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Lew Ford

Jon Lewis Ford

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 12, 1976 in Beaumont, TX
High School: Port Neches-Groves (Port Neches, TX)
School: Dallas Baptist University
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 12th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 29, 2003
Team: Twins 2003-2007

Final Game: September 30, 2007
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Standard Batting

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
2003 26 MIN AL 34 83 73 16 24 7 1 3 15 2 0 8 9 .329 .402 .575 .978 154 42 1 1 1 0 0
2004 27 MIN AL 154 658 569 89 170 31 4 15 72 20 2 67 75 .299 .381 .446 .827 113 254 15 13 2 7 3 * MVP-24
2005 28 MIN AL 147 590 522 70 138 30 4 7 53 13 6 45 85 .264 .338 .377 .716 89 197 9 16 2 5 2
2006 29 MIN AL 104 255 234 40 53 6 1 4 18 9 1 16 43 .226 .287 .312 .599 57 73 5 4 1 0 0
2007 30 MIN AL 55 130 116 13 27 6 0 3 14 3 1 11 24 .233 .315 .362 .677 83 42 4 3 0 0 0
5 Seasons 494 1716 1514 228 412 80 10 32 172 47 10 147 236 .272 .349 .402 .750 96 608 34 37 6 12 5
162 Game Avg. 162 563 496 75 135 26 3 10 56 15 3 48 77 .272 .349 .402 .750 96 199 11 12 2 4 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2003 26 MIN AL 83 6 1 -1 1 -6 -1 3 3 0.3 9 0.9 -0.6 $
2004 27 MIN AL 658 10 4 -1 1 6 -6 22 36 3.5 30 3.0 0.5 $ * MVP-24
2005 28 MIN AL 590 -7 2 1 3 -5 -5 21 11 1.1 15 1.5 -0.4 $385,000
2006 29 MIN AL 255 -15 2 -1 0 -2 -3 9 -11 -1.1 -8 -0.8 -0.3 $425,000
2007 30 MIN AL 130 -3 0 -1 0 -7 -1 5 -6 -0.6 0 0.0 -0.6 $985,000
5 Seasons 1716 -9 9 -3 5 -14 -16 60 33 3.2 46 4.6 -1.4 $1,795,000

Advanced Batting

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
2003 26 MIN AL 83 51 18 9.4 107 .344 .329 .269 .402 .335 .575 .430 .978 .765 154 .760 5.9 0.6 1.060 .384 .247 2.4
2004 27 MIN AL 658 425 102 6.4 112 .319 .299 .274 .381 .342 .446 .440 .827 .783 113 .597 13.2 1.2 .846 .297 .148 17.1
2005 28 MIN AL 590 406 69 4.5 107 .301 .264 .271 .338 .334 .377 .429 .716 .762 89 .465 -6.7 -0.6 .664 .213 .113 9.1
2006 29 MIN AL 255 188 22 3.1 109 .262 .226 .273 .287 .337 .312 .433 .599 .771 57 .280 -15.4 -1.4 .540 .188 .085 5.5
2007 30 MIN AL 130 94 13 3.7 102 .270 .233 .265 .315 .331 .362 .414 .677 .745 83 .360 -2.7 -0.3 .617 .241 .129 3.0
5 Seasons 1716 1164 224 5.1 109 .302 .272 .272 .349 .337 .402 .433 .750 .770 96 .506 -5.8 -0.6 .723 .251 .129 38.1
162 Game Avg. 563 382 73 5.1 109 .302 .272 .272 .349 .337 .402 .433 .750 .770 96 .506 -5.8 -0.6 .723 .251 .129 12

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
2003 26 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 27 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 3 13 11 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 .273 .385 .364 .748 4 0 2 0 0 0
2006 29 MIN AL ALDS OAK L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 5 14 12 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 .250 .357 .333 .690 4 0 2 0 0 0
3 ALDS 5 14 12 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 .250 .357 .333 .690 4 0 2 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
2003 26 MIN AL 83 3.6% 10.8% 9.6% 13.3% 46% 1.13 8.1 24.3 4.9 0.85 1.20 73% 15% 10.7% 18%
2004 27 MIN AL 658 2.3% 11.4% 10.2% 7.6% 29% 1.12 7.6 37.9 7.9 1.07 1.22 74% 15% 7.0% 11%
2005 28 MIN AL 590 1.2% 14.4% 7.6% 7.0% 30% 1.89 6.1 74.6 9.8 1.16 1.41 74% 14% 3.9% 12%
2006 29 MIN AL 255 1.6% 16.9% 6.3% 4.3% 21% 2.69 5.4 58.5 13.0 1.12 1.34 73% 15% 4.9% 9%
2007 30 MIN AL 130 2.3% 18.5% 8.5% 6.9% 33% 2.18 4.8 38.7 8.3 0.96 1.34 68% 13% 7.1% 11%
5 Seasons 1716 1.9% 13.8% 8.6% 7.1% 30% 1.61 6.4 47.3 8.8 1.09 1.31 73% 15% 5.9% 11%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.7% 8.4% 8.1% 34% 1.98 5.3 32.1 7.6 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.8% 11%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2003 26 MIN AL 5.9 0.6 87 0.4 1.7 -1.3 .94 0.5 -0.1 5.1 0.5 1.02 7.6 0.50 6
2004 27 MIN AL 13.2 1.2 690 0.3 11.8 -11.5 1.01 1.4 -1.1 6.9 0.6 0.93 11.8 1.26 3
2005 28 MIN AL -6.7 -0.6 615 1.5 12.5 -11.0 1.14 -0.7 1.9 -5.8 -0.6 0.95 -9.7 2.01 7
2006 29 MIN AL -15.5 -1.4 270 -0.5 3.7 -4.2 .88 -1.2 0.6 -12.2 -1.1 0.92 -16.9 0.74 7
2007 30 MIN AL -2.8 -0.3 137 -0.3 2.0 -2.3 .98 -0.1 -0.3 -2.8 -0.3 0.95 -0.6 0.64 5
5 Seasons -5.9 -0.6 1799 1.3 31.6 -30.3 1.03 0.1 1.2 -8.9 -0.9 0.94 -7.7 1.04 28

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
2003 26 MIN AL 0 0 43% 50 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 38% 7 6 1 2 1 1 7 3 4
2004 27 MIN AL 4 0 32% 275 20 2 91% 20 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 7 19 48% 35 18 16 12 9 3 17 4 12
2005 28 MIN AL 7 0 33% 200 13 6 68% 12 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 10 51% 23 16 6 11 6 5 21 4 17
2006 29 MIN AL 1 0 52% 100 9 1 90% 5 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 54% 20 11 9 5 3 2 12 3 9
2007 30 MIN AL 1 0 26% 58 3 1 75% 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 27% 7 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 1
5 Seasons 13 0 35% 683 47 10 82% 39 9 8 1 0 0 5 3 17 39 48% 92 56 34 31 20 11 60 16 43

Situational Hitting*

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
2003 26 MIN AL 83 51% 24 4 0 6 3 1 1 0.50 3 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 3 1 33% 23 1 4% 13 3 23% 57 12 21% 6 4 67% 5 1 20% 0
2004 27 MIN AL 658 30% 170 41 3 3 1 1 1 1.26 15 0 15 7 8 6 9 0 5 2 40% 120 15 13% 55 22 40% 406 60 15% 36 23 64% 24 15 63% 0
2005 28 MIN AL 590 29% 138 31 1 7 4 0 1 2.01 7 0 14 6 1 6 1 0 6 2 33% 103 9 9% 44 15 34% 367 47 13% 28 12 43% 16 7 44% 0
2006 29 MIN AL 255 43% 53 8 0 7 1 0 0 0.74 4 0 7 0 4 2 2 0 2 1 50% 36 5 14% 21 5 24% 125 14 11% 7 4 57% 8 5 63% 0
2007 30 MIN AL 130 38% 27 5 0 5 1 0 0 0.64 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 29 4 14% 8 1 13% 85 11 13% 3 2 67% 4 2 50% 0
5 Seasons 1716 33% 412 89 4 28 10 2 3 1.04 32 0 39 17 15 17 15 0 16 6 38% 311 34 11% 141 46 33% 1040 144 14% 80 45 56% 57 30 53% 0
MLB Averages 54% 67% 11% 33% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2003 26 MIN AL 83 316 3.81 205 65% 31% 9% 28% 32% 69% 0% 45% 87% 22% 6% 5 0 13% 11 1 12% 10 6 22% 0 0 0
2004 27 MIN AL 658 2513 3.82 1520 60% 34% 10% 23% 33% 66% 1% 40% 85% 17% 4% 27 0 13% 87 29 9% 59 27 29% 0 0 0
2005 28 MIN AL 590 2346 3.98 1470 63% 32% 10% 28% 30% 68% 1% 43% 85% 22% 5% 29 0 14% 82 27 9% 56 36 28% 0 0 0
2006 29 MIN AL 255 1041 4.08 674 65% 32% 9% 30% 28% 68% 0% 44% 86% 17% 4% 9 0 17% 43 17 8% 20 11 26% 0 0 0
2007 30 MIN AL 130 548 4.22 355 65% 30% 13% 32% 26% 70% 0% 45% 82% 20% 5% 6 0 13% 17 3 8% 11 7 21% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1716 6764 3.94 4224 62% 32% 10% 27% 31% 68% 1% 42% 85% 19% 4% 76 0 14% 240 77 9% 156 87 27% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

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
2003 26 34 83 73 16 24 7 1 3 15 2 0 8 9 .329 .402 .575 .978 154 42 1 1 1 0 0
2004 27 188 741 642 105 194 38 5 18 87 22 2 75 84 .302 .383 .461 .845 117 296 16 14 3 7 3
2005 28 335 1331 1164 175 332 68 9 25 140 35 8 120 169 .285 .363 .424 .787 105 493 25 30 5 12 5
2006 29 439 1586 1398 215 385 74 10 29 158 44 9 136 212 .275 .351 .405 .756 97 566 30 34 6 12 5
2007 30 494 1716 1514 228 412 80 10 32 172 47 10 147 236 .272 .349 .402 .750 96 608 34 37 6 12 5

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2003 26 34 81 72 15 23 7 1 3 14 2 8 9 .319 .395 .569 .965 16 34
2004 27 154 641 559 81 160 29 4 14 65 19 63 75 .286 .367 .428 .794 86 154
2005 28 147 585 520 68 136 30 4 7 52 13 44 85 .262 .335 .375 .710 62 147
2006 29 104 254 234 40 53 6 1 4 18 9 16 43 .226 .287 .312 .599 20 104
2007 30 55 131 117 13 28 6 0 3 14 3 11 24 .239 .321 .368 .688 13 55
5 Seasons 494 1692 1502 217 400 78 10 31 163 46 142 236 .266 .342 .393 .735 197 494
162 Game Avg. 162 555 493 71 131 26 3 10 53 15 47 77 .266 .342 .393 .735 65 494

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 AL (24, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2004 AL  13 (6th)
2005 AL  16 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1931), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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