Lew Ford
Jon Lewis Ford
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 12, 1976 in Beaumont, TX
High School: Groves (Port Natches, 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
Final Game: September 30, 2007
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2003 MIN AL 26 OF 25 12 151.2 40 36 1 3 1 .925 -6.0 -47.5 -4.0 -3.2 -0.8 -2 2.20 1.48 .985 2.35 2.08
2003 MIN AL 26 CF 13 5 74.2 21 18 1 2 1 .905 -4.1 -65.9 -3.1 -2.4 -0.7 -1 2.29 1.46 .990 2.78 2.45
2003 MIN AL 26 LF 8 4 43.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -50.2 -0.8 -0.7 -0.1 -1 1.67 1.00 .988 2.18 1.84
2003 MIN AL 26 RF 6 3 34.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 -0.1 -3.5 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.38 1.50 .980 2.12 1.78
2003 MIN AL 26 DH 4
2004 MIN AL 27 OF 126 121 1106.2 279 268 7 4 0 .986 5.5 6.0 6.5 10.8 -4.3 -1 2.24 2.18 .985 2.30 2.05 MVP-24
2004 MIN AL 27 LF 81 77 680.2 155 149 5 1 0 .994 7.9 13.9 7.9 7.4 0.5 0 2.04 1.90 .983 2.04 1.73 MVP-24
2004 MIN AL 27 CF 46 35 341.0 105 101 1 3 0 .971 -2.4 -8.4 -1.4 1.6 -3.0 -1 2.69 2.22 .989 2.64 2.35 MVP-24
2004 MIN AL 27 DH 26 MVP-24
2004 MIN AL 27 RF 10 9 85.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 -1.8 0 2.01 1.90 .984 2.22 1.92 MVP-24
2005 MIN AL 28 OF 95 88 815.0 213 198 9 6 1 .972 -4.8 -7.1 -7.8 -5.8 -2.0 3 2.29 2.18 .986 2.30 2.05
2005 MIN AL 28 CF 63 60 548.0 151 140 7 4 1 .974 -3.0 -6.6 -6.0 -5.6 -0.4 3 2.41 2.33 .989 2.69 2.38
2005 MIN AL 28 DH 44
2005 MIN AL 28 LF 18 14 134.0 35 32 2 1 0 .971 1.5 13.4 0.5 1.4 -0.9 1 2.28 1.89 .989 2.10 1.79
2005 MIN AL 28 RF 16 14 133.0 27 26 0 1 0 .963 -3.3 -29.8 -2.3 -1.6 -0.7 -1 1.76 1.63 .981 2.12 1.83
2006 MIN AL 29 OF 92 52 531.1 138 132 4 2 2 .986 -2.3 -5.2 -2.3 -0.9 -1.4 0 2.30 1.48 .986 2.30 1.99
2006 MIN AL 29 LF 64 30 321.1 73 72 1 0 0 1.000 1.3 4.9 0.3 -1.3 1.6 1 2.04 1.14 .986 2.06 1.69
2006 MIN AL 29 RF 22 20 169.0 57 53 3 1 2 .982 -2.5 -17.8 -1.5 1.0 -2.5 -1 2.98 2.55 .984 2.20 1.85
2006 MIN AL 29 CF 13 2 41.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -1.1 -32.2 -1.1 -0.6 -0.5 0 1.54 0.54 .988 2.66 2.29
2006 MIN AL 29 DH 4
2007 MIN AL 30 OF 49 27 293.1 61 59 1 1 1 .984 -6.8 -27.8 -5.8 -0.6 -5.2 -1 1.84 1.22 .987 2.30 2.00
2007 MIN AL 30 LF 35 25 233.1 48 46 1 1 1 .979 -3.2 -16.5 -3.2 -0.6 -2.6 0 1.81 1.34 .985 2.11 1.71
2007 MIN AL 30 CF 14 0 37.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -4.1 -133.0 -3.1 -0.8 -2.3 -1 1.70 0.50 .986 2.70 2.42
2007 MIN AL 30 RF 3 2 23.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 26.1 0.5 0.8 -0.3 0 2.35 2.00 .983 2.07 1.77
5 Seasons OF 387 300 2898.0 731 693 22 16 5 .978 -14.4 -6.0 -13.4 0.3 -13.7 -1 2.22 1.85 .986 2.30 2.03
5 Seasons LF 206 150 1412.1 319 307 9 3 1 .991 5.7 4.8 4.7 6.2 -1.5 1 2.01 1.53 .985 2.07 1.72
5 Seasons CF 149 102 1041.2 292 273 9 10 2 .966 -14.7 -16.9 -14.7 -7.8 -6.9 0 2.44 1.89 .989 2.68 2.37
4 Seasons DH 78
5 Seasons RF 57 48 444.0 119 112 4 3 2 .975 -5.4 -14.6 -3.4 1.9 -5.3 -2 2.35 2.04 .983 2.17 1.85
5 Seasons TOT 412 300 2898.0 730 692 22 16 5 .978 -14.4 -6.0 -13.4 0.3 -13.7 -1 2.22 1.73 .964 2.30 1.98
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2003 MIN AL 26 34 12 34 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 6 25 0 8 4
2004 MIN AL 27 154 146 154 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 46 10 126 25 3 0
2005 MIN AL 28 147 132 147 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 63 16 95 44 12 0
2006 MIN AL 29 104 53 104 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 13 22 92 1 8 16
2007 MIN AL 30 55 27 55 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 14 3 49 0 7 8
5 Seasons 494 370 494 387 0 0 0 0 0 0 206 149 57 387 70 38 28
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
2003 MIN AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 0 209 60% 74% 43% 16 50%
2004 MIN AL 27 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 4 33 27 0 16 5 2 11 5 2 12 3 0 12 11 0 84 51 60.7% 29 4 4.8% 1 2947 56% 76% 40% 307 50%
2005 MIN AL 28 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 10 9 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3 0 24 14 58.3% 9 1 4.2% 1 575 61% 78% 40% 68 50%
2006 MIN AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14 14 0 4 3 0 5 3 0 4 1 0 4 3 0 31 24 77.4% 7 0 0.0% 1 1358 62% 72% 37% 142 51%
2007 MIN AL 30 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 0 9 6 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 20 11 55.0% 9 0 0.0% 1 1015 50% 75% 39% 106 43%
5 Seasons 3 0 1 2 1 9 0 3 1 5 64 56 0 37 16 3 22 9 2 22 5 0 22 19 0 167 105 62.9% 57 5 3.0% 4 6104 57% 75% 39% 639 49%
MLB Averages 62.4% 2.3% 56% 75% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
2003 MIN AL 26 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 4 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 15 7 46.7% 8 0 0.0% 1 359 48% 79% 42% 43 42%
2004 MIN AL 27 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 9 0 18 1 0 3 2 0 6 0 0 11 8 0 51 20 39.2% 31 0 0.0% 1 1535 51% 73% 37% 199 52%
2005 MIN AL 28 4 0 2 2 1 7 1 1 3 2 32 29 0 28 4 1 12 2 1 3 0 0 9 5 0 84 40 47.6% 42 2 2.4% 5 2302 56% 77% 40% 326 45%
2006 MIN AL 29 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 184 63% 72% 35% 18 39%
2007 MIN AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 158 58% 70% 38% 19 37%
5 Seasons 10 0 4 6 1 9 2 1 4 2 51 42 0 55 7 1 17 5 1 11 0 0 26 16 0 160 70 43.8% 88 2 1.3% 7 4538 54% 76% 39% 605 46%
MLB Averages 42.8% 1.8% 56% 75% 39% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
2003 MIN AL 26 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 0 170 49% 79% 38% 23 43%
2004 MIN AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 45.5% 6 0 0.0% 1 365 48% 76% 39% 42 45%
2005 MIN AL 28 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 7 50.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 556 52% 77% 39% 57 46%
2006 MIN AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 9 5 0 9 3 1 5 3 0 3 0 1 4 1 0 30 12 40.0% 16 2 6.7% 1 773 58% 77% 41% 113 48%
2007 MIN AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 96 69% 76% 44% 11 55%
5 Seasons 3 0 1 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 29 17 0 14 6 1 10 5 0 5 0 1 6 2 0 64 30 46.9% 32 2 3.1% 2 1960 54% 77% 40% 246 47%
MLB Averages 48.1% 2.2% 56% 75% 39% 49%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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