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Gene
Ford		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: April 16, 1881 in Can, NS, MILTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1908    1909   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1905 24 PHI NL   6 4 4 4 6 7 7 10 10 10
1906 25 PHI NL $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10
1907 26 PHI NL $ 300,000 6 3 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10
1908 27 PHI NL $ 300,000 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 10 10 10
1909 28 PHI NL $ 300,000 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 10 10 10
1910 29 PHI NL $ 350,000 4 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10
1911 30 PHI NL   3 3 3 3 7 8 7 10 10 10
1912 31 CHA AL $ 808,000 3 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10
1913 32 NY1 NL $ 744,000 3 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10
1914 33 BSN NL $ 4,660,000 3 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10
1915 34 BSN NL $ 4,660,000 3 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10
1916 35 BSN NL $ 4,660,000 3 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9
1917 36 BSN NL $ 4,660,000 2 3 3 3 6 7 7 8 8 8
1918 37 NYA AL $ 340,000 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   2 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,660,000 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1905 24 PHI NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1906 25 PHI NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1907 26 PHI NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1908 27 PHI NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1909 28 PHI NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1910 29 PHI NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1911 30 PHI NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1912 31 CHA AL $ 808,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1913 32 NY1 NL $ 744,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1914 33 BSN NL $ 4,660,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1915 34 BSN NL $ 4,660,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1916 35 BSN NL $ 4,660,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1917 36 BSN NL $ 4,660,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1918 37 NYA AL $ 340,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,660,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1905 24 AAA   22 2 .917 27 27 14 7 0 232.7 152 35 7 80 359 1.35 .183 .254 .240 .495  
1906 25 PHI NL 5 8 .385 32 2 1 0 4 51.7 70 28 0 23 20 4.88 .332 .397 .360 .757 0.6
    AAA   5 2 .714 8 8 3 1 0 62.3 44 9 0 20 107 1.30 .188 .252 .248 .500  
1907 26 PHI NL 9 4 .692 41 5 2 1 9 87.0 88 33 2 37 32 3.41 .278 .350 .319 .669 6.9
1908 27 PHI NL 2 1 .667 23 0 0 0 3 25.3 25 7 1 7 10 2.49 .269 .320 .344 .664 3.0
1909 28 PHI NL 0 2 .000 11 0 0 0 2 15.0 17 12 0 9 9 7.20 .293 .388 .310 .698 0.0
1910 29 PHI NL 5 3 .625 18 0 0 0 1 23.3 14 7 0 10 13 2.70 .169 .289 .217 .506 2.8
1911 30 PHI NL 3 1 .750 12 0 0 0 7 10.3 15 2 0 4 5 1.74 .357 .426 .452 .878 2.0
1912 31 CHA AL 0 2 .000 7 0 0 0 0 7.3 7 4 0 7 1 4.91 .280 .438 .400 .838 0.1
1913 32 NY1 NL 2 1 .667 13 0 0 0 7 22.7 14 3 0 6 10 1.19 .177 .233 .203 .435 5.8
1914 33 BSN NL 1 2 .333 16 3 0 0 8 24.7 23 10 0 10 9 3.65 .245 .314 .330 .644 3.0
1915 34 BSN NL 1 4 .200 15 6 0 0 3 28.0 22 8 1 11 13 2.57 .220 .295 .320 .615 3.7
1916 35 BSN NL 3 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 2 12.7 9 6 0 4 3 4.27 .205 .286 .295 .581 2.1
1917 36 BSN NL 0 6 .000 16 0 0 0 2 28.0 29 22 0 21 8 7.07 .252 .365 .339 .704 0.0
1918 37 NYA AL 1 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 2 23.3 16 5 2 9 5 1.93 .190 .263 .286 .549 3.4
13 Years Sim 32 34 .485 229 16 3 1 50 359.3 349 147 6 158 138 3.68 .259 .338 .319 .657 33.3
2 Years AAA 27 4 .871 35 35 17 8 0 295.0 196 44 7 100 466 1.34 .184 .254 .242 .496  
Season Average 2 2 .500 17 1 0 0 3 27.6 26 11 0 12 10 3.68 .259 .338 .319 .657  
Career Highs 9 8 1.000 41 6 2 1 9 87.0 88 33 2 37 32 7.20 .357 .438 .452 .878  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   156 75 2 65 81   .238 .307 .287 .594
vs LH   193 72 4 93 57   .280 .365 .349 .715
Home 16 15 .516 110 12 2 1 7 198.0 181 83 5 88 74 3.77 .246 .326 .307 .633
Away 16 19 .457 119 4 1 0 43 161.3 168 64 1 70 64 3.57 .276 .351 .334 .685
Mar/Apr 3 1 .750 28 0 0 0 5 43.0 36 12 0 13 11 2.51 .229 .288 .248 .537
May 9 2 .818 38 1 1 0 6 76.0 62 22 1 24 31 2.61 .224 .286 .264 .549
June 2 8 .200 26 9 1 0 5 70.0 79 34 1 32 27 4.37 .298 .374 .343 .717
July 4 8 .333 36 6 1 1 9 55.3 55 30 2 30 17 4.88 .268 .362 .351 .713
August 9 4 .692 46 0 0 0 11 54.3 58 21 1 28 22 3.48 .278 .363 .388 .750
Sep/Oct 5 11 .313 55 0 0 0 14 60.6 59 28 1 31 30 4.16 .254 .342 .315 .657
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1906 25 PHI NL 32 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.1 0.0
1907 26 PHI NL 41 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .053 .053 .053 .105 -1.6 0.0
1908 27 PHI NL 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1909 28 PHI NL 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1910 29 PHI NL 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1911 30 PHI NL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1912 31 CHA AL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1913 32 NY1 NL 13 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4 0.2
1914 33 BSN NL 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1915 34 BSN NL 15 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2
1916 35 BSN NL 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1917 36 BSN NL 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1918 37 NYA AL 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
13 Years Sim 229 57 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 .105 .105 .123 .228 -2.3 0.4
162 Game Average 40 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 .105 .105 .123 .228 -1.6  
Career Highs 41 19 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .400 .400 .500 .800 0.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   41 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 .122 .122 .146 .268 -0.7
vs LH   16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .063 .063 .063 .125 -0.9
Home 103 38 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 .079 .079 .079 .158 -1.9
Away 76 19 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .158 .158 .211 .368 0.2
RISP   16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.5
Close/Late   8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .250 .375 0.0
Mar/Apr 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
May 25 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .063 .063 .063 .125 -0.9
June 16 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.3
July 15 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
August 18 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
Sep/Oct 34 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .250 .375 0.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1906 25 PHI NL P 32 2 51.7 1 15 0 1 1.000 2.79    
1907 26 PHI NL P 41 5 87.0 12 16 0 2 1.000 2.90    
1908 27 PHI NL P 23 0 25.3 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.42    
1909 28 PHI NL P 11 0 15.0 1 4 1 0 .833 3.00    
1910 29 PHI NL P 18 0 23.3 4 5 0 0 1.000 3.47    
1911 30 PHI NL P 12 0 10.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.87    
1912 31 CHA AL P 7 0 7.3 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.68    
1913 32 NY1 NL P 13 0 22.7 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.78    
1914 33 BSN NL P 16 3 24.7 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.55    
1915 34 BSN NL P 15 6 28.0 0 5 1 0 .833 1.61    
1916 35 BSN NL P 9 0 12.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.42    
1917 36 BSN NL P 16 0 28.0 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1918 37 NYA AL P 16 0 23.3 3 2 2 0 .714 1.93    
Career Totals   229 16 359.3 28 70 4 5 .961 2.45    
Career Highs   41 6 87.0 12 16 2 2 1.000 3.68    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1908 27 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 3.3 4 0 0 1 2 0.00 .333 .385 .417 .801
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 3.3 4 0 0 1 2 0.00 .333 .385 .417 .801
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1906-10-4
1907-2-9
1911-4-7
1913-3-7
1914-2-8
1915-10-3
CAR-15-50
 Games Pitched
1907-6-41
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 19    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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  1. Ed Hovlik (972)
  2. Mule Watson (970)
  3. Tom Fisher (964)
  4. Oscar Tuero (961)
  5. Curly Ogden (961)
  6. Joe Yeager (960)
  7. Dummy Leitner (960)
  8. Elijah Jones (959)
  9. Ray Tift (955)
  10. Vic Aldridge (955)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 33rd overall pick, by Philadelphia (N) in 1905
Injured on 5/19/1906 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Had first career hit on 6/8/1906, off Jesse Whiting (CIN)
Earned first career win on 7/31/1906
Won World Series with Philadelphia (N) in 1908
Won World Series with Philadelphia (N) in 1909
2/13/1910: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/13/1911: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Philadelphia (N) on 10/15/1911
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 6/25/1912 to a 1-year deal worth $808,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 3/12/1913 to a 1-year deal worth $744,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/14/1914 to a 4-year deal worth $4,660,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/16/1918 to a 1-year deal worth $340,000 per year
 
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