Whitey Ford
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Most Influential Person Now
American baseball player
Why Is Whitey Ford Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford , nicknamed "the Chairman of the Board", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played his entire 16-year Major League Baseball career with the New York Yankees. He was a 10-time All-Star and six-time World Series champion. In 1961, he won both the Cy Young Award and World Series Most Valuable Player Award. Ford led the American League in wins three times and in earned run average twice. He is the Yankees franchise leader in career wins , shutouts , innings pitched , and games started by a pitcher . Ford was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
