The dazzling Whitey Ford, he of the lifetime .690 winning percentage, has passed away. He was 91.
That .690 is the highest of all time among the 200-game winners.
Whitey’s 2.75 lifetime ERA is the best among the modern 200-game winners.
Among all post-WW2 pitchers with at least 250 decisions, only 11 have posted ERAs below 3.00. One of them (Clayton Kershaw) is still active and another (Hoyt Wilhelm) was primarily a reliever. Among retired starters, Whitey is #1, just edging out Koufax, who finished at 2.76. The list is below.
Ford was just as effective in the post-season. His 2.71 World Series ERA nearly matched his regular season numbers, and he won 10 World Series games, which is the all-time record by a wide margin (nobody else has won more than seven).