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Dale Murphy League
4-1-2050
Lew Ford Right Field
Retired (1968, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .245 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .659 Status Deceased (2001) Option Years 0  
H 212 Age at Death 67 Date of Birth 01-27-1934
HR 18 Drafted Round 2, Pick 31
(1955)		 Majors Svc Time 6 years
(110 games)
RBI 98
SB 0
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship F 
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L C  Velocity C-   Mentor vR C-
Speed C  Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL F 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF C- (32.1%) Arm D  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF D- (9.3%)   Health D  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1955 KC
30
105
10
24
6
1
3
14
5
 20 2 2
0
 0 6
.662
.272
.390
.162
.229
1956 KC
17
35
4
8
2
0
1
5
6
 4 0 0
0
 0 0
.713
.341
.371
.143
.229
1957 KC
89
188
21
56
12
0
2
17
5
 33 1 1
0
 0 1
.712
.318
.394
.096
.298
1958 KC-NYA
6
5
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
 1 0 0
0
 0 0
.900
.500
.400
.000
.400
1959 NYA-BRO
44
80
6
14
1
1
2
6
5
 10 0 0
0
 1 1
.511
.224
.288
.112
.175
1960 BRO
76
162
11
36
3
0
0
12
16
 31 0 0
0
 1 6
.533
.292
.241
.019
.222
1961 BRO
88
152
17
36
7
0
3
17
13
 33 1 2
0
 0 1
.640
.298
.342
.105
.237
1962 BRO
63
138
23
36
5
1
7
27
19
 20 0 0
0
 1 0
.814
.350
.464
.203
.261
Total
413
865
93
212
36
3
18
98
70
 152 4 5
0
 3 15
.659
.303
.356
.111
.245
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1968-11-01Lew Ford has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1964-04-01The Brooklyn Dodgers have waived Lew Ford.
1963-04-01The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted Bob Shave to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dodgers have designated Lew Ford for assignment.
1959-05-21The Brooklyn Humble Flys have promoted Lew Ford to the major league team. The Brooklyn Humble Flys have sent Sam Belardi to the minors.
1959-04-10The Brooklyn Humble Flys have acquired Lew Ford from the waiver wire.
1959-04-06The New York Yankees have waived Lew Ford.
1958-04-11A trade has been completed between the Kansas City TKs and the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees receive Ron Perranoski, Paul Abbott, Mike Marshall, Lew Ford, Draft Pick - 1959 Round 3 (KC) from the Kansas City TKs in exchange for Troy Bosetti, Draft Pick - 1959 Round 1 (NYA).
1957-10-03The Kansas City Twins have promoted Lew Ford to the major league team. The Kansas City Twins have sent Rusty Munoz to the minors.
1957-10-03The Kansas City Twins have promoted Rick Renick to the major league team. The Kansas City Twins have promoted Chip Hale to the major league team. The Kansas City Twins have sent Brian Raabe to the minors. The Kansas City Twins have sent Lew Ford to the minors.
1957-04-22The Kansas City Twins have promoted Lew Ford to the major league team.
1957-04-01The Kansas City Twins have promoted Frank Quilici to the major league team. The Kansas City Twins have sent Lew Ford to the minors.
1955-04-04The Kansas City Twins have renamed Harry Bargar to Lew Ford.
1955-04-01The Kansas City Twins have promoted Larry Wolfe to the major league team. The Kansas City Twins have promoted Harry Bargar to the major league team. The Kansas City Twins have promoted Rich Reese to the major league team. The Kansas City Twins have promoted Orlando Merced to the major league team. The Kansas City Twins have sent Howard Williams to the minors. The Kansas City Twins have sent Bernardo Brito to the minors. The Kansas City Twins have sent J.C. Hernandez to the minors. The Kansas City Twins have sent Roberto Kelly to the minors.