Whitey Ford, 91, Pitcher Who Epitomized Mighty Yankees, Dies
Whitey Ford, the street-smart New Yorker who had the best winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20th century and helped the Yankees become baseball’s perennial champions in the 1950s and ’60s, has died.
- Published 9 October 2020
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LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. (AP) — Whitey Ford, the street-smart New Yorker who had the best winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20th century and helped the Yankees become baseball’s perennial champions in the 1950s and ’60s, has died. He was 91. A family member told The Associated Press on Friday that Ford died at his Long Island home Thursday night. The cause was not known. Nicknamed the “Chairman of the Board,” Ford was a…
