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 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
1970 CLE AL 23 OF 12 9 81.0 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 8.9 1.6 0.5 1.1 -1 2.78 2.08 .980 2.14 1.85
1970 CLE AL 23 RF 10 8 68.0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 1.8 1.1 1.0 0.1 -1 2.78 2.10 .976 1.99 1.59
1970 CLE AL 23 LF 2 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 240.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 7.20 2.00 .975 1.80 1.50
1970 CLE AL 23 CF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.59 2.30
1971 CLE AL 24 OF 55 43 382.1 111 107 4 0 0 1.000 5.3 16.6 4.3 1.3 3.0 1 2.61 2.02 .982 2.24 1.96
1971 CLE AL 24 RF 29 20 180.2 41 39 2 0 0 1.000 0.8 5.3 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 2.04 1.41 .980 2.05 1.70
1971 CLE AL 24 CF 21 19 159.0 60 58 2 0 0 1.000 3.1 23.4 3.1 1.5 1.6 0 3.40 2.86 .983 2.73 2.32
1971 CLE AL 24 LF 11 4 42.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.4 39.4 0.4 -0.2 0.6 1 1.48 0.64 .986 1.94 1.60
1972 TEX AL 25 OF 119 114 993.1 259 242 11 6 2 .977 4.8 5.8 4.8 -3.6 8.5 0 2.29 2.13 .983 2.22 1.91
1972 TEX AL 25 RF 102 97 844.1 222 207 10 5 2 .977 5.1 7.2 5.1 -2.5 7.7 0 2.31 2.13 .980 2.12 1.76
1972 TEX AL 25 LF 18 17 149.0 31 29 1 1 0 .968 -0.3 -2.4 -0.3 -1.1 0.8 0 1.81 1.67 .981 1.89 1.53
1973 CLE AL 26 OF 10 9 87.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -4.9 -67.6 -3.9 -1.3 -2.6 -1 0.62 0.60 .983 2.29 2.02
1973 CLE AL 26 RF 7 3 40.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -57.0 -0.9 -0.7 -0.2 -1 0.90 0.57 .975 2.09 1.73
1973 CLE AL 26 CF 6 6 47.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -3.0 -76.6 -3.0 -0.6 -2.4 0 0.57 0.50 .967 2.78 2.53
4 Seasons OF 196 175 1543.2 401 379 16 6 2 .985 5.8 4.5 6.8 -3.1 10.0 -1 2.30 2.02 .983 2.22 1.93
4 Seasons RF 148 128 1133.0 288 270 13 5 2 .983 4.1 4.3 6.1 -2.2 8.4 -2 2.25 1.91 .980 2.10 1.74
3 Seasons LF 31 21 196.2 42 40 1 1 0 .976 2.1 12.8 1.1 -1.3 2.4 1 1.88 1.32 .981 1.90 1.55
3 Seasons CF 28 26 214.0 65 63 2 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -2.2 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 0 2.73 2.32 .983 2.73 2.36
4 Seasons TOT 196 175 1543.2 401 379 16 6 2 .985 5.8 4.5 6.8 -3.1 10.0 -1 2.30 2.02 .968 2.22 1.93

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
1970 CLE AL 23 26 9 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 12 13 3
1971 CLE AL 24 74 43 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 21 29 55 20 4
1972 TEX AL 25 129 114 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 102 119 13 0
1973 CLE AL 26 11 9 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 10 0 1 0
4 Seasons 240 175 240 239 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 28 148 196 0 47 7
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 -- 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%
1970 CLE AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 12 3 25.0% 9 0 0.0% 1 317 61% 72% 21% 40 53%
1971 CLE AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 9 1 0 7 2 1 6 4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 25 10 40.0% 14 1 4.0% 1 849 60% 72% 23% 79 52%
1972 TEX AL 25 5 0 5 0 2 10 0 5 2 3 38 17 1 27 2 2 16 11 1 12 1 1 20 13 1 113 44 38.9% 63 6 5.3% 4 3819 59% 75% 25% 378 57%
1973 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 189 67% 73% 23% 9 44%
4 Seasons 5 0 5 0 2 13 0 6 3 4 51 18 1 41 6 3 23 15 1 14 2 1 25 16 1 154 57 37.0% 90 7 4.5% 6 5174 60% 74% 25% 506 56%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.3% 61% 77% 26% 53%

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%
1970 CLE AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 22 64% 77% 41% 5 80%
1971 CLE AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 191 73% 69% 24% 17 41%
1972 TEX AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 5 1 0 5 4 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 22 12 54.5% 10 0 0.0% 1 647 66% 74% 23% 64 47%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 7 0 6 2 0 7 6 0 3 1 0 4 2 0 28 18 64.3% 10 0 0.0% 1 860 68% 73% 24% 86 48%
MLB Averages 57.9% 2.6% 61% 77% 26% 47%

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%
1970 CLE AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 36 89% 81% 25% 4 50%
1971 CLE AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 10 3 0 6 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 5 3 0 25 8 32.0% 17 0 0.0% 2 713 54% 74% 27% 105 57%
1973 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 206 49% 77% 20% 12 25%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 14 6 0 7 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 5 3 0 30 11 36.7% 19 0 0.0% 2 955 54% 75% 25% 121 54%
MLB Averages 43.0% 2.1% 61% 77% 26% 56%

* 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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