Dan Ford
Darnell Glenn Ford (Disco Dan)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 19, 1952 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Fremont (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1975
Final Game: May 31, 1985
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1975 23 MIN AL 130 478 440 72 123 21 1 15 59 6 7 30 79 .280 .333 .434 .767 114 191 10 5 3 0 2 *8/D9
1976 24 MIN AL 145 571 514 87 137 24 7 20 86 17 6 36 118 .267 .323 .457 .781 125 235 12 10 5 6 2 *9/D
1977 25 MIN AL 144 510 453 66 121 25 7 11 60 6 4 41 79 .267 .338 .426 .764 108 193 12 10 1 5 3 *9/8D7
1978 26 MIN AL 151 654 592 78 162 36 10 11 82 7 7 48 88 .274 .332 .424 .756 110 251 15 5 6 3 6 *8/9D
1979 27 CAL AL 142 628 569 100 165 26 5 21 101 8 5 40 86 .290 .333 .464 .797 117 264 17 3 3 13 0 *98 MVP-26
1980 28 CAL AL 65 249 226 22 63 11 0 7 26 0 1 19 45 .279 .339 .420 .759 110 95 15 2 1 1 1 9D
1981 29 CAL AL 97 409 375 53 104 14 1 15 48 2 2 23 71 .277 .327 .440 .767 120 165 16 5 5 1 3 *9
1982 30 BAL AL 123 453 421 46 99 21 3 10 43 5 2 23 71 .235 .279 .371 .650 77 156 9 4 2 3 1 *9/D
1983 31 BAL AL 103 448 407 63 114 30 4 9 55 9 2 29 55 .280 .328 .440 .768 112 179 9 3 3 6 1 9
1984 32 BAL AL 25 100 91 7 21 4 0 1 5 1 0 7 13 .231 .286 .308 .593 66 28 3 0 2 0 0 9/D
1985 33 BAL AL 28 82 75 4 14 2 0 1 1 0 1 7 17 .187 .256 .253 .509 43 19 3 0 0 0 0 D
11 Seasons 1153 4582 4163 598 1123 214 38 121 566 61 37 303 722 .270 .324 .427 .750 108 1776 121 47 31 38 19
162 Game Avg. 162 644 585 84 158 30 5 17 80 9 5 43 101 .270 .324 .427 .750 108 250 17 7 4 5 3
MIN (4 yrs) 570 2213 1999 303 543 106 25 57 287 36 24 155 364 .272 .331 .435 .766 114 870 49 30 15 14 13
BAL (4 yrs) 279 1083 994 120 248 57 7 21 104 15 5 66 156 .249 .298 .384 .683 88 382 24 7 7 9 2
CAL (3 yrs) 304 1286 1170 175 332 51 6 43 175 10 8 82 202 .284 .332 .448 .780 117 524 48 10 9 15 4

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1975 23 MIN AL 478 337 60 4.8 94 .312 .280 .260 .333 .331 .434 .382 .767 .713 114 .548 6.7 0.7 .674 .220 .155 8.6
1976 24 MIN AL 571 406 75 5.0 88 .306 .267 .259 .323 .324 .457 .366 .781 .690 125 .601 14.2 1.5 .739 .282 .191 18.4
1977 25 MIN AL 510 354 65 4.9 99 .299 .267 .265 .338 .329 .426 .403 .764 .732 108 .527 5.8 0.6 .707 .254 .159 7.8
1978 26 MIN AL 654 461 80 4.6 95 .304 .274 .263 .332 .329 .424 .388 .756 .717 110 .533 6.9 0.7 .673 .231 .150 8.6
1979 27 CAL AL 628 442 85 5.1 98 .303 .290 .265 .333 .329 .464 .401 .797 .730 117 .539 13.2 1.3 .728 .250 .174 11.6
1980 28 CAL AL 249 181 28 4.2 96 .320 .279 .266 .339 .327 .420 .394 .759 .721 110 .455 3.2 0.3 .642 .221 .142 .0
1981 29 CAL AL 409 295 49 4.5 89 .307 .277 .256 .327 .321 .440 .373 .767 .693 120 .539 8.1 0.8 .668 .224 .163 3.5
1982 30 BAL AL 453 338 43 3.4 98 .259 .235 .264 .279 .328 .371 .402 .650 .730 77 .368 -14.2 -1.4 .559 .197 .135 6.7
1983 31 BAL AL 448 313 59 5.0 96 .301 .280 .263 .328 .325 .440 .397 .768 .722 112 .548 6.9 0.7 .717 .248 .160 9.0
1984 32 BAL AL 100 75 8 2.9 95 .260 .231 .261 .286 .324 .308 .394 .593 .718 66 .302 -4.2 -0.4 .493 .165 .077 1.0
1985 33 BAL AL 82 65 4 1.6 96 .228 .187 .258 .256 .323 .253 .400 .509 .723 43 .133 -6.0 -0.6 .385 .147 .067 .0
11 Seasons 4582 3267 556 4.6 95 .298 .270 .262 .324 .327 .427 .390 .750 .717 108 .515 40.6 4.1 .672 .235 .157 81.1
162 Game Avg. 644 459 78 4.6 95 .298 .270 .262 .324 .327 .427 .390 .750 .717 108 .515 6 1 .672 .235 .157 11
MIN (4 yrs) 2213 1558 280 4.8 94 .305 .272 .262 .331 .328 .435 .384 .766 .713 114 .552 33.5 3.4 .698 .247 .164 44.1
BAL (4 yrs) 1083 791 114 3.9 97 .275 .249 .263 .298 .326 .384 .399 .683 .725 88 .424 -17.4 -1.7 .600 .211 .135 17.5
CAL (3 yrs) 1286 918 162 4.7 95 .307 .284 .262 .332 .326 .448 .391 .780 .717 117 .523 24.4 2.4 .691 .236 .164 16.2

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 27 CAL AL ALCS BAL L 4 17 17 2 5 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 .294 .294 .706 1.000 12 1 0 0 0 0
1983 31 BAL AL ALCS CHW W 2 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 2 1 0 0 0 0
1983 31 BAL AL WS PHI W 5 14 12 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 .167 .286 .417 .702 5 0 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 11 36 34 3 8 2 0 3 5 0 0 1 6 .235 .278 .559 .837 19 2 1 0 0 0
2 ALCS 6 22 22 2 6 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .636 .909 14 2 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 14 12 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 .167 .286 .417 .702 5 0 1 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1975 23 MIN AL 478 3.1% 16.5% 6.3% 7.7% 30% 2.63 5.6 29.3 7.5 1.11 72%
1976 24 MIN AL 571 3.5% 20.7% 6.3% 8.9% 37% 3.28 4.4 25.7 6.0 0.88 67%
1977 25 MIN AL 510 2.2% 15.5% 8.0% 8.4% 36% 1.93 5.7 41.2 7.6 1.30 72%
1978 26 MIN AL 654 1.7% 13.5% 7.3% 8.7% 35% 1.83 6.7 53.8 7.2 1.45 76%
1979 27 CAL AL 628 3.3% 13.7% 6.4% 8.3% 32% 2.15 6.6 27.1 5.6 1.28 76%
1980 28 CAL AL 249 2.8% 18.1% 7.6% 7.2% 29% 2.37 5.0 32.3 8.7 1.71 70%
1981 29 CAL AL 409 3.7% 17.4% 5.6% 7.3% 29% 3.09 5.3 25.0 7.8 1.15 71%
1982 30 BAL AL 453 2.2% 15.7% 5.1% 7.5% 34% 3.09 5.9 42.1 9.8 1.07 76%
1983 31 BAL AL 448 2.0% 12.3% 6.5% 9.6% 38% 1.90 7.4 45.2 7.4 1.10 78%
1984 32 BAL AL 100 1.0% 13.0% 7.0% 5.0% 24% 1.86 7.0 91.0 18.2 0.90 77%
1985 33 BAL AL 82 1.2% 20.7% 8.5% 3.7% 21% 2.43 4.4 75.0 75.0 2.36 70%
11 Seasons 4582 2.6% 15.8% 6.6% 8.1% 33% 2.38 5.8 34.4 7.4 1.20 73%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1975 23 MIN AL 9 0 40% 192 6 7 46% 6 6 0 1 0 0 3 1 10 12 45% 41 26 12 6 3 3 29 9 19
1976 24 MIN AL 5 0 41% 171 17 6 74% 12 4 5 2 0 0 5 1 6 14 48% 37 24 12 6 2 4 13 2 11
1977 25 MIN AL 8 0 34% 197 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 9 19 57% 32 19 12 7 3 4 19 1 17
1978 26 MIN AL 11 0 33% 229 7 7 50% 3 7 3 0 1 0 3 1 10 20 47% 37 22 13 5 2 3 18 6 12
1979 27 CAL AL 8 0 42% 241 8 5 62% 6 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 8 14 54% 34 19 14 9 4 5 25 6 18
1980 28 CAL AL 1 0 20% 73 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 38% 14 10 4 2 1 1 8 3 4
1981 29 CAL AL 4 0 33% 135 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 61% 17 10 7 4 2 1 15 1 14
1982 30 BAL AL 9 0 31% 138 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 14 46% 22 14 8 2 0 2 11 4 6
1983 31 BAL AL 3 0 39% 162 9 2 82% 7 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 14 33% 20 16 2 11 8 3 14 4 10
1984 32 BAL AL 4 0 22% 45 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 6 5 1 2 2 0 4 1 3
1985 33 BAL AL 0 0 15% 31 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 60% 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 2
11 Seasons 62 0 35% 1614 61 37 62% 47 31 13 6 1 0 20 5 65 119 48% 262 167 85 55 27 27 158 37 116
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1975 23 MIN AL 478 44% 123 6 2 0 1 1.60 15 0 14 11 4 8 7 1 4 3 75% 94 10 11% 55 12 22% 317 50 16% 28 11 39% 38 12 32% 0
1976 24 MIN AL 571 36% 137 5 1 0 0 1.98 20 0 21 13 7 8 12 0 5 5 100% 128 12 9% 58 18 31% 399 69 17% 34 17 50% 27 5 19% 0
1977 25 MIN AL 510 49% 121 18 6 0 2 1.63 11 0 14 2 9 8 3 0 3 1 33% 93 12 13% 49 11 22% 334 50 15% 26 17 65% 33 15 45% 0
1978 26 MIN AL 654 41% 162 1 0 0 0 0.28 11 0 20 3 8 6 5 0 6 6 100% 127 15 12% 60 26 43% 449 73 16% 44 28 64% 45 15 33% 0
1979 27 CAL AL 628 27% 165 1 0 0 0 3.44 21 1 12 14 7 11 10 0 3 3 100% 148 17 11% 69 33 48% 386 81 21% 45 34 76% 60 28 47% 0
1980 28 CAL AL 249 43% 63 6 3 0 1 1.39 7 0 8 3 4 4 3 0 1 1 100% 63 15 24% 28 8 29% 175 21 12% 20 10 50% 18 9 50% 0
1981 29 CAL AL 409 29% 104 0 0 0 0 2.38 15 0 10 11 4 9 6 0 7 5 71% 91 16 18% 46 13 28% 264 35 13% 25 13 52% 23 8 35% 0
1982 30 BAL AL 453 44% 99 17 4 1 1 1.21 10 1 14 3 7 5 5 0 2 2 100% 93 9 10% 39 11 28% 291 34 12% 17 9 53% 31 14 45% 0
1983 31 BAL AL 448 37% 114 2 1 0 1 0.98 9 0 11 5 4 3 6 0 5 3 60% 83 9 11% 47 15 32% 260 50 19% 25 16 64% 35 13 37% 0
1984 32 BAL AL 100 31% 21 1 0 0 0 2.86 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 16 3 19% 12 2 17% 51 5 10% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1985 33 BAL AL 82 68% 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0% 17 3 18% 9 4 44% 56 1 2% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 0
11 Seasons 4582 39% 1123 57 17 1 6 1.51 121 2 127 66 55 62 59 1 39 31 79% 953 121 13% 472 153 32% 2982 469 16% 270 156 58% 316 120 38% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 23 130 478 440 72 123 21 1 15 59 6 7 30 79 .280 .333 .434 .767 114 191 10 5 3 0 2
1976 24 275 1049 954 159 260 45 8 35 145 23 13 66 197 .273 .328 .447 .774 120 426 22 15 8 6 4
1977 25 419 1559 1407 225 381 70 15 46 205 29 17 107 276 .271 .331 .440 .771 116 619 34 25 9 11 7
1978 26 570 2213 1999 303 543 106 25 57 287 36 24 155 364 .272 .331 .435 .766 114 870 49 30 15 14 13
1979 27 712 2841 2568 403 708 132 30 78 388 44 29 195 450 .276 .332 .442 .773 115 1134 66 33 18 27 13
1980 28 777 3090 2794 425 771 143 30 85 414 44 30 214 495 .276 .332 .440 .772 114 1229 81 35 19 28 14
1981 29 874 3499 3169 478 875 157 31 100 462 46 32 237 566 .276 .332 .440 .771 115 1394 97 40 24 29 17
1982 30 997 3952 3590 524 974 178 34 110 505 51 34 260 637 .271 .326 .432 .757 111 1550 106 44 26 32 18
1983 31 1100 4400 3997 587 1088 208 38 119 560 60 36 289 692 .272 .326 .433 .758 111 1729 115 47 29 38 19
1984 32 1125 4500 4088 594 1109 212 38 120 565 61 36 296 705 .271 .325 .430 .755 110 1757 118 47 31 38 19
1985 33 1153 4582 4163 598 1123 214 38 121 566 61 37 303 722 .270 .324 .427 .750 108 1776 121 47 31 38 19

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1975 23 131 482 446 78 127 22 1 15 64 6 31 79 .285 .338 .439 .778 65 130
1976 24 146 587 530 100 151 26 8 22 99 19 40 119 .285 .344 .489 .833 87 145
1977 25 144 516 458 69 126 26 7 11 63 6 43 79 .275 .347 .434 .781 68 144
1978 26 151 657 599 86 169 38 10 11 90 7 50 88 .282 .341 .434 .775 88 151
1979 27 143 630 574 106 167 26 5 21 107 8 40 87 .291 .333 .463 .797 91 142
1980 28 65 245 224 24 61 11 0 7 28 0 18 45 .272 .331 .415 .746 30 65
1981 29 147 621 575 93 165 22 2 24 85 3 36 107 .287 .337 .457 .794 86 97
1982 30 123 455 424 49 102 22 3 10 45 5 24 71 .241 .286 .377 .663 45 123
1983 31 103 453 413 68 120 32 4 9 59 9 31 55 .291 .340 .453 .793 64 103
1984 32 25 99 92 8 22 4 0 1 6 1 7 13 .239 .293 .315 .608 9 25
1985 33 28 82 75 5 14 2 0 1 1 0 7 17 .187 .256 .253 .509 5 28
11 Seasons 1206 4827 4410 686 1224 231 40 132 647 64 327 760 .278 .332 .438 .770 638 1153
162 Game Avg. 162 648 592 92 164 31 5 18 87 9 44 102 .278 .332 .438 .770 86 1153

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (26, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1684th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1976 AL  .457 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1978 AL  592 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1976 AL  87 (10th)
1979 AL  100 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1978 AL  36 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1978 AL  10 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1976 AL  20 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1976 AL  118 (3rd)
1981 AL  71 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1976 AL  51 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 AL  10 (2nd)
1977 AL  10 (5th)
1981 AL  5 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 AL  13 (1st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1979 AL  17 (10th)
1981 AL  16 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1976 AL  18.4 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1976 AL  25.7 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 17 (1087), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1174), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1438), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jay Payton (963)
  2. Troy O'Leary (956)
  3. Bernard Gilkey (956)
  4. Willard Marshall (953)
  5. Gary Ward (952)
  6. Hoot Evers (952)
  7. Wil Cordero (947)
  8. Mel Hall (946)
  9. Steve Kemp (944)
  10. Sixto Lezcano (944)
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  1. Mel Hall (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jermaine Dye (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ron Northey (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mel Hall (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mel Hall (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mel Hall (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Larry Hisle (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Troy O'Leary (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Willard Marshall (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Northrup (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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