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Ted Ford

Theodore Henry Ford

Position: Rightfielder
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
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Indians 1970-1973

Final Game: September 29, 1973
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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
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

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
1970 23 CLE AL 50 -4 0 -1 0 1 0 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 9/78
1971 24 CLE AL 206 -17 0 1 1 5 -2 7 -5 -0.8 -10 -1.2 0.4 $ 987
1972 25 TEX AL 481 8 -1 1 1 5 -6 16 24 2.6 19 2.1 0.5 $10,200 *97
1973 26 CLE AL 44 -3 0 0 0 -5 0 1 -7 -0.7 -2 -0.2 -0.5 $ /98
4 Seasons 781 -16 -1 1 2 6 -8 26 9 0.7 4 0.4 0.3 $10,200
CLE (3 yrs) 300 -24 0 0 1 1 -2 10 -15 -1.9 -15 -1.7 -0.2 $
TEX (1 yr) 481 8 -1 1 1 5 -6 16 24 2.6 19 2.1 0.5 $10,200

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
1970 23 CLE AL 50 39 3 2.1 101 .219 .174 .262 .224 .337 .261 .401 .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 .350 .680 .660 105 .527 2.3 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 .688 76 .394 -23.9 -2.5 .512 .188 .114 9.9
162 Game Avg. 527 397 45 3.0 87 .245 .219 .251 .272 .321 .333 .367 .605 .688 76 .394 -23.9 -2.5 .512 .188 .114 7
CLE (3 yrs) 300 239 16 1.8 99 .229 .195 .264 .232 .337 .259 .394 .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 .350 .680 .660 105 .527 2.3 0.3 .608 .235 .147 6.2

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
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 2.0% 14.4% 8.7% 6.0% 27% 1.65 6.2 43.6 9.0 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1970 23 CLE AL -4.6 -0.5 50 -0.7 0.4 -1.1 1.16 -0.5 -0.1 -4.3 -0.4 0.91 -4.4 1.36 12
1971 24 CLE AL -18.7 -2.0 214 -0.7 3.4 -4.1 1.07 -1.2 0.5 -7.2 -0.7 0.93 -11.4 1.30 19
1972 25 TEX AL 2.3 0.3 493 0.1 8.6 -8.4 1.03 0.5 -0.4 5.7 0.6 0.98 7.2 2.53 9
1973 26 CLE AL -3.0 -0.3 45 -0.1 0.6 -0.6 .79 -0.3 0.2 -3.4 -0.3 0.96 -3.6 0.43 1
4 Seasons -23.9 -2.5 802 -1.4 12.9 -14.3 1.03 -1.6 0.2 -9.2 -0.9 0.96 -12.3 1.57 41

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
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

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
1970 23 CLE AL 50 74% 8 12 1 0 0 1.36 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 10 0 0% 3 2 67% 25 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1971 24 CLE AL 206 55% 38 19 3 0 1 1.30 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 43 5 12% 14 2 14% 103 14 14% 5 3 60% 1 1 100% 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% 16 11 69% 0
1973 26 CLE AL 44 68% 9 1 0 0 0 0.43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 8 2 25% 26 3 12% 3 2 67% 1 0 0% 0
4 Seasons 781 46% 156 41 6 0 4 1.57 17 0 15 11 6 6 11 0 9 9 100% 163 12 7% 76 24 32% 447 54 12% 43 21 49% 20 13 65% 0
MLB Averages 54% 74% 11% 31% 14% 47% 53%

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
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 77 226 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

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
1970 23 26 50 47 6 9 1 0 1 1 0 3 13 .191 .240 .277 .517 3 26
1971 24 74 207 198 16 39 6 0 2 15 2 9 34 .197 .232 .258 .489 12 74
1972 25 135 523 468 60 125 24 1 17 70 5 46 84 .267 .335 .432 .766 68 129
1973 26 11 44 40 3 9 0 1 0 3 1 2 7 .225 .250 .275 .525 3 11
4 Seasons 246 824 753 85 182 31 2 20 89 8 60 138 .242 .299 .368 .666 86 240
162 Game Avg. 162 543 496 56 120 20 1 13 59 5 40 91 .242 .299 .368 .666 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 1919 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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