Lew Ford

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: August 12, 1976 in Beaumont, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 12th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from Dallas Baptist University (Dallas, TX).

High School: Port Neches-Groves HS (Port Neches, TX)

Schools: Seminole State College (Seminole, OK), Texas A&M University (College Station, TX), Dallas Baptist University (Dallas, TX)

Debut: May 29, 2003 (Age 26-290d, 18,271st in major league history)
vs. SEA 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 2012 (Age 36-048d)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: LSW Baseball

Full Name: Jon Lewis Ford

Twitter: @Captainlew20

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.3

1585

425

.268

235

RBI

176

OBP

.345

SLG

.399

OPS

.744

OPS+

Summary of 35 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 13 go ahead

2 Tms
MIN	32
BAL	3

Platoon
vs LHP	18
vs RHP	17

Home/Road
Home	20
Away	15

Outs
0	14
2	13
1	8

12 Opps
KCR	7
SEA	6
DET	6
CHW	4
CLE	3
TBD	2
NYY	2
SFG	1
ATL	1
PHI	1
MON	1
TOR	1

30 Pitchers
Jimmy Gobble	4
Eddie Guardado	2
CC Sabathia	2
Mark Buehrle	1
Mike Wood	1
Chris Sale	1
Nate Robertson	1
Mike Maroth	1
Odalis Pérez	1
Kyle Farnsworth	1
Brett Tomko	1
Ted Lilly	1
Joel Piñeiro	1
Jeremy Fikac	1
Rafael Betancourt	1
Sean Lowe	1
Esteban Loaiza	1
Brett Myers	1
Mark Hendrickson	1
Mike Mussina	1
Gary Knotts	1
Jeff Nelson	1
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	1
Bobby Seay	1
Jason Johnson	1
Chuck James	1
Gil Meche	1
Francisco Liriano	1
Kevin Millwood	1
Jason Grilli	1

9 Parks
Metrodome (MIN)	17
KauffmanStad (KAN)	5
Comerica Pk (DET)	3
Camden Yards (BAL)	3
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	26
78	4
89	2
9	2
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	11
3	6
4	5
5	5
6	4
1	2
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	35

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	19
12-	5
1--	5
-2-	3
-23	2
1-3	1

59 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	19
1 on	8
2 on	8
Any on	16

Inning
1	1
2	4
3	5
4	4
5	4
6	7
7	3
8	3
9	2
Extra	2

1-3	10
4-6	15
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	1
+2	3
+1	4
Tied	8
-1	4
-2	7
-3	1
-4..	3

Ahead	12
Tied	8
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-1	7
1-2	5
3-2	4
1-0	4
2-1	4
1-1	4
2-2	3
0-0	2
2-0	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	15
CF	11
DH	6
PH	2
RF	1

OrderPos
3rd	8
7th	7
5th	7
1st	6
8th	4
6th	2
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	14

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2003-06-01	MIN		SEA	Shigetoshi Hasegawa	behind 4-9	b 9	2	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	9	PH	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2003-06-16	MIN	@	KCR	Sean Lowe	behind 2-8	t 8	1	1-3	4,(2-1) BCBX	3	5	8	0.035	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Guzmán Scores/unER; C. Koskie Scores
3	3	3	1	2003-09-24	MIN		CLE	CC Sabathia	behind 0-1	b 6	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	8	0.178	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	2004-04-10	MIN	@	DET	Gary Knotts	ahead 7-5	t 5	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	8	0.091	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	2	1	2004-04-16	MIN		KCR	Jimmy Gobble	behind 0-1	b 2	1	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	7	8	0.161	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Cuddyer Scores/unER
6	6	3	1	2004-04-22	MIN		DET	Mike Maroth	behind 0-2	b 4	0	12-	5,(2-2) BBFFX	3	5	8	0.235	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Mientkiewicz Scores; J. Offerman Scores
7	7	4	1	2004-05-17	MIN	@	TOR	Ted Lilly	tied 1-1	t 4	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	7	DH	0.213	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. LeCroy Scores
8	8	5	1	2004-05-30	MIN	@	KCR	Jimmy Gobble	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	7	0.105	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	6	1	2004-06-03	MIN		TBD	Mark Hendrickson	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	1	8	0.091	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	7	1	2004-06-06	MIN		DET	Nate Robertson	behind 0-2	b 6	0	1--	2,(0-1) C1X	2	3	7	0.242	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Guzmán Scores
11	11	8	1	2004-06-11	MIN		PHI	Brett Myers	behind 4-6	b 7	2	-2-	5,(2-2) BFF*BX	2	3	7	0.318	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); D. Mientkiewicz Scores
12	12	9	1	2004-06-15	MIN	@	MON	Jeremy Fikac	ahead 6-0	t 7	2	1--	6,(3-2) CBBBC>X	2	3	7	0.015	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Mientkiewicz Scores
13	13	10	1	2004-07-17	MIN	@	KCR	Jimmy Gobble	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	-2-	5,(2-2) BTFB2X	2	3	7	0.168	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Jones Scores
14	14	11	1	2004-07-18	MIN	@	KCR	Mike Wood	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	7	0.115	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	12	1	2004-07-21	MIN		TBD	Bobby Seay	ahead 9-2	b 6	0	---	6,(3-2) BBFBFX	1	3	7	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	13	1	2004-07-28	MIN	@	CHW	Esteban Loaiza	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	3	7	0.099	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	14	1	2004-08-10	MIN	@	SEA	Gil Meche	behind 1-4	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) .BCBX	1	8	PH	0.068	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	15	1	2004-09-13	MIN	@	DET	Jason Johnson	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	DH	0.110	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2005-04-14	MIN		DET	Kyle Farnsworth	ahead 7-3	b 6	2	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	5	8	0.045	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); S. Stewart Scores; M. LeCroy Scores
20	20	2	1	2005-04-16	MIN	@	CLE	Kevin Millwood	behind 0-2	t 6	2	-23	2,(0-1) CX	3	7	7	0.382	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. Hunter Scores; J. Jones Scores
21	21	3	1	2005-06-03	MIN		NYY	Mike Mussina	behind 2-3	b 5	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	3	DH	0.370	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Stewart Scores; B. Abernathy Scores
22	22	4	1	2005-06-16	MIN		SFG	Brett Tomko	behind 4-6	b 5	2	-23	6,(3-2) CFBB.*BX	3	6	DH	0.354	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Rodríguez Scores; T. Hunter Scores
23	23	5	1	2005-08-19	MIN		SEA	Jeff Nelson	tied 4-4	b 7	2	12-	2,(1-0) .BX	3	7	8	0.353	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Morneau Scores; J. Bartlett Scores
24	24	6	1	2005-08-20	MIN		SEA	Eddie Guardado	behind 2-8	b 10	0	---	3,(1-1) ..BCX	1	7	8	0.005	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	7	1	2005-08-21	MIN		SEA	Joel Piñeiro	ahead 4-3	b 5	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	8	0.219	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Mauer Scores; M. LeCroy Scores
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	2006-04-21	MIN	@	CHW	Mark Buehrle	behind 0-2	t 8	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	9	0.088	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	2	1	2006-05-28	MIN		SEA	Eddie Guardado	tied 3-3	b 10	0	---	8,(1-2) .SSBFFFFX	1	1	7	0.355	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
28	28	3	1	2006-07-04	MIN	@	KCR	Jimmy Gobble	tied 0-0	t 3	0	1--	3,(1-1) BF11X	2	1	8	0.163	70%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Bartlett Scores
29	29	4	1	2006-09-26	MIN		KCR	Odalis Pérez	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	8	7	0.106	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	2007-06-13	MIN		ATL	Chuck James	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	5,(1-2) BCCFX	1	7	7	0.074	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31	31	2	1	2007-06-30	MIN	@	DET	Jason Grilli	ahead 6-2	t 6	0	1--	6,(1-2) FBTF1FX	2	8	7	0.049	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Cirillo Scores
32	32	3	1	2007-07-29	MIN	@	CLE	Rafael Betancourt	ahead 3-1	t 9	2	---	5,(1-2) BCFFX	1	8	7	0.053	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	2012-08-27	BAL		CHW	Francisco Liriano	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	7,(3-2) BBFBCFX	1	5	DH	0.106	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
34	34	2	1	2012-08-28	BAL		CHW	Chris Sale	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	DH	0.061	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	3	1	2012-09-08	BAL		NYY	CC Sabathia	behind 1-2	b 2	1	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	6	7	0.112	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)