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Russ Ford
Russell William Ford

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 28, 1909
Final Game August 16, 1915
Born April 25, 1883 in Brandon, Manitoba, CAN
Died January 24, 1960 in Rockingham, NC
Brother of Gene Ford

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1909 26 NYY AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    4    4    3   0    4    2   3   0    20       0  9.00  2.52   28 2.667
 1910 27 NYY AL  26   6  36  33  29   8   3  1  299.7  194   69   55   4   70  209   8   5  1141       1  1.65  2.64  160 0.881
 1911 28 NYY AL  22  11  37  33  26   1   4  0  281.3  251  119   71   3   76  158   4   5  1172       0  2.27  3.57  157 1.162 MVP-18
 1912 29 NYY AL  13  21  36  35  30   0   1  0  291.7  317  165  115  10   79  112   5   3  1265       2  3.55  3.60  102 1.358
 1913 30 NYY AL  12  18  33  28  15   1   5  2  237.0  244  108   70   9   58   72   4   4   967       0  2.66  2.99  112 1.274
 1914 31 BUF FL  21   6  35  26  19   5   9  6  247.3  190   63   50  11   41  123   7   0   948       0  1.82  3.30  181 0.934
 1915 32 BUF FL   5   9  21  15   7   0   5  0  127.3  140   74   64   7   48   34   3   3   559       0  4.52  3.12   69 1.476
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .582  99  71 199 170 126  15  28  9 1487.3 1340  602  428  44  376  710  34  20  6072       3  2.59  3.21  124 1.154
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    18  13  36  31  23   2   5  1  274.0  246  110   78   8   69  130   6   3  1118   0   0  2.59  3.21  124 1.154
 Career High     26  21  37  35  30   8   9  6  299.7  317  165  115  11   79  209   8   5  1265   0   2  1.65  3.60  181 0.881

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1909 26 NYY AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1910 27 NYY AL  36   96    8   20   1  5   0    7   1      9      .208  .283  .323   85   31   6           1    
 1911 28 NYY AL  37  102   10   20   2  1   0    8   2      3      .196  .219  .235   24   24   4           0     MVP-18
 1912 29 NYY AL  40  112   15   32   8  0   1    8   2      6      .286  .322  .384   97   43   7           0    
 1913 30 NYY AL  33   74    5   12   1  1   0    3   5      7  29  .162  .244  .203   31   15   2           1    
 1914 31 BUF FL  35   78   10   10   1  0   0    7   3      8  28  .128  .209  .141   -0   11   4           0    
 1915 32 BUF FL  22   43    7   12   4  1   0    4   1      1   9  .279  .295  .419  107   18   3           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      204  506   55  106  17  8   1   37  14  0  34  66  .209  .262  .281   55  142  26   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        402   44   84  14  6   1   29  11  0  27  52  .209  .262  .281   55  113  21   0   0   2   0
 Career High     40  112   15   32   8  5   1    8   5  0   9  29                          43   7   0   0   1   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1909 26 NYY AL    1    1    0   0.0    74| .000  .254| .000  .314| .000  .322| .000  .636|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1910 27 NYY AL  112   82    9   3.0    79| .208  .256| .283  .324| .323  .331| .606  .655|  85  .464  -2.3  -0.3     
 1911 28 NYY AL  109   86    5   1.6   101| .196  .288| .219  .356| .235  .379| .454  .735|  24  .143 -11.2  -1.2     
 1912 29 NYY AL  125   87   14   4.3    96| .286  .279| .322  .349| .384  .368| .706  .717|  97  .539  -0.8  -0.1     
 1913 30 NYY AL   84   64    4   1.7    87| .162  .265| .244  .336| .203  .347| .447  .683|  31  .195  -6.6  -0.7     
 1914 31 BUF FL   90   72    2   0.7    94| .128  .274| .209  .340| .141  .370| .350  .710|  -0  .046  -9.7  -1.1     
 1915 32 BUF FL   47   34    5   3.9    88| .279  .264| .295  .332| .419  .354| .714  .686| 107  .539   0.4   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       568  426   39   2.4    91| .209  .272| .262  .340| .281  .359| .543  .700|  55  .314 -30.4  -3.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1909 26 NYY AL   P    1      1    2    1    1  .750  .938  3.00  2.20  9.00  3.30    0    3.0
 1910 27 NYY AL   P   36      7   75    7    4  .921  .943  2.28  2.35  2.46  3.29   33  299.7
 1911 28 NYY AL   P   37     16   70    5    0  .945  .938  2.32  1.89  2.75  2.88   33  281.3
 1912 29 NYY AL   P   36     13   88    5    6  .953  .940  2.81  1.95  3.12  2.96   35  291.7
                 OF    2      3    1    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  2.00                            2    0    0
                 2B    2      2    8    2    0  .833  .943  5.00  4.75                        
 1913 30 NYY AL   P   33     11   56    8    1  .893  .937  2.03  1.83  2.54  3.01   28  237.0
 1914 31 BUF FL   P   35      9   72    1    2  .988  .947  2.31  1.95  2.95  3.04   26  247.3
 1915 32 BUF FL   P   21      2   40    0    1 1.000  .957  2.00  1.97  2.97  3.08   15  127.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1912 29 NYY AL  2B    2      2    8    2    0  .833  .943  5.00  4.75                        

 1912 29 NYY AL  OF    2      3    1    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  2.00                            2    0    0

 1909 26 NYY AL   P    1      1    2    1    1  .750  .938  3.00  2.20  9.00  3.30    0    3.0
 1910 27 NYY AL   P   36      7   75    7    4  .921  .943  2.28  2.35  2.46  3.29   33  299.7
 1911 28 NYY AL   P   37     16   70    5    0  .945  .938  2.32  1.89  2.75  2.88   33  281.3
 1912 29 NYY AL   P   36     13   88    5    6  .953  .940  2.81  1.95  3.12  2.96   35  291.7
 1913 30 NYY AL   P   33     11   56    8    1  .893  .937  2.03  1.83  2.54  3.01   28  237.0
 1914 31 BUF FL   P   35      9   72    1    2  .988  .947  2.31  1.95  2.95  3.04   26  247.3
 1915 32 BUF FL   P   21      2   40    0    1 1.000  .957  2.00  1.97  2.97  3.08   15  127.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 199     59  403   27   15  .945  .942  2.32  1.99              170 1487.3
                 OF    2      3    1    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  2.00                            2    0    0
                 2B    2      2    8    2    0  .833  .943  5.00  4.75                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       203     64  412   29   15  .943  .943  2.34  2.02

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-AL-18-0.05
Car-1085-0.05 shares

ERA
1910 AL-1.65-7
1911 AL-2.27-7
1914 FL-1.82-2
Car-2.59-51

Wins
1910 AL-26-2
1911 AL-22-7
1914 FL-21-6

Won-Loss %
1910 AL-.813-2
1911 AL-.667-7
1914 FL-.778-1

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1910 AL-.881-2
1911 AL-1.162-5
1914 FL-.934-1
Car-1.154-66

Hits Allowed/9IP
1910 AL-5.83-1
1911 AL-8.03-7
1914 FL-6.91-2

Bases on Balls/9IP
1910 AL-2.10-10
1913 AL-2.20-6
1914 FL-1.49-1

Strikeouts/9IP
1910 AL-6.28-4

Games
1910 AL-36-10

Saves
1910 AL-1-9
1914 FL-6-1

Innings
1910 AL-299.7-4
1911 AL-281.3-4
1912 AL-291.7-5

Strikeouts
1910 AL-209-4
1911 AL-158-5

Games Started
1910 AL-33-5
1911 AL-33-4
1912 AL-35-5

Comp. Games
1910 AL-29-4
1911 AL-26-3
1912 AL-30-4

Shutouts
1910 AL-8-2
1914 FL-5-5

Home Runs Allow.
1910 AL-4-9
1912 AL-10-1
1913 AL-9-1
1914 FL-11-1
1915 FL-7-8

Hits Allowed
1911 AL-251-6
1912 AL-317-2
1913 AL-244-10

SO to Walk
1910 AL-2.99-4
1911 AL-2.08-4
1914 FL-3.00-1

Losses
1912 AL-21-1
1913 AL-18-4

Earned Runs Allow.
1912 AL-115-1

Batters Faced
1910 AL-1141-5
1911 AL-1172-4
1912 AL-1265-5

Adjusted ERA+
1910 AL-160-4
1911 AL-157-4
1914 FL-181-1
Car-124-73

Black Ink: Pitching - 10 (230) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 80 (291) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 25.0 (202) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 40.0 (330) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
January 20, 1914: Jumped from the New York Yankees to the Buffalo Buffeds.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1911-AL-18-0.05 Car-1085-0.05 shares	ERA 1910 AL-1.65-7 1911 AL-2.27-7 1914 FL-1.82-2 Car-2.59-51	Wins 1910 AL-26-2 1911 AL-22-7 1914 FL-21-6	Won-Loss % 1910 AL-.813-2 1911 AL-.667-7 1914 FL-.778-1	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1910 AL-.881-2 1911 AL-1.162-5 1914 FL-.934-1 Car-1.154-66	Hits Allowed/9IP 1910 AL-5.83-1 1911 AL-8.03-7 1914 FL-6.91-2
Bases on Balls/9IP 1910 AL-2.10-10 1913 AL-2.20-6 1914 FL-1.49-1	Strikeouts/9IP 1910 AL-6.28-4	Games 1910 AL-36-10	Saves 1910 AL-1-9 1914 FL-6-1	Innings 1910 AL-299.7-4 1911 AL-281.3-4 1912 AL-291.7-5	Strikeouts 1910 AL-209-4 1911 AL-158-5
Games Started 1910 AL-33-5 1911 AL-33-4 1912 AL-35-5	Comp. Games 1910 AL-29-4 1911 AL-26-3 1912 AL-30-4	Shutouts 1910 AL-8-2 1914 FL-5-5	Home Runs Allow. 1910 AL-4-9 1912 AL-10-1 1913 AL-9-1 1914 FL-11-1 1915 FL-7-8	Hits Allowed 1911 AL-251-6 1912 AL-317-2 1913 AL-244-10	SO to Walk 1910 AL-2.99-4 1911 AL-2.08-4 1914 FL-3.00-1
Losses 1912 AL-21-1 1913 AL-18-4	Earned Runs Allow. 1912 AL-115-1	Batters Faced 1910 AL-1141-5 1911 AL-1172-4 1912 AL-1265-5	Adjusted ERA+ 1910 AL-160-4 1911 AL-157-4 1914 FL-181-1 Car-124-73