finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1973 right vineland , new jersey 1970 september 29 .219 17 68 outfielder cleveland indians batting average home runs rbi april 7 7 february 1947 ted ford
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ted ford

theodore henry ford -lrb- born february 7 , 1947 in vineland , new jersey -rrb- is a former right-handed major league baseball outfielder who played for the cleveland indians and texas rangers from 1970 to 1973 .
drafted by the indians 11th overall in the 1966 amateur draft , ford began his professional career with the dubuque packers .
in 71 games with them in , he hit .263 with six home runs and 25 rbi in 262 at-bats .
the following year , , he played for the pawtucket indians .
he hit only .210 in 443 at-bats with them .
he missed the entire 1968 and 1969 seasons due to military service .
he fought in the vietnam war .
in 1970 , he mostly played for the wichita aeros , hitting .326 with 12 home runs and 57 rbi in 383 at-bats with them .
however , he started the season with the big league club .
on april 7 , he made his major league debut with the indians .
facing star pitcher dave mcnally of the baltimore orioles , he went 0 -- 2 with a walk in his first game .
he spent time in both the majors and minors in 1971 as well .
in the majors , he hit .194 in 196 at-bats .
in the minors - playing for the aeros again - he hit .330 in 176 at-bats .
on april 3 , 1972 , ford was traded to the texas rangers for roy foster and tommy mccraw .
he played in 129 games with the rangers that year , hitting 14 home runs and driving 50 runs in in 429 at-bats .
his batting average was .235 .
ford spent nine games with the denver bears that year as well , hitting .222 in 36 at-bats .
ford was traded back to the indians on may 10 , 1973 with dick bosman for steve dunning .
he appeared in only 11 big league games that season , hitting .225 in 40 at-bats .
he played his final game on september 29 .
although his major league career was over after 1973 , he was still involved in notable trades after that .
on april 24 , 1974 , for example , he was traded back to the rangers for charlie hudson .
overall , ford hit .219 in 240 major league games .
in 711 at-bats , he hit 17 home runs and drove 68 runs in .
