Mike Ford
1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 0" 225LBS | Age: 32
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 149 131 9 27 3 0 .206 .302 .313 .615
2023 251 219 32 50 16 0 .228 .323 .475 .798
2024 62 60 2 9 1 0 .150 .177 .233 .410
6 Seasons 781 687 84 141 37 0 .205 .298 .402 .700
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .206 3 0 .615
2023 .228 16 0 .798
2024 .150 1 0 .410
6 Seasons .205 37 0 .700
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Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2019 26 657 115 11 9.6 6.7 91.9 110.7 15.6 36.5 .278 .478 .372 .358 .392 45.2 17.2 10.4
2020 27 356 59 4 6.8 4.8 89.7 109.2 8.4 30.5 .231 .393 .224 .311 .335 39.0 19.0 8.3
2021 28 292 37 7 18.9 9.7 90.9 109.3 15.6 35.1 .180 .409 .254 .315 .398 48.6 31.9 15.3
2022 29 623 91 3 3.3 2.0 88.7 110.4 18.1 37.4 .210 .302 .280 .278 .318 33.0 26.8 11.4
2023 30 1032 139 24 17.3 9.6 88.8 111.1 21.0 33.1 .202 .416 .343 .314 .410 44.6 32.3 9.6
2024 31 229 45 1 2.2 1.6 86.4 107.0 17.5 28.9 .207 .299 .180 .234 .292 33.3 24.2 3.2
Player 3189 486 50 10.3 6.4 89.6 111.1 16.9 34.2 .221 .394 .303 .309 .368 41.2 26.0 10.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2019 39.1 33.0 21.7 6.1 42.6 36.5 20.9 0.0 25.2 30.4 29.6 5.2 9.6 6.7
2020 50.8 18.6 25.4 5.1 40.7 42.4 16.9 3.4 40.7 23.7 16.9 8.5 6.8 4.8
2021 37.8 40.5 16.2 5.4 37.8 37.8 24.3 2.7 27.0 29.7 16.2 5.4 18.9 9.7
2022 33.0 28.6 28.6 9.9 50.5 37.4 12.1 4.4 22.0 35.2 27.5 7.7 3.3 2.0
2023 31.7 35.3 19.4 13.7 43.9 36.7 19.4 5.0 21.6 33.1 18.0 5.0 17.3 9.6
2024 42.2 28.9 15.6 13.3 31.1 44.4 24.4 2.2 26.7 37.8 26.7 4.4 2.2 1.6
Player 37.4 31.3 21.8 9.5 42.8 38.3 18.9 3.1 25.7 31.9 23.0 6.0 10.3 6.4
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -6.4 -5 81 35.4 23 .130 .130 .117 14.9 13.0 16.7 .183 .223 .178 25.0
2024 Sweeper -5.4 -1 27 11.8 6 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .260 .299 .244 33.3
2024 Changeup -2.6 -1 27 11.8 8 .143 .143 .200 26.7 12.5 11.1 .358 .403 .380 50.0
2024 Slider -2.1 -1 27 11.8 6 .167 .500 .267 88.9 83.3 62.5 .085 .204 .121 100.0
2024 Sinker 7.6 2 25 10.9 9 .375 .750 .500 6.3 0.0 0.0 .282 .641 .421 37.5
2024 Curveball -4.5 -1 23 10.0 3 .000 .000 .000 40.0 66.7 20.0 .109 .110 .098 0.0
2024 Cutter -9.6 -1 13 5.7 4 .000 .000 .000 50.0 75.0 60.0 .002 .003 .002 0.0
2024 Knuckleball 11.2 0 3 1.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 50.0 0.0 -- .854 .899 .776 0.0
2024 Slurve -9.7 0 2 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Split-Finger -16.7 0 1 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .174 .632 .334 100.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 4 248 24.0 70 .267 .683 .436 21.9 30.0 24.7 .234 .580 .387 48.7
2023 Slider -1.0 -2 163 15.8 35 .185 .333 .330 43.1 31.4 19.3 .172 .352 .328 50.0
2023 Curveball 2.7 4 159 15.4 26 .280 .560 .402 30.5 42.3 22.4 .177 .337 .234 57.1
2023 Changeup 1.1 1 127 12.3 30 .222 .593 .348 24.5 16.7 13.9 .260 .544 .363 39.1
2023 Sweeper -2.9 -3 94 9.1 23 .000 .000 .152 42.9 56.5 44.8 .022 .026 .168 0.0
2023 Cutter -1.3 -1 87 8.4 16 .357 .357 .369 25.6 25.0 23.5 .289 .361 .335 40.0
2023 Sinker -2.3 -2 77 7.5 26 .280 .480 .338 20.0 23.1 28.6 .219 .380 .271 42.1
2023 Split-Finger -0.6 0 67 6.5 18 .118 .118 .139 50.0 44.4 27.6 .153 .240 .198 44.4
2023 Slurve 17.4 0 2 0.2 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2023 Screwball -14.8 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 161 656 8 -9 5 5 10
2020 86 367 -9 -4 4 2 -6
2021 71 292 -5 -6 6 1 -4
2022 149 623 -3 -9 5 3 -4
2023 250 1,032 3 -12 5 7 3
2024 62 229 -3 -8 1 1 -8
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2019 657 46.7 61.9 85.3 20.9 58.9 41.9 26.1 40.0 22.1 7.2 68.1
2020 356 45.8 57.1 82.8 21.2 53.7 40.7 21.4 37.6 26.1 7.0 80.0
2021 292 44.5 56.9 75.7 16.7 51.9 41.8 16.9 34.6 29.7 8.2 62.5
2022 623 45.6 52.5 85.2 20.6 62.9 45.3 22.8 35.2 21.9 6.7 61.9
2023 1,032 47.6 64.6 80.4 22.9 41.9 42.7 27.1 42.7 30.4 7.1 79.5
2024 229 48.9 72.3 76.5 28.2 69.7 41.5 38.7 49.8 25.4 5.7 92.3
Player 3,189 46.6 60.8 81.7 21.6 53.8 42.6 25.4 39.9 26.3 7.0 72.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2019 75 13
2020 62 7
2021 62 5
2022 67 4
2023 69 4
2024 26 1
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 24.0 12 8.8 3 2 9 3 25.0
2020 24.9 2 2.1 0 1 1 1 50.0
2021 23.9 3 2.9 0 2 3 1 33.3
2022 26.7 3 2.5 1 1 1 2 66.7
2023 25.2 16 15.2 1 1 12 6 37.5
2024 22.2 1 1.2 0 1 0 1 100.0
Player 24.7 37 32.6 4 8 26 14 37.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2019 12 11 5 11 7 9 10 11 6 5 6 9 11 7 10 8 10 8 12 9 11 7 12 11 10 7 6 9 12 8 6
2020 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
2021 3 5 2 4 3 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 4 2 4 2 4 3 3 3 2
2022 3 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 4 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 2
2023 16 15 11 17 16 16 16 17 14 13 14 16 17 15 16 17 17 15 17 17 15 14 19 18 14 11 16 15 16 13 9
2024 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Player 37 37 24 40 31 33 34 37 27 25 27 33 39 30 34 34 35 31 39 34 35 29 43 37 33 25 32 33 38 29 21
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.9 89.7 -2.2 90.9 1.2 88.7 -2.2 88.8 0.1 86.4 -2.4
Launch Angle 15.6 8.4 -7.2 15.6 7.2 18.1 2.5 21.0 2.9 17.5 -3.5
Barrel % 9.6 6.8 -2.8 18.9 12.1 3.3 -15.6 17.3 14.0 2.2 -15.1
Hard Hit % 45.2 39.0 -6.2 48.6 9.6 33.0 -15.6 44.6 11.6 33.3 -11.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.5 30.5 -6.0 35.1 4.6 37.4 2.3 33.1 -4.3 28.9 -4.2
xBA .278 .231 -0.047 .180 -0.051 .210 0.030 .202 -0.008 .207 0.005
BA .259 .135 -0.124 .133 -0.002 .206 0.073 .228 0.022 .150 -0.078
xwOBA .358 .311 -0.047 .315 0.004 .278 -0.037 .314 0.036 .234 -0.080
wOBA .372 .224 -0.148 .254 0.030 .280 0.026 .343 0.063 .180 -0.163
xSLG .478 .393 -0.085 .409 0.016 .302 -0.107 .416 0.114 .299 -0.117
SLG .559 .270 -0.289 .283 0.013 .313 0.030 .475 0.162 .233 -0.242
K% 17.2 19.0 1.8 31.9 12.9 26.8 -5.1 32.3 5.5 24.2 -8.1
BB% 10.4 8.3 -2.1 15.3 7.0 11.4 -3.9 9.6 -1.8 3.2 -6.4
Swing % 40.0 37.6 -2.4 34.6 -3.0 35.2 0.6 42.7 7.5 49.8 7.1
Whiff% 22.1 26.1 4.0 29.7 3.6 21.9 -7.8 30.4 8.5 25.4 -5.0
In Zone % 46.7 45.8 -0.9 44.5 -1.3 45.6 1.1 47.6 2.0 48.9 1.3
Out of Zone % 53.3 54.2 0.9 55.5 1.3 54.4 -1.1 52.4 -2.0 51.1 -1.3
Out of Zone Swing % 20.9 21.2 0.3 16.7 -4.5 20.6 3.9 22.9 2.3 28.2 5.3
First Pitch Swing % 26.1 21.4 -4.7 16.9 -4.5 22.8 5.9 27.1 4.3 38.7 11.6
First Pitch Strike % 60.2 51.2 -9.0 53.5 2.3 57.7 4.2 56.6 -1.1 67.7 11.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts L 161 122 75.8 .295 .397
2020 Shifts L 84 62 73.8 .346 .180
2021 Shifts L 71 68 95.8 .000 .265
2022 Shifts L 149 126 84.6 .239 .288
2023 Shades L 249 185 74.3 .299 .361
2024 Shades L 62 44 71.0 .185 .179
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2019 243 16.6 27.2% 1.2% 104 22.5 1.0% 12.5%
2020 88 17.5 18.2% 3.4% 106 22.2 0.0% 8.5%
2021 84 18.1 10.7% 1.2% 79 23.9 0.0% 16.5%
2022 221 17.3 20.4% 1.4% 125 22.7 0.8% 10.4%
2023 258 15.6 40.3% 0.8% 212 18.7 9.4% 0.5%
2024 53 14.8 50.9% 0.0% 36 17.7 2.8% 0.0%
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