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| Name | Team | Age |
| Ford Shelby | Retired (2001, Age 35) | 52 |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 3, Pick 38 (1987) |
RF | L/L |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Gibson Feller League | 0 | 8 years (102 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
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Mentor vs LHP
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 4/3/1966 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alt Pos (LF) | Alt Pos (CF) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (98.7 %) | (3.2 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | POS | Team | G | GS | INN | TC | PO | A | E | DP | +/- | RF
|
FPCT |
| 1991 | LF | LAA-OAK | 48 | 48 | 427.66 | 85 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 1.75 | .976 |
| RF | LAA-OAK | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1.000 | |
| 1992 | LF | OAK | 17 | 13 | 120.66 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1.72 | 1.000 |
| RF | OAK | 6 | 6 | 49.0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1.84 | 1.000 | |
| 1993 | LF | OAK | 61 | 61 | 553.66 | 108 | 102 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.71 | .972 |
| CF | OAK | 7 | 7 | 61.0 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2.51 | .944 | |
| RF | OAK | 59 | 56 | 509.33 | 105 | 101 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 1.82 | .981 | |
| 1994 | LF | OAK | 50 | 49 | 435.66 | 86 | 80 | 2 | 4 | 0 | +1 | 1.69 | .953 |
| CF | OAK | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1.000 | |
| RF | OAK | 44 | 43 | 374.66 | 94 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2.26 | 1.000 | |
| 1995 | LF | OAK | 49 | 46 | 414.33 | 92 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 1.000 |
| CF | OAK | 21 | 21 | 189.0 | 57 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 2.62 | .965 | |
| RF | OAK | 57 | 57 | 502.33 | 102 | 99 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1.81 | .990 | |
| 1996 | LF | OAK | 58 | 58 | 503.33 | 133 | 126 | 5 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2.34 | .985 |
| RF | OAK | 43 | 39 | 346.33 | 61 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 1.56 | .984 | |
| 1997 | LF | OAK-LAA | 12 | 12 | 103.0 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.66 | 1.000 |
| RF | OAK-LAA | 101 | 100 | 872.0 | 212 | 205 | 4 | 3 | 1 | -4 | 2.16 | .986 | |
| 1998 | LF | LAA-OAK | 20 | 20 | 171.0 | 46 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.37 | .978 |
| RF | LAA-OAK | 28 | 23 | 205.66 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1.79 | 1.000 | |
| 1999 | LF | COL | 27 | 27 | 233.33 | 56 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 2.12 | .982 |
| CF | COL | 6 | 6 | 51.0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2.65 | 1.000 | |
| RF | COL | 91 | 90 | 810.33 | 155 | 153 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.72 | 1.000 | |
| 2000 | LF | COL | 12 | 3 | 48.0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2.62 | 1.000 |
| RF | COL | 61 | 42 | 405.66 | 85 | 82 | 2 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1.86 | .988 | |
| Pos Total | LF | 354 | 337 | 3010.63 | 662 | 629 | 20 | 13 | 4 | +1 | 1.94 | .980 | |
| CF | 35 | 35 | 309.0 | 92 | 85 | 4 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 2.59 | .967 | ||
| RF | 492 | 458 | 4091.3 | 871 | 845 | 18 | 8 | 4 | -4 | 1.90 | .991 | ||
| Total | 881 | 830 | 7410.93 | 1625 | 1559 | 42 | 24 | 8 | -6 | 1.94 | .985 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 2001-11-01 | Ford Shelby has retired from the Atlanta Firecrackers |
| 2001-09-02 | The Atlanta Firecrackers have promoted Ford Shelby to the major league team. |
| 2001-04-21 | The Atlanta Firecrackers have acquired Ford Shelby from the waiver wire. |
| 2001-03-25 | The Colorado Rams have promoted Drew Sewell to the major league team. The Colorado Rams have designated Frank Michael for assignment. The Colorado Rams have waived Ford Shelby. |
| 1999-04-01 | Trade #1893554 has been completed between the Colorado Rams and the Oakland Padres. The Oakland Padres receive Lee Orndorff, Hardy Arellanes, Jack Pike, George Rojek from the Colorado Rams in exchange for Ford Shelby, Draft Pick 2002 Round 1 OAK (Chi-Chi Queen). |
| 1998-10-13 | The Oakland Padres have placed Ford Shelby on the trade block. |
| 1998-08-03 | The Oakland Padres have promoted Dick Allen to the major league team. The Oakland Padres have promoted Jim Malave to the major league team. The Oakland Padres have promoted Craig Smith to the major league team. The Oakland Padres have promoted Tom Taylor to the major league team. The Oakland Padres have promoted Benny Stephenson to the major league team. The Oakland Padres have designated Joe Wade for assignment. The Oakland Padres have designated Ford Shelby for assignment. The Oakland Padres have designated Frank DeLancey for assignment. The Oakland Padres have designated Clete Boyer for assignment. The Oakland Padres have designated Carlos Gongora for assignment. |
| 1998-06-17 | The Oakland Padres have promoted Ford Shelby to the major league team. The Oakland Padres have promoted Jake Lamont to the major league team. The Oakland Padres have promoted Frank DeLancey to the major league team. The Oakland Padres have sent Wiki McQueen to the minors. The Oakland Padres have sent Roy Williams to the minors. |
| 1998-06-04 | The Oakland Padres have promoted John Wineapple to the major league team. The Oakland Padres have promoted Duke Jacome to the major league team. The Oakland Padres have promoted Tommy Turner to the major league team. The Oakland Padres have designated Ford Shelby for assignment. The Oakland Padres have designated Clete Boyer for assignment. The Oakland Padres have designated Carlos Gongora for assignment. |
| 1998-05-03 | Trade #1891033 has been completed between the Los Angeles Longhorns and the Oakland Padres. The Oakland Padres receive Moose May, Ford Shelby, John Johnson, Tony Brown from the Los Angeles Longhorns in exchange for John Hallahan. |
| 1997-10-23 | The Los Angeles Longhorns have acquired Ford Shelby from the waiver wire. |
| 1997-10-03 | The Oakland RoadRaiders have promoted John Rogers to the major league team. The Oakland RoadRaiders have promoted Ron Cross to the major league team. The Oakland RoadRaiders have promoted Craig Smith to the major league team. The Oakland RoadRaiders have sent Jack Dugey to the minors. The Oakland RoadRaiders have designated Shizuo Okoshi for assignment. The Oakland RoadRaiders have designated Ford Shelby for assignment. The Oakland RoadRaiders have designated Johnny Boyle for assignment. The Oakland RoadRaiders have designated Mike Marquis for assignment. |
| 1996-08-25 | Ford Shelby of the Oakland RoadRaiders is injured and is expected to be out 26 days. |
| 1992-08-23 | The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Ford Shelby to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have sent Ariel Lamadrid to the minors. |
| 1992-06-21 | The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Jeff Phoenix to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have sent Ford Shelby to the minors. |
| 1992-05-31 | The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Brian Reynolds to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Ford Shelby to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have designated Henry Ellison for assignment. The Oakland VinylJunkies have designated Roger Robertson for assignment. |
| 1992-04-20 | The Oakland VinylJunkies have demoted Ford Shelby to the minor leagues. |
| 1992-04-19 | The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Steven weber jr to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Ford Shelby to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have sent Bob Wockenfuss to the minors. The Oakland VinylJunkies have designated Wilbur Grieve for assignment. |
| 1992-04-15 | The Oakland VinylJunkies have demoted Ford Shelby to the minor leagues. |
| 1991-07-21 | The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Ford Shelby to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have sent Moose May to the minors. |
| 1991-06-25 | The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Wayne Sanford to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Moose May to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have sent Ford Shelby to the minors. The Oakland VinylJunkies have sent Don Hayworth to the minors. The Oakland VinylJunkies have sent Joe Lawrence to the minors. |
| 1991-06-08 | The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Ford Shelby to the major league team. |
| 1991-05-05 | The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Vince Snyder to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have sent Ford Shelby to the minors. |
| 1991-04-28 | The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Ford Shelby to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have designated Wayne Sanford for assignment. |
| 1991-04-14 | The Oakland VinylJunkies have promoted Dave Chacon to the major league team. The Oakland VinylJunkies have sent Ford Shelby to the minors. |
| 1991-04-14 | The Oakland VinylJunkies have renamed finn shelby to Ford Shelby. |
| 1991-04-14 | Trade #1868979 has been completed between the Los Angeles Longhorns and the Oakland VinylJunkies. The Oakland VinylJunkies receive finn shelby from the Los Angeles Longhorns in exchange for Mike Marquis. |
| 1991-04-01 | The Los Angeles Longhorns have promoted finn shelby to the major league team. The Los Angeles Longhorns have designated Hideyuki Fujieda for assignment. |
| 1990-04-01 | The Los Angeles Longhorns have renamed Mo Howard to finn shelby. |
| 1989-08-25 | Trade #1864146 has been completed between the Los Angeles Longhorns and the Oakland VinylJunkies. The Oakland VinylJunkies receive Draft Pick 1990 Round 3 MON (Jim Grote), Draft Pick 1990 Round 3 TEX (Ray Vaughn), Draft Pick 1990 Round 2 MON (Moose May) from the Los Angeles Longhorns in exchange for Harold Gill, Jim Dobson, Mo Howard. |
| 1987-04-11 | The Oakland VinylJunkies have renamed Vic Howard to Mo Howard. |
| 1984-05-19 | Trade #1845769 has been completed between the Los Angeles Longhorns and the Oakland VinylJunkies. The Oakland VinylJunkies receive Jim Billiard, Joe musgrove, Jeff bagwell, Chris stovken jr, Draft Pick 1987 Round 3 LAA (Mo Howard), Draft Pick 1987 Round 1 LAA (Tetsuya Kanazawa), Draft Pick 1986 Round 3 MIN (Don Hayworth) from the Los Angeles Longhorns in exchange for Masao Makida, Haucky Hughes. |