Hod
Ford
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 165
 
Born: July 23, 1897 in Usa, CT, NEW HAVEN
 
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
1919 21 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 8 8
1920 22 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1921 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 3 3 8 7 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1922 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 3 3 8 8 8
1923 25 CLE AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 3 3 8 8 8
1924 26 CLE AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1925 27 CLE AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 3 4 8 8 8
1926 28 CLE AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 3 4 8 8 8
1927 29 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 7 7 4 3 4 8 8 8
1928 30 CLE AL $ 3,000,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 7 8 4 3 3 8 8 8
1929 31 CLE AL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 9 8 8
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
1919 21 CLE AL 8 25 3 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .440 .481 .480 .961 5.1 1.5
    AAA   118 464 69 133 25 5 7 85 3 3 46 40 .287 .351 .407 .758 64.7  
1920 22 CLE AL 119 440 47 109 20 2 0 48 1 1 46 34 .248 .321 .302 .623 43.9 4.3
1921 23 CLE AL 97 258 28 71 12 3 0 22 0 0 11 26 .275 .306 .345 .651 24.3 2.0
1922 24 CLE AL 83 164 17 40 10 2 1 25 0 0 10 11 .244 .294 .348 .642 16.3 1.6
1923 25 CLE AL 48 108 15 25 4 0 2 15 0 0 6 11 .231 .278 .324 .602 8.9 0.7
    AAA   36 96 17 36 9 0 5 27 1 1 12 5 .375 .444 .625 1.069 22.9  
1924 26 CLE AL 27 62 8 14 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 7 .226 .250 .242 .492 3.2 0.0
1925 27 CLE AL 70 194 19 48 9 1 1 22 0 0 9 17 .247 .281 .320 .600 15.0 0.3
1926 28 CLE AL 20 28 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .214 .241 .286 .527 1.0 0.0
    AAA   60 227 35 66 20 1 2 42 3 2 32 11 .291 .378 .414 .792 35.1  
1927 29 CLE AL 26 51 6 12 3 0 1 8 1 0 2 5 .235 .264 .353 .617 3.5 0.0
1928 30 CLE AL 59 159 14 44 6 3 0 13 1 0 7 6 .277 .311 .352 .664 16.4 2.5
1929 31 CLE AL 20 46 5 12 4 0 0 5 0 0 2 1 .261 .286 .348 .634 4.5 0.4
11 Years Sim 577 1535 165 392 72 11 5 171 3 1 98 124 .255 .302 .326 .629 142.1 13.4
3 Years AAA 214 787 121 235 54 6 14 154 7 6 90 56 .299 .372 .436 .808 122.7  
162 Game Average 430 46 110 20 3 1 48 0 0 27 34 .255 .302 .326 .629 39.9  
Career Highs 119 440 47 109 20 3 2 48 1 1 46 34 .440 .481 .480 .961 43.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   881 97 214 35 6 1 95 1 1 58 70 .243 .292 .300 .592 74.4
vs LH   654 68 178 37 5 4 76 2 0 40 54 .272 .316 .362 .678 71.9
Home 264 743 76 185 33 4 2 80 0 1 46 57 .249 .294 .312 .606 65.6
Away 313 792 89 207 39 7 3 91 3 0 52 67 .261 .310 .340 .650 80.7
RISP   417 0 107 22 3 2 158 0 0 34 25 .257 .308 .338 .646 43.6
Pinch Hitting   34 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .206 .250 .235 .485 1.8
Close/Late   161 10 37 5 2 0 13 0 0 13 12 .230 .294 .286 .579 13.2
Mar/Apr 63 152 14 39 6 1 0 15 0 1 5 11 .257 .277 .309 .586 11.9
May 114 322 40 85 22 1 2 51 0 0 17 31 .264 .303 .357 .660 32.8
June 86 245 35 58 11 3 1 26 0 0 18 22 .237 .287 .318 .606 22.1
July 111 299 29 70 12 1 0 30 0 0 27 28 .234 .305 .281 .586 25.4
August 106 270 21 68 13 2 1 27 1 0 16 20 .252 .297 .326 .622 25.1
Sep/Oct 95 247 26 72 8 3 1 22 2 0 15 12 .291 .335 .360 .695 29.0
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   DWS
1919 21 CLE AL SS 7 7 59.0 11 19 1 5 .968 4.58   0.2
1920 22 CLE AL 2B 75 75 663.7 186 361 12 78 .979 7.42   3.3
    SS 41 40 352.7 61 175 10 30 .959 6.02   1.5
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1921 23 CLE AL 2B 82 65 580.7 147 290 11 54 .975 6.77   2.6
    SS 8 2 26.7 7 16 1 1 .958 7.76   0.2
    3B 2 0 5.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
1922 24 CLE AL 2B 66 37 338.3 94 186 7 42 .976 7.45   1.3
    SS 10 4 49.0 11 20 2 6 .939 5.69   0.2
    3B 1 0 5.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1923 25 CLE AL 2B 27 21 177.0 45 100 5 31 .967 7.37   0.7
    SS 16 8 84.7 16 52 2 8 .971 7.23   0.4
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1924 26 CLE AL 2B 15 9 86.7 23 50 4 16 .948 7.58   0.4
    SS 8 5 53.3 8 27 1 5 .972 5.91   0.3
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1925 27 CLE AL 2B 58 56 447.7 118 270 8 51 .980 7.80   2.0
    SS 6 1 15.7 5 14 1 2 .950 10.92   0.2
    3B 4 0 8.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.16   0.0
1926 28 CLE AL SS 10 5 48.0 7 27 1 6 .971 6.38   0.2
    3B 6 0 13.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.69   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1927 29 CLE AL 2B 14 7 66.0 13 37 0 7 1.000 6.82   0.3
    SS 11 7 63.7 10 34 2 7 .957 6.22   0.3
    3B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1928 30 CLE AL SS 52 42 366.0 76 142 5 33 .978 5.36   3.0
    2B 7 3 27.3 9 7 0 1 1.000 5.27   0.1
1929 31 CLE AL SS 10 7 65.0 14 31 0 4 1.000 6.23   0.6
    2B 8 4 41.3 4 14 0 3 1.000 3.92   0.1
  2B 353 277 2429.6 640 1315 47 283 .977 7.24   10.8
  SS 179 128 1183.6 226 557 26 107 .968 5.95   7.1
  3B 18 0 39.3 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.75   0.2
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   551 405 3654.6 869 1881 73 391 .974 6.77   18.0
Career Highs   117 115 1018.3 247 536 22 108 1.000 7.84    
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Eddie Foster (973)
  2. Billy Rogell (961)
  3. Steve Yerkes (959)
  4. Tommy Corcoran (959)
  5. Tommy McMillan (956)
  6. Jim Mullin (952)
  7. Dave Altizer (952)
  8. Spike Shannon (950)
  9. Jimmy Mathison (949)
  10. Rollie Zeider (945)
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