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Dan Ford |
Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 1'' Weight: 190 Born: May 19, 1952 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES |
Awards & Accomplishments | |
All-Star Selections | 1978 1986 |
Ratings - Batting Help | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Salary | vL | vR | OA | vL | vR | OA | vL | vR | OA | vL | vR | OA | vL | vR | OA | |||
1975 | 23 | PIT | NL | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | ||||
1976 | 24 | PIT | NL | $ 300,000 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | |||
1977 | 25 | PIT | NL | $ 300,000 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||
1978 | 26 | PIT | NL | $ 300,000 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||
1979 | 27 | PIT | NL | $ 3,600,000 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||
1980 | 28 | PIT | NL | $ 3,828,571 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | |||
1981 | 29 | PIT | NL | $ 4,400,000 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||
1982 | 30 | PIT | NL | $ 4,400,000 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
1983 | 31 | DET | AL | $ 5,250,000 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
1984 | 32 | KCR | AL | $ 5,250,000 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||
1985 | 33 | KCR | AL | $ 5,250,000 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |||
1986 | 34 | KCR | AL | $ 5,750,000 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |||
1987 | 35 | KCR | AL | $ 5,750,000 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |||
1988 | 36 | KCR | AL | $ 5,750,000 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
1989 | 37 | KCR | AL | $ 5,750,000 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
1990 | 38 | PIT | NL | $ 1,000,000 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
OOTP6 Min Ratings | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
OOTP6 Max Ratings | $ 5,750,000 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
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 |
1975 | 23 | AAA | 137 | 530 | 100 | 165 | 24 | 1 | 35 | 76 | 9 | 1 | 58 | 69 | .311 | .379 | .558 | .938 | 107.2 | ||
1976 | 24 | PIT | NL | 151 | 552 | 55 | 162 | 34 | 3 | 12 | 67 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 76 | .293 | .324 | .431 | .755 | 70.3 | 13.0 |
1977 | 25 | PIT | NL | 149 | 552 | 71 | 146 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 77 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 69 | .264 | .317 | .402 | .719 | 67.8 | 12.2 |
1978 | 26 | PIT | NL | 151 | 578 | 80 | 163 | 23 | 1 | 27 | 106 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 70 | .282 | .329 | .465 | .794 | 83.1 | 15.3 |
1979 | 27 | PIT | NL | 156 | 587 | 85 | 167 | 27 | 3 | 26 | 92 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 68 | .284 | .340 | .474 | .813 | 87.9 | 17.6 |
1980 | 28 | PIT | NL | 134 | 500 | 82 | 143 | 24 | 5 | 27 | 99 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 72 | .286 | .337 | .516 | .853 | 78.9 | 18.6 |
1981 | 29 | PIT | NL | 128 | 468 | 72 | 115 | 24 | 4 | 21 | 66 | 4 | 4 | 53 | 77 | .246 | .328 | .449 | .776 | 65.4 | 11.2 |
AAA | 4 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .357 | .400 | .571 | .971 | 2.9 | ||||
1982 | 30 | PIT | NL | 101 | 352 | 55 | 92 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 48 | .261 | .336 | .420 | .756 | 49.9 | 8.9 |
1983 | 31 | DET | AL | 152 | 601 | 86 | 164 | 30 | 2 | 33 | 96 | 10 | 5 | 47 | 104 | .273 | .325 | .494 | .819 | 89.9 | 16.1 |
1984 | 32 | DET | AL | 76 | 299 | 31 | 63 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 59 | .211 | .266 | .324 | .591 | 22.6 | 0.9 |
KCR | AL | 71 | 279 | 39 | 80 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 72 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 46 | .287 | .324 | .541 | .866 | 43.4 | 9.8 | ||
TOT | 147 | 578 | 70 | 143 | 30 | 3 | 23 | 104 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 105 | .247 | .294 | .429 | .723 | 65.9 | 10.7 | |||
1985 | 33 | KCR | AL | 152 | 588 | 81 | 141 | 24 | 0 | 33 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 125 | .240 | .301 | .449 | .750 | 78.3 | 12.3 |
1986 | 34 | KCR | AL | 151 | 593 | 78 | 155 | 31 | 2 | 32 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 111 | .261 | .309 | .482 | .791 | 84.6 | 16.9 |
1987 | 35 | KCR | AL | 154 | 609 | 90 | 160 | 27 | 3 | 28 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 150 | .263 | .319 | .455 | .774 | 85.3 | 12.7 |
1988 | 36 | KCR | AL | 153 | 615 | 97 | 162 | 33 | 3 | 36 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 143 | .263 | .330 | .502 | .833 | 98.6 | 19.9 |
1989 | 37 | KCR | AL | 153 | 596 | 80 | 124 | 22 | 0 | 29 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 154 | .208 | .273 | .391 | .664 | 62.7 | 5.9 |
1990 | 38 | PIT | NL | 153 | 547 | 57 | 128 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 66 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 127 | .234 | .275 | .420 | .696 | 62.1 | 7.7 |
15 Years Sim | 2185 | 8316 | 1139 | 2165 | 389 | 38 | 379 | 1299 | 67 | 54 | 637 | 1499 | .260 | .315 | .453 | .768 | 1130.7 | 199.2 | |||
2 Years AAA | 141 | 544 | 103 | 170 | 24 | 1 | 36 | 77 | 9 | 1 | 59 | 69 | .313 | .380 | .559 | .939 | 110.1 | ||||
162 Game Average | 616 | 84 | 160 | 28 | 2 | 28 | 96 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 111 | .260 | .315 | .453 | .768 | 83.8 | |||||
Career Highs | 156 | 615 | 97 | 167 | 34 | 6 | 36 | 106 | 10 | 11 | 60 | 154 | .293 | .340 | .516 | .853 | 98.6 |
Career Batting Splits Help | |||||||||||||||||
Click on a Category to view yearly stats. | |||||||||||||||||
Category | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | XR |
vs RH | 5874 | 766 | 1453 | 267 | 26 | 255 | 908 | 36 | 28 | 409 | 1109 | .247 | .299 | .432 | .731 | 751.1 | |
vs LH | 2442 | 373 | 712 | 122 | 12 | 124 | 391 | 31 | 26 | 228 | 390 | .292 | .352 | .504 | .856 | 414.6 | |
Home | 1081 | 4032 | 538 | 1014 | 169 | 17 | 183 | 621 | 30 | 21 | 313 | 713 | .251 | .307 | .438 | .745 | 540.8 |
Away | 1104 | 4284 | 601 | 1151 | 220 | 21 | 196 | 678 | 37 | 33 | 324 | 786 | .269 | .322 | .467 | .790 | 625.0 |
RISP | 2126 | 0 | 546 | 112 | 11 | 92 | 867 | 0 | 0 | 239 | 396 | .257 | .327 | .450 | .777 | 319.6 | |
Pinch Hitting | 90 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .211 | .253 | .367 | .619 | 8.2 | |
Close/Late | 990 | 123 | 238 | 35 | 3 | 48 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 191 | .240 | .320 | .427 | .748 | 140.3 | |
Mar/Apr | 355 | 1336 | 171 | 349 | 60 | 3 | 60 | 187 | 7 | 14 | 110 | 257 | .261 | .316 | .445 | .761 | 185.1 |
May | 382 | 1465 | 219 | 403 | 78 | 9 | 68 | 246 | 18 | 9 | 107 | 241 | .275 | .326 | .480 | .806 | 222.2 |
June | 381 | 1437 | 208 | 359 | 59 | 6 | 65 | 208 | 9 | 9 | 122 | 255 | .250 | .314 | .435 | .749 | 193.6 |
July | 345 | 1326 | 163 | 348 | 63 | 7 | 64 | 207 | 7 | 9 | 93 | 228 | .262 | .312 | .465 | .778 | 187.9 |
August | 374 | 1431 | 168 | 349 | 58 | 7 | 57 | 225 | 11 | 9 | 112 | 276 | .244 | .303 | .414 | .716 | 177.9 |
Sep/Oct | 348 | 1321 | 210 | 357 | 71 | 6 | 65 | 226 | 15 | 4 | 93 | 242 | .270 | .320 | .481 | .801 | 199.0 |
Fielding Stats Help | ||||||||||||||||||
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove. | ||||||||||||||||||
Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Pos | G | GS | IP | PO | A | E | DP | FPct | RF | DWS | ||||
1976 | 24 | PIT | NL | RF | 141 | 135 | 1204.7 | 244 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .977 | 1.87 | 1.4 | ||||
CF | 7 | 0 | 14.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.88 | |||||||||
1977 | 25 | PIT | NL | CF | 143 | 138 | 1229.7 | 312 | 12 | 14 | 5 | .959 | 2.37 | 3.8 | ||||
RF | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | |||||||||
1978 | 26 | PIT | NL | CF | 147 | 142 | 1262.0 | 359 | 7 | 12 | 1 | .968 | 2.61 | 5.7 | ||||
RF | 4 | 0 | 5.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.69 | |||||||||
1979 | 27 | PIT | NL | CF | 150 | 147 | 1307.7 | 379 | 5 | 11 | 3 | .972 | 2.64 | 3.4 | ||||
RF | 5 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | |||||||||
1980 | 28 | PIT | NL | CF | 123 | 122 | 1071.7 | 290 | 7 | 7 | 5 | .977 | 2.49 | 2.7 | ||||
RF | 10 | 0 | 21.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | |||||||||
1981 | 29 | PIT | NL | CF | 124 | 123 | 1085.0 | 273 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .976 | 2.35 | 2.8 | ||||
RF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.50 | |||||||||
1982 | 30 | PIT | NL | CF | 99 | 96 | 831.3 | 213 | 4 | 8 | 2 | .964 | 2.35 | 1.6 | ||||
RF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | |||||||||
1983 | 31 | DET | AL | CF | 149 | 146 | 1315.7 | 399 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .990 | 2.77 | 4.2 | ||||
RF | 3 | 2 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | |||||||||
1984 | 32 | DET | AL | CF | 75 | 73 | 671.9 | 195 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .966 | 2.65 | 1.3 | ||||
KCR | AL | CF | 71 | 69 | 615.7 | 178 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .963 | 2.65 | 1.5 | ||||||
TOT | CF | 146 | 142 | 1287.6 | 373 | 6 | 14 | 1 | .964 | 2.65 | 2.9 | |||||||
1985 | 33 | KCR | AL | RF | 102 | 100 | 888.0 | 232 | 6 | 10 | 2 | .960 | 2.41 | 2.3 | ||||
CF | 51 | 50 | 446.3 | 125 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .984 | 2.52 | |||||||||
1986 | 34 | KCR | AL | RF | 150 | 147 | 1323.7 | 295 | 5 | 11 | 0 | .965 | 2.04 | 1.8 | ||||
1987 | 35 | KCR | AL | CF | 4 | 1 | 11.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.64 | 0.1 | ||||
RF | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.40 | |||||||||
1988 | 36 | KCR | AL | RF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||||
CF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | |||||||||
1989 | 37 | KCR | AL | RF | 125 | 125 | 1097.0 | 237 | 8 | 9 | 2 | .965 | 2.01 | 2.6 | ||||
CF | 26 | 25 | 223.0 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .943 | 2.02 | |||||||||
1990 | 38 | PIT | NL | CF | 150 | 147 | 1305.0 | 332 | 7 | 12 | 3 | .966 | 2.34 | 5.7 | ||||
SS | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.38 | 0.0 | ||||||||
RF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | |||||||||
CF | 1320 | 1279 | 11391.2 | 3110 | 64 | 94 | 24 | .971 | 2.51 | 33.0 | ||||||||
RF | 549 | 509 | 4579.7 | 1022 | 26 | 37 | 7 | .966 | 2.06 | 8.1 | ||||||||
SS | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.38 | 0.0 | ||||||||
Career Totals | 1870 | 1789 | 15978.9 | 4134 | 91 | 131 | 31 | .970 | 2.38 | 41.1 | ||||||||
Career Highs | 155 | 150 | 1334.3 | 399 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.81 |
Post-Season Batting Stats Help | |||||||||||||||||||
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award. | |||||||||||||||||||
Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1977 | 25 | PIT | NL | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .200 | .429 | .629 |
1980 | 28 | PIT | NL | 5 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .238 | .200 | .438 |
1983 | 31 | DET | AL | 7 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .385 | .484 | .577 | 1.061 |
1984 | 32 | KCR | AL | 11 | 43 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .233 | .298 | .605 | .903 |
1986 | 34 | KCR | AL | 13 | 51 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .255 | .296 | .549 | .845 |
1987 | 35 | KCR | AL | 7 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .120 | .241 | .280 | .521 |
Career Post-Season Batting | 47 | 179 | 24 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 25 | .235 | .305 | .480 | .785 |
Batting Leaderboards Help | ||||||||||||
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based. | ||||||||||||
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Black Ink Test: 0 (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42) Gray Ink Test: 91 (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203) Hall of Fame Standards: 41 (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64) |
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History |
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1975 |
Injured on 8/11/1975 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week |
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/2/1976, off Fred Lasher (MIN) |
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1976, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI |
Injured on 3/29/1977 with a Jammed Finger, out for 1-2 weeks |
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game |
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,600,000 through salary arbitration |
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,828,571 through salary arbitration |
Injured on 5/6/1980 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks |
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,400,000 through salary arbitration |
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,400,000 through salary arbitration |
6/1/1982: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $5,250,000 per year, for 3 years |
Injured on 7/13/1982 with a Fractured Hip, out for 8 weeks |
Traded from Pittsburgh to Detroit on 2/8/1983 (Going to PIT: P Bob Shirley, C Bob Kearney, LF Bombo Rivera. Going to DET: CF Dan Ford) |
Hit 3 homeruns against Tampa Bay, driving in 4 runs on 5/20/1983 |
Drove in 7 runs against Oakland on 9/22/1983 |
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1983, hitting .348 with 4 HR, 13 RBI |
Traded from Detroit to Kansas City on 7/1/1984 (Going to KCR: CF Dan Ford, SS Damaso Garcia, LF Rich Murray. Going to DET: P Luis Aponte, P Dick Drago, C Charlie Sands) |
Injured on 8/28/1984 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks |
7/31/1985: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $5,750,000 per year, for 4 years |
Drove in 7 runs against Seattle on 8/23/1985 |
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1986, hitting .560 with 2 HR, 10 RBI |
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 6/22/1986 |
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game |
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1987, hitting .435 with 4 HR, 14 RBI |
Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 7/6/1988 |
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1988, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 10 RBI |
6/1/1989: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years |
Had 2000th career hit on 8/13/1989, off Doug Jones (MON) |
Traded from Kansas City to Pittsburgh on 3/4/1990 (Going to KCR: P Ray Fontenot. Going to PIT: RF Dan Ford, RF Ellis Valentine) |
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