Russ Ford Notable

b. April 25, 1883 · New York Highlanders 1909–1912, New York Yankees 1913, Buffalo Buffeds 1914, Buffalo Blues 1915

Russ Ford played for four clubs across seven seasons as a pitcher, opening with the New York Highlanders in 1909 and closing with the Buffalo Blues in 1915.

He went 99 and 71 with a 2.59 earned run average, pitching 1,487 innings in 199 games. He struck out 710, completed 126 of his 170 starts and threw 15 shutouts. Across 204 games he batted .209, with 106 hits and 55 runs. He finished with 1 home run, 17 doubles and 14 stolen bases.

He led the league in saves once, in 1914, with 6.

He was born in Brandon, MB, CAN on April 25, 1883, and died on January 24, 1960. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1909	NYY	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1910	NYY	36	96	8	20	1	5	0	7	9	33	1	.208
1911	NYY	37	102	10	20	2	1	0	8	3	31	2	.196
1912	NYY	40	112	15	32	8	0	1	8	6	31	2	.286
1913	NYY	33	74	5	12	1	1	0	3	7	29	5	.162
1914	BUF	35	78	10	10	1	0	0	7	8	28	3	.128
1915	BUF	22	43	7	12	4	1	0	4	1	9	1	.279
Career	—	204	506	55	106	17	8	1	37	34	161	14	.209

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1909	NYY	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	4	3	4	2	9.00
1910	NYY	26	6	36	33	1	299.2	194	55	70	209	1.65
1911	NYY	22	11	37	33	0	281.1	251	71	76	158	2.27
1912	NYY	13	21	36	35	0	291.2	317	115	79	112	3.55
1913	NYY	12	18	33	28	2	237.0	244	70	58	72	2.66
1914	BUF	21	6	35	26	6	247.1	190	50	41	123	1.82
1915	BUF	5	9	21	15	0	127.1	140	64	48	34	4.52
Career	—	99	71	199	170	9	1487.1	1340	428	376	710	2.59

On this day & linked events

1883

Born April 25, 1883

Brandon, MB, CAN

1960

Died January 24, 1960

1915

Alex Main's No-Hitter

Alex Main threw a no-hitter for the Kansas City Packers against the Buffalo Blues on August 16, 1915, winning 5–0.

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