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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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CAL		CLE	W,10-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	2	Apr 12	CAL		CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
3	4 (1)	Apr 14	CAL		MIN	L,3-5	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
4	5	Apr 15	CAL		MIN	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	6	Apr 16	CAL		MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
6	7	Apr 18	CAL	@	OAK	L,3-6	GS	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	9 (1)	Apr 20 (1)	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-6	GS	6	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
8	11 (1)	Apr 22	CAL	@	MIN	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
9	17 (5)	Apr 29	CAL		OAK	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
10	18	Apr 30	CAL		OAK	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	19	May 1	CAL		SEA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
12	20	May 2	CAL		SEA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
13	21	May 3	CAL		SEA	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
14	23 (1)	May 6	CAL		TOR	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
15	24	May 7	CAL		TOR	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
16	25	May 8	CAL		TOR	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
17	26	May 9	CAL		DET	L,5-6	GS	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	RF
18	33 (6)	May 19	CAL	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	51	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
19	34	May 20	CAL	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	35	May 21	CAL	@	TEX	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
21	40 (4)	May 26	CAL		TEX	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
22	41	May 27	CAL		TEX	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
23	42	May 28	CAL		TEX	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	107 (64)	Aug 8	CAL		MIN	W,9-5	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
25	108	Aug 9	CAL		MIN	W,8-2	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	109	Aug 10	CAL		MIN	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
27	111 (1)	Aug 13	CAL	@	SEA	W,10-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
28	113 (1)	Aug 15	CAL	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	115 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	CAL	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	116	Aug 18	CAL	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
31	125 (8)	Aug 28	CAL	@	BAL	L,8-13	GS	36	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
32	127 (1)	Aug 30	CAL	@	BAL	W,12-6	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
33	128	Aug 31	CAL	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	2	4	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	129	Sep 1	CAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
35	130	Sep 2	CAL	@	BOS	L,2-10	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
36	134 (3)	Sep 6	CAL	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	135	Sep 7	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
38	136	Sep 8	CAL		KCR	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	137	Sep 9	CAL		KCR	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
40	138	Sep 10	CAL		KCR	W,8-3	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	139	Sep 11	CAL		KCR	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
42	144 (4)	Sep 17 (2)	CAL	@	KCR	W,7-4	GS	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
43	146 (1)	Sep 19	CAL	@	TEX	W,6-2	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
44	150 (3)	Sep 23	CAL	@	MIL	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
45	154 (3)	Sep 28	CAL		CHW	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
							45gm		353.0	75	3	5	83	0