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
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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.
Slugging Pct
1978-10-.465
1979-10-.474
1980-4-.516
1983-7-.494
1986-6-.482
1988-10-.502
OPS
1980-8-.853
Games
1979-2-156
At-Bats
1983-8-601
1987-5-609
1988-2-615
1989-4-596
CAR-50-8316
Runs
1988-8-97
Total Bases
1978-7-269
1979-8-278
1983-7-297
1986-8-286
1988-5-309
Triples
1977-7-6
Homeruns
1978-6-27
1979-10-26
1980-7-27
1983-7-33
1984-7-23
1985-4-33
1986-4-32
1987-9-28
1988-4-36
1989-9-29
1990-10-25
CAR-42-379
RBIs
1978-5-106
1980-9-99
1984-4-104
1986-6-105
1988-7-106
Caught Stealing
1978-8-11
Strikeouts
1985-9-125
1987-2-150
1988-8-143
1989-3-154
CAR-40-1499
 
 
   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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  1. Frank Howard (930)
  2. Bill White (925)
  3. Jim Ray Hart (923)
  4. Willie Stargell (921)
  5. Dwight Evans (918)
  6. Frank Robinson (911)
  7. Oscar Gamble (911)
  8. Jeff Burroughs (904)
  9. Tommie Agee (899)
  10. Richie Zisk (892)
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)