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Ralph Kiner League
5-31-2064
Mark Ford Center Field
Retired (1982, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .279 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .769 Status Deceased (2020) Option Years 0  
H 2242 Age at Death 75 Date of Birth 10-19-1945
HR 150 Drafted Round 1, Pick 13
(1963)		 Majors Svc Time 15 years
(43 games)
RBI 892
SB 539
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L C+ Velocity D+   Mentor vR A+
Speed A- Bunt D  Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 1
1B --- LF D+ (26.0%) Arm B  WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health C+ LCS Appearances 6
3B --- RF D  (17.5%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1975 Away 74 320 0 100 20 9 8 49 29 51 0 0 0 .879 .373 .506 .194 .312
1975 Home 70 280 0 76 7 11 9 37 31 42 0 0 0 .815 .344 .471 .200 .271
1976 Away 73 300 0 70 13 5 3 22 45 44 0 0 0 .671 .331 .340 .107 .233
1976 Home 71 299 0 84 15 5 6 26 37 45 0 0 0 .785 .360 .425 .144 .281
1977 Away 42 294 0 80 13 5 8 29 35 47 0 0 0 .781 .349 .432 .160 .272
1977 Home 40 295 0 89 14 11 6 33 31 46 0 0 0 .854 .370 .485 .183 .302
1978 Away 64 271 57 91 8 4 9 30 22 38 19 7 0 .884 .390 .494 .159 .336
1978 Home 70 278 48 92 14 6 5 35 36 39 30 8 1 .888 .410 .478 .147 .331
1979 Away 71 303 49 92 14 4 7 27 26 38 22 8 1 .806 .361 .446 .142 .304
1979 Home 73 295 53 78 17 7 6 34 23 40 27 8 2 .750 .320 .431 .166 .264
1980 Away 72 303 44 79 10 5 10 33 27 52 18 13 3 .749 .323 .426 .165 .261
1980 Home 72 297 47 78 17 5 6 28 29 41 20 8 2 .742 .328 .414 .152 .263
1981 Away 71 295 46 88 11 3 8 40 35 48 26 16 0 .809 .372 .437 .139 .298
1981 Home 73 299 34 84 13 2 3 26 30 56 20 17 0 .716 .348 .368 .087 .281
1982 Away 45 98 21 33 7 3 2 14 10 16 5 5 1 .925 .394 .531 .194 .337
1982 Home 44 82 8 18 4 0 0 6 14 16 3 0 1 .608 .340 .268 .049 .220
Total Away 512 2184 217 633 96 38 55 244 229 334 90 49 5 .802 .358 .444 .154 .290
Total Home 513 2125 190 599 101 47 41 225 231 325 100 41 6 .785 .354 .432 .150 .282
Total 2080 8048 1266 2242 368 157 150 892 869 1208 539 221 57 .769 .350 .419 .141 .279
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1982-11-01Mark Ford has retired from the Chicago Fire
1978-09-13Mark Ford of the Chicago Fire is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1972-05-13Mark Ford of the Chicago Fire is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1970-05-01Mark Ford of the Chicago Fire is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1967-08-23The Chicago Fire have promoted Mark Ford to the major league team. The Chicago Fire have sent Tommy Pillette to the minors.
1964-04-16The Chicago Fire have renamed Mark Christenbury to Mark Ford.
1963-08-16A trade has been completed between the Chicago Fire and the Washington Pandas. The Washington Pandas receive Randy Adams from the Chicago Fire in exchange for Mark Christenbury.