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Dan Ford
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Birthdate: 5/19/1952    
Height / Weight: 6' 1" / 185 lbs. Place of Birth: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

OF/DH, Right-handed, Minnesota Twins 1975-1978; California Angels 1979-1981; Baltimore Orioles 1982-1985 A line-drive hitting outfielder, Dan Ford powered 473 extra base hits in a fine 11-year major league career before his bad knees prematurely ended his career in 1985. Ford debuted in the majors with the Minnesota Twins and in his rookie season of 1975, he batted .280 with 21doubles and 15 home runs. In 1976 he drove in 86 runs and in 1978 drove in 82. From 1975 thru 1979, he rapped 21, 24, 25, 36 and 26 doubles and after being on the disabled list for parts of 1980 and '81 returned and 21 and 30 doubles in 1982 and '83.

 

Dan Ford was second in the American League in triples with 10 in 1978. After being traded to the California Angels in 1979, Ford lined a career best 21 homers, a career best .288 batting average and scored a career best 100 runs. And in the Angels' Division Championship hit two homers against the Baltimore Orioles in a losing cause. Playing on the 1983 World Champion Baltimore Orioles, Ford hit .280 including 30 doubles in just 103 games. Dan Ford's career stats: .270 BA, 1,123 hits, 214 Ds, 38 Ts, 121 Hr, 598 Runs, 566 RBIs, 722 Ks, 303 Walks and a nice .427 slugging percentage.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
11 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1975 MIN (AL) 130 440 72 123 21 1 15 59 30 79 6 7 2 5 3 0 .280 .333 SLG
1976 MIN (AL) 145 514 87 137 24 7 20 86 36 118 17 6 2 10 5 6 .267 .323 SLG
1977 MIN (AL) 144 453 66 121 25 7 11 60 41 79 6 4 3 10 1 5 .267 .338 SLG
1978 MIN (AL) 151 592 78 162 36 10 11 82 48 88 7 7 6 5 6 3 .274 .332 SLG
1979 CAL (AL) 142 569 100 165 26 5 21 101 40 86 8 5 0 3 3 13 .290 .333 SLG
1980 CAL (AL) 65 226 22 63 11 0 7 26 19 45 0 1 1 2 1 1 .279 .339 SLG
1981 CAL (AL) 97 375 53 104 14 1 15 48 23 71 2 2 3 5 5 1 .277 .327 SLG
1982 BAL (AL) 123 421 46 99 21 3 10 43 23 71 5 2 1 4 2 3 .235 .279 SLG
1983 BAL (AL) 103 407 63 114 30 4 9 55 29 55 9 2 1 3 3 6 .280 .328 SLG
1984 BAL (AL) 25 91 7 21 4 0 1 5 7 13 1 0 0 0 2 0 .231 .286 SLG
1985 BAL (AL) 28 75 4 14 2 0 1 1 7 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 .187 .256 SLG
11 years   1153 4163 598 1123 214 38 121 566 303 722 61 37 19 47 31 38 .270 .324 .SLG



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