Hod Ford (Horace Hills Ford) was born on July 23, 1897 in New Haven, Connecticut. He made his Major League debut on September 8, 1919 for the Boston Braves. In 1920, his rookie year, he hit .241 with 1 home run and 30 RBI. Ford played for the Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn Robins, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 15 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Hod Ford's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1921, when he hit for a .279 average and knocked in 61 runs. However, others believe that it was 1929, when he hit for a .276 average and knocked in 50 runs.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1919
BOS
N
10
28
4
6
0
3
.214
.290
.286
0
1
2
6
1
1
0
0
0
1920
BOS
N
88
257
16
62
1
30
.241
.296
.339
12
5
18
25
2
10
3
0
0
1921
BOS
N
152
555
50
155
2
61
.279
.328
.360
29
5
36
49
4
19
2
0
0
1922
BOS
N
143
515
58
140
2
60
.272
.317
.363
23
9
30
36
4
25
2
0
8
1923
BOS
N
111
380
27
103
2
50
.271
.326
.366
16
7
31
30
0
14
1
0
0
1924
PHI
N
145
530
58
144
3
53
.272
.308
.358
27
5
27
40
1
18
1
0
0
1925
BRO
N
66
216
32
59
1
15
.273
.357
.338
11
0
26
15
2
3
0
0
0
1926
CIN
N
57
197
14
55
0
18
.279
.336
.320
6
1
14
12
3
9
1
0
0
1927
CIN
N
115
409
45
112
1
46
.274
.331
.330
16
2
33
34
2
12
0
0
0
1928
CIN
N
149
506
49
122
0
54
.241
.308
.291
17
4
47
31
2
16
1
0
0
1929
CIN
N
148
529
68
146
3
50
.276
.329
.342
14
6
41
25
1
19
8
0
0
1930
CIN
N
132
424
36
98
1
34
.231
.272
.309
16
7
24
28
0
23
2
0
0
1931
CIN
N
84
175
18
40
0
13
.229
.286
.286
8
1
13
13
1
4
0
0
0
1932
STL
N
1
2
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1932
BOS
N
40
95
9
26
0
6
.274
.324
.368
5
2
6
9
1
4
0
0
0
1932
TOT
N
41
97
9
26
0
6
.268
.317
.361
5
2
6
9
1
4
0
0
0
1933
BOS
N
5
15
0
1
0
1
.067
.222
.067
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
4
Total
1446
4833
484
1269
16
494
.263
.316
.337
200
55
351
354
24
177
21
0
12
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1919
BOS
N
SS
8
0
0
10
25
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
.946
1919
BOS
N
3B
2
0
0
3
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1920
BOS
N
2B
59
0
0
122
219
10
21
0
0
0
0
0
.972
1920
BOS
N
SS
18
0
0
28
65
9
3
0
0
0
0
0
.912
1920
BOS
N
1B
4
0
0
24
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1921
BOS
N
2B
119
119
9
297
417
20
48
0
0
0
0
0
.973
1921
BOS
N
SS
33
32
0
96
109
6
17
0
0
0
0
0
.972
1922
BOS
N
2B
26
26
125
68
94
3
13
0
0
0
0
0
.982
1922
BOS
N
SS
117
117
540.1
267
387
32
58
0
0
0
0
0
.953
1923
BOS
N
SS
19
0
0
39
52
6
6
0
0
0
0
0
.938
1923
BOS
N
2B
95
0
0
213
300
16
61
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1924
PHI
N
2B
145
0
0
337
543
27
96
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1925
BRO
N
SS
66
0
0
126
185
11
33
0
0
0
0
0
.966
1926
CIN
N
SS
57
0
0
152
190
13
57
0
0
0
0
0
.963
1927
CIN
N
SS
104
0
0
218
323
27
75
0
0
0
0
0
.952
1927
CIN
N
2B
12
0
0
21
31
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1928
CIN
N
SS
149
0
0
355
508
25
128
0
0
0
0
0
.972
1929
CIN
N
SS
108
0
0
239
368
30
86
0
0
0
0
0
.953
1929
CIN
N
2B
42
0
0
94
152
5
30
0
0
0
0
0
.980
1930
CIN
N
SS
74
0
0
139
198
9
45
0
0
0
0
0
.974
1930
CIN
N
2B
66
0
0
152
217
6
45
0
0
0
0
0
.984
1931
CIN
N
2B
3
0
0
4
6
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1931
CIN
N
3B
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1931
CIN
N
SS
73
0
0
107
162
13
41
0
0
0
0
0
.954
1932
STL
N
SS
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.750
1932
BOS
N
2B
20
0
0
30
30
1
7
0
0
0
0
0
.984
1932
BOS
N
SS
16
0
0
26
48
1
8
0
0
0
0
0
.987
1932
BOS
N
3B
2
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1932
TOT
N
SS
17
0
0
28
49
2
9
0
0
0
0
0
.975
1933
BOS
N
SS
5
0
0
17
23
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
3B
5
0
0
4
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
1B
4
0
0
24
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
SS
848
149
540.1
1821
2644
185
565
0
0
0
0
0
.960
Total
2B
587
145
134
1338
2009
88
328
0
0
0
0
0
.974
Transactions[]
Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Braves (1919).
Traded by Boston Braves with Ray Powell to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Cotton Tierney (December 15, 1923); Ray Powell refused to report to Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves sent cash (December 15, 1923) to complete trade. Claimed on waivers by Brooklyn Robins from Philadelphia Phillies (May 16, 1925).
Sold by Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Cardinals (January 26, 1932).