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Sam Crawford League
4-1-2004
John Ford Relief Pitcher
Retired (1987, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 5.61 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 34-41 Status Retired (1987) Option Years 0  
SV 76 Age 52 (OS 53) Date of Birth 10-21-1951
K 387 Drafted Round 2, Pick 26
(1973)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(142 games)
IP 583.2
WHIP 1.57
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D- Contact vs. L D- Endurance C    Ldrship A+
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L D- Velocity B-   Mentor Val A+
Speed C  Bunt C- Control B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm D  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health A- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year H/A W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA
1979 Away 2 1 26 0 0 0 0 0 23.2 28 22 22 1 14 9 1.77 8.37
1979 Home 2 1 30 0 0 0 0 2 30.0 35 20 19 0 15 23 1.67 5.70
1980 Away 2 3 19 0 0 0 0 3 17.1 22 10 9 0 6 15 1.62 4.67
1980 Home 0 2 18 0 0 0 0 1 22.1 27 20 20 1 11 18 1.70 8.06
1981 Away 3 3 26 0 0 0 1 4 27.1 31 19 12 1 9 18 1.46 3.95
1981 Home 3 4 42 0 0 0 0 3 43.1 52 31 27 2 14 29 1.52 5.61
1982 Away 4 3 27 0 0 0 2 2 26.1 25 12 12 0 15 19 1.52 4.10
1982 Home 3 2 36 0 0 0 0 2 42.0 49 24 24 1 17 23 1.57 5.14
1983 Away 3 1 31 0 0 0 1 3 34.1 36 21 17 0 13 22 1.43 4.46
1983 Home 2 1 35 0 0 0 2 0 41.2 41 20 18 2 12 30 1.27 3.89
1984 Home 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0.86 3.86
1985 Away 1 4 30 0 0 0 3 1 34.2 43 24 24 1 12 22 1.59 6.23
1985 Home 4 4 36 0 0 0 0 2 45.1 43 26 26 0 14 37 1.26 5.16
1986 Away 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 10 3 1 1 2 7 1.16 0.87
1986 Home 2 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 13.0 12 14 13 1 7 9 1.46 9.00
1987 Away 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 0 5 1 1.83 6.00
1987 Home 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 8.2 13 7 7 0 5 4 2.08 7.27
2004 Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
2004 Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total Away 15 16 174 0 0 0 7 13 180.0 201 115 101 4 76 113 1.54 5.05
Total Home 17 15 216 1 0 0 2 10 248.2 274 163 155 7 95 175 1.48 5.61
Total
34
 41
540
1
0
0
76
 38
583.2
 678 387 364 16 236
387
1.57
5.61
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1987-11-01John Ford has retired from the Cincinnati Reds
1987-05-12John Ford of the Cincinnati Reds is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1987-04-05The Cincinnati Reds have acquired John Ford from the waiver wire.
1987-03-05The St. Louis Showboats have promoted Ernie Zimmerman to the major league team. The St. Louis Showboats have designated John Ford for assignment.
1985-05-31The St. Louis Showboats have removed John Ford from the trade block.
1984-08-16The St. Louis Showboats have placed John Ford on the trade block.
1984-04-06John Ford of the St. Louis Showboats is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1975-05-01The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted John Ford to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Frank Ryan to the minors.
1975-05-01The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Chuck Carter to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent John Ford to the minors.
1975-04-29The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted John Ford to the major league team.