Dan Ford

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: May 19, 1952 in Los Angeles, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (18th) of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 12, 1975 (Age 22-328d, 13,613th in major league history)
vs. KCR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 31, 1985 (Age 33-012d)
vs. OAK 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: Darnell Glenn Ford

Nicknames: Disco Dan

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1983 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.9

4163

1123

121

.270

598

RBI

566

OBP

.324

SLG

.427

OPS

.750

OPS+

109

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-38 / in Starts: 24-34
Longest Hitting Streak	16 games
Longest On Base Streak	16 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 249 PAs	26
Actual Runners on Base	175 (90-55-30)
Avg. MLBer w/ 249 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	152 (74-51-26)

Most Driven In
C Lansford	7
Self	7
R Carew	4
B Campaneris	3
L Harlow	2
D Thon	2
F Patek	1
D Baylor	0

Most Driven In By
Self	7
D Baylor	4
B Downing	3
A Cowens	2
J Rudi	2
B Grich	2
D Skaggs	1
J Thompson	1

1980 Batting Game Log

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1980 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	713	1	Apr 11	CAL		CLE	W,10-2	GS-8	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	3	.62	0.067	.77	0.05%	0.86	RF
2	714	2	Apr 12	CAL		CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.857	1.232	3	1.10	-0.069	1.48	-0.06%	-0.67	RF
3	715	4 (1)	Apr 14	CAL		MIN	L,3-5	GS-9	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.417	.800	1.217	3	.55	0.069	.86	0.06%	0.49	RF
4	716	5	Apr 15	CAL		MIN	W,3-1	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.714	1.089	3	.38	-0.026	.51	-0.02%	-1.01	RF
5	717	6	Apr 16	CAL		MIN	W,2-1	GS-10	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.579	.912	3	1.54	0.008	2.35	0.01%	-0.43	RF
6	718	7	Apr 18	CAL	@	OAK	L,3-6	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.304	.524	.828	3	.91	-0.034	1.41	-0.03%	-0.40	RF
7	719	9 (1)	Apr 20 (1)	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-6	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.292	.500	.792	3	1.16	-0.027	1.64	-0.02%	-0.28	RF
8	720	11 (1)	Apr 22	CAL	@	MIN	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.462	.747	3	.78	0.010	.84	0.01%	-0.15	RF
9	721	17 (5)	Apr 29	CAL		OAK	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.313	.448	.761	5	1.37	-0.029	1.53	-0.02%	-0.52	RF
10	722	18	Apr 30	CAL		OAK	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.278	.394	.672	5	.71	-0.063	.73	-0.04%	-0.76	RF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	723	19	May 1	CAL		SEA	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.300	.371	.671	5	1.58	-0.112	1.67	-0.07%	-0.98	RF
12	724	20	May 2	CAL		SEA	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.295	.385	.680	5	1.24	-0.075	1.48	-0.05%	-0.27	RF
13	725	21	May 3	CAL		SEA	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.277	.357	.634	5	.86	-0.064	1.09	-0.05%	-0.49	RF
14	726	23 (1)	May 6	CAL		TOR	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.275	.348	.622	5	1.57	0.057	1.85	0.04%	-0.52	RF
15	727	24	May 7	CAL		TOR	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.180	.255	.320	.575	5	.66	-0.093	.74	-0.06%	-1.61	RF
16	728	25	May 8	CAL		TOR	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.237	.296	.534	6	.22	-0.022	.24	-0.01%	-1.09	RF
17	729	26	May 9	CAL		DET	L,5-6	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.238	.310	.548	6	1.40	0.191	1.29	0.11%	0.08	RF
18	730	27	May 10	CAL		DET	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.254	.311	.565	4	.43	0.019	.38	0.01%	0.07	DH
19	731	29 (1)	May 14	CAL	@	CLE	W,13-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.264	.318	.582	4	.60	0.097	.36	0.04%	1.46	DH
20	732	30	May 16	CAL	@	KCR	W,11-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.260	.300	.560	4	.59	0.033	.51	0.02%	-0.75	DH
21	733	31	May 17	CAL	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.268	.307	.575	4	1.11	-0.089	1.09	-0.05%	-0.47	DH
22	734	32	May 18	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.192	.267	.295	.562	4	1.39	-0.161	1.31	-0.09%	-1.27	DH
23	735	33	May 19	CAL	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG(13)	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.185	.275	.284	.559	4	1.85	-0.103	1.45	-0.05%	-0.81	RF
24	736	34	May 20	CAL	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG(7)	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.284	.294	.578	4	.66	0.093	.59	0.05%	0.92	RF
25	737	35	May 21	CAL	@	TEX	W,9-8	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.290	.333	.623	4	.68	0.059	.65	0.03%	0.77	RF
26	738	36	May 22	CAL	@	TEX	L,6-12	CG	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.314	.362	.676	4	.83	0.068	.92	0.05%	0.84	DH
27	739	37	May 23	CAL		KCR	L,9-13	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.232	.309	.354	.663	4	.28	-0.034	.29	-0.02%	-0.91	DH
28	740	38	May 24	CAL		KCR	L,5-6	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.240	.313	.356	.669	4	2.69	0.046	2.51	0.03%	-0.26	DH
29	741	39	May 25	CAL		KCR	L,3-7	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.236	.311	.349	.660	4	1.13	-0.009	.97	-0.01%	-0.13	DH
30	742	40	May 26	CAL		TEX	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.309	.345	.654	4	1.19	0.044	.75	0.02%	-0.01	RF
31	743	41	May 27	CAL		TEX	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.228	.299	.333	.633	4	1.44	-0.089	.81	-0.03%	-0.94	RF
32	744	42	May 28	CAL		TEX	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.220	.290	.322	.612	4	2.03	-0.239	1.26	-0.09%	-2.04	RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	745	107 (64)	Aug 8	CAL		MIN	W,9-5	GS-7	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.304	.361	.664	2	.76	0.154	.00	0.00%	2.28	RF
34	746	108	Aug 9	CAL		MIN	W,8-2	GS-7	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.309	.373	.682	2	.68	0.104	.00	0.00%	1.23	RF
35	747	109	Aug 10	CAL		MIN	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.238	.301	.362	.662	3	1.57	-0.220	.00	0.00%	-1.76	RF
36	748	111 (1)	Aug 13	CAL	@	SEA	W,10-4	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.299	.359	.657	9	2.33	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH RF
37	749	112	Aug 14	CAL	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.295	.353	.648	2	1.17	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.48	DH
38	750	113	Aug 15	CAL	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.241	.299	.355	.653	2	.69	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.74	RF
39	751	114	Aug 17 (1)	CAL	@	MIN	L,1-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.303	.359	.662	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.13	PH
40	752	115	Aug 17 (2)	CAL	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.308	.366	.674	3	.70	0.084	.00	0.00%	1.03	RF
41	753	116	Aug 18	CAL	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.319	.392	.711	3	.32	0.032	.00	0.00%	1.93	RF
42	754	117	Aug 19	CAL		BAL	L,2-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.323	.396	.719	9	1.53	0.058	.00	0.00%	0.73	PH
43	755	118	Aug 20	CAL		BAL	L,5-6	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.261	.325	.392	.718	3	1.83	-0.092	.00	0.00%	-0.01	DH
44	756	119	Aug 21	CAL		BAL	L,1-7	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.261	.324	.395	.719	3	.61	0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.15	DH
45	757	121 (1)	Aug 23	CAL		NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.328	.400	.728	3	.85	0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.07	DH
46	758	122	Aug 24	CAL		NYY	L,2-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.330	.396	.726	3	1.62	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.42	DH
47	759	125 (2)	Aug 28	CAL	@	BAL	L,8-13	GS-6	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.335	.419	.754	3	.97	-0.006	.00	0.00%	0.95	RF
48	760	127 (1)	Aug 30	CAL	@	BAL	W,12-6	GS-8	5	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.347	.430	.778	3	.85	0.094	.00	0.00%	2.00	RF
49	761	128	Aug 31	CAL	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.345	.426	.771	3	.87	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-0.63	RF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	762	129	Sep 1	CAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.347	.425	.772	3	1.32	0.110	.00	0.00%	0.30	RF
51	763	130	Sep 2	CAL	@	BOS	L,2-10	GS-7	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.350	.424	.774	3	.54	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.21	RF
52	764	132 (1)	Sep 4	CAL	@	NYY	L,3-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.353	.427	.780	8	.43	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.13	PH
53	765	133	Sep 5	CAL	@	NYY	L,5-6	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.351	.425	.776	9	1.31	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.10	PH
54	766	134	Sep 6	CAL	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.344	.416	.760	4	1.21	-0.157	.00	0.00%	-1.44	RF
55	767	135	Sep 7	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.338	.407	.745	3	1.16	-0.140	.00	0.00%	-1.38	RF
56	768	136	Sep 8	CAL		KCR	W,7-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.341	.424	.765	4	.61	0.197	.00	0.00%	1.96	RF
57	769	137	Sep 9	CAL		KCR	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.287	.344	.441	.784	4	.34	0.102	.00	0.00%	0.46	RF
58	770	138	Sep 10	CAL		KCR	W,8-3	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.348	.441	.789	5	1.77	0.170	.00	0.00%	1.52	RF
59	771	139	Sep 11	CAL		KCR	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.284	.342	.433	.775	5	.80	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-1.38	RF
60	772	144 (4)	Sep 17 (2)	CAL	@	KCR	W,7-4	GS-9	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.348	.439	.786	4	1.17	-0.027	.00	0.00%	0.49	RF
61	773	146 (1)	Sep 19	CAL	@	TEX	W,6-2	GS-7	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.350	.440	.790	4	1.39	0.201	.00	0.00%	1.87	RF
62	774	147	Sep 20	CAL	@	TEX	W,6-4	9-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.347	.436	.783	4	3.49	-0.150	.00	0.00%	-1.38	PH
63	775	149 (1)	Sep 22	CAL	@	MIL	W,7-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.288	.346	.434	.780	1	2.36	-0.138	.00	0.00%	-1.56	PH
64	776	150	Sep 23	CAL	@	MIL	W,2-1	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.344	.428	.772	4	.87	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.30	RF
65	777	154 (3)	Sep 28	CAL		CHW	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.339	.420	.759	4	.71	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.76	RF
							27-38		249	226	22	63	11	0	7	26	19	1	45	2	1	1	1	15	0	1	.279	.339	.420	.759		1.06	-0.436	.56	-0.27%	-5.82

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