Whitey Ford had a 25-4 record with an ERA of 3.21 and 209 strikeouts in 39 appearances in 1961. He won his zeroth Cy Young award, his first World Series MVP award and his fifth World Series.

		NAME	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1		Whitey Ford W. Ford	1961	NYY	39	25	4	.862	39	3.21	209	11	3	0	283.0	242	101	108	23	92	1	0	3	1,159	8	6.65	2.93	2.27	0.73	18.0	7.9	1.18	.263	3.43	85	3.14	82	7.70	22.7

Games

	NAME	DATE	SEASON	TM		OPP	DEC	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP
1	Whitey Ford W. Ford	9/29/1961	1961	NYY	vs	BOS		1	0.00	9	0	0	0	6.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	24	0
2	Whitey Ford W. Ford	9/23/1961	1961	NYY	@	BOS	W	1	5.40	2	0	0	0	5.0	9	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	22	0
3	Whitey Ford W. Ford	9/19/1961	1961	NYY	@	BAL	L	1	1.29	7	0	0	0	7.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	31	0
4	Whitey Ford W. Ford	9/15/1961	1961	NYY	@	DET	W	1	1.00	6	1	0	0	9.0	8	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	36	0
5	Whitey Ford W. Ford	9/10/1961	1961	NYY	vs	CLE		1	22.50	2	0	0	0	2.0	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	13	1
6	Whitey Ford W. Ford	9/6/1961	1961	NYY	vs	WSH	W	1	0.00	7	1	1	0	9.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	32	0
7	Whitey Ford W. Ford	9/1/1961	1961	NYY	vs	DET		1	0.00	2	0	0	0	4.2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	0
8	Whitey Ford W. Ford	8/27/1961	1961	NYY	@	KCA	W	1	5.40	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	22	0
9	Whitey Ford W. Ford	8/23/1961	1961	NYY	@	LAA		1	13.50	2	0	0	0	4.0	6	6	6	0	6	0	0	0	23	0
10	Whitey Ford W. Ford	8/19/1961	1961	NYY	@	CLE	W	1	1.86	4	0	0	0	9.2	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	37	1
11	Whitey Ford W. Ford	8/15/1961	1961	NYY	vs	CWS	L	1	2.57	3	0	0	0	7.0	8	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	32	0
12	Whitey Ford W. Ford	8/10/1961	1961	NYY	vs	LAA	W	1	1.29	3	0	0	0	7.0	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	29	0
13	Whitey Ford W. Ford	8/6/1961	1961	NYY	vs	MIN		1	5.40	7	0	0	0	10.0	9	6	6	3	1	0	0	0	38	1
14	Whitey Ford W. Ford	8/2/1961	1961	NYY	vs	KCA		1	4.50	8	0	0	0	8.0	8	4	5	2	1	0	0	1	34	0
15	Whitey Ford W. Ford	7/29/1961	1961	NYY	vs	BAL	W	1	4.00	7	1	0	0	9.0	7	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	37	1
16	Whitey Ford W. Ford	7/25/1961	1961	NYY	vs	CWS	W	1	0.00	5	0	0	0	7.0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	30	0
17	Whitey Ford W. Ford	7/21/1961	1961	NYY	@	BOS		1	13.50	5	0	0	0	4.2	7	7	7	0	6	0	0	1	27	1
18	Whitey Ford W. Ford	7/17/1961	1961	NYY	@	BAL	W	1	0.00	9	1	1	0	9.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	36	0
19	Whitey Ford W. Ford	7/8/1961	1961	NYY	vs	BOS	W	1	7.50	3	0	0	0	6.0	10	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	27	0
20	Whitey Ford W. Ford	7/4/1961	1961	NYY	vs	DET	W	1	1.00	11	1	0	0	9.0	5	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	34	0
21	Whitey Ford W. Ford	6/30/1961	1961	NYY	vs	WSH	W	1	0.00	8	1	0	0	9.0	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	34	0
22	Whitey Ford W. Ford	6/26/1961	1961	NYY	@	LAA	W	1	6.75	7	0	0	0	8.0	6	6	6	3	4	0	0	0	34	1
23	Whitey Ford W. Ford	6/22/1961	1961	NYY	@	KCA	W	1	3.86	9	0	0	0	7.0	6	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	30	0
24	Whitey Ford W. Ford	6/18/1961	1961	NYY	@	DET	W	1	0.00	12	0	0	0	8.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	28	0
25	Whitey Ford W. Ford	6/14/1961	1961	NYY	@	CLE	W	1	6.43	2	0	0	0	7.0	8	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	33	2
	Total							39	3.21	209	11	3	0	283.0	242	101	108	23	92	1	0	3	1,159	8