Dave Ford

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: December 29, 1956 in Cleveland, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (23rd) of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lincoln West HS (Cleveland, OH).

High School: Lincoln West HS (Cleveland, OH)

Debut: September 2, 1978 (Age 21-247d, 14,083rd in major league history)
vs. CHW 8.1 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 9, 1981 (Age 24-254d)
vs. CLE 2.2 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Full Name: David Alan Ford

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

ERA

4.02

154.2

WHIP

1.241

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-17 / in Starts: 1-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 17

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	12	4	Apr 13	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-5		99	4.2	5	2	2	4	1	0	1	3.86	5.54	21	8	2	1	1	5	43			0	1	0	16	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.47	-0.079	1.76	-0.06%	-0.29	1b start a 1	5b 123 2 out tie
2	13	8	Apr 18	BAL		CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	4	2	2	0	4	1	0	2.63	4.07	31	10	13	2	0	4	75			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.286	.90	0.23%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	14	12	Apr 22	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	4-6		3	2.2	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.31	3.85	12	4	4	1	1	4		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.087	1.97	-0.07%	-0.50	4b 1-- 1 out tie	6b 3 out a1
4	15	16	Apr 27	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-3	6-GF(8)	L(1-1)	4	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.38	3.61	9	3	3	0	1	2		1	0	1	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.093	1.30	-0.06%	0.24	6b 1-- 2 out tie	8b end d 1
5	16	18	Apr 30	BAL		NYY	W,7-4	7-7	H(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.32	3.75	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.007	1.01	0.00%	0.09	7t 1-- 1 out a3	7t 12- 2 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	17	21	May 4	BAL	@	TEX	W,9-5	6-GF	S(1)	3	3.2	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.78	3.72	17	5	7	0	1	4		2	0	1	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	2	.95	0.138	.87	0.08%	1.34	6b 12- 1 out a4	9b end a 4
7	18	26	May 9	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	7-7		4	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	3.72	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	-0.060	2.94	-0.04%	-0.33	7b 12- 2 out a2	7b 123 2 out a2
8	19	29	May 12	BAL		TEX	L,1-5	GS-1	L(1-2)	2	0.2	4	4	4	0	0	1	0	4.24	4.25	6	2	0	0	0	4	28			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.315	.97	-0.16%	-3.61	1t start tie	1t --- 2 out d4
9	20	31	May 14	BAL		TEX	L,3-6	7-GF		1	2.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.81	4.10	9	4	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.16	0.035	.14	0.02%	1.90	7t 12- 1 out d4	9t end d 3
10	21	35	May 20(1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-4	6-GF(8)		5	2.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.49	3.92	7	2	4	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.018	.10	0.01%	1.46	6b 12- 2 out d4	8b end d 4
11	22	43	May 27	BAL		CLE	L,6-7	6-9	L(1-3)	6	3.1	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.69	4.14	12	5	3	0	1	3		1	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.29	-0.054	2.42	-0.03%	0.69	6t 1-- 0 out tie	9t -2- 1 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	23	47	Jun 2	BAL		MIL	W,9-8	6-7		5	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.01	4.06	9	4	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.231	1.21	-0.14%	-1.01	6t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d2
13	24	57	Jun 13	BAL	@	SEA	L,6-7	6-7		10	1.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.86	4.18	7	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.28	0.006	.26	0.00%	0.00	6b --- 1 out d3	7b 123 2 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	25	78	Jul 6	BAL		BOS	L,4-6	3-8		22	6.0	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.51	4.19	22	7	7	0	1	6		1	1	0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.023	.39	0.01%	1.36	3t 1-- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
15	26	83	Jul 14	BAL		KCR	L,4-8	5-GF		7	4.1	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.77	4.14	21	7	5	0	1	6		2	0	1	0	0	19	0	1	1	0	0	0	.30	-0.062	.17	-0.02%	-0.58	5t 12- 2 out d3	9t end d 4
16	27	88	Jul 19	BAL		TEX	L,8-11	6-9	H(2)	4	2.1	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.97	4.30	9	2	4	2	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.076	1.09	-0.04%	-0.13	6t 1-3 2 out a2	9t -2- 0 out a1
17	28	90	Jul 21(1)	BAL	@	MIN	L,7-8	4-6		1	2.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.93	4.44	10	3	4	2	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.118	.61	-0.04%	-0.71	4b 12- 0 out a1	6b -2- 2 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	29	111	Aug 13	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		22	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	4.41	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.03	0.001	.09	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
19	30	123	Aug 25	BAL	@	SEA	L,5-10	1-7		11	6.2	5	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.88	4.36	26	7	9	2	1	5		2	2	0	1	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.099	.99	-0.22%	-0.76	1b 1-3 1 out d2	7b 3 out d5
20	31	126	Aug 29	BAL		CAL	L,0-5	5-GF		3	4.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.61	4.18	15	4	7	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.028	.33	0.07%	2.31	5t -2- 2 out d5	9t end d 5
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	32	130	Sep 2	BAL		SEA	W,10-4	9-GF		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.57	4.16	3	0	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.002	.18	0.01%	-0.09	9t 12- 1 out a7	9t end a 6
22	33	141	Sep 12	BAL	@	TOR	L,5-7	6-8		9	1.2	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.76	4.30	6	1	2	0	0	2		3	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.000	1.73	0.00%	0.30	6b 123 2 out d2	8b 1-- 1 out d1
23	34	152	Sep 24	BAL		BOS	W,12-9	2-4		11	1.2	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	4.07	4.55	9	2	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.236	.39	-0.09%	-2.17	2t --- 2 out d5	4t --- 1 out d2
24	35	158	Sep 30	BAL	@	BOS	W,11-6	8-9		5	1.2	4	3	3	0	1	2	0	4.37	4.85	9	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.002	.04	0.00%	-2.27	8b --- 0 out a7	9b -2- 2 out a5
25	36	161	Oct 4(2)	BAL		CLE	L,4-6	8-GF		3	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4.26	4.82	5	2	1	0	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.004	.42	0.00%	0.68	8t 1-3 1 out d2	9t end d 3
							8-17		W-L:1-3,Sv:1,Hld:2	3.9	69.2	66	34	33	13	22	11	2	4.26	4.82	281	0.97		7%	6%	65	49	29	24%	5	4	0	263	8	3	2	6	0	2	.75	-0.968	.89	-0.55%	0.89

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