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Bobby Doerr League 5-2-2024 |
| River Ford |  Left FieldRetired (1981, Age 34) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVG | .254 | Total Rating |
|
Bats/Throws | B/R | |
| OPS | .666 | Status | Deceased (2023) | Option Years | 0
|
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| H | 480 | Age at Death | 76 | Date of Birth | 06-25-1947 | |
| HR | 13 | Drafted | Round 3, Pick 41 (1972) |
Majors Svc Time | 6 years (10 games) |
|
| RBI | 183 | |||||
| SB | 40 | |||||
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
Mentor vR |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control |
Mentor vL |
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| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | --- | SS | --- | Range | WS Rings | 0 | |||
| 1B | --- | LF | (100%) | Arm | WS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 2B | --- | CF | (64.1%) |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 0 | |||
| 3B | --- | RF | (98.7%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | PIT | 2 |
8 |
2 |
3
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | .819 |
.444 |
.375 |
.000 |
.375 |
|
| 1974 | PIT | 110 |
371 |
39 |
91
|
16 |
5 |
3 |
55 |
44 |
59 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
5 | 5 | .671 |
.332 |
.340 |
.094 |
.245 |
|
| 1975 | PIT | 126 |
517 |
68 |
119
|
19 |
4 |
1 |
31 |
62 |
89 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
5 | 1 | .603 |
.315 |
.288 |
.058 |
.230 |
|
| 1976 | PIT | 128 |
474 |
61 |
121
|
18 |
2 |
4 |
49 |
44 |
84 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
6 | 3 | .645 |
.318 |
.327 |
.072 |
.255 |
|
| 1977 | PIT | 122 |
433 |
49 |
125
|
24 |
1 |
4 |
37 |
60 |
75 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
5 | 4 | .750 |
.374 |
.376 |
.088 |
.289 |
|
| 1978 | PIT | 29 |
62 |
7 |
12
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
10 |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | .596 |
.306 |
.290 |
.097 |
.194 |
|
| 1979 | SD | 17 |
24 |
2 |
9
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
0 | 0 | .907 |
.407 |
.500 |
.125 |
.375 |
|
| Total | 534 |
1889 |
228 |
480
|
79 |
14 |
13 |
183 |
223 |
319 | 7 | 6 | 40 |
21 | 13 | .666 |
.334 |
.331 |
.077 |
.254 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1981-11-01 | River Ford has retired from the Philadelphia Sluggers |
| 1981-10-01 | The Philadelphia Sluggers have acquired River Ford from the waiver wire. |
| 1981-04-01 | The San Diego Chargers have waived River Ford. |
| 1980-04-01 | The San Diego Chargers have promoted Mark Hogan to the major league team. The San Diego Chargers have designated River Ford for assignment. |
| 1978-05-24 | The Pittsburgh Putrid have placed River Ford on the trade block. |
| 1975-09-04 | River Ford of the Pittsburgh Miners is injured and is expected to be out 18 days. |
| 1975-04-01 | The Pittsburgh Miners have promoted River Ford to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Miners have promoted Kazuya Kadoshima to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Miners have designated Will Carpenter for assignment. The Pittsburgh Miners have designated Les Paul for assignment. |
| 1974-10-13 | The Pittsburgh Miners have sent River Ford to the minors. |
| 1974-04-03 | The Pittsburgh Miners have auto-promoted River Ford to the major leagues. |
| 1973-04-01 | The Pittsburgh Miners have renamed Steve Buford to River Ford. |
| 1973-04-01 | The Pittsburgh Miners have promoted Isao Tsukazaki to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Miners have sent Clint Walker to the minors. The Pittsburgh Miners have sent Steve Buford to the minors. |
| 1972-09-19 | The Pittsburgh Miners have promoted Steve Buford to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Miners have promoted Hank Erchief to the major league team. |