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Lou Whitaker League
4-1-2080
Jimmy Ford Right Field
Retired (1995, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .290 Total Rating A-   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .813 Status Deceased (2026) Option Years 0  
H 2206 Age at Death 68 Date of Birth 05-19-1958
HR 197 Drafted Round 1, Pick 10
(1976)
Majors Svc Time 15 years
(13 games)
RBI 967
SB 186
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A+ Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR
Speed A- Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 1
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF (3.3%)   Health LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 5
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1976 Minors 18 55.00 6 / 8 1 / 3 8 / 8 8 / 8 12 / 13 8 / 9 5 / 6 48 / 55
1976 Pos (RF) 18 39.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 20 / 39
1977 Minors 19 67.00 13 / 14 9 / 13 7 / 9 7 / 8 8 / 8 9 / 10 5 / 5 58 / 67
1978 Minors 20 42.00 1 / 5 7 / 11 2 / 2 4 / 5 5 / 6 4 / 5 7 / 8 30 / 42
1979 Minors 21 65.00 6 / 15 6 / 11 4 / 7 6 / 7 7 / 11 3 / 6 4 / 8 36 / 65
1980 Minors 22 41.00 1 / 8 0 / 3 3 / 4 1 / 5 6 / 10 3 / 6 0 / 5 14 / 41
1981 Majors 23 62.67 162 117 0 4 / 12 5 / 12 2 / 5 7 / 9 1 / 5 4 / 10 6 / 9 29 / 62
1982 Majors 24 69.93 162 130 0 3 / 9 1 / 5 9 / 11 7 / 10 3 / 11 6 / 13 6 / 10 35 / 69
1983 Majors 25 70.21 162 130 0 5 / 10 3 / 8 3 / 13 1 / 9 1 / 12 4 / 12 1 / 6 18 / 70
1984 Majors 26 64.67 162 130 0 0 / 6 1 / 7 2 / 8 4 / 15 3 / 8 3 / 8 2 / 12 15 / 64
1985 Majors 27 64.64 162 130 0 0 / 10 3 / 7 2 / 12 1 / 6 4 / 12 0 / 9 3 / 8 13 / 64
1986 Majors 28 68.47 162 130 0 0 / 10 1 / 9 2 / 6 2 / 10 2 / 13 0 / 13 2 / 7 9 / 68
1987 Majors 29 60.01 140 113 22 0 / 3 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 14 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 60
1988 Majors 30 67.98 159 128 3 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 11 0 / 12 1 / 14 1 / 67
1989 Majors 31 69.04 162 130 0 1 / 14 0 / 13 1 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 8 1 / 11 3 / 69
1990 Majors 32 67.06 162 122 0 1 / 10 1 / 11 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 5 1 / 9 0 / 11 3 / 67
1991 Majors 33 57.44 162 84 0 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 9 0 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 57
1992 Majors 34 61.75 152 114 10 -1 / 10 -2 / 13 -1 / 8 -2 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 4 -4 / 11 -10 / 61
1993 Majors 35 67.21 162 130 0 0 / 15 0 / 8 -1 / 9 -6 / 9 -4 / 8 -2 / 9 -4 / 9 -17 / 67
1994 Majors 36 68.83 162 130 0 -2 / 8 -3 / 5 -2 / 11 -2 / 11 1 / 10 -2 / 9 0 / 14 -10 / 68
1995 Majors 37 67.97 162 130 0 -2 / 13 -1 / 6 -1 / 15 -7 / 12 -9 / 9 -4 / 6 -4 / 6 -28 / 67
Total 2395 1848 35 36 / 196 32 / 165 40 / 174 31 / 181 40 / 181 37 / 175 31 / 178 267 / 1289
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1995-11-01Jimmy Ford has retired from the Baltimore Bash
1992-07-07Jimmy Ford of the Baltimore Bash is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1988-06-27Jimmy Ford of the Seattle Sonics is injured and is expected to be out 3 days.
1987-07-22Jimmy Ford of the Seattle Sonics is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1982-03-26The Seattle Sonics have drafted Jimmy Ford #17 overall in the Expansion Draft.
1981-04-01The Milwaukee Maulers have promoted Jimmy Ford to the major league team. The Milwaukee Maulers have designated Jack Graham for assignment. The Milwaukee Maulers have designated Nick Beane for assignment.