Ted Ford
Theodore Henry Ford
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 7, 1947 in Vineland, NJ
High School: Richland (Richland, NJ)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1970
Final Game: September 29, 1973
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Standard Batting

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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
1970 23 CLE AL 26 50 46 5 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 13 .174 .224 .261 .485 32 12 0 0 1 0 0 9/78
1971 24 CLE AL 74 206 196 15 38 6 0 2 14 2 2 9 34 .194 .229 .255 .484 33 50 5 0 1 0 0 987
1972 25 TEX AL 129 481 429 43 101 19 1 14 50 4 3 37 80 .235 .297 .382 .680 105 164 6 3 7 5 2 *97
1973 26 CLE AL 11 44 40 3 9 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 7 .225 .250 .275 .525 46 11 1 0 0 2 0 /98
4 Seasons 240 781 711 66 156 26 2 17 68 7 5 51 134 .219 .272 .333 .605 76 237 12 3 9 7 2
162 Game Avg. 162 527 480 45 105 18 1 11 46 5 3 34 90 .219 .272 .333 .605 76 160 8 2 6 5 1
CLE (3 yrs) 111 300 282 23 55 7 1 3 18 3 2 14 54 .195 .232 .259 .490 34 73 6 0 2 2 0
TEX (1 yr) 129 481 429 43 101 19 1 14 50 4 3 37 80 .235 .297 .382 .680 105 164 6 3 7 5 2

Advanced Batting

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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
1970 23 CLE AL 50 39 3 2.1 101 .219 .174 .262 .224 .337 .261 .400 .485 .738 32 .208 -4.6 -0.5 .395 .152 .087 .0
1971 24 CLE AL 206 166 10 1.6 99 .225 .194 .265 .229 .338 .255 .393 .484 .732 33 .159 -18.7 -2.0 .358 .107 .061 2.0
1972 25 TEX AL 481 349 50 3.8 80 .256 .235 .242 .297 .310 .382 .349 .680 .659 105 .527 2.4 0.3 .608 .235 .147 6.2
1973 26 CLE AL 44 34 3 2.4 96 .257 .225 .263 .250 .332 .275 .386 .525 .719 46 .248 -3.0 -0.3 .438 .125 .050 .0
4 Seasons 781 588 66 3.0 87 .245 .219 .251 .272 .321 .333 .367 .605 .687 76 .394 -23.8 -2.5 .512 .188 .114 9.9
162 Game Avg. 527 397 45 3.0 87 .245 .219 .251 .272 .321 .333 .367 .605 .687 76 .394 -23.8 -2.5 .512 .188 .114 7
CLE (3 yrs) 300 239 16 1.8 99 .229 .195 .264 .232 .337 .259 .393 .490 .731 34 .180 -26.2 -2.8 .374 .117 .064 3.0
TEX (1 yr) 481 349 50 3.9 80 .256 .235 .242 .297 .310 .382 .349 .680 .659 105 .527 2.4 0.3 .608 .235 .147 6.2

Ratio Batting*

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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
1970 23 CLE AL 50 2.0% 26.0% 6.0% 4.0% 25% 4.33 3.5 46.0 46.0 1.36 64%
1971 24 CLE AL 206 1.0% 16.5% 4.4% 3.9% 21% 3.78 5.8 98.0 14.0 1.52 78%
1972 25 TEX AL 481 2.9% 16.6% 7.7% 7.1% 34% 2.16 5.4 30.6 8.6 1.36 71%
1973 26 CLE AL 44 0.0% 15.9% 4.6% 2.3% 11% 3.50 5.7 13.3 0.59 80%
4 Seasons 781 2.2% 17.2% 6.5% 5.8% 29% 2.63 5.3 41.8 10.5 1.33 73%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1970 23 CLE AL 0 0 40% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 67% 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1971 24 CLE AL 4 0 29% 80 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 50% 10 7 3 3 0 3 5 2 3
1972 25 TEX AL 8 0 23% 160 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 10 43% 26 17 9 3 2 1 15 6 9
1973 26 CLE AL 0 0 27% 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 12 0 25% 269 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 4 2 10 21 45% 38 25 13 8 4 4 21 8 13
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1970 23 CLE AL 50 74% 8 12 1 0 0 1.42 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 10 0 0% 3 2 67% 25 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0% 0
1971 24 CLE AL 206 55% 38 19 3 0 1 1.37 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 43 5 12% 14 2 14% 103 14 14% 5 3 60% 10 3 30% 0
1972 25 TEX AL 481 37% 101 9 2 0 3 2.53 14 0 13 9 5 6 8 0 7 7 100% 100 6 6% 51 18 35% 293 37 13% 35 16 46% 22 12 55% 0
1973 26 CLE AL 44 68% 9 1 0 0 0 0.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 8 2 25% 26 3 12% 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 0
4 Seasons 781 46% 156 41 6 0 4 1.62 17 0 15 11 6 6 11 0 9 9 100% 163 12 7% 76 24 32% 447 54 12% 43 21 49% 37 15 41% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1970 23 26 50 46 5 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 13 .174 .224 .261 .485 32 12 0 0 1 0 0
1971 24 100 256 242 20 46 7 0 3 15 2 2 12 47 .190 .228 .256 .485 32 62 5 0 2 0 0
1972 25 229 737 671 63 147 26 1 17 65 6 5 49 127 .219 .273 .337 .610 78 226 11 3 9 5 2
1973 26 240 781 711 66 156 26 2 17 68 7 5 51 134 .219 .272 .333 .605 76 237 12 3 9 7 2

Neutralized Batting

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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
1970 23 26 50 47 5 9 1 0 1 1 0 3 13 .191 .240 .277 .517 3 26
1971 24 74 205 196 16 37 6 0 2 15 2 9 34 .189 .224 .250 .474 11 74
1972 25 135 526 470 59 127 24 1 18 69 5 47 84 .270 .338 .440 .779 69 129
1973 26 11 44 40 3 9 0 1 0 3 1 2 7 .225 .250 .275 .525 3 11
4 Seasons 246 825 753 83 182 31 2 21 88 8 61 138 .242 .299 .372 .671 86 240
162 Game Avg. 162 543 496 55 120 20 1 14 58 5 40 91 .242 .299 .372 .671 57 240

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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