Russ Ford
1909–1915 · bats R / throws R · Buffalo Blues, New York Yankees
204G
.209AVG
.262OBP
.281SLG
More career statistics
106H
1HR
37RBI
14SB
99–71W–L
1,487.1IP
710K
2.59ERA
170GS
9SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 506 | 508 |
| Batting · Doubles | 17 | 18 |
| Batting · Hits | 106 | 107 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 66 | 156 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 568 | 569 |
| Batting · Runs | 55 | 54 |
| Batting · RBI | 37 | 36 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 14 | 13 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,917 | 6,074 |
| Pitching · p er | 428 | 422 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,340 | 1,344 |
| Pitching · p hr | 44 | 45 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,462 | 4,468 |
| Pitching · p k | 710 | 719 |
| Pitching · p r | 595 | 596 |
| Pitching · p w | 376 | 375 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204 | 568 | 506 | 55 | 106 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 37 | 34 | 66 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 142 | .209 | .262 | .281 | .543 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,487.3 | 199 | 170 | 126 | 99 | 71 | 9 | 1,340 | 595 | 428 | 44 | 376 | 710 | 0 | 0 | 2.59 | 1.154 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1912-07-31 to 1912-08-24
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1914-09-24 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1910-05-30 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1912-06-20 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 108 | 280 | 46 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 65 | .188 | .229 | .265 |
| Away | 96 | 289 | 61 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 91 | .232 | .266 | .300 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 19 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .103 | .097 | .103 |
| May | 34 | 107 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 32 | .184 | .234 | .224 |
| June | 40 | 110 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 29 | .184 | .227 | .265 |
| July | 42 | 118 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 29 | .277 | .288 | .396 |
| August | 28 | 88 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 21 | .231 | .273 | .308 |
| September | 35 | 90 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 29 | .210 | .267 | .247 |
| October | 6 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .217 | .240 | .391 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 26 | 68 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 | .254 | .265 | .322 |
| detroit-tigers | 23 | 70 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 17 | .133 | .214 | .150 |
| boston-red-sox | 22 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | .208 | .246 | .283 |
| chicago-white-sox | 22 | 71 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 20 | .242 | .254 | .355 |
| cleveland-guardians | 20 | 66 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | .254 | .318 | .424 |
| st-louis-browns | 19 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | .196 | .211 | .216 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 15 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | .256 | .267 | .326 |
| baltimore-terrapins | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .235 | .263 | .353 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |  New York Yankees | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 4 | 2 |
| 1910 | New York Yankees | 36 | 96 | 20 | – | 7 | 1 | .208 | 299 | 211 |
| 1911 | New York Yankees | 37 | 104 | 20 | – | 7 | 1 | .192 | 281 | 157 |
| 1912 | New York Yankees | 40 | 112 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .286 | 291 | 117 |
| 1913 | New York Yankees | 33 | 74 | 13 | – | 3 | 5 | .176 | 237 | 72 |
| 1914 | BBBuffalo Blues | 35 | 78 | 10 | – | 7 | 3 | .128 | 248 | 126 |
| 1915 | BBBuffalo Blues | 22 | 43 | 12 | – | 4 | 1 | .279 | 127 | 34 |