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Ben Ford

Benjamin Cooper Ford

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 15, 1975 in Cedar Rapids, IA
High School: Washington HS (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 20th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1998
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Diamondbacks/Yankees 1998-2004

Final Game: September 26, 2004
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1998 22 ARI NL 0 0 9.90 8 0 2 0 0 0 10.0 13 12 11 2 3 0 5 2 0 1 49 44 1.600 11.7 1.8 2.7 4.5 1.67
2000 24 NYY AL 0 1 .000 9.00 4 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 14 11 11 1 7 0 5 3 0 0 52 55 1.909 11.5 0.8 5.7 4.1 0.71
2004 28 MIL NL 1 1 .500 6.38 19 0 5 0 0 0 24.0 25 17 17 4 10 0 13 2 0 0 107 69 1.458 9.4 1.5 3.8 4.9 1.30
3 Yrs 1 2 .333 7.80 31 2 7 0 0 0 45.0 52 40 39 7 20 0 23 7 0 1 208 58 1.600 10.4 1.4 4.0 4.6 1.15
162 Game Avg. 2 4 .333 7.80 64 4 14 0 0 0 93 107 82 80 14 41 0 47 14 0 2 429 58 1.600 10.4 1.4 4.0 4.6 1.15
ARI (1 yr) 0 0 9.90 8 0 2 0 0 0 10.0 13 12 11 2 3 0 5 2 0 1 49 44 1.600 11.7 1.8 2.7 4.5 1.67
NYY (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.00 4 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 14 11 11 1 7 0 5 3 0 0 52 55 1.909 11.5 0.8 5.7 4.1 0.71
MIL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 6.38 19 0 5 0 0 0 24.0 25 17 17 4 10 0 13 2 0 0 107 69 1.458 9.4 1.5 3.8 4.9 1.30
NL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 7.41 27 0 7 0 0 0 34.0 38 29 28 6 13 0 18 4 0 1 156 59 1.500 10.1 1.6 3.4 4.8 1.38
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.00 4 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 14 11 11 1 7 0 5 3 0 0 52 55 1.909 11.5 0.8 5.7 4.1 0.71

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1998 22 ARI NL 10.0 8 0 12 10.80 4.86 0.13 -0.37 105.0 4.57 -7 -0.7 .6 0.1 -0.5 -6 .418 .496 $170,000
2000 24 NYY AL 11.0 4 2 11 9.00 5.79 -0.14 0.07 98.4 5.91 -4 -0.3 .7 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .417 .498 $
2004 28 MIL NL 24.0 19 0 17 6.38 4.81 -0.13 -0.35 100.3 4.60 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .475 .497 $310,000
3 Seasons 45.0 31 2 40 8.00 5.06 -0.07 -0.25 100.9 4.91 -16 -1.5 .9 0.1 -1.0 -11 .453 .497 $480,000
ARI (1 yr) 10.0 8 0 12 10.80 4.86 0.13 -0.37 105.0 4.57 -7 -0.7 .6 0.1 -0.5 -6 .418 .496 $170,000
NYY (1 yr) 11.0 4 2 11 9.00 5.79 -0.14 0.07 98.4 5.91 -4 -0.3 .7 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .417 .498 $
MIL (1 yr) 24.0 19 0 17 6.38 4.81 -0.13 -0.35 100.3 4.60 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .475 .497 $310,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1998 22 ARI NL 8 49 44 12 13 1 0 2 2 0 3 5 .295 .367 .455 .822 .297 20 2 2 0 0 0 2
2000 24 NYY AL 4 52 42 11 14 3 2 1 1 0 7 5 .333 .462 .571 1.033 .361 24 5 3 0 0 0 0
2004 28 MIL NL 19 107 93 17 25 4 0 4 3 0 10 13 .269 .349 .441 .790 .273 41 3 2 1 1 0 1
3 Yrs 31 208 179 40 52 8 2 7 6 0 20 23 .291 .382 .475 .857 .300 85 10 7 1 1 0 3
162 Game Avg. 64 429 369 82 107 16 4 14 12 0 41 47 .291 .382 .475 .857 .300 175 21 14 2 2 0 6
MLB Averages .266 .337 .426 .763 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1998 22 ARI NL -6.2 -0.6 52 -0.5 0.3 -0.7 .51 -0.3 -0.6 -5.3 -0.5 0.51 -2.9 0 4 3
2000 24 NYY AL -4.6 -0.4 53 -0.4 0.6 -1.1 .80 -0.4 -0.1 -5.9 -0.5 0.80 -4.4 0 1 1
2004 28 MIL NL -4.5 -0.4 109 -1.1 1.5 -2.6 .94 -0.3 -0.9 -5.2 -0.5 0.94 -2.4 5 5 9
3 Yrs -15.3 -1.4 214 -2.0 2.4 -4.4 .80 -1.0 -1.5 -16.4 -1.5 0.80 -9.6 5 10 13

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2000 24 NYY AL 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 1 50% 35.5 57 14 4 1 0 1 4.5 1.8 4.2 66 1 1 0 0 87
1 Yr 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 1 50% 36 57 14 4 1 0 1 4.5 1.8 4.2 66 1 1 0 0 87
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 105 -21 4.9 4.9 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1998 22 ARI NL 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 5 .514 0 4 3 1 0 7 2 6 3 2 3 0 3.8 20
2000 24 NYY AL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 2 .799 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 4.0 15
2004 28 MIL NL 19 19 5 1 1 3 0 3 0% 5 2 11 5 45% 6 .935 5 5 9 8 2 9 7 12 10 5 10 2 3.8 20
3 Yrs 31 29 7 1 1 3 0 3 0% 5 2 19 9 47% .802 5 10 13 9 2 18 11 18 14 7 14 2 3.8 20

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1998 22 ARI NL 49 73% 4.1% 10.2% 6.1% 6.1% 23% 1.44 2.13 76% 18% 14.3% 13% 11 2 18%
2000 24 NYY AL 52 60% 1.9% 9.6% 13.5% 11.5% 43% 0.80 1.55 69% 32% 5.6% 10% 17 5 29%
2004 28 MIL NL 107 59% 3.7% 12.2% 9.4% 7.5% 32% 0.72 0.97 72% 24% 8.9% 4% 25 3 12%
3 Yrs 208 63% 3.4% 11.1% 9.6% 8.2% 33% 0.88 1.29 72% 25% 9.1% 7% 53 10 19%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 8.9% 8.0% 34% 0.78 1.07 70% 22% 8.2% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1998 22 ARI NL 49 157 3.20 94 60% 21% 16% 21% 41% 79% 0% 47% 80% 55% 4% 2 1 18% 9 3 1 20% 1 1 0 0 0
2000 24 NYY AL 52 162 3.12 90 56% 21% 13% 24% 41% 79% 0% 44% 83% 48% 13% 7 3 12% 6 4 1 0% 1 4 0 0 0
2004 28 MIL NL 107 381 3.56 225 59% 33% 10% 20% 36% 67% 0% 40% 85% 54% 5% 5 3 17% 18 8 2 54% 2 2 0 0 0
3 Yrs 208 700 3.37 409 58% 28% 12% 22% 39% 72% 0% 42% 83% 53% 7% 14 7 16% 33 15 4 35% 4 7 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 20% 27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1998 22 ARI NL 49 13 4 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 8 5 1 63% 2 1 0 18 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2000 24 NYY AL 52 14 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7 6 0 86% 0 0 0 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 28 MIL NL 107 25 3 0 4 0 1 2 2 2 2 8 4 0 50% 1 0 0 38 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Yrs 208 52 9 0 7 0 4 2 5 3 4 23 15 1 65% 3 1 0 78 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1998 22 0 0 9.90 8 0 2 0 0 0 10.0 13 12 11 2 3 0 5 2 0 1 49 44 1.600 11.7 1.8 2.7 4.5 1.67 44
1999 23 0 0 9.90 8 0 2 0 0 0 10.0 13 12 11 2 3 0 5 2 0 1 49 44 1.600 11.7 1.8 2.7 4.5 1.67 44
2000 24 0 1 .000 9.43 12 2 2 0 0 0 21.0 27 23 22 3 10 0 10 5 0 1 101 50 1.762 11.6 1.3 4.3 4.3 1.00 50
2001 25 0 1 .000 9.43 12 2 2 0 0 0 21.0 27 23 22 3 10 0 10 5 0 1 101 50 1.762 11.6 1.3 4.3 4.3 1.00 50
2002 26 0 1 .000 9.43 12 2 2 0 0 0 21.0 27 23 22 3 10 0 10 5 0 1 101 50 1.762 11.6 1.3 4.3 4.3 1.00 50
2003 27 0 1 .000 9.43 12 2 2 0 0 0 21.0 27 23 22 3 10 0 10 5 0 1 101 50 1.762 11.6 1.3 4.3 4.3 1.00 50
2004 28 1 2 .333 7.80 31 2 7 0 0 0 45.0 52 40 39 7 20 0 23 7 0 1 208 58 1.600 10.4 1.4 4.0 4.6 1.15 58

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1998 22 0 1 .000 9.90 10.0 13 12 11 2 3 5 2 1.600 11.7 2.7 4.5 1.67 1.8 8
2000 24 0 1 .000 11.00 9.0 14 12 11 1 7 4 3 2.333 14.0 7.0 4.0 0.57 1.0 4
2004 28 1 1 .500 6.00 24.0 24 18 16 4 10 13 2 1.417 9.0 3.8 4.9 1.30 1.5 19
3 Yrs 1 3 .250 7.95 43.0 51 42 38 7 20 22 7 1.651 10.7 4.6 1.10 1.5 31

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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