Dan Ford
Dan Ford
Full name: Darnell Glenn Ford
Born: May 19, 1952, Los Angeles, California
First Game: April 12, 1975 ; Final Game: May 31, 1985
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 185
Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com
Dan Ford
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1975 MIN A Daily Splits 130 440 72 123 21 1 15 59 30 2 79 5 3 0 0 11 10 6 7 .280 .333 .434 -0.8 1975 MIN A
1976 MIN A Daily Splits 145 514 87 137 24 7 20 86 36 2 118 10 5 6 0 5 12 17 6 .267 .323 .457 0.2 1976 MIN A
1977 MIN A Daily Splits 144 453 66 121 25 7 11 60 41 3 79 10 1 5 0 8 12 6 4 .267 .338 .426 -0.7 1977 MIN A
1978 MIN A Daily Splits 151 592 78 162 36 10 11 82 48 6 88 5 6 3 0 11 15 7 7 .274 .332 .424 -1.0 1978 MIN A
1979 CAL A Daily Splits 142 569 100 165 26 5 21 101 40 0 86 3 3 13 0 9 17 8 5 .290 .333 .464 1.2 1979 CAL A
1980 CAL A Daily Splits 65 226 22 63 11 0 7 26 19 1 45 2 1 1 0 3 15 0 1 .279 .339 .420 -0.2 1980 CAL A
1981 CAL A Daily Splits 97 375 53 104 14 1 15 48 23 3 71 5 5 1 0 5 16 2 2 .277 .327 .440 -0.4 1981 CAL A
1982 BAL A Daily Splits 123 421 46 99 21 3 10 43 23 1 71 4 2 3 0 9 9 5 2 .235 .279 .371 -1.4 1982 BAL A
1983 BAL A Daily Splits 103 407 63 114 30 4 9 55 29 1 55 3 3 6 0 3 9 9 2 .280 .328 .440 0.1 1983 BAL A
1984 BAL A Daily Splits 25 91 7 21 4 0 1 5 7 0 13 0 2 0 0 4 3 1 0 .231 .286 .308 -0.3 1984 BAL A
1985 BAL A Daily Splits 28 75 4 14 2 0 1 1 7 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 .187 .256 .253 -0.7 1985 BAL A
Total Splits 1153 4163 598 1123 214 38 121 566 303 19 722 47 31 38 0 68 121 61 37 .270 .324 .427 -4.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1979 CAL A Daily Splits 4 17 2 5 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .294 .294 .706 1979 CAL A
1983 BAL A Daily Splits 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .400 1983 BAL A
Total Splits 6 22 2 6 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .273 .273 .636 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1983 BAL A Daily Splits 5 12 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .286 .417 1983 BAL A
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1975 MIN A Daily OF 121 103 100 947 246 3 3 2 0 .988 0 119 2
1975 MIN A CF 119 102 100 938.2 247 2 3 1 0 .988
1975 MIN A DH 3 0 0 -
1975 MIN A RF 2 1 0 8.1 2 1 0 1 0 1.000
1976 MIN A Daily OF 139 134 123 1198.2 267 6 9 1 0 .968 0 0 139
1976 MIN A RF 139 134 123 1198.2 266 6 9 1 0 .968
1976 MIN A DH 3 0 0 -
1977 MIN A Daily OF 137 111 96 1042 205 9 8 2 0 .964 1 3 135
1977 MIN A RF 135 109 95 1022 202 9 8 2 0 .963
1977 MIN A DH 3 0 0 -
1977 MIN A CF 3 1 0 12 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 MIN A LF 1 1 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 MIN A Daily OF 149 147 144 1319.2 376 6 9 2 0 .977 0 146 4
1978 MIN A CF 146 143 141 1292.2 370 6 9 2 0 .977
1978 MIN A RF 4 4 3 27 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 MIN A DH 1 0 0 -
1979 CAL A Daily OF 141 141 121 1216 332 10 8 2 0 .977 0 28 124
1979 CAL A RF 124 116 105 1006 261 9 5 2 0 .982
1979 CAL A CF 28 25 16 210 72 1 3 0 0 .961
1980 CAL A Daily OF 45 44 28 353 75 3 5 0 0 .940 0 0 45
1980 CAL A RF 45 44 28 353 75 3 5 0 0 .940
1980 CAL A DH 15 14 14 -
1981 CAL A Daily OF 96 94 90 831 188 3 8 0 0 .960 0 0 96
1981 CAL A RF 96 94 90 831 187 2 9 0 0 .955
1982 BAL A Daily OF 119 98 89 921.1 263 6 7 2 0 .975 0 0 119
1982 BAL A RF 119 98 89 921.1 263 6 7 2 0 .975
1982 BAL A DH 1 0 0 -
1983 BAL A Daily OF 103 100 85 855.2 218 2 3 0 0 .987 0 0 103
1983 BAL A RF 103 100 85 855.2 222 2 3 1 0 .987
1984 BAL A Daily OF 15 15 9 123 36 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 15
1984 BAL A RF 15 15 9 123 36 1 0 0 0 1.000
1984 BAL A DH 8 8 8 -
1985 BAL A Daily DH 28 16 13 -
Total OF 1065 987 885 8807.1 2206 49 60 11 0 .974 1 296 782
Total RF 782 715 627 6346 1517 39 46 9 0 .971
Total CF 296 271 257 2453.1 692 9 15 3 0 .979
Total DH 62 38 35 -
Total LF 1 1 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1979 CAL A Daily OF 4 4 4 35.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 4
1979 CAL A RF 4 4 4 35.2 6 0 1 0 0 .857
1983 BAL A Daily OF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1983 BAL A RF 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 BAL A DH 1 0 0 -
Total OF 5 5 5 44.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 5
Total RF 5 5 5 44.2 7 0 1 0 0 .875
Total DH 1 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1983 BAL A Daily OF 4 3 2 26 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 4
1983 BAL A RF 4 3 2 26 5 1 0 0 0 1.000
Transactions Transactions
Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (18th pick overall) of the free-agent
draft (June 4, 1970 ).
Traded by Oakland Athletics with Dennis Myers to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Pat
Bourque (October 23, 1974 ).
Traded by Minnesota Twins to California Angels in exchange for Ron Jackson and Danny
Goodwin (December 4, 1978 ).
Traded by California Angels to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Doug DeCinces and
Jeff Schneider (January 28, 1982 ).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (November 7, 1983 ).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (January 23, 1984 ).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (January 23, 1986 ).
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