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Dan Ford

Darnell Glenn Ford (Disco Dan)

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 19, 1952 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Fremont HS (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
Teams (by GP): Twins/Angels/Orioles 1975-1985
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: May 31, 1985
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1975 MIN AL 23 OF 120 103 100 947.0 252 246 3 3 2 .988 -12 -16 2.37 2.08 .979 2.37 2.36
1975 MIN AL 23 CF 119 102 100 938.2 252 247 2 3 1 .988 -12 -16 2.39 2.09 .983 2.84 2.83
1975 MIN AL 23 DH 3 0
1975 MIN AL 23 RF 2 1 0 8.1 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -29 3.24 1.50 .977 2.05 2.10
1976 MIN AL 24 OF 139 134 123 1198.2 282 267 6 9 1 .968 -3 -3 2.05 1.96 .981 2.47 2.48
1976 MIN AL 24 RF 139 134 123 1198.2 281 266 6 9 1 .968 -3 -3 2.04 1.96 .980 2.21 2.22
1976 MIN AL 24 DH 3 0
1977 MIN AL 25 OF 137 111 96 1042.0 222 205 9 8 2 .964 -5 -6 1.85 1.56 .978 2.34 2.32
1977 MIN AL 25 RF 135 109 95 1022.0 219 202 9 8 2 .963 -6 -6 1.86 1.56 .974 2.08 2.07
1977 MIN AL 25 CF 3 1 0 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 2.25 1.00 .983 2.85 2.80
1977 MIN AL 25 DH 3 0
1977 MIN AL 25 LF 1 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 3.38 3.00 .977 2.14 2.10
1978 MIN AL 26 OF 149 147 144 1319.2 391 376 6 9 2 .977 -18 -17 2.61 2.56 .979 2.47 2.45
1978 MIN AL 26 CF 146 143 141 1292.2 385 370 6 9 2 .977 -18 -17 2.62 2.58 .984 2.97 2.94
1978 MIN AL 26 RF 4 4 3 27.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -27 1.00 0.75 .977 2.23 2.22
1978 MIN AL 26 DH 1 0
1979 CAL AL 27 OF 141 141 121 1216.0 350 332 10 8 2 .977 -6 -6 2.53 2.43 .981 2.46 2.43 MVP-26
1979 CAL AL 27 RF 124 116 105 1006.0 275 261 9 5 2 .982 -2 -2 2.42 2.18 .980 2.25 2.22 MVP-26
1979 CAL AL 27 CF 28 25 16 210.0 76 72 1 3 0 .961 -4 -25 3.13 2.61 .983 2.92 2.88 MVP-26
1980 CAL AL 28 OF 45 44 28 353.0 83 75 3 5 0 .940 -10 -33 1.99 1.73 .979 2.47 2.46
1980 CAL AL 28 RF 45 44 28 353.0 83 75 3 5 0 .940 -10 -33 1.99 1.73 .975 2.13 2.12
1980 CAL AL 28 DH 15 14
1981 CAL AL 29 OF 97 94 90 831.0 199 188 3 8 0 .960 -1 -1 2.07 1.97 .983 2.48 2.47
1981 CAL AL 29 RF 96 94 90 831.0 198 187 2 9 0 .955 -1 -1 2.05 1.97 .980 2.16 2.15
1982 BAL AL 30 OF 119 98 89 921.1 276 263 6 7 2 .975 7 9 2.63 2.26 .982 2.47 2.46
1982 BAL AL 30 RF 119 98 89 921.1 276 263 6 7 2 .975 7 9 2.63 2.26 .981 2.27 2.26
1982 BAL AL 30 DH 1 0
1983 BAL AL 31 OF 103 100 85 855.2 223 218 2 3 0 .987 -4 -5 2.31 2.14 .981 2.50 2.48
1983 BAL AL 31 RF 103 100 85 855.2 227 222 2 3 1 .987 -4 -5 2.36 2.17 .978 2.25 2.23
1984 BAL AL 32 OF 15 15 9 123.0 37 36 1 0 0 1.000 2 17 2.71 2.47 .983 2.51 2.49
1984 BAL AL 32 RF 15 15 9 123.0 37 36 1 0 0 1.000 2 17 2.71 2.47 .979 2.23 2.21
1984 BAL AL 32 DH 8 8
1985 BAL AL 33 DH 27 16
10 Seasons OF 1065 987 885 8807.1 2315 2206 49 60 11 .974 -51 -7 2.30 2.12 .980 2.45 2.43
10 Seasons RF 782 715 627 6346.0 1602 1517 39 46 9 .971 -17 -3 2.21 1.99 .979 2.20 2.19
4 Seasons CF 296 271 257 2453.1 716 692 9 15 3 .979 -34 -17 2.57 2.37 .984 2.92 2.89
1 Season LF 1 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 3.38 3.00 .977 2.14 2.10
11 Seasons TOT 1065 987 885 8807.1 2315 2206 49 60 11 .974 -51 -7 2.30 2.12 .980 2.45 2.43
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1975 MIN AL 23 CF -12 -16 -7 -3 -4 -5
1975 MIN AL 23 RF -0 -29 -0 0 -0 0
1976 MIN AL 24 RF -3 -3 -3 -2 -2 0
1977 MIN AL 25 RF -6 -6 -6 -2 -5 1
1977 MIN AL 25 CF 0 30 0 0 0 0
1977 MIN AL 25 LF 0 30 0 0 0 0
1978 MIN AL 26 CF -18 -17 -14 -8 -6 -4
1978 MIN AL 26 RF -1 -27 -1 -0 -0 0
1979 CAL AL 27 RF -2 -2 -0 6 -7 -1
1979 CAL AL 27 CF -4 -25 -1 -1 -1 -3
1980 CAL AL 28 RF -10 -33 -7 -3 -4 -3
1981 CAL AL 29 RF -1 -1 0 -3 3 -1
1982 BAL AL 30 RF 7 9 7 5 2 0
1983 BAL AL 31 RF -4 -5 -0 2 -2 -3
1984 BAL AL 32 RF 2 17 2 1 1 0
10 Seasons RF -17 -3 -10 4 -13 -7
4 Seasons CF -34 -17 -22 -12 -10 -12
1 Season LF 0 30 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons TOT -51 -7 -32 -8 -23 -19

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1975 MIN AL 23 130 103 130 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 2 121 3 9 9
1976 MIN AL 24 145 134 145 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 139 3 8 3
1977 MIN AL 25 144 111 144 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 135 139 3 24 2
1978 MIN AL 26 151 147 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 4 150 1 3 0
1979 CAL AL 27 142 141 142 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 124 152 0 1 0
1980 CAL AL 28 65 58 65 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 45 15 7 0
1981 CAL AL 29 97 94 97 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 96 0 1 0
1982 BAL AL 30 123 98 123 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 119 1 19 1
1983 BAL AL 31 103 100 103 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 103 0 3 0
1984 BAL AL 32 25 23 25 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 8 2 0
1985 BAL AL 33 28 16 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 12 0
11 Seasons 1153 1025 1153 1065 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 296 782 1079 61 89 15
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1975 MIN AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 34 56% 71% 26% 3 67%
1976 MIN AL 24 9 0 9 0 0 6 0 2 2 1 96 39 1 47 15 1 18 10 0 16 3 1 28 20 0 205 87 42.4% 115 3 1.5% 3 5125 58% 83% 27% 562 48%
1977 MIN AL 25 8 0 8 0 2 9 0 3 2 1 60 26 3 30 8 0 11 7 1 15 5 0 23 12 1 139 58 41.7% 77 5 3.6% 4 4396 56% 84% 26% 413 51%
1978 MIN AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 108 64% 89% 29% 7 43%
1979 CAL AL 27 5 0 5 0 0 9 0 3 3 1 57 24 3 38 8 1 12 8 0 16 4 0 30 16 0 153 60 39.2% 89 4 2.6% 5 4369 56% 81% 28% 485 55%
1980 CAL AL 28 5 0 5 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 20 2 0 18 4 0 7 4 0 4 1 0 2 2 0 51 13 25.5% 38 0 0.0% 3 1512 53% 83% 29% 177 44%
1981 CAL AL 29 9 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 42 24 0 26 8 0 16 10 0 8 2 0 13 6 0 105 50 47.6% 55 0 0.0% 2 3491 59% 85% 27% 391 48%
1982 BAL AL 30 7 0 7 0 4 6 0 2 2 0 62 29 2 32 7 0 11 6 0 17 7 0 25 18 0 147 67 45.6% 78 2 1.4% 4 3905 67% 83% 30% 466 57%
1983 BAL AL 31 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 56 25 0 38 7 0 10 8 0 14 5 0 23 12 1 141 57 40.4% 83 1 0.7% 1 3662 65% 84% 28% 426 52%
1984 BAL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 2 0 4 2 0 10 4 40.0% 5 1 10.0% 0 522 72% 84% 28% 39 95%
10 Seasons 46 0 45 1 12 39 0 14 12 4 395 170 9 229 57 2 87 53 2 94 29 1 148 88 2 953 397 41.7% 541 16 1.7% 23 27124 60% 83% 28% 2969 52%
MLB Averages 41.7% 3.1% 60% 82% 27% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1975 MIN AL 23 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 54 31 0 31 3 0 3 0 0 13 3 0 31 19 0 132 56 42.4% 76 0 0.0% 2 4054 54% 80% 25% 422 59%
1977 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 63% 80% 26% 4 75%
1978 MIN AL 26 9 1 7 1 3 6 0 2 1 1 81 43 2 57 11 0 9 3 0 25 4 1 46 26 0 218 87 39.9% 128 3 1.4% 3 5514 57% 84% 26% 703 53%
1979 CAL AL 27 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 19 9 0 15 0 0 2 1 0 7 0 0 9 5 0 52 15 28.8% 37 0 0.0% 1 893 53% 81% 28% 128 57%
4 Seasons 15 1 10 4 4 9 0 4 1 1 154 83 2 103 14 0 14 4 0 45 7 1 86 50 0 402 158 39.3% 241 3 0.7% 6 10507 56% 82% 26% 1257 56%
MLB Averages 44.4% 2.5% 60% 82% 27% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1977 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 37 57% 92% 30% 5 60%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 37 57% 92% 30% 5 60%
MLB Averages 59.5% 3.0% 60% 82% 27% 52%

* 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.

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 (1712th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 AL  146 (3rd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 AL  9 (2nd)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 AL  139 (4th)
1977 AL  135 (4th)
1981 AL  96 (3rd)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 AL  266 (4th)
1981 AL  187 (3rd)
1983 AL  222 (4th)
Career  1,517 (93rd)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1977 AL  9 (4th)
1979 AL  9 (5th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 AL  9 (1st)
1977 AL  8 (3rd)
1979 AL  5 (3rd)
1981 AL  9 (1st)
1982 AL  7 (4th)
Career  46 (64th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1978 AL  149 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1976 AL  9 (5th)
1978 AL  9 (4th)
1979 AL  8 (4th)
1981 AL  8 (1st)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1975 AL  .988 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1979 AL  2.42 (2nd)
1982 AL  2.63 (2nd)
1983 AL  2.36 (5th)
Career  2.21 (30th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 AL  2.18 (3rd)
1981 AL  1.97 (4th)
1982 AL  2.26 (4th)
1983 AL  2.17 (3rd)
Career  1.99 (67th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1983 AL  .987 (2nd)

                                         

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