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Darren Ford OF

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
12 16 .286 .375 .286 74 -0.2
Birth Date10-1-1985
Height5' 9"
Weight190 lbs
Age38 years, 6 months, 22 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2010 SFN 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0
2011 SFN 25 26 16 4 0 0 0 1 5 1 7 5 .286 .375 .286 74 -0.5 -1.0 -0.5 -0.2
Career3316400015196.286.375.28674-0.5-0.4-0.5-0.2

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2005 HEL Rk PIO 61 277 .274 .352 .414 .375 103 -0.8 7.4 -0.4 94 0 -6.2 3.2 -1.2 0.3
2006 WVA A SAL 125 566 .258 .333 .382 .362 110 13.2 13.0 0.7 115 0 28.3 7.0 1.4 5.2
2007 WVA A SAL 51 254 .275 .347 .420 .417 111 12.2 7.6 0.6 127 0 -1.8 -0.1 8.5 1.5
2007 BRV A+ FSL 72 317 .268 .338 .398 .285 95 -6.1 10.1 0.8 75 0 -8.4 3.0 -8.2 -0.3
2008 BRV A+ FSL 91 401 .255 .326 .375 .296 99 -9.5 12.0 0.6 84 0 -11.6 5.6 -13.7 -0.7
2008 SJO A+ CLF 38 155 .264 .331 .392 .318 89 -2 4.7 0.3 89 0 -1.9 2.7 -4.5 0.1
2009 SJO A+ CLF 101 441 .269 .340 .411 .379 98 24 13.3 0.7 120 0 3.1 2.6 10.0 3.1
2010 SFN MLB NL 7 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0
2010 RIC AA EAS 113 516 .259 .331 .397 .308 105 -5.4 7.7 0.7 0 0 -4.5 2.4 0.0 0.0
2011 SFN MLB NL 26 16 .253 .321 .389 .444 100 -0.1 0.4 0 74 6 -0.5 -1.0 -0.5 -0.2
2011 RIC AA EAS 23 97 .273 .335 .409 .387 83 -1.5 2.9 0.1 82 0 2.5 0.3 -1.6 0.4
2011 FRE AAA PCL 18 76 .275 .343 .438 .283 97 -6.1 2.4 0.2 51 0 -0.6 2.8 -4.5 0.0
2011 GIA Rk AZL 8 32 .288 .352 .432 .368 104 6.2 1.1 0.1 194 0 0.0 -0.6 1.2 0.2
2012 TAC AAA PCL 70 329 .279 .340 .425 .331 93 1.7 9.8 0.8 97 0 10.2 -1.0 0.0 2.0
2012 LEO Wnt VWL 36 171 .000 .000 .000 .328 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 IND AAA INT 83 274 .257 .324 .389 .288 99 -11.9 7.7 -1.7 76 0 -2.0 -2.5 -10.0 -0.9
2014 FRE AAA PCL 107 355 .274 .342 .435 .362 93 0.4 10.6 -1.5 87 0 -7.9 0.1 -6.7 -0.5
2015 SAC AAA PCL 110 425 .277 .339 .425 .301 98 4.2 11.8 1 95 0 -10.8 1.8 -9.1 -0.5
2016 RIC AA EAS 70 258 .261 .325 .386 .314 97 1.1 7.0 -0.8 82 0 -2.3 2.5 -7.8 -0.2
2016 SAC AAA PCL 49 171 .279 .342 .439 .287 91 -2.4 4.8 -1 66 0 4.2 0.2 -8.5 0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2005 HEL Rk PIO 277 236 57 64 4 3 1 77 24 33 70 18 4 .271 .364 .326 .055 3 3
2006 WVA A SAL 566 491 93 139 24 3 7 190 54 56 133 69 15 .283 .352 .387 .104 14 14
2007 BRV A+ FSL 317 273 46 63 7 1 4 84 27 35 67 36 6 .231 .315 .308 .077 5 5
2007 WVA A SAL 254 224 48 75 15 4 5 113 33 23 56 31 10 .335 .391 .504 .170 5 5
2008 BRV A+ FSL 401 343 57 79 13 3 2 104 27 46 88 48 11 .230 .319 .303 .073 7 7
2008 SJO A+ CLF 155 128 21 28 4 1 0 34 7 23 42 14 1 .219 .342 .266 .047 2 2
2009 SJO A+ CLF 441 380 81 114 17 9 9 176 50 49 97 35 12 .300 .386 .463 .163 3 3
2010 RIC AA EAS 516 463 64 116 20 9 5 169 40 39 106 37 15 .251 .311 .365 .114 8 8
2010 SFN MLB NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2011 FRE AAA PCL 76 71 10 15 2 0 2 23 7 4 23 10 0 .211 .263 .324 .113 0 0
2011 GIA Rk AZL 32 24 9 9 0 1 2 17 6 6 4 2 1 .375 .500 .708 .333 1 0
2011 SFN MLB NL 16 14 7 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 7 5 .286 .375 .286 .000 0 0
2011 RIC AA EAS 97 86 11 24 3 0 0 27 2 9 24 6 3 .279 .347 .314 .035 0 2
2012 LEO Wnt VWL 171 154 24 41 8 1 1 54 13 13 31 11 3 .266 .335 .351 .084 0 1
2012 TAC AAA PCL 329 304 39 83 16 3 4 117 33 23 61 26 14 .273 .326 .385 .112 0 1
2013 IND AAA INT 274 239 36 55 7 2 2 72 19 27 56 29 11 .230 .307 .301 .071 3 4
2014 FRE AAA PCL 355 321 48 91 11 1 3 113 27 27 77 35 12 .283 .341 .352 .069 2
2015 SAC AAA PCL 425 380 54 99 13 4 11 153 33 39 78 33 16 .261 .333 .403 .142 1 2
2016 SAC AAA PCL 171 152 17 38 3 2 1 48 9 12 23 8 6 .250 .311 .316 .066 1 4
2016 RIC AA EAS 258 223 36 53 8 2 0 65 15 30 56 13 4 .238 .325 .291 .054 2 3

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2011 62 0.6129 0.4516 0.7500 0.5789 0.2500 0.8636 0.3333 0.2500 0.0007
Career620.61290.45160.75000.57890.25000.86360.33330.25000.0007

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2014-04-11 2014-05-03 Minors 22 0 - Head Concussion Diving Into Wall - -
2011-06-27 2011-07-30 Minors 33 29 - Not Disclosed - -
2011-05-23 2011-06-20 15-DL 28 26 Ankle Sprain -
2010-08-21 2010-09-02 Minors 12 0 Right Knee Soreness -
2007-04-04 2007-04-12 Minors 8 0 Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 127 dJoshua Kusnick2016

Details
  • 2016
  • 1 year (2015). Re-signed by San Francisco 1/13/15 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2014). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 3/9/14 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 11/5/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by Seattle (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/11. Released by San Francisco 11/28/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Contract purchased 11/20/09. Re-signed 3/10.
  • Acquired by San Francisco in trade from Milwaukee 7/20/08 (Ray Durham deal).
  • Drafted 2004 (18-526). Signed 5/05, $0.2M signing bonus (draft-and-follow).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2011-04-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)Did you get a good look at any Giants this spring? Who would win a 60 yard dash-Gary Brown or Darren Ford?
(Josh G from Stockton)		I did. Brown is stupid fast. I wouldn't bet against him. (Jason Parks)
2010-06-07 18:30:00 (link to chat)Ugh....Gary Brown...I think I prefer a real hitter for the Giants. The Giants don't seem to have any luck turning out position players, so I would have liked them to select the guy with the most polished bat, Cox or Brentz or Gyorko. I just don't trust the Giants to turn a hacker into a decent player. I read his profile and just think...Eugenio Velez...Darren Ford, and then I throw up in my mouth a little.
(Gregjitsu from SoCal)		He's bigger, stronger and faster than those guys. You're making poor assumptions. (Kevin Goldstein)


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