#97 Hod Ford, Shortstop, 33 yrs, Cleveland Indians - Out of the Park Baseball Report

#97 Hod Ford, Shortstop, 33 yrs, Cleveland Indians
Wednesday, 10/1/1930

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Hod Ford

7/23/1897
33
USA,CT,NEW HAVEN
5"10
165

Shortstop
R
R

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Minimal
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1 / 6 (Insignificant)
0 / 6 (Unknown)
Very inconsistent
GREAT
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2.0 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 3,000,000
1930
$ 470,000 (2 year(s))
10 Year(s), 73 Days (1793 total Days)
168 Day(s)
11 Year(s), 6 Days (1898 total Days)
11 Year(s)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	6	8	4	3	8
Versus LHP	7	8	4	4	8
Versus RHP	6	8	4	3	8
Talent	7	7	4	4	7

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4
1
2
5
3
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Fielding Ratings
2B : 8 (Range), .975 (Fielding Pct.)
SS : 8 (Range), .962 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 5
Outfield Arm : 3

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
8/20	WAS	W 2-0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	#1
8/21	WAS	L 5-13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
8/22	WAS	L 1-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
8/24	@SLA	W 15-2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	#5
8/28	@BOS	L 5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2
8/31	@BOS	L 3-4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	#1
9/3	BOS	L 2-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
9/17	@NYA	W 3-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
9/18	@NYA	L 2-3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
9/20	@DET	L 4-6	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	#7

Batting Stats 1930

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	44	97	34	11	2	0	9	13	6	6	.351	.400	.505	.905	.877	.155
Projected	44	97	34	11	2	0	9	13	6	6	.351	.400	.505	.905	.877	.155

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	23	109	2	0	0	2	4	0	49	13	0	0	.0	19.5	7.6

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	54	20	6	2	0	6	10	4	4	0	3	1	.370	.403	.556	.959
vs. RHP	43	14	5	0	0	3	3	2	2	0	1	1	.326	.370	.442	.811
Close/Late	8	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	.375	.455	.625	1.080
Scoring Position	17	6	1	1	0	8	0	0	1	0	1	1	.353	.368	.529	.898
Pinch Hitting	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	27	65	21	5	2	0	8	7	3	3	.323	.347	.462	.809
Road	17	32	13	6	0	0	1	6	3	3	.406	.459	.594	1.053
March/April	5	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750
May	8	9	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	2	.222	.417	.444	.861
June	8	32	10	2	0	0	3	5	1	1	.313	.314	.375	.689
July	9	25	9	1	1	0	3	3	3	2	.360	.429	.480	.909
August	10	20	8	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	.400	.364	.700	1.064
Sept/Oct	4	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	.429	.804

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1919	8	25	11	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	.440	.481	.480	.961	CLE
1920	119	440	109	20	2	0	48	47	46	4	6	34	1	1	.248	.321	.302	.623	CLE
1921	97	258	71	12	3	0	22	28	11	1	1	26	0	0	.275	.306	.345	.651	CLE
1922	83	164	40	10	2	1	25	17	10	3	3	11	0	0	.244	.294	.348	.642	CLE
1923	48	108	25	4	0	2	15	15	6	1	0	11	0	0	.231	.278	.324	.602	CLE
1924	27	62	14	1	0	0	8	8	2	0	0	7	0	0	.226	.250	.242	.492	CLE
1925	70	194	48	9	1	1	22	19	9	0	0	17	0	0	.247	.281	.320	.600	CLE
1926	20	28	6	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	.214	.241	.286	.527	CLE
1927	26	51	12	3	0	1	8	6	2	0	0	5	1	0	.235	.264	.353	.617	CLE
1928	59	159	44	6	3	0	13	14	7	1	0	6	1	0	.277	.311	.352	.664	CLE
1929	20	46	12	4	0	0	5	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	.261	.286	.348	.634	CLE
1930	44	97	34	11	2	0	9	13	6	2	0	6	0	0	.351	.400	.505	.905	CLE
Total	621	1632	426	83	13	5	180	178	104	12	11	130	3	1	.261	.308	.337	.645

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1919, AAA	118	464	133	25	5	7	85	69	46	40	3	3	.287	.342	.407	.750
1923, AAA	36	96	36	9	0	5	27	17	12	5	1	1	.375	.436	.625	1.061
1926, AAA	60	227	66	20	1	2	42	35	32	11	3	2	.291	.378	.414	.792

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 1930

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Second Base	15	12	19	50	8	73	4	.945	113.0	5.81
Third Base	7	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	8.0	2.25
Shortstop	17	11	20	48	14	70	2	.971	95.1	6.61

Player History

Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1919...
Injured on 8/11/1919 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 3 weeks...
Had first career hit on 9/14/1919, off Hi West (WAS)...
Injured on 6/14/1922 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week...
Hit first career homerun on 8/16/1922, off Joe Boehling (DET)...
2/11/1923: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration...
2/16/1924: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration...
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration...
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration...
6/1/1926: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland...
7/16/1927: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
6/16/1930: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $470,000 per year, for 2 years.

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