Dan Ford

Darnell Glenn Ford MLB 1975-1985 | 1971-1985

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Patience
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Batting
62

Power
73

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Positions OF-1065, DH-62 Born May 19, 1952 (60) Place Los Angeles,California Ht/Wt 6-1 / 185 Bats/Throws: Right / Right High School Fremont (Los Angeles,CA) College None listed
Drafted Oakland Athletics: 1970-1-18 (June-Reg)MLB Debut: April 12,1975 box

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Batting Statistics

Data Products Career Cumulative Career Home Run Log About the Stats

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
1971	Burlington	Midw	A		oak	19		-	107	397	75	106	21	4	14	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.446	713	-	-	177	397	291	61	5.6	.240	.179	.179	--	3.5	36.8	0.0	0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	0-0	0	1971	Burlington
1972	Burlington	Midw	A		oak	20		-	72	246	55	87	15	4	18	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.354	.354	.667	1020	-	-	164	246	159	66	11.3	.303	.313	.313	--	7.3	42.5	0.0	0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	0-0	0	1972	Burlington
1973	Tucson	PCL	AAA		oak	21		-	128	465	80	136	21	12	14	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.292	.480	772	-	-	223	465	329	82	6.7	.271	.187	.187	--	3.0	34.6	0.0	0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	0-0	0	1973	Tucson
1974	Tucson	PCL	AAA		oak	22		-	115	428	62	117	11	9	12	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.425	699	-	-	182	428	311	62	5.4	.252	.152	.152	--	2.8	27.4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	0-0	0	1974	Tucson
1975	Minnesota	AL	MLB	15	min	23	of	78	130	440	72	123	21	1	15	59	6	7	30	79	5	2	3	0	10	.280	.333	.434	767	103	79	191	478	337	64	5.1	.312	.220	.155	0.38	3.1	30.1	6.3	16.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	76-83	4	1975	Minnesota
1976	Minnesota	AL	MLB	15	min	24	of	18	145	514	87	137	24	7	20	86	17	6	36	118	10	2	5	6	12	.267	.323	.457	781	134	92	235	571	406	78	5.2	.306	.282	.191	0.31	3.5	37.2	6.3	20.7	0.82	0.0	21	47.6	52.4	14.3	85-77	3	1976	Minnesota
1977	Minnesota	AL	MLB	15	min	25	of	63	144	453	66	121	25	7	11	60	6	4	41	79	10	3	1	5	12	.267	.338	.426	764	111	77	193	510	354	70	5.3	.299	.254	.159	0.52	2.2	35.5	8.0	15.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	84-77	4	1977	Minnesota
1978	Minnesota	AL	MLB	15	min	26	of	33	151	592	78	162	36	10	11	82	7	7	48	88	5	6	6	3	15	.274	.332	.424	756	147	97	251	654	461	89	5.2	.304	.231	.150	0.55	1.7	35.2	7.3	13.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	73-89	4	1978	Minnesota
1979	California	AL	MLB	15	cal	27	of	36	142	569	100	165	26	5	21	101	8	5	40	86	3	0	3	13	17	.290	.333	.464	797	141	99	264	628	442	93	5.7	.303	.250	.174	0.47	3.3	31.5	6.4	13.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	88-74	1	1979	California
1980	California	AL	MLB	15	cal	28	of-dh	-	65	226	22	63	11	0	7	26	0	1	19	45	2	1	1	1	15	.279	.339	.420	759	58	89	95	249	181	29	4.3	.320	.221	.142	0.42	2.8	28.6	7.6	18.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	65-95	6	1980	California
1981	California	AL	MLB	15	cal	29	of	39	97	375	53	104	14	1	15	48	2	2	23	71	5	3	5	1	16	.277	.327	.440	767	94	97	165	409	295	51	4.7	.307	.224	.163	0.32	3.7	28.8	5.6	17.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	51-59		1981	California
1982	Baltimore	AL	MLB	15	bal	30	of	-	123	421	46	99	21	3	10	43	5	2	23	71	4	1	2	3	9	.235	.279	.371	650	98	80	156	453	338	45	3.6	.259	.197	.135	0.32	2.2	34.3	5.1	15.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	94-68	2	1982	Baltimore
1983	Baltimore	AL	MLB	15	bal	31	of	-	103	407	63	114	30	4	9	55	9	2	29	55	3	1	3	6	9	.280	.328	.440	768	100	97	179	448	313	66	5.7	.301	.248	.160	0.53	2.0	37.7	6.5	12.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	98-64	1	1983	Baltimore
1984	Baltimore	AL	MLB	15	bal	32	of-dh	-	25	91	7	21	4	0	1	5	1	0	7	13	0	0	2	0	3	.231	.286	.308	593	23	92	28	100	75	8	2.8	.260	.165	.077	0.54	1.0	23.8	7.0	13.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	85-77	5	1984	Baltimore
1985	Baltimore	AL	MLB	15	bal	33	dh	-	28	75	4	14	2	0	1	1	0	1	7	17	0	0	0	0	3	.187	.256	.253	509	16	57	19	82	65	3	1.1	.228	.147	.067	0.41	1.2	21.4	8.5	20.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	83-78	4	1985	Baltimore
MLB Totals (11 years)									1153	4163	598	1123	214	38	121	566	61	37	303	722	47	19	31	38	121	.270	.324	.427	750	1025	89	1776	4582	3267	596	4.9	.298	.235	.157	0.42	2.6	33.2	6.6	15.8	1.16	0.00	--	47.6	52.4	14.3	.512	--	--	--
Minor League Totals (4 years)									422	1536	272	446	68	29	58	276	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.290	.486	776	--	--	746	1536	1090	270	6.7	.263	.195	.195	--	3.8	34.8	0.0	0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
AAA Totals (2 years)									243	893	142	253	32	21	26	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.283	.454	737	--	--	405	893	640	144	6.1	.262	.170	.170	--	2.9	31.2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
A Totals (2 years)									179	643	130	193	36	8	32	141	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.530	830	--	--	341	643	450	126	7.6	.264	.230	.230	--	5.0	39.4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
1975	Minnesota	AL	MLB	min	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	120	3	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.988	246	3	3
1976	Minnesota	AL	MLB	min	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	139	3	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.968	267	6	9
1977	Minnesota	AL	MLB	min	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	137	3	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.964	205	9	8
1978	Minnesota	AL	MLB	min	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	149	1	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.977	376	6	9
1979	California	AL	MLB	cal	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	141	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.977	332	10	8
1980	California	AL	MLB	cal	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	15	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.940	75	3	5
1981	California	AL	MLB	cal	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	97	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.960	188	3	8
1982	Baltimore	AL	MLB	bal	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	119	1	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.975	263	6	7
1983	Baltimore	AL	MLB	bal	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	103	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.987	218	2	3
1984	Baltimore	AL	MLB	bal	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	8	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	36	1	0
1985	Baltimore	AL	MLB	bal	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0
MLB Totals						0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1065	62	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.974	2206	49	60

Transactions

Drafted: Selected by Oakland Athletics in 1st round (18th overall) of 1970 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase)

1974-10-23 - Traded by Athletics with Dennis Myers to Twins for Pat Bourque. 1978-12-04 - Traded by Twins to Angels for Danny Goodwin and Ron Jackson. 1982-01-28 - Traded by Angels to Orioles for Jeff Schneider and Doug DeCinces. 1983-11-07 - Released by Orioles. 1984-01-23 - Signed as Free Agent by Orioles. 1986-01-23 - Released by Orioles.

Awards

1979 - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #26);

Salaries

1985

$450,000

1986

$350,000

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

Feats

1976 - 6 RBIs in Game MLB--- 6
1978 - 3 Doubles in game MLB--- 3
1978 - 6 RBIs in Game MLB--- 7
1979 - 5 Hits in Game MLB--- 5
1979 - Hit for Cycle MLB
1982 - 3 Doubles in game MLB--- 3
1983 - 3 Home Runs in Game MLB--- 3

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Playoff Batting Statistics

Year	Team	League	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1979	California	AL	CS	4	17	2	5	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.294	.706	1000
1983	Baltimore	AL	CS	2	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	600
1983	Baltimore	AL	WS	5	12	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.417	648
Playoff Totals:				11	34	3	8	2	0	3	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.257	.559	816

Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

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Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
SLG	1x	1976-9
AB	1x	1978-10
R	1x	1976-10
DBL	1x	1978-5
TPL	1x	1978-2
HR	1x	1976-10
SO	2x	1976-3 1981-9
HBP	3x	1976-3 1977-6 1981-8
SF	1x	1979-1
GDP	1x	1981-4

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