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Russ Ford
Russell William Ford
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 25, 1883 in Brandon, MB, CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1909
Final Game: August 16, 1915
Died: January 24, 1960 in Rockingham, NC
Relatives: Brother of Gene Ford
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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
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 20 28 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 1141 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 1172 157 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 10 79 112 5 2 3 1265 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 2 237.0 244 108 70 9 58 72 4 0 4 967 112 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 0 948 181 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 3 559 69 1.476 9.9 0.5 3.4 2.4 0.71
7 Seasons 99 71 .582 2.59 199 170 28 126 15 9 1487.1 1340 602 428 44 376 710 34 3 20 6072 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 2 274 247 111 79 8 69 131 6 1 4 1119 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 465 314 26 287 553 24 3 17 4565 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 1507 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 465 314 26 287 553 24 3 17 4565 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 1507 118 1.118 7.9 0.4 2.1 3.8 1.76

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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
1909 26 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1910 27 NYY AL 36 112 96 8 20 1 5 0 7 1 9 .208 .283 .323 .606 85 31 1 6 1
1911 28 NYY AL 37 109 102 10 20 2 1 0 8 2 3 .196 .219 .235 .454 24 24 0 4 1 MVP-18
1912 29 NYY AL 40 125 112 15 32 8 0 1 8 2 6 .286 .322 .384 .706 97 43 0 7 1/4O
1913 30 NYY AL 33 84 74 5 12 1 1 0 3 5 7 29 .162 .244 .203 .447 31 15 1 2 1
1914 31 BUF FL 35 90 78 10 10 1 0 0 7 3 8 28 .128 .209 .141 .350 -0 11 0 4 1
1915 32 BUF FL 22 47 43 7 12 4 1 0 4 1 1 9 .279 .295 .419 .714 107 18 0 3 1
7 Seasons 204 568 506 55 106 17 8 1 37 14 34 66 .209 .262 .281 .543 55 142 2 26
162 Game Avg. 162 451 402 44 84 14 6 1 29 11 27 .209 .262 .281 .543 55 113 2 21
NYY (5 yrs) 147 431 385 38 84 12 7 1 26 10 25 29 .218 .269 .294 .563 61 113 2 19
BUF (2 yrs) 57 137 121 17 22 5 1 0 11 4 9 37 .182 .238 .240 .478 36 29 0 7
AL (5 yrs) 147 431 385 38 84 12 7 1 26 10 25 29 .218 .269 .294 .563 61 113 2 19
FL (2 yrs) 57 137 121 17 22 5 1 0 11 4 9 37 .182 .238 .240 .478 36 29 0 7

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1909 NYY AL 26 P 1 4 1 2 1 1 .750 3.00 .950 2.20
1910 NYY AL 27 P 36 89 7 75 7 4 .921 2.28 .944 2.35
1911 NYY AL 28 P 37 91 16 70 5 0 .945 2.32 .937 1.89 MVP-18
1912 NYY AL 29 P 36 106 13 88 5 6 .953 2.81 .940 1.95
1912 NYY AL 29 2B 2 12 2 8 2 0 .833 5.00 .950 4.75
1912 NYY AL 29 OF 2 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 2.00 2-0-0
1913 NYY AL 30 P 33 75 11 56 8 1 .893 2.03 .940 1.83
1914 BUF FL 31 P 35 82 9 72 1 2 .988 2.31 .945 1.95
1915 BUF FL 32 P 21 42 2 40 0 1 1.000 2.00 .955 1.97
7 Seasons P 199 489 59 403 27 15 .945 2.32 .942 1.99
1 Season 2B 2 12 2 8 2 0 .833 5.00 .950 4.75
1 Season OF 2 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 2.00 2-0-0
7 Seasons TOT 203 505 64 412 29 15 .943 2.34 .885 2.02 2-0-0

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 (1094th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1910 AL  1.652 (7th)
1911 AL  2.271 (7th)
1914 FL  1.819 (2nd)
Career  2.590 (52nd)

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 (173rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1910 AL  .881 (2nd)
1911 AL  1.162 (5th)
1914 FL  .934 (1st)
Career  1.154 (67th)

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 (147th)

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 (188th)

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  10 (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  .266 (238th)

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  1141 (5th)
1911 AL  1172 (4th)
1912 AL  1265 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1910 AL  160 (4th)
1911 AL  157 (4th)
1914 FL  181 (1st)
Career  124 (74th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 10 (234), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 80 (296), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 40 (333), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 25 (202), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  5. Erskine Mayer (943)
  6. Pol Perritt (942)
  7. Tiny Bonham (941)
  8. Vean Gregg (939)
  9. Frank Owen (938)
  10. Ed Killian (938)
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  3. Gary Peters (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  6. Sam Leever (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

September, 1908: Drafted by the New York Highlanders from Atlanta (Southern Association) in the 1908 rule 5 draft.

January 20, 1914: Jumped from the New York Yankees to the Buffalo Buffeds.

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