Mantle was legendary, and he, in many ways, symbolizes the excesses and good fortunes of the Yankees during that era - living hard and winning often. This book delves into the life and baseball career of Whitey Ford, the Hall of Fame left-hander who helped the Yankees win 11 pennants and six world championships. After a childhood in the New York sandlots, he quickly worked his way through the Yankees farm system and, when called up in 1950, won nine straight in a pennant race and then won the final game of the World Series sweep of the Phillies. He would go on to pitch for 16 seasons - all of them with New York - and retire as the winningest pitcher in franchise history. His story is detailed here with a generous helping of play-by-play action and personal anecdotes. Seven appendices offer Ford’s career statistics and compare him to other great pitchers, past and present.

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