Ben Ford | Major Leaguer 1998-2004

Full Name: Benjamin Cooper Ford
Born: August 15,1975 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Height: 6-7 Weight: 225 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Washington (Cedar Rapids,IA)
College: Indian Hills Community College-Centerville

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Drafted: Selected by New York Yankees in 20th Round (563rd overall) of 1994 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Nov 18,1997] - Selected by Diamondbacks from Yankees in expansion draft (Pick #17). [Mar 30,1999] - Traded by Diamondbacks with Izzy Molina to Yankees for Darren Holmes and Cash. [Jul 21,2000] - Traded by Yankees with Ozwaldo Mairena to Cubs for Glenallen Hill. [Nov 17,2000] - Released by Cubs. [Feb 19,2001] - Signed as Free Agent by Cubs. [Oct 15,2001] - Granted Free Agency. [Oct 29,2001] - Signed as Free Agent by Cubs. [Oct 15,2002] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 12,2002] - Signed as Free Agent by Twins. [Mar 28,2003] - Released by Twins. [May 19,2003] - Signed as Free Agent by Brewers. [Oct 15,2004] - Granted Free Agency.

Disabled List: [May 16,2004] - 15 Day Disabled list - (right shoulder tendonitis) [Jul 2,2004] - Activated

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1994	GCL Yanks	GCL	18	Nyy	Rk	2	2	2.38	18	0	0	0	11	3	34.0	27	13	9	0	8	31	3	0	7.15	0.00	2.12	8.21	1.03	--
1995	Oneonta	NYPL	19	Nyy	A-	5	0	0.87	29	0	0	0	10	0	52.0	39	23	5	1	16	50	8	0	6.75	0.17	2.77	8.65	1.06	--
	Greensboro	SAL	19	Nyy	A	0	0	5.14	7	0	0	0	2	0	7.0	4	4	4	1	6	8	2	0	5.14	1.29	7.71	10.29	1.43	--
1996	Greensboro	SAL	20	Nyy	A	2	6	4.26	43	0	0	0	16	2	82.1	75	48	39	3	33	84	9	0	8.20	0.33	3.61	9.18	1.31	--
1997	Tampa	FSL	21	Nyy	A+	4	0	1.93	32	0	0	0	30	18	37.1	27	8	8	1	14	37	4	0	6.51	0.24	3.38	8.92	1.10	--
	Norwich	East	21	Nyy	AA	4	3	4.22	28	0	0	0	14	1	42.2	35	28	20	1	19	38	4	0	7.38	0.21	4.01	8.02	1.27	--
1998	Tucson	PCL	22	Ari	AAA	2	5	4.35	48	0	0	0	36	13	68.1	68	41	33	6	33	63	7	1	8.96	0.79	4.35	8.30	1.48	--
	Arizona	NL	22	Ari	MLB	0	0	9.90	8	0	0	0	2	0	10.0	13	12	11	2	3	5	1	0	11.70	1.80	2.70	4.50	1.60	57%
1999	Columbus	IL	23	Nyy	AAA	6	3	4.73	53	0	0	0	23	3	70.1	69	42	37	4	39	40	11	0	8.83	0.51	4.99	5.12	1.54	--
2000	Iowa	PCL	24	Chc	AAA	1	3	6.63	8	8	0	0	0	0	36.2	36	30	27	4	31	30	2	0	8.84	0.98	7.61	7.36	1.83	--
	Columbus	IL	24	Nyy	AAA	3	0	3.07	20	2	0	0	5	0	44.0	37	15	15	3	24	41	8	0	7.57	0.61	4.91	8.39	1.39	--
	NY Yankees	AL	24	Nyy	MLB	0	1	9.00	4	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	14	11	11	1	7	5	0	0	11.45	0.82	5.73	4.09	1.91	75%
2001	Az Cubs	Ariz	25	Chc	Rk	0	1	2.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	9.0	10	4	2	0	2	9	0	0	10.00	0.00	2.00	9.00	1.33	--
	Iowa	PCL	25	Chc	AAA	2	3	5.79	5	5	0	0	0	0	23.1	31	15	15	3	9	16	0	0	11.96	1.16	3.47	6.17	1.71	--
2002	Iowa	PCL	26	Chc	AAA	6	11	4.88	32	23	0	0	1	0	142.0	157	91	77	13	73	84	12	0	9.95	0.82	4.63	5.32	1.62	--
2003	Indy	IL	27	Mil	AAA	5	4	3.00	26	9	1	0	10	1	84.0	80	32	28	8	18	72	0		8.57	0.86	1.93	7.71	1.17	--
2004	Indy	IL	28	Mil	AAA	2	2	4.85	32	1	0	0	23	9	42.2	52	25	23	2	21	36	3		10.97	0.42	4.43	7.59	1.71	--
	Milwaukee	NL	28	Mil	MLB	1	1	6.38	19	0	0	0	5	0	24.0	25	17	17	4	10	13	0	0	9.38	1.50	3.75	4.88	1.46	31%

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						1	2	7.80	31	2	0	0	7	0	45.0	52	40	39	7	20	23	1	0	10.40	1.40	4.00	4.60	1.60	44%
Minor League Totals - 11 Season(s)						44	43	3.97	384	51	1	0	181	50	775.2	747	419	342	50	346	639	73		8.67	0.58	4.02	7.42	1.41	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1998	Arizona	NL	22	Ari	MLB	p	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2000	Iowa	PCL	24	Chc	AAA	p		8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	--
	NY Yankees	AL	24	Nyy	MLB	p	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2001	Iowa	PCL	25	Chc	AAA	p		5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	--
2002	Iowa	PCL	26	Chc	AAA	p		32	20	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	6	0	0	.150	.190	.200	390	--
2003	Indy	IL	27	Mil	AAA	p		26	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.143	.000	143	--
2004	Indy	IL	28	Mil	AAA	p		32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Milwaukee	NL	28	Mil	MLB	p	9	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)								31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s)								103	35	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	17	0	0	10	0	0	.086	.179	.114	293	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1994	GCL Yanks	GCL	18	Nyy	Rk	P	18			0	7	0	7	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

1995	Oneonta	NYPL	19	Nyy	A-	P	29			1	5	5	11	0	-	-	-	.545	--
1995	Greensboro	SAL	19	Nyy	A	P	7			0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1996	Greensboro	SAL	20	Nyy	A	P	43			6	11	3	20	3	-	-	-	.850	--

1997	Tampa	FSL	21	Nyy	A+	P	32			2	8	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1997	Norwich	East	21	Nyy	AA	P	28			1	5	4	10	0	-	-	-	.600	--

1998	Tucson	PCL	22	Ari	AAA	P	48			6	6	2	14	1	-	-	-	.857	--
1998	Arizona	NL	22	Ari	MLB	P	8		10	0	1	1	2	0	-	-	-	.500	.90

1999	Columbus	IL	23	Nyy	AAA	P	53			2	14	1	17	1	-	-	-	.941	--

2000	Columbus	IL	24	Nyy	AAA	P	20			5	8	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2000	Iowa	PCL	24	Chc	AAA	P	8			2	5	0	7	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
2000	NY Yankees	AL	24	Nyy	MLB	P	4		11	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.82

2001	Az Cubs	Ariz	25	Chc	Rk	P	3			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Iowa	PCL	25	Chc	AAA	P	5			0	6	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

2002	Iowa	PCL	26	Chc	AAA	P	32			16	25	3	44	2	-	-	-	.932	--

2003	Indy	IL	27	Mil	AAA	P	26			6	7	2	15	1	-	-	-	.867	--

2004	Indy	IL	28	Mil	AAA	P	32			3	4	1	8	1	-	-	-	.875	--
2004	Milwaukee	NL	28	Mil	MLB	P	19	-	24	0	3	0	3	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.13

Awards

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1998	170,000		1,054,037	80
2000	*175,000		1,369,505	80
2004	310,000		1,716,303	60

Career:	$655,000	estimate

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