Russ Ford

Russell William Ford

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 25, 1883 in Brandon, Manitoba, CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1909
Teams (by GP): Highlanders/Buffeds/Yankees/Blues 1909-1915

Final Game: August 16, 1915
Died: January 24, 1960 in Rockingham, NC
Buried: Leak Family Cemetery, Rockingham, NC
Relatives: Brother of Gene Ford
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1905	22	CDR	B	16	13	.552		29											101													CDR · IIIL
1906	23	CDR	B	22	9	.710		31							207	89			49													CDR · IIIL
1907	24	ATA	A	15	10	.600		30						216.0	167	72			54							1.023	7.0		2.2			ATA · SOUA
1908	25	ATA	A	16	14	.533		34						285.0	223	99			90							1.098	7.0		2.8			ATA · SOUA
1909	26	JER	A	13	13	.500		32						276.0	172	74			78							0.906	5.6		2.5			JER · EL
1909	26	NYY	AL	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	4	3	0	4	2	3	0	0	19	34	2.667	12.0	0.0	12.0	6.0	0.50
1910	27	NYY	AL	26	6	.813	1.65	36	33	3	29	8	1	299.2	194	69	55	4	70	209	8	1	5	1112	160	0.881	*5.8*	0.1	2.1	6.3	2.99
1911	28	NYY	AL	22	11	.667	2.27	37	33	4	26	1	0	281.1	251	119	71	3	76	158	4	0	5	1139	158	1.162	8.0	0.1	2.4	5.1	2.08	MVP-18
1912	29	NYY	AL	13	21	.382	3.55	36	35	1	30	0	0	291.2	317	165	115	11	79	112	5	2	3	1218	102	1.358	9.8	0.3	2.4	3.5	1.42
1913	30	NYY	AL	12	18	.400	2.66	33	28	5	15	1	2	237.0	244	101	70	9	58	72	4	0	3	944	113	1.274	9.3	0.3	2.2	2.7	1.24
1914	31	BUF	FL	21	6	.778	1.82	35	26	9	19	5	6	247.1	190	63	50	11	41	123	7	0	0	937	180	0.934	6.9	0.4	1.5	4.5	3.00
1915	32	BUF	FL	5	9	.357	4.52	21	15	5	7	0	0	127.1	140	74	64	7	48	34	3	0	3	542	69	1.476	9.9	0.5	3.4	2.4	0.71
1916	33	DEN	A	16	9	.640	4.11	29						228.0	247		104		88							1.469	9.8		3.5			DEN · WL
1917	34	TOL	AA	1	2	.333		5						34.0	30	14			9							1.147	7.9		2.4			TOL · AA
7 Yrs				99	71	.582	2.59	199	170	28	126	15	9	1487.1	1340	595	428	45	376	710	34	3	19	5911	124	1.154	8.1	0.3	2.3	4.3	1.89
162 Game Avg.				18	13	.582	2.59	37	31	5	23	3	2	274	247	110	79	8	69	131	6	1	4	1089	124	1.154	8.1	0.3	2.3	4.3	1.89

NYY (5 yrs)				73	56	.566	2.54	143	129	14	100	10	3	1112.2	1010	458	314	27	287	553	24	3	16	4432	126	1.166	8.2	0.2	2.3	4.5	1.93
BUF (2 yrs)				26	15	.634	2.74	56	41	14	26	5	6	374.2	330	137	114	18	89	157	10	0	3	1479	118	1.118	7.9	0.4	2.1	3.8	1.76

AL (5 yrs)				73	56	.566	2.54	143	129	14	100	10	3	1112.2	1010	458	314	27	287	553	24	3	16	4432	126	1.166	8.2	0.2	2.3	4.5	1.93
FL (2 yrs)				26	15	.634	2.74	56	41	14	26	5	6	374.2	330	137	114	18	89	157	10	0	3	1479	118	1.118	7.9	0.4	2.1	3.8	1.76

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	Awards
1909	26	NYY	AL	3.0	1	0	4	12.00	3.38	-0.29	0.00	103.0	3.78	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.250	.498	$1,800
1910	27	NYY	AL	299.2	36	33	69	2.07	3.59	-0.02	0.00	105.0	3.79	60	8.3	1.0	-0.3	10.6	84	.730	.551	$
1911	28	NYY	AL	281.1	37	33	119	3.81	4.63	-0.11	0.00	107.0	5.07	39	4.3	1.0	-0.2	6.6	71	.616	.527	$	MVP-18
1912	29	NYY	AL	291.2	36	35	165	5.09	4.48	-0.60	0.00	108.0	5.49	15	1.6	1.0	-0.3	3.9	45	.544	.510	$5,500
1913	30	NYY	AL	237.0	33	28	101	3.84	4.00	-0.18	0.00	102.0	4.25	13	1.5	1.0	-0.2	3.4	34	.546	.509	$
1914	31	BUF	FL	247.1	35	26	63	2.29	4.12	0.07	0.00	102.0	4.13	49	6.0	1.0	-0.1	6.7	60	.672	.537	$10,000
1915	32	BUF	FL	127.1	21	15	74	5.23	3.87	-0.09	0.00	103.0	4.08	-16	-1.8	1.0	-0.1	-1.4	-12	.416	.489	$
7 Seasons				1487.1	199	170	595	3.60	4.14	-0.17	0.00	104.8	4.52	156	19.7	1.0	-1.3	29.6	280	.599	.517	$17,300

NYY (5 yrs)				1112.2	143	129	458	3.70	4.17	-0.23	0.00	105.6	4.66	124	15.4	1.0	-1.1	24.3	232	.608	.519	$7,300
BUF (2 yrs)				374.2	56	41	137	3.29	4.03	0.01	0.00	102.3	4.11	33	4.3	1.0	-0.2	5.3	48	.576	.513	$10,000

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1909	26	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	4	3	0	4	2	3	0	0	19	34	2.667	12.0	0.0	12.0	6.0	0.50	34
1910	27	26	6	.813	1.72	37	33	4	29	8	1	302.2	198	73	58	4	74	211	11	1	5	1131	154	0.899	5.9	0.1	2.2	6.3	2.85	154
1911	28	48	17	.738	1.99	74	66	8	55	9	1	584.0	449	192	129	7	150	369	15	1	10	2270	156	1.026	6.9	0.1	2.3	5.7	2.46	156
1912	29	61	38	.616	2.51	110	101	9	85	9	1	875.2	766	357	244	18	229	481	20	3	13	3488	130	1.136	7.9	0.2	2.4	4.9	2.10	130
1913	30	73	56	.566	2.54	143	129	14	100	10	3	1112.2	1010	458	314	27	287	553	24	3	16	4432	126	1.166	8.2	0.2	2.3	4.5	1.93	126
1914	31	94	62	.603	2.41	178	155	23	119	15	9	1360.0	1200	521	364	38	328	676	31	3	16	5369	134	1.124	7.9	0.3	2.2	4.5	2.06	134
1915	32	99	71	.582	2.59	199	170	28	126	15	9	1487.1	1340	595	428	45	376	710	34	3	19	5911	124	1.154	8.1	0.3	2.3	4.3	1.89	124

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1909	26	0	0		18.00	2.0	5	4	4	0	5	1	4	5.000	22.5	22.5	4.5	0.20	0.0	1
1910	27	24	7	.774	2.11	281.0	216	73	66	4	78	196	9	1.046	6.9	2.5	6.3	2.51	0.1	36
1911	28	25	7	.781	2.09	289.0	250	74	67	3	76	162	4	1.128	7.8	2.4	5.0	2.13	0.1	37
1912	29	18	14	.563	3.44	290.0	319	123	111	11	79	111	5	1.372	9.9	2.5	3.4	1.41	0.3	36
1913	30	14	10	.583	3.33	219.0	269	90	81	10	64	66	4	1.521	11.1	2.6	2.7	1.03	0.4	33
1914	31	20	6	.769	2.06	240.0	203	61	55	12	44	119	7	1.029	7.6	1.7	4.5	2.70	0.5	35
1915	32	4	9	.308	5.60	119.0	154	82	74	8	53	32	3	1.739	11.6	4.0	2.4	0.60	0.6	21
7 Yrs		105	53	.665	2.86	1440.0	1416	507	458	48	399	687	36	1.260	8.9		4.3	1.72	0.3	199

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1911 AL (18, 5%) 0.05 Career Shares (1113th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1910 AL 11.1 (1st) 1911 AL 6.3 (7th) 1914 FL 6.4 (5th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1910 AL 10.6 (2nd) 1911 AL 6.6 (4th) 1914 FL 6.7 (2nd) Career 29.6 (236th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1910 AL 1.65 (7th) 1911 AL 2.27 (7th) 1914 FL 1.82 (2nd) Career 2.59 (53rd)
Wins s c a p y 1910 AL 26 (2nd) 1911 AL 22 (7th) 1914 FL 21 (6th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1910 AL .813 (2nd) 1911 AL .667 (7th) 1914 FL .778 (1st) Career .582 (176th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1910 AL 0.881 (2nd) 1911 AL 1.162 (5th) 1914 FL 0.934 (1st) Career 1.154 (69th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1910 AL 5.827 (1st) 1911 AL 8.030 (7th) 1914 FL 6.914 (2nd) Career 8.108 (152nd)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1910 AL 2.102 (10th) 1913 AL 2.203 (6th) 1914 FL 1.492 (1st) Career 2.275 (193rd)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1910 AL 6.277 (4th)	Games Played s c a p y 1910 AL 36 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1910 AL 1 (9th) 1914 FL 6 (1st)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1910 AL 299.7 (4th) 1911 AL 281.3 (4th) 1912 AL 291.7 (5th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1910 AL 209 (4th) 1911 AL 158 (5th)	Games Started s c a p y 1910 AL 33 (5th) 1911 AL 33 (4th) 1912 AL 35 (5th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1910 AL 29 (4th) 1911 AL 26 (3rd) 1912 AL 30 (4th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1910 AL 8 (2nd) 1914 FL 5 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1910 AL 4 (9th) 1912 AL 11 (1st) 1913 AL 9 (1st) 1914 FL 11 (1st) 1915 FL 7 (8th)	Hits s c a p y 1911 AL 251 (6th) 1912 AL 317 (2nd) 1913 AL 244 (10th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1910 AL 2.986 (4th) 1911 AL 2.079 (4th) 1914 FL 3.000 (1st)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y Career 0.272 (244th)	Losses s c a p y 1912 AL 21 (1st) 1913 AL 18 (4th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1912 AL 115 (1st)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1910 AL 1,112 (6th) 1911 AL 1,139 (4th) 1912 AL 1,218 (5th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1910 AL 160 (4th) 1911 AL 158 (4th) 1914 FL 182 (1st) Career 124 (82nd)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1910 AL 35 (4th) 1911 AL 31 (5th) 1914 FL 40 (3rd)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1910 AL 4.2 (4th) 1911 AL 3.2 (5th) 1914 FL 4.5 (3rd) Career 10.6 (240th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 10 (241), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 80 (306), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 40 (344), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 25 (208), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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