Hod Ford

Horace Hills Ford

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 23, 1897 in New Haven, CT
School: Tufts University (Medford, MA)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1919. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1919
Teams (by GP): Reds/Braves/Phillies/Robins/Cardinals 1919-1933

Final Game: May 8, 1933
Died: January 29, 1977 in Winchester, MA
Buried: Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester, MA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1919	BSN	NL	21	SS	8	6	6		37	10	25	2	3	.946		4.38	.943		5.66
1919	BSN	NL	21	3B	2	1	1		9	3	6	0	0	1.000		4.50	.946		3.25
1920	BSN	NL	22	2B	59	55	54		351	122	219	10	21	.972		5.78	.963		5.73
1920	BSN	NL	22	SS	18	13	11		102	28	65	9	3	.912		5.17	.941		5.73
1920	BSN	NL	22	1B	4	2	2		25	24	1	0	2	1.000		6.25	.990		11.10
1921	BSN	NL	23	2B	119	119	115		734	297	417	20	48	.973		6.00	.962		5.70
1921	BSN	NL	23	SS	33	32	32		211	96	109	6	17	.972		6.21	.951		5.86
1922	BSN	NL	24	SS	115	115	115		686	267	387	32	58	.953		5.69	.945		5.78
1922	BSN	NL	24	2B	28	28	27		165	68	94	3	13	.982		5.79	.961		5.76
1923	BSN	NL	25	2B	95	91	86		529	213	300	16	61	.970		5.40	.959		5.90
1923	BSN	NL	25	SS	19	16	13		97	39	52	6	6	.938		4.79	.939		5.80
1924	PHI	NL	26	2B	145	143	133		907	337	543	27	96	.970		6.07	.961		5.98
1925	BRO	NL	27	SS	66	61	49		322	126	185	11	33	.966		4.71	.942		5.73
1926	CIN	NL	28	SS	57	57	57		355	152	190	13	57	.963		6.00	.948		5.85
1927	CIN	NL	29	SS	104	101	97		568	218	323	27	75	.952		5.20	.944		5.50
1927	CIN	NL	29	2B	12	12	9		52	21	31	0	5	1.000		4.33	.966		5.93
1928	CIN	NL	30	SS	149	149	142		888	355	508	25	128	.972		5.79	.950		5.61	MVP-22
1929	CIN	NL	31	SS	108	108	104		637	239	368	30	86	.953		5.62	.950		5.61
1929	CIN	NL	31	2B	42	40	38		251	94	152	5	30	.980		5.86	.968		5.82
1930	CIN	NL	32	SS	74	51	51		346	139	198	9	45	.974		4.55	.952		5.78
1930	CIN	NL	32	2B	66	67	50		375	152	217	6	45	.984		5.59	.963		5.94
1931	CIN	NL	33	SS	73	40	34		282	107	162	13	41	.954		3.68	.954		5.53
1931	CIN	NL	33	2B	3	3	0		10	4	6	0	2	1.000		3.33	.964		5.60
1931	CIN	NL	33	3B	1	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.940		2.80
1932	TOT	NL	34	SS	17	17	15		79	28	49	2	9	.975		4.53	.946		5.50
1932	STL	NL	34	SS	1	1	0		4	2	1	1	1	.750		3.00	.945		5.50
1932	BSN	NL	34	2B	20	8	6		61	30	30	1	7	.984		3.00	.969		5.78
1932	BSN	NL	34	SS	16	16	15		75	26	48	1	8	.987		4.63	.946		5.50
1932	BSN	NL	34	3B	2	0	0		4	1	3	0	0	1.000		2.00	.945		2.90
1933	BSN	NL	35	SS	5	4	4		40	17	23	0	4	1.000		8.00	.949		5.40
	14 Seasons			SS	846	770	730		4650	1821	2644	185	565	.960		5.28	.948		5.67
	10 Seasons			2B	589	566	518		3435	1338	2009	88	328	.974		5.68	.962		5.85
	3 Seasons			3B	5	1	1		14	4	10	0	0	1.000		2.80	.945		3.02
	1 Season			1B	4	2	2		25	24	1	0	2	1.000		6.25	.990		11.10
	15 Seasons			TOT	1444	1339	1251		8124	3187	4664	273	895	.966		5.44	.954		5.75
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1919	BSN	NL	21	10	7	10	10	0	0	2	8	0	0
1920	BSN	NL	22	88	70	88	79	4	59	0	18	7	2
1921	BSN	NL	23	152	151	152	151	0	119	0	33	1	0
1922	BSN	NL	24	143	143	143	143	0	28	0	115	0	0
1923	BSN	NL	25	111	107	111	111	0	95	0	19	0	0
1924	PHI	NL	26	145	143	145	145	0	145	0	0	0	0
1925	BRO	NL	27	66	61	66	66	0	0	0	66	0	0
1926	CIN	NL	28	57	57	57	57	0	0	0	57	0	0
1927	CIN	NL	29	115	113	115	115	0	12	0	104	0	0
1928	CIN	NL	30	149	149	149	149	0	0	0	149	0	0
1929	CIN	NL	31	148	148	148	148	0	41	0	110	0	0
1930	CIN	NL	32	132	118	132	131	0	67	0	74	1	0
1931	CIN	NL	33	85	43	85	77	0	3	1	74	8	0
1932	BSN	NL	34	40	24	40	38	0	20	2	16	2	0
1932	STL	NL	34	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
1933	BSN	NL	35	5	4	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	0
	15 Seasons			1447	1339	1447	1426	4	589	5	849	19	2

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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1928 NL (22, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (1361st)	Assists† s c a p y 1921 NL 526 (5th) 1922 NL 481 (5th) 1924 NL 543 (4th) 1928 NL 508 (4th) 1929 NL 520 (4th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1929 NL 35 (3rd)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1921 NL 119 (4th) 1924 NL 145 (2nd)
Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1921 NL 297 (3rd) 1924 NL 337 (3rd)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1921 NL 417 (3rd) 1924 NL 543 (2nd)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1921 NL 20 (5th) 1924 NL 27 (3rd)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1922 NL 115 (5th) 1927 NL 104 (4th) 1928 NL 149 (1st) 1929 NL 108 (5th)
Putouts as SS s c a p y 1922 NL 267 (4th) 1927 NL 218 (5th) 1928 NL 355 (1st) 1929 NL 239 (5th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1922 NL 387 (5th) 1927 NL 323 (5th) 1928 NL 508 (2nd) 1929 NL 368 (5th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1922 NL 32 (5th) 1929 NL 30 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1921 NL 6.00 (1st) 1924 NL 6.07 (4th) Career 5.68 (34th)
Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1921 NL .973 (2nd) 1923 NL .970 (3rd) 1924 NL .970 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1922 NL 5.69 (3rd) 1928 NL 5.79 (2nd) 1929 NL 5.62 (5th) Career 5.28 (37th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1922 NL .953 (3rd) 1927 NL .952 (3rd) 1928 NL .972 (1st) 1929 NL .953 (5th)

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