Dave Ford

David Alan Ford

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

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

Final Game: September 9, 1981
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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
1975	18	BAL-min	Rk,A	4	3	.571	2.95	9	9		5	1	0	64.0	58	26	21	3	20	0	40	2	1	1			1.219	8.2	0.4	2.8	5.6	2.00	BLD,MIA · APPY,FLOR
1976	19	BAL-min	AA	17	7	.708	2.50	27	27		19	4	0	212.0	188	76	59	12	31	0	121	3	1	3			1.033	8.0	0.5	1.3	5.1	3.90	CHR · SOUL
1977	20	BAL-min	AAA	9	14	.391	4.81	30	28		11	1	0	176.0	206	104	94	27	43	5	96	6	0	2			1.415	10.5	1.4	2.2	4.9	2.23	ROC · IL
1978	21	BAL-min	AAA	11	6	.647	3.81	25	25		7	1	0	156.0	173	81	66	15	30	4	74	2	0	4			1.301	10.0	0.9	1.7	4.3	2.47	ROC · IL
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-min	AAA	6	5	.545	3.55	15	15		4	0	0	109.0	110	55	43	11	25	1	63	3	0	4			1.239	9.1	0.9	2.1	5.2	2.52	ROC · IL
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	194	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-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0			1.167	9.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.00	ROC · IL
1981	24	BAL	AL	1	2	.333	6.53	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
1982	25	BAL-min	AAA	5	5	.500	3.93	20	16	0	4	3	0	100.2	99	51	44	16	32	1	52	1	0	3			1.301	8.9	1.4	2.9	4.6	1.63	ROC · IL
1983	26	BAL-OAK-min	AAA	3	4	.429	6.70	22	15	2	0	0	0	82.0	115	73	61	18	28	0	36	2	0	1			1.744	12.6	2.0	3.1	4.0	1.29	ROC,TAC · IL,PCL
1984	27	OAK-min	AAA	7	8	.467	4.39	29	20	3	0	0	0	137.1	142	75	67	13	42	3	60	2	1	6			1.340	9.3	0.9	2.8	3.9	1.43	TAC · PCL
1985	28	MIL-min	AA	0	2	.000	7.90	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.2	22	12	12	4	5	1	4	1	0	0			1.976	14.5	2.6	3.3	2.6	0.80	ELP · TL
4 Yrs				5	6	.455	4.02	51	8	19	1	0	3	154.2	160	74	69	15	32	4	46	2	0	6	635	97	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	97	1.241	9.3	0.9	1.9	2.7	1.44

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
1978	21	BAL	AL	15.0	2	1	0	0.00	4.48	0.21	-0.09	91.8	3.83	6	0.8	1.3	0.0	1.0	8	.909	.505	$
1979	22	BAL	AL	30.0	9	2	7	2.10	4.78	0.49	-0.17	94.9	3.91	6	0.6	1.6	0.1	1.0	10	.571	.504	$
1980	23	BAL	AL	69.2	25	3	34	4.39	4.38	0.18	-0.25	98.7	3.90	-4	-0.4	1.1	-0.1	0.0	3	.483	.497	$
1981	24	BAL	AL	40.0	15	2	33	7.43	4.09	-0.05	-0.24	101.0	3.94	-15	-1.6	.8	0.1	-1.2	-13	.395	.490	$
4 Seasons				154.2	51	8	74	4.31	4.39	0.19	-0.22	97.9	3.90	-7	-0.5	1.1	0.0	0.8	8	.489	.499	$

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
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	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	1
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	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	2
4 Yrs				51	635	589	74	160	26	6	15	7	8	32	46	.272	.310	.413	.722	.273	243	16	2	9	3	4	5
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	6
MLB Averages																.261	.325	.384	.710	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1978	21	BAL	AL	6.5	0.8	56	0.5	1.1	-0.6	1.04	0.7	-0.2	5.6	0.7	1.04	6.6	0	1	0
1979	22	BAL	AL	7.3	0.8	117	0.4	2.3	-1.9	1.03	0.6	-0.2	8.7	0.9	1.03	8.8	4	1	1
1980	23	BAL	AL	-0.9	-0.1	294	-1.0	3.4	-4.4	.75	0.0	-1.3	0.9	0.1	0.75	-0.6	6	8	8
1981	24	BAL	AL	-13.1	-1.3	189	-1.2	1.1	-2.4	.45	-1.0	-1.8	-13.1	-1.3	0.45	-11.4	1	3	8
4 Yrs				-0.2	0.2	656	-1.3	8.0	-9.3	.74	0.3	-2.1	2.0	0.4	0.74	3.4	11	13	17

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
1978	21	BAL	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	70.0	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%	53.5	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%	48.7	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%	28.5	35	22	16	9	1	1	3.0	3.0	3.7
4 Yrs				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													.500						53%	51	99	-2					4.3	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1978	21	BAL	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	2	1.039	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	20.0
1979	22	BAL	AL	9	7	5	1	1	3	2	1	67%	3	0	6	2	33%	6	1.033	4	1	1	5	1	1	3	4	7	0	7	7.7
1980	23	BAL	AL	25	22	9	0	2	1	1	0	100%	4	2	29	7	24%	6	.754	6	8	8	7	3	12	17	5	18	3	18	7.5
1981	24	BAL	AL	15	13	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	14	5	36%	2	.454	1	3	8	1	1	11	9	4	7	5	8	7.5
4 Yrs				51	43	19	2	4	4	3	1	75%	7	2	51	15	29%		.741	11	13	17	13	5	25	30	13	33	8	34	7.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1978	21	BAL	AL	53	57%	0.0%	9.4%	3.8%	0.0%	0%	1.71	87%	7	2	29%
1979	22	BAL	AL	116	45%	1.7%	6.0%	6.0%	7.8%	39%	0.98	84%	20	3	15%
1980	23	BAL	AL	281	54%	3.9%	7.8%	4.6%	7.8%	33%	1.00	82%	42	6	14%
1981	24	BAL	AL	185	55%	1.1%	6.5%	5.4%	8.7%	26%	0.54	85%	42	5	12%
4 Yrs				635	53%	2.4%	7.2%	5.0%	7.4%	29%	0.90	84%	111	16	14%
MLB Averages					44%	1.9%	12.5%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.10	76%			11%

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
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 Yrs				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																		53%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	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	15.0	10	0	0	0	2	0	5	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	2	45.0	33	7	7	2	9	0	12	0	0	169	280	0.933	6.6	0.4	1.8	2.4	1.33	280
1980	23	4	4	.500	3.14	36	6	15	1	3	114.2	99	41	40	13	22	2	34	2	4	450	126	1.055	7.8	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.55	126
1981	24	5	6	.455	4.02	51	8	19	1	3	154.2	160	74	69	15	32	4	46	2	6	635	97	1.241	9.3	0.9	1.9	2.7	1.44	97

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	14.0	10	0	0	0	2	5	0	0.857	6.4	1.3	3.2	2.50	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	4.91	66.0	68	40	36	11	13	21	2	1.227	9.3	1.8	2.9	1.62	1.5	25
1981	24	1	5	.167	8.51	55.0	100	58	52	3	16	16	0	2.109	16.4	2.6	2.6	1.00	0.5	15
4 Yrs		7	10	.412	5.21	164.0	201	106	95	16	38	49	2	1.457	11.0		2.7	1.29	0.9	51

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