Gene Ford (pitcher, born 1912)
Appearance
Gene Ford | |
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Relief pitcher | |
Born: Fort Dodge, Iowa | June 23, 1912|
Died: September 7, 1970 Emmetsburg, Iowa | (aged 58)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
June 17, 1936, for the Boston Bees | |
Last MLB appearance | |
August 27, 1938, for the Chicago White Sox | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 0–0 |
Earned run average | 9.56 |
Strikeouts | 2 |
Walks | 12 |
Innings pitched | 14.0 |
Teams | |
Eugene Matthew Ford (June 23, 1912 – September 7, 1970) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Bees and Chicago White Sox in parts of two seasons spanning 1936–1938. Listed at 6' 2", 195 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.
Born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Ford attended University of Iowa. Following his graduation, he pitched in the Minor Leagues with the Peoria Tractors in 1935 and for the Columbia Senators in 1936.
Ford died in 1970 in Emmetsburg, Iowa, at the age of 58.
Sources
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Categories:
- 1912 births
- 1970 deaths
- Baseball players from Iowa
- Boston Bees players
- Chicago White Sox players
- Columbia Senators players
- Iowa Hawkeyes baseball players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Sportspeople from Fort Dodge, Iowa
- Peoria Tractors players
- University of Iowa alumni
- American baseball pitcher, 1910s births stubs