Whitey Ford: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1974

Born: October 21, 1928

1947: Signed with New York Yankees

Debut: July 1, 1950 (Yankees)

1950: Began his career 9-0

1950: Yankees win World Series

1950: TSN Rookie of the Year

1951-2: Korean War

1953: Yankees win World Series

1955: Back-to-Back one hitters

1956: Six consecutive strikeouts (tied AL record)

1956: 19-6, 2.47 ERA, 18 CG, 2 SHO, 225.2 IP

1956: Yankees win World Series

1957: Yankees win Pennant

1958: 14-7, 2.01 ERA, 15 CG, 7 SHO, 219.1 IP, 1.076 WHIP

1958: Six consecutive strikeouts

1958: Became only man with four consecutive Game 1 postseason starts

1958: Yankees win World Series

1960: Yankees win Pennant

1961: New manager Ralph Houk changed Casey Stengel’s policy of only pitching Ford against good teams. Ford got regular starts for the first time.

1961: 243 consecutive innings without a stolen base

1961: 25-4, 3.21 ERA, .862 win %, 11 CG, 3 SHO, 283 IP, 209 strkeouts

1961: Cy Young Award

1961: Broke World Series record for consecutive scoreless innings (eventually 33.2 IP)

1961: World Series MVP

1961-2: Yankees win World Series

1963: 24-7, .774 win %, 2.74 ERA, 13 CG, 3 SHO, 269.1 IP, 189 strikeouts

1963-4: Yankees win Pennant

1966: Became all-time Yankees wins leader

1967: Retired

1974: Yanks retired #16

1977: Broadcast first game in Toronto Blue Jays history

1987: Gets plaque in Monument Park

1998: Everlast releases Whitey Ford Sings the Blues.

1999: All Century Team nominee

Accomplishments:

6x World Champion

10x All-Star

1961 Cy Young Award

1961 World Series MVP

1961 Babe Ruth Award

1950 TSN Rookie of the Year

World Series record 33.2 consecutive scoreless IP

236-106 record

.690 win percentage

2.75 ERA

498 games-438 starts-156 CG

45 SHO

Eight 1-0 wins

3170.1 IP

1086 walks

1956 Strikeouts

1.215 WHIP

Led league in wins: 3x

Led league win %: 3x

ERA Champ: 2x

Led league in GS: 2x

Led league in CG (18): 1955

Led league in SHO: 2x

Led league in IP: 2x

Led league in WHIP (1.076): 1958

15+ Wins: 10x

20+ Wins: 2x

25 wins (1961)

Sub 3.00 ERA: 8x

Sub 2.50 ERA: 3x

10+ CG: 8x

15+ CG: 3x

200+ IP: 11x

250+ IP: 4x

209 strikeouts (1961)

Postseason: 10-8, 2.71 ERA, 146 IP, 1.137 WHIP, 7 CG, 3 SHO, 22 games (11 World Series)

Pete Rose: Timeline

Pete Rose

Born: April 14, 1941

1960: Signed with Reds

1963: During Spring Training, Whitey Ford called Rose “Charlie Hustle” deriding the rookie’s playing style. The nickname stuck.

Debut: April 8, 1963 (Reds)

April 13, 1963: First big league hit after starting 0-for-11

1963: Won Rookie of the Year

1963: Joined army reserves at the end of the season

1964: Reached on an error and scored on an error to beat Houston’s Ken Johnson. Johnson no-hit the Reds, but still got the loss.

1968: 22-game hitting streak and a 19-game hitting streak

1968: Won Batting Title

1968: Won Hutch Award

1969: Won Batting Title

1969: Won Lou Gehrig Award

1970: Injured Ray Fosse at a play at the plate during the All-Star Game.

1970: Reds won the pennant

1972: Reds won the pennant

1973: Won Batting Title

1973: Fought Mets Bud Harrelson on the field during the NLCS

1973: NL MVP

1975: Rose moved to 3b to make room for George Foster’s bat

1975: Reds win World Series

1975: Won World Series MVP

1975: SI’s Sportsman of the Year and Hickok Belt winner as best pro athlete

1975: Reds win World Series

1976: Reds win World Series

1976: Roberto Clemente Award

1978: 3000^th hit off Steve Rogers

1978: 44-game hitting streak

1979: Joined Phillies as a free agent

1980: Phillies win World Series

1980: Makes iconic play with Bob Boone in Game 6 World Series

1981: Breaks Stan Musial’s NL hit record

1983: Phillies win pennant

1984: Joined the Montreal Expos

1984: 4000^th hit off Jerry Koosman

1984: Traded to Reds for Tom Lawless. Becomes player-manager

1985: Breaks Ty Cobb’s hit record

1986: Retires as a player

1988: Suspended 30 days for bumping umpire Dave Pallone

1989: Banned for life for betting on baseball based on information gathered in the Dowd Report

1990: Rose plead guilty of income tax evasion and sentenced to 5 months in prison

1991: The Baseball Hall of Fame voted that permanently ineligible players could not be elected

1997: Rose applied for reinstatement

1998-2000: Rose appeared in various WWE events

1999: Elected to All Century Team. At the ceremony, NBC’s Jim Gray harassed Rose trying to get him to confess on national television resulting in a backlash from players and fans against Gray.

2002: John Dowd (author of the Dowd Report) claims Rose may have bet against the Reds

2004: Rose admits to betting on baseball

2010: Appeared on WWE Raw

Accomplishments:

3x World Champion

3x Batting Champion

1973 NL MVP

1963 Rookie of the Year

1975 World Series MVP

44-game hitting streak (1978)

17x All Star

2x Gold Glove winner

1981 Silver Slugger

.303 career hitter

Hit .300 +: 15x

4256 Hits (#1 all time)

200+ hits: 12x (led league 7x)

3562 Games played (#1 all time)

Led league in GP: 5x

14053 ABs (#1 All time)

Led league in ABs: 4x

2165 runs scored (Led league: 4x)

100+ runs: 9x

746 doubles (led league: 5x)

30+ doubles: 15x

40+ doubles: 7x

51 doubles: 1978

135 triples

160 home runs

1314 RBI

1566 walks

106 walks (1974)

.375 OBP (led league 2x)

.400+ OBP: 5x

.512 slugging (1969)

5752 total bases

300+ total bases: 3x

.940 OPS (1969)

Postseason:

.321, 5 HR, 22 RBI, .828 OPS

Managerial Record:

412-373 (.525)

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