How Dan Ford's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Dan Ford posted a career Batting Average of .270, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1979, posting .290, near the league average of .269 that year. The lowest point came in 1985 at .187, well below the league average of .261 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .280 in 1983 to .231 in 1984 and .187 in 1985. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 11 seasons.
Dan Ford Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Dan Ford
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| Career | 0.27 | 4582 | 4163 | 0.298 |
| Season Avg. | 0.27 | 416.55 | 378.45 | 0.298 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.27 | 643.78 | 584.91 | 0.298 |
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Dan Ford Batting Average Per Season
Dan Ford's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dan Ford Batting Average by Team
Dan Ford's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dan Ford Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Dan Ford's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Dan Ford Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Dan Ford's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Dan Ford Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Dan Ford's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
