He was born on October 21, 1928 in New York. He graduated from Aviation High School, but didn't attend college. His job was being a pitcher for the New York Yankees for 18 years. This pitcher's career started on July 1, 1950. His playing was so good that he was voted the Rookie of the Year by the American League.

Ford went to the army and served in the Korean War from 1951 and 1952. In 1953, Whitey came home and went back to play for the Yankees.
He wasn't very good at pitching fast balls, but all his other pitching made up for the difference, so much so that he had two games that he was able to strike out six players in a row. By 1961, he was able to win the Cy Young Award.

The Yankees played at the World Series games. Their number one pitcher was Whitey Ford where he started each of the games from the years of 1955 to 1958 and 1961 to 1964. He has a grand total of ten wins at the World Series.

Due to shoulder problems he retired at the age of 38. His last game was May 21, 1967. He was voted in to the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. In 2008, he went to the Major League All Star Game and threw out the first pitch. In September, he was invited to and went to the last game played at Yankee Stadium.

When Whitey played, he threw right handed and batted left handed. A couple of his career totals include winning 236 games and striking out 1,956 players.