Whitey Ford Signed Baseball Yankees ( Inscribed HOF 74)- COA

Presented is an OAL (Budig) baseball autographed by Whitey Ford. He signed it on the sweet spot in black ballpoint pen (“8-9”) with the inscription, “HOF ’74”. The ball itself shows toning from age.

Nicknamed “The Chairman of the Board”, Whitey Ford was an American professional baseball pitcher who played his entire 16-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the New York Yankees. He was a 10-time All-Star and 6-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 (AL) in wins three times and in earned run average (ERA) twice. He is the Yankees franchise leader in career wins (236), shutouts (45), innings pitched (​3,170 1⁄3), and games started by a pitcher (438; tied with Andy Pettitte). Ford was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.

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