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Name	Team	Age
Ernie Ford	Retired (1988, Age 36)	Died (2019, Age 67)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 26 (1972)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ty Cobb League	0	13 years (132 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	B+	A-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	A	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C-	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C	0	4/16/1952
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	2
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (2B)
A  (91.8 %)	D- (5.7 %)	F  (0.5 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1972

Minors

54.00

5 / 9

4 / 9

2 / 6

3 / 9

4 / 4

8 / 8

7 / 9

33 / 54

1973

Minors

45.00

6 / 6

8 / 10

5 / 9

2 / 6

7 / 7

2 / 2

4 / 5

34 / 45

1974

Minors

61.00

4 / 9

4 / 12

2 / 6

4 / 9

7 / 9

3 / 7

2 / 9

26 / 61

1975

Majors

62.26

4 / 11

4 / 8

1 / 9

6 / 10

5 / 8

9 / 10

3 / 6

32 / 62

1976

Majors

55.91

3 / 6

1 / 7

2 / 6

2 / 8

8 / 12

4 / 5

7 / 11

27 / 55

1977

Majors

59.97

2 / 4

7 / 10

2 / 11

1 / 11

3 / 5

2 / 10

4 / 8

21 / 59

1978

Majors

58.77

1 / 6

1 / 7

0 / 8

2 / 6

3 / 7

3 / 11

3 / 13

13 / 58

1979

Majors

60.92

3 / 10

0 / 2

2 / 12

1 / 6

3 / 13

2 / 8

1 / 9

12 / 60

1980

Majors

59.30

0 / 6

1 / 13

1 / 8

0 / 6

1 / 8

2 / 7

1 / 11

6 / 59

1981

Majors

60.69

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 14

0 / 6

2 / 11

1 / 6

2 / 6

5 / 60

1982

Majors

46.00

0 / 12

0 / 8

2 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 0

2 / 46

1983

Majors

45.32

1 / 10

0 / 7

1 / 5

0 / 2

1 / 5

1 / 9

0 / 7

4 / 45

1984

Majors

60.29

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 8

1 / 6

0 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 13

1 / 60

1985

Majors

60.75

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 15

0 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 60

1986

Majors

57.48

0 / 13

0 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 2

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 57

1987

Majors

53.57

0 / 12

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 53

1988

Majors

8.36

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 8

Total

0

0

0

29 / 140

30 / 132

20 / 138

22 / 106

44 / 137

37 / 118

34 / 131

216 / 902

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1988-11-01	Ernie Ford has retired from the St. Louis Gateway Archers
1975-03-01	The St. Louis Gateway Archers have promoted Brian Riggan to the major league team. The St. Louis Gateway Archers have promoted Jake Gebhard to the major league team. The St. Louis Gateway Archers have promoted Ernie Ford to the major league team. The St. Louis Gateway Archers have promoted Mickey Keenan to the major league team.