League Leaders Who Led?

Jimmy Ford

1937–1945  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'8", 185 lb  ·  b. 1912 Memphis, TN

Career 169 G · 160 H · 3 HR · 76 RBI · .260 AVG

No league-leading finishes. This player never placed in the top 25 of a tracked category. The season record below is the full story.
Team records #2 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars 1940 H #5 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars career RBI #5 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars career H #6 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars career R #8 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars career SB #8 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars 1940 RBI #9 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars 1943 AVG #9 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars 1940 R #9 Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars 1943 OPS #10 Washington Black Senators career RBI

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Third Base Double Plays — #2 — 1940 #2 1941 #2
Second Base Double Plays — #3 — 1937 #3

Batting

9 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1937 MRS NAL 15 64 7 16 1 1 0 8 1 0 2 .250 .262 .297 .558
1938 SEN +2 NN2 7 28 4 9 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 .321 .345 .321 .666
1939 SL3 NAL 6 22 3 5 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 .227 .292 .409 .701
1940 SNS NAL 31 112 16 33 5 2 0 13 5 0 2 .295 .325 .375 .700
1941 SNS NAL 18 56 13 18 1 2 0 9 8 0 1 .321 .406 .411 .817
1942 NBY +1 NN2 25 86 11 15 3 0 0 10 10 1 3 .174 .260 .209 .470
1943 PS +3 NN2 23 90 14 23 4 1 1 13 7 0 0 .256 .309 .356 .665
1944 MRS NAL 28 103 8 29 3 0 1 13 8 0 2 .282 .336 .340 .676
1945 MRS NAL 16 55 6 12 3 1 1 4 3 0 0 .218 .259 .364 .622
Career — — 169 616 82 160 20 9 3 76 45 1 11 .260 .311 .336 .647

Fielding

4 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1937 MRS NAL 2B 15 14 114.1 27 47 3 8 77 .961 4.93
OF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 2 1.000 2.00
1938 SEN NN2 2B 3 3 26.0 9 14 0 1 23 1.000 7.67
3B 3 3 27.0 1 3 1 0 5 .800 1.33
SS 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 4 1.000 4.00
1939 SL3 NAL SS 3 3 26.0 4 7 0 1 11 1.000 3.67
2B 2 2 16.0 5 5 2 0 12 .833 5.00
OF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 2 1.000 2.00
1940 SNS NAL 3B 14 14 113.2 16 22 9 3 47 .809 2.71
2B 11 11 86.0 21 29 1 3 51 .980 4.55
OF 3 2 19.0 2 2 2 0 6 .667 1.33
SS 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 1 2 1.000 2.00
1941 SNS NAL 2B 10 10 83.0 11 27 2 2 40 .950 3.80
3B 5 5 42.0 2 3 2 2 7 .714 1.00
1942 NBY NN2 3B 20 18 153.0 10 29 8 2 47 .830 1.95
2B 6 5 45.1 8 17 4 2 29 .862 4.17
1943 PS NN2 2B 21 21 179.0 45 68 5 4 118 .958 5.38
3B 2 1 10.1 2 3 1 0 6 .833 2.50
SS 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 4 .750 3.00
1944 MRS NAL 3B 23 22 187.0 24 27 5 1 56 .911 2.22
2B 5 5 41.0 10 9 2 2 21 .905 3.80
1945 MRS NAL 3B 7 7 61.0 6 14 2 0 22 .909 2.86
OF 6 5 42.0 6 1 1 0 8 .875 1.17
2B 2 2 16.0 4 7 1 0 12 .917 5.50
Career — — 2B 75 73 606.2 140 223 20 22 383 .948 4.84
— — 3B 74 70 594.0 61 101 28 8 190 .853 2.19
— — OF 11 9 78.0 12 3 3 0 18 .833 1.36
— — SS 6 6 52.0 9 11 1 2 21 .952 3.33