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Dave
Ford		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 29, 1956 in Usa, OH, CLEVELAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1987   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 21 COL NL   8 2 3 2 8 9 9 5 5 5
1979 22 COL NL   8 2 3 3 9 9 9 5 5 5
1980 23 COL NL   8 2 3 2 9 9 9 5 5 5
1981 24 COL NL   8 3 3 3 9 9 9 5 5 5
1982 25 COL NL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 9 10 9 5 5 5
1983 26 COL NL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 9 10 9 5 5 5
1984 27 COL NL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 9 10 9 6 6 6
1985 28 COL NL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 9 10 9 8 8 8
1986 29 COL NL $ 1,739,286 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 7 7 7
1987 30 COL NL $ 2,692,857 8 4 4 4 9 9 9 7 7 7
1988 31 COL NL $ 3,135,714 7 4 4 4 9 9 9 7 7 7
1989 32 COL NL $ 4,000,000 7 3 3 3 9 9 9 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 2 3 2 8 9 9 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000 8 4 4 4 9 10 9 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 21 COL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1979 22 COL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1980 23 COL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1981 24 COL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1982 25 COL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1983 26 COL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1984 27 COL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1985 28 COL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1986 29 COL NL $ 1,739,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1987 30 COL NL $ 2,692,857   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1988 31 COL NL $ 3,135,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1989 32 COL NL $ 4,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1978 21 AAA   1 4 .200 5 5 2 0 0 36.0 41 24 7 11 11 6.00 .287 .338 .497 .834  
    AA   9 7 .563 25 25 3 0 0 196.0 168 58 18 35 112 2.66 .228 .263 .351 .614  
1979 22 AAA   10 11 .476 25 25 4 3 0 173.3 196 67 13 36 83 3.48 .285 .320 .403 .723  
    AA   3 2 .600 6 6 1 0 0 46.0 40 10 3 4 28 1.96 .227 .244 .330 .574  
1980 23 AA   19 1 .950 25 25 6 4 0 200.0 172 39 8 21 132 1.76 .230 .251 .303 .554  
1981 24 AA   12 7 .632 27 23 8 2 0 192.3 157 53 11 30 111 2.48 .221 .252 .319 .571  
1982 25 COL NL 10 4 .714 29 20 6 1 0 183.3 190 70 25 18 70 3.44 .268 .286 .418 .704 13.3
1983 26 COL NL 6 6 .500 30 10 5 1 1 104.0 109 50 12 24 33 4.33 .272 .311 .439 .750 4.5
1984 27 COL NL 0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 0 14.0 15 6 1 1 8 3.86 .273 .286 .364 .649 0.7
    AAA   0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .143 .143 .143 .286  
1985 28 COL NL 8 4 .667 54 5 2 1 11 96.7 103 35 11 28 40 3.26 .278 .325 .418 .743 8.8
1986 29 COL NL 16 10 .615 33 33 10 0 0 257.3 287 112 17 37 121 3.92 .279 .303 .398 .701 13.8
1987 30 COL NL 18 9 .667 31 31 4 1 0 218.0 233 95 18 39 113 3.92 .275 .306 .399 .705 12.4
1988 31 COL NL 8 4 .667 49 12 1 1 3 142.3 164 61 11 21 59 3.86 .291 .316 .410 .725 8.7
1989 32 COL NL 8 4 .667 44 15 0 0 4 168.7 184 82 18 33 65 4.38 .272 .306 .420 .726 7.2
1990 33 AAA   6 6 .500 65 5 0 0 0 124.3 164 70 10 32 84 5.07 .313 .353 .437 .790  
8 Years Sim 74 41 .643 282 126 28 5 19 1184.3 1285 511 113 201 509 3.88 .276 .305 .411 .716 69.2
4 Years AAA 17 21 .447 96 35 6 3 0 335.7 402 161 30 79 179 4.32 .295 .334 .424 .758  
4 Years AA 43 17 .717 83 79 18 6 0 634.3 537 160 40 90 383 2.27 .226 .254 .325 .579  
8 Years Minors 60 38 .612 179 114 24 9 0 970.0 939 321 70 169 562 2.98 .251 .284 .361 .645  
Season Average 9 5 .643 35 15 3 0 2 148.0 160 63 14 25 63 3.88 .276 .305 .411 .716  
Career Highs 18 10 .714 54 33 10 1 11 257.3 287 112 25 39 121 4.38 .291 .325 .439 .750  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   606 238 51 88 294   .272 .299 .399 .698
vs LH   679 273 62 113 215   .280 .312 .421 .734
Home 36 20 .643 140 57 11 3 15 548.6 615 253 46 82 249 4.15 .283 .309 .411 .720
Away 38 21 .644 142 69 17 2 4 635.6 670 258 67 119 260 3.65 .270 .304 .410 .714
Mar/Apr 12 4 .750 50 19 5 1 3 198.6 190 78 23 31 77 3.53 .249 .279 .400 .679
May 16 6 .727 50 27 5 0 0 219.0 234 89 15 42 87 3.66 .275 .309 .386 .695
June 8 9 .471 45 15 2 0 1 140.0 168 68 19 21 59 4.37 .295 .320 .464 .784
July 13 5 .722 46 15 5 0 5 184.7 212 75 19 21 95 3.66 .286 .305 .423 .729
August 16 8 .667 49 24 6 2 8 218.7 243 106 15 47 84 4.36 .282 .319 .402 .721
Sep/Oct 9 9 .500 42 26 5 2 2 223.3 238 95 22 39 107 3.83 .275 .307 .406 .713
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1978 21 AA   2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3  
1985 28 COL NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1 Years Sim 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1 Years AA 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3  
162 Game Average 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 .000 .000 .000 .000 -7.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Away 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1982 25 COL NL P 29 20 183.3 16 17 0 3 1.000 1.62    
1983 26 COL NL P 30 10 104.0 8 19 0 3 1.000 2.34    
1984 27 COL NL P 12 0 14.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.64    
1985 28 COL NL P 54 5 96.7 6 20 1 1 .963 2.42    
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
1986 29 COL NL P 33 33 257.3 17 38 3 1 .948 1.92    
1987 30 COL NL P 31 31 218.0 15 32 0 4 1.000 1.94    
1988 31 COL NL P 49 12 142.3 11 34 0 2 1.000 2.85    
1989 32 COL NL P 44 15 168.7 12 27 3 1 .929 2.08    
  P 282 126 1184.3 85 188 7 15 .975 2.07    
  SS 2 0 4.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
Career Totals   284 126 1188.3 86 190 7 16 .975 2.09    
Career Highs   56 33 257.3 17 38 3 4 1.000 2.85    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1983 26 COL NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 3 0.00 .111 .111 .111 .222
1987 30 COL NL 1 1 .500 4 0 0 0 0 7.7 9 6 1 4 7 7.05 .300 .382 .567 .949
1988 31 COL NL 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 6.3 8 3 0 1 3 4.27 .286 .310 .429 .739
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 1 .667 9 1 0 0 0 16.7 18 9 1 5 13 4.86 .269 .319 .448 .767
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1987-1-18
 Winning Pct
1987-5-.667
CAR-14-.643
 Complete Games
1986-5-10
1987-7-4
 Shutouts
1987-9-1
1988-9-1
 Innings Pitched
1986-9-257.3
 Hits Allowed
1986-3-287
1987-9-233
Walks per 9IP
1982-2-0.9
1986-1-1.3
1987-4-1.6
1989-10-1.8
CAR-21-1.5
 WHiP
1982-7-1.13
 OOBP
1982-8-.286
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 24    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Oil Can Boyd (951)
  2. Bill Werle (944)
  3. Larry Jansen (939)
  4. Spud Chandler (939)
  5. Carl Willis (937)
  6. Joe Schaffernoth (934)
  7. Charlie Lea (931)
  8. Greg Swindell (930)
  9. Connie Johnson (930)
  10. Dave Hillman (929)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 46th overall pick, by Colorado in 1978
Injured on 5/14/1978 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 7/31/1980 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Earned first career win on 5/11/1982
Injured on 6/1/1984 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 8-9 weeks
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,739,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/27/1986 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,692,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,135,714 through salary arbitration
7/31/1988: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $4,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Released by Colorado on 10/13/1990
 
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