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Hod Ford
Horace Hills Ford

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.
School Tufts University

Debut September 8, 1919
Final Game May 8, 1933
Born July 23, 1897 in New Haven, CT
Died January 29, 1977 in Winchester, MA

Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1919. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1919 21 BSN NL  10   28    4    6   0  1   0    3   0      2   6  .214  .290  .286   76    8   1           1    
 1920 22 BSN NL  88  257   16   62  12  5   1   30   3  3  18  25  .241  .296  .339   85   87  10           2    
 1921 23 BSN NL 152  555   50  155  29  5   2   61   2 11  36  49  .279  .328  .360   87  200  19           4    
 1922 24 BSN NL 143  515   58  140  23  9   2   60   2  1  30  36  .272  .317  .363   78  187  25           4    
 1923 25 BSN NL 111  380   27  103  16  7   2   50   1  1  31  30  .271  .326  .366   85  139  14           0    
 1924 26 PHI NL 145  530   58  144  27  5   3   53   1  9  27  40  .272  .308  .358   70  190  18           1    
 1925 27 BRO NL  66  216   32   59  11  0   1   15   0  3  26  15  .273  .357  .338   81   73   3           2    
 1926 28 CIN NL  57  197   14   55   6  1   0   18   1     14  12  .279  .336  .320   79   63   9           3    
 1927 29 CIN NL 115  409   45  112  16  2   1   46   0     33  34  .274  .331  .330   80  135  12           2    
 1928 30 CIN NL 149  506   49  122  17  4   0   54   1     47  31  .241  .308  .291   59  147  16           2     MVP-22
 1929 31 CIN NL 148  529   68  146  14  6   3   50   8     41  25  .276  .329  .342   70  181  19           1    
 1930 32 CIN NL 132  424   36   98  16  7   1   34   2     24  28  .231  .272  .309   43  131  23           0    
 1931 33 CIN NL  84  175   18   40   8  1   0   13   0     13  13  .229  .286  .286   58   50   4           1    
 1932 34 TOT NL  41   97    9   26   5  2   0    6   0      6   9  .268  .317  .361   85   35   4           1    
         STL NL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         BSN NL  40   95    9   26   5  2   0    6   0      6   9  .274  .324  .368   89   35   4           1    
 1933 35 BSN NL   5   15    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      3   1  .067  .222  .067  -11    1   0           0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1446 4833  484 1269 200 55  16  494  21 28 351 354  .263  .316  .337   72 1627 177   0   0  24   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        541   54  142  22  6   2   55   2  3  39  40  .263  .316  .337   72  182  20   0   0   3   0
 Career High    152  555   68  155  29  9   3   61   8 11  47  49  .279  .357  .366   87  200  25   0   0   4   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1919 21 BSN NL   32   23    2   2.4    79| .214  .260| .290  .313| .286  .341| .576  .654|  76  .319  -0.8  -0.1     
 1920 22 BSN NL  287  208   25   3.3    87| .241  .272| .296  .325| .339  .361| .635  .686|  85  .425  -5.0  -0.5  50%
 1921 23 BSN NL  614  430   61   3.8   101| .279  .290| .328  .340| .360  .400| .688  .740|  87  .413  -8.7  -0.9  15%
 1922 24 BSN NL  574  401   58   3.9   108| .272  .296| .317  .354| .363  .412| .680  .765|  78  .391 -17.0  -1.6  66%
 1923 25 BSN NL  425  292   45   4.2   104| .271  .288| .326  .347| .366  .401| .692  .748|  85  .439  -8.0  -0.8  50%
 1924 26 PHI NL  576  413   55   3.6   114| .272  .304| .308  .361| .358  .424| .666  .785|  70  .391 -24.4  -2.4  10%
 1925 27 BRO NL  247  163   25   4.1   111| .273  .296| .357  .354| .338  .423| .695  .777|  81  .400  -4.7  -0.4   0%
 1926 28 CIN NL  223  151   21   3.7   101| .279  .284| .336  .344| .320  .394| .656  .739|  79  .409  -5.4  -0.5     
 1927 29 CIN NL  456  309   44   3.8   102| .274  .286| .331  .344| .330  .395| .661  .739|  80  .417 -10.7  -1.1     
 1928 30 CIN NL  571  400   45   3.0   107| .241  .288| .308  .352| .291  .409| .599  .761|  59  .299 -30.0  -2.9     
 1929 31 CIN NL  590  402   59   3.9   116| .276  .298| .329  .361| .342  .434| .671  .795|  70  .350 -24.1  -2.2     
 1930 32 CIN NL  471  349   36   2.7   122| .231  .305| .272  .363| .309  .454| .581  .817|  43  .199 -39.0  -3.4     
 1931 33 CIN NL  193  139   14   2.7    98| .229  .278| .286  .336| .286  .392| .572  .728|  58  .271  -9.8  -1.0     
 1932 34 TOT NL  108   75   11   4.0   100| .268  .279| .317  .332| .361  .404| .678  .736|  85  .421  -2.0  -0.2     
         STL NL    2    2    0   0.0   106| .000  .288| .000  .341| .000  .416| .000  .758|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
         BSN NL  106   73   11   4.1   100| .274  .279| .324  .332| .368  .404| .692  .736|  89  .434  -1.4  -0.1     
 1933 35 BSN NL   18   18    0   0.0    85| .067  .265| .222  .316| .067  .362| .289  .678| -11  .000  -2.0  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     5385 3773  501   3.6   107| .263  .292| .316  .350| .337  .411| .653  .760|  72  .362 -191.6 -18.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1919 21 BSN NL SS 8 10 25 2 3 .946 .943 4.38 5.49 3B 2 3 6 0 0 1.000 .947 4.50 3.10 1920 22 BSN NL 2B 59 122 219 10 21 .972 .963 5.78 5.45 SS 18 28 65 9 3 .912 .941 5.17 5.47 1B 4 24 1 0 2 1.000 .988 6.25 10.80 1921 23 BSN NL 2B 119 297 417 20 48 .973 .962 6.00 5.45 SS 33 96 109 6 17 .972 .951 6.21 5.64 1922 24 BSN NL SS 115 267 387 32 58 .953 .945 5.69 5.46 2B 28 68 94 3 13 .982 .961 5.79 5.58 1923 25 BSN NL 2B 95 213 300 16 61 .970 .959 5.40 5.57 SS 19 39 52 6 6 .938 .939 4.79 5.45 1924 26 PHI NL 2B 145 337 543 27 96 .970 .961 6.07 5.60 1925 27 BRO NL SS 66 126 185 11 33 .966 .942 4.71 5.19 1926 28 CIN NL SS 57 152 190 13 57 .963 .948 6.00 5.30 1927 29 CIN NL SS 104 218 323 27 75 .952 .944 5.20 5.18 2B 12 21 31 0 5 1.000 .967 4.33 5.63 1928 30 CIN NL SS 149 355 508 25 128 .972 .950 5.79 5.22 1929 31 CIN NL SS 108 239 368 30 86 .953 .950 5.62 5.37 2B 42 94 152 5 30 .980 .968 5.86 5.46 1930 32 CIN NL SS 74 139 198 9 45 .974 .952 4.55 5.36 2B 66 152 217 6 45 .984 .963 5.59 5.59 1931 33 CIN NL SS 73 107 162 13 41 .954 .954 3.68 5.06 2B 3 4 6 0 2 1.000 .962 3.33 5.23 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.70 1932 34 TOT NL SS 17 28 49 2 9 .975 .946 4.53 5.07 STL NL SS 1 2 1 1 1 .750 .938 3.00 5.10 BSN NL 2B 20 30 30 1 7 .984 .969 3.00 5.44 SS 16 26 48 1 8 .987 .946 4.62 5.07 3B 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.75 1933 35 BSN NL SS 5 17 23 0 4 1.000 .950 8.00 4.94
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1920 22 BSN NL 1B 4 24 1 0 2 1.000 .988 6.25 10.80 1920 22 BSN NL 2B 59 122 219 10 21 .972 .963 5.78 5.45 1921 23 BSN NL 2B 119 297 417 20 48 .973 .962 6.00 5.45 1922 24 BSN NL 2B 28 68 94 3 13 .982 .961 5.79 5.58 1923 25 BSN NL 2B 95 213 300 16 61 .970 .959 5.40 5.57 1924 26 PHI NL 2B 145 337 543 27 96 .970 .961 6.07 5.60 1927 29 CIN NL 2B 12 21 31 0 5 1.000 .967 4.33 5.63 1929 31 CIN NL 2B 42 94 152 5 30 .980 .968 5.86 5.46 1930 32 CIN NL 2B 66 152 217 6 45 .984 .963 5.59 5.59 1931 33 CIN NL 2B 3 4 6 0 2 1.000 .962 3.33 5.23 1932 34 BSN NL 2B 20 30 30 1 7 .984 .969 3.00 5.44 1919 21 BSN NL 3B 2 3 6 0 0 1.000 .947 4.50 3.10 1931 33 CIN NL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.70 1932 34 BSN NL 3B 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.75 1919 21 BSN NL SS 8 10 25 2 3 .946 .943 4.38 5.49 1920 22 BSN NL SS 18 28 65 9 3 .912 .941 5.17 5.47 1921 23 BSN NL SS 33 96 109 6 17 .972 .951 6.21 5.64 1922 24 BSN NL SS 115 267 387 32 58 .953 .945 5.69 5.46 1923 25 BSN NL SS 19 39 52 6 6 .938 .939 4.79 5.45 1925 27 BRO NL SS 66 126 185 11 33 .966 .942 4.71 5.19 1926 28 CIN NL SS 57 152 190 13 57 .963 .948 6.00 5.30 1927 29 CIN NL SS 104 218 323 27 75 .952 .944 5.20 5.18 1928 30 CIN NL SS 149 355 508 25 128 .972 .950 5.79 5.22 1929 31 CIN NL SS 108 239 368 30 86 .953 .950 5.62 5.37 1930 32 CIN NL SS 74 139 198 9 45 .974 .952 4.55 5.36 1931 33 CIN NL SS 73 107 162 13 41 .954 .954 3.68 5.06 1932 34 TOT NL SS 17 28 49 2 9 .975 .946 4.53 5.07 STL NL SS 1 2 1 1 1 .750 .938 3.00 5.10 BSN NL SS 16 26 48 1 8 .987 .946 4.62 5.07 1933 35 BSN NL SS 5 17 23 0 4 1.000 .950 8.00 4.94
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 846 1821 2644 185 565 .960 .948 5.28 5.29 2B 589 1338 2009 88 328 .974 .962 5.68 5.53 3B 5 4 10 0 0 1.000 .946 2.80 2.88 1B 4 24 1 0 2 1.000 .988 6.25 10.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 1444 3187 4664 273 895 .966 .954 5.44 5.40
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1928-NL-22-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Games
1921 NL-152-7
1924 NL-145-10

Strikeouts
1921 NL-49-7

Sac. Hits
1922 NL-25-7
1924 NL-18-6
1930 NL-23-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.9 (1398) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1919 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

December 15, 1923: Traded by the Boston Braves with Ray Powell to the Philadelphia Phillies for Cotton Tierney. Ray Powell refused to report to his new team. The Boston Braves sent cash (December 15, 1923) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

May 16, 1925: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Robins from the Philadelphia Phillies.

January 26, 1932: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.

April 28, 1932: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

May 25, 1932: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves.

May 10, 1933: Released by the Boston Braves.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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