Lew Ford | Major Leaguer 2003-2007

Full Name: Jon Lewis Ford
Born: August 12,1976 in Beaumont, Texas
Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Port-Neches Groves (Port Neches,TX)
College: Dallas Baptist University

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Prospect Rankings*
2003 - 9th ranked organizational prospect for Minnesota Twins

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by Boston Red Sox in 12th Round (379th overall) of 1999 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jun 7,1999] - signed [Sep 9,2000] - Traded by Red Sox to Twins for Hector Carrasco. [Sep 10,2000] - Traded by Red Sox to Twins for RHP Hector Carrasco [Feb 2,2007] - Signed by Twins to avoid arbitration [Oct 11,2007] - Elected free agency

Signed by: Jim Robinson

Disabled List: [Jul 20,2003] - 15 Day Disabled list - (fractured right forearm) [Sep 1,2003] - Activated [Jul 13,2006] - 15 Day Disabled list - (strained right oblique) [Aug 14,2006] - Activated [Mar 24,2007] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Left knee surgery) [May 11,2007] -

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1999	Lowell	NYPL	22	Bos	A-	of		62	250	48	70	17	4	7	34	15	2	19	35	5	1	0	3	6	.280	.339	.464	803	--
2000	Augusta	SAL	23	Bos	A	of		126	514	122	162	35	11	9	74	52	4	52	83	12	3	3	2	12	.315	.390	.479	869	--
2001	Fort Myers	FSL	24	Min	A+	0f		67	265	42	79	15	2	2	24	19	9	21	30	12	3	1	2	3	.298	.373	.392	765	--
	NewBritain	East	24	Min	AA	of		62	252	30	55	9	3	7	25	5	5	20	35	6	0	1	2	4	.218	.289	.361	650	--
2002	NewBritain	East	25	Min	AA	of		93	373	81	116	27	2	15	51	17	5	49	47	8	0	4	1	5	.311	.401	.515	916	--
	Edmonton	PCL	25	Min	AAA	of		47	193	40	64	11	2	5	24	11	1	13	21	6	0	1	1	2	.332	.390	.487	877	--
2003	Rochester	IL	26	Min	AAA	of		53	211	33	64	18	2	3	31	4	5	10	28	8	1	0	1	1	.303	.357	.450	807	--
	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	cf-lf	1	34	73	16	24	7	1	3	15	2	0	8	9	1	0	1	0	1	.329	.402	.575	977	43%
2004	Rochester	IL	27	Min	AAA	of		1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	--
	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	lf-cf	3,1	154	569	89	170	31	4	15	72	20	2	67	75	13	3	2	7	15	.299	.381	.446	827	47%
2005	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	cf-dh	7,3,5	147	522	70	138	30	4	7	53	13	6	45	85	16	2	2	5	9	.264	.338	.377	715	53%
2006	Rochester	IL	29	Min	AAA	of		6	24	5	6	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.379	.292	671	--
	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	lf-rf	7,8,1	104	234	40	53	6	1	4	18	9	1	16	43	4	0	1	0	5	.226	.287	.312	599	55%
2007	Rochester	IL	30	Min	AAA	of		35	122	14	32	12	0	2	17	2	1	17	30	0	0	0	0	2	.262	.353	.410	763	--
	Minnesota	AL	30	Min	MLB	lf-cf	8,7	55	116	13	27	6	0	3	14	3	1	11	24	3	0	0	0	4	.233	.315	.362	677	50%

Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)								494	1514	228	412	80	10	32	172	47	10	147	236	37	5	6	12	34	.272	.349	.402	751	50%
Minor League Totals - 8 Season(s)								552	2209	415	649	145	26	50	282	125	33	205	315	58	8	10	12	35	.294	.367	.451	818	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2003	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	Div	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
2004	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	Div	3	11	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.364	749	--
2006	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	Div	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						5	12	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.333	690	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1999	Lowell	NYPL	22	Bos	A-	OF	55			130	4	1	135	0	-	-	-	.993	--

2000	Augusta	SAL	23	Bos	A	OF	124			309	12	2	323	0	-	-	-	.994	--

2001	Fort Myers	FSL	24	Min	A+	0F	66			140	6	1	147	1	-	-	-	.993	--
2001	NewBritain	East	24	Min	AA	OF	60			108	5	3	116	0	-	-	-	.974	--

2002	NewBritain	East	25	Min	AA	OF	93			202	6	3	211	3	-	-	-	.986	--
2002	Edmonton	PCL	25	Min	AAA	OF	46			126	8	5	139	1	-	-	-	.964	--

2003	Rochester	IL	26	Min	AAA	OF	44			90	6	1	97	3	-	-	-	.990	--
2003	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	LF	8	4	43	8	0	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.67
2003	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	CF	13	5	74.1	18	1	2	21	1	-	-	-	.905	2.30
2003	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	RF	6	3	34	9	0	1	10	0	-	-	-	.900	2.38
2003	Minnesota	AL	26	Min	MLB	DH	4								-	-	-	---	--

2004	Rochester	IL	27	Min	AAA	OF	1			5	0	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2004	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	LF	81	77	680.2	149	5	1	155	0	-	-	-	.994	2.04
2004	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	CF	46	35	341	101	1	3	105	0	-	-	-	.971	2.69
2004	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	RF	10	9	85	18	1	0	19	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.01
2004	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	DH	26								-	-	-	---	--

2005	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	LF	18	14	134	32	2	1	35	0	-	-	-	.971	2.28
2005	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	CF	63	60	548	140	7	4	151	1	-	-	-	.974	2.41
2005	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	RF	16	14	133	26	0	1	27	0	-	-	-	.963	1.76
2005	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	DH	44								-	-	-	---	--

2006	Rochester	IL	29	Min	AAA	OF	5								-	-	-	---	--
2006	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	LF	64	30	321.1	72	1	0	73	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.04
2006	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	CF	13	2	41	7	0	1	8	0	-	-	-	.875	1.54
2006	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	RF	22	20	169	53	3	1	57	2	-	-	-	.982	2.98
2006	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	DH	5	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

2007	Rochester	IL	30	Min	AAA	OF	35								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Minnesota	AL	30	Min	MLB	LF	35	25	233.1	46	1	1	48	1	-	-	-	.979	1.81
2007	Minnesota	AL	30	Min	MLB	CF	14	-	37	7	0	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.70
2007	Minnesota	AL	30	Min	MLB	RF	3	2	23	6	0	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.35

Awards

[2000] - South Atlantic League All-Star OF [2002] - Baseball America 2nd team Minor League All-Star OF, Minnesota Twins Minor League Player of the Year, Eastern League All-Star OF [2004] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #24)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
2003	*300,000		1,773,364	80
2004	*300,000		1,716,303	80
2005	385,000		1,825,756	47
2006	425,000		1,937,004	45
2007	*985,000		2,923,340	53

Career:	$2,395,000	estimate

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