Dave Ford
David Alan Ford
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 29, 1956 in Cleveland, OH
High School: Lincoln West (Cleveland, OH)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1978
Final Game: September 9, 1981
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Standard Pitching

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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
1978 21 BAL AL 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 15.0 10 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 53 0.800 6.0 0.0 1.2 3.0 2.50
1979 22 BAL AL 2 1 .667 2.10 9 2 5 0 0 2 30.0 23 7 7 2 7 0 7 0 0 0 116 191 1.000 6.9 0.6 2.1 2.1 1.00
1980 23 BAL AL 1 3 .250 4.26 25 3 9 1 0 1 69.2 66 34 33 11 13 2 22 2 0 4 281 93 1.134 8.5 1.4 1.7 2.8 1.69
1981 24 BAL AL 1 2 .333 6.52 15 2 4 0 0 0 40.0 61 33 29 2 10 2 12 0 0 2 185 56 1.775 13.7 0.5 2.3 2.7 1.20
4 Seasons 5 6 .455 4.02 51 8 19 1 0 3 154.2 160 74 69 15 32 4 46 2 0 6 635 96 1.241 9.3 0.9 1.9 2.7 1.44
162 Game Avg. 6 7 .455 4.02 59 9 22 1 0 3 178 184 85 80 17 37 5 53 2 0 7 732 96 1.241 9.3 0.9 1.9 2.7 1.44

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1978 21 BAL AL 2 53 51 0 10 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 .196 .226 .196 .422 .217 10 2 0 0 0 0
1979 22 BAL AL 9 116 105 7 23 6 1 2 0 1 7 7 .219 .265 .352 .618 .216 37 3 0 3 1 0
1980 23 BAL AL 25 281 263 34 66 8 3 11 5 4 13 22 .251 .291 .430 .721 .239 113 6 2 3 0 2
1981 24 BAL AL 15 185 170 33 61 12 2 2 0 2 10 12 .359 .390 .488 .878 .373 83 5 0 3 2 2
4 Seasons 51 635 589 74 160 26 6 15 7 8 32 46 .272 .310 .413 .722 .273 243 16 2 9 3 4
162 Game Avg. 59 732 679 85 184 30 7 17 8 9 37 53 .272 .310 .413 .722 .273 280 18 2 10 3 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1978 21 BAL AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 70 70 70 2 0 0 1 1.1 1.1 8.3
1979 22 BAL AL 9 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 2 100% 54 55 52 1 0 0 2 5.5 4.9 6.0
1980 23 BAL AL 25 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 1 33% 49 75 28 13 3 1 1 2.8 4.8 4.8
1981 24 BAL AL 15 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29 35 22 16 9 1 1 3.0 3.0 3.7
4 Seasons 51 8 3 2 3 0 0 3 5 .375 1 0 1 0 4 50% 48 75 22 32 12 2 5 3.3 3.7 5.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1978 21 BAL AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 1.064 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 20.0
1979 22 BAL AL 9 7 5 1 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 6 2 33% 6 1.035 4 1 2 5 1 1 3 4 7 0 7 0 7.7
1980 23 BAL AL 25 22 9 0 2 1 1 0 100% 4 2 29 7 24% 6 0.772 6 8 8 7 3 12 17 5 18 3 18 0 7.5
1981 24 BAL AL 15 13 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 36% 2 0.504 1 3 8 1 1 11 9 4 7 5 8 0 7.5
4 Seasons 51 43 19 2 4 4 3 1 75% 7 2 51 15 29% 0.766 11 13 18 13 5 25 30 13 33 8 34 0 7.9

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1978 21 BAL AL 53 43% 0.0% 9.4% 3.8% 0.0% 0% 1.71 87% 7 2 29%
1979 22 BAL AL 116 55% 1.7% 6.0% 6.0% 7.8% 39% 0.98 84% 20 3 15%
1980 23 BAL AL 281 46% 3.9% 7.8% 4.6% 7.8% 33% 1.00 82% 42 6 14%
1981 24 BAL AL 185 45% 1.1% 6.5% 5.4% 8.7% 26% 0.54 85% 42 5 12%
4 Seasons 635 47% 2.4% 7.2% 5.0% 7.4% 29% 0.90 84% 111 16 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1978 21 BAL AL 53 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 12 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 22 BAL AL 116 23 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 5 3 0 60% 1 0 0 39 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 23 BAL AL 281 66 11 0 5 7 4 6 5 11 8 1 73% 2 4 0 92 5 4 56% 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
1981 24 BAL AL 185 61 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 10 7 0 70% 2 2 0 81 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 Seasons 635 160 15 0 10 9 6 8 7 27 18 1 67% 5 6 0 224 7 8 47% 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1978 21 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 15.0 10 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 53 0.800 6.0 0.0 1.2 3.0 2.50
1979 22 3 1 .750 1.40 11 3 6 0 0 2 45.0 33 7 7 2 9 0 12 0 0 0 169 275 0.933 6.6 0.4 1.8 2.4 1.33 275
1980 23 4 4 .500 3.14 36 6 15 1 0 3 114.2 99 41 40 13 22 2 34 2 0 4 450 125 1.055 7.8 1.0 1.7 2.7 1.55 125
1981 24 5 6 .455 4.02 51 8 19 1 0 3 154.2 160 74 69 15 32 4 46 2 0 6 635 96 1.241 9.3 0.9 1.9 2.7 1.44 96

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1978 21 1 0 1.000 0.00 13.0 11 0 0 0 2 4 0 1.000 7.6 1.4 2.8 2.00 0.0 2
1979 22 2 1 .667 2.17 29.0 23 8 7 2 7 7 0 1.034 7.1 2.2 2.2 1.00 0.6 9
1980 23 3 4 .429 4.77 66.0 68 39 35 11 13 21 2 1.227 9.3 1.8 2.9 1.62 1.5 25
1981 24 1 5 .167 8.35 55.0 99 57 51 3 16 16 0 2.091 16.2 2.6 2.6 1.00 0.5 15
4 Seasons 7 10 .412 5.13 163.0 201 104 93 16 38 48 2 1.466 11.1 2.7 1.26 0.9 51

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