Dan Ford
Minnesota Twins 1975–1978; California Angels 1979–1981; Baltimore Orioles 1982–1985
Percentile snapshot
1981 season — qualified batters
of 138 qualified 1981 batters (min 341 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 130 | 478 | 440 | 72 | 123 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 59 | 30 | 79 | 6 | 7 | .280 | .333 | .434 | .767 | 114.8 | 114.3 | .352 | 2.7 |
| 1976 | 145 | 571 | 514 | 87 | 137 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 86 | 36 | 118 | 17 | 6 | .267 | .323 | .457 | .781 | 124.7 | 125.3 | .358 | 2.8 |
| 1977 | 144 | 510 | 453 | 66 | 121 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 60 | 41 | 79 | 6 | 4 | .267 | .338 | .426 | .764 | 108.8 | 108.4 | .342 | 1.6 |
| 1978 | 151 | 654 | 592 | 78 | 162 | 36 | 10 | 11 | 82 | 48 | 88 | 7 | 7 | .274 | .332 | .424 | .756 | 109.5 | 110.3 | .342 | 3.3 |
| 1979 | 142 | 628 | 569 | 100 | 165 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 101 | 40 | 86 | 8 | 5 | .290 | .333 | .464 | .797 | 114.6 | 116.2 | .352 | 2.7 |
| 1980 | 65 | 249 | 226 | 22 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 45 | 0 | 1 | .279 | .339 | .420 | .759 | 111.5 | 110.3 | .345 | 0.8 |
| 1981 | 97 | 409 | 375 | 53 | 104 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 48 | 23 | 71 | 2 | 2 | .277 | .327 | .440 | .767 | 120.1 | 120.5 | .348 | 1.9 |
| 1982 | 123 | 453 | 421 | 46 | 99 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 43 | 23 | 71 | 5 | 2 | .235 | .279 | .371 | .650 | 75.7 | 78.2 | .291 | -0.4 |
| 1983 | 103 | 448 | 407 | 63 | 114 | 30 | 4 | 9 | 55 | 29 | 55 | 9 | 2 | .280 | .328 | .440 | .768 | 112.0 | 112.5 | .342 | 1.7 |
| 1984 | 25 | 100 | 91 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .286 | .308 | .593 | 67.4 | 66.8 | .276 | -0.2 |
| 1985 | 28 | 82 | 75 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | .187 | .256 | .253 | .509 | 43.6 | 42.3 | .240 | -0.6 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-07-20 | BAL @ SEA Gameday | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 1979-08-10 | SEA @ LAA Gameday | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 1975-07-04 | TEX @ MIN Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 1979-04-08 | LAA @ SEA Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 1981-08-21 | CLE @ LAA Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.