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| Full name Robert Dale Ford |
| Born July 6, 1942, Jonesborough, Tennessee |
| Umpired First Game: August 29, 1975; Umpired Final Game: July 18, 1999 |
| Height: 6' 0" Weight: 190 |
| Ejections: 1976 (3), 1977 (2), 1978 (4), 1979 (3), 1980 (4), 1981 (8), 1982 (8), 1983 (2), 1984 (4), 1985 (9), 1986 (3), 1987 (3), 1988 (5), 1989 (8), 1990 (5), 1991 (2), 1992 (2), 1993 (3), 1995 (2), 1996 (2), 1997 (6), 1998 (2). Total: 90 |
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Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1975 AL Daily 26 5 6 8 7 0 0 1976 AL Daily 168 42 43 41 42 0 0 1977 AL Daily 161 40 40 38 43 0 0 1978 AL Daily 159 40 40 38 41 0 0 1979 AL Daily 110 29 26 27 28 0 0 1980 AL Daily 150 39 40 38 33 0 0 1981 AL Daily 105 28 25 27 25 0 0 1982 AL Daily 141 37 35 34 35 0 0 1983 AL Daily 108 30 26 28 25 0 0 1984 AL Daily 148 38 36 37 37 0 0 1985 AL Daily 152 39 40 35 38 0 0 1986 AL Daily 145 38 36 33 38 0 0 1987 AL Daily 139 35 36 34 34 0 0 1988 AL Daily 135 34 35 35 31 0 0 1989 AL Daily 143 38 36 34 35 0 0 1990 AL Daily 136 36 33 34 33 0 0 1991 AL Daily 143 38 34 32 40 0 0 1992 AL Daily 138 36 35 33 34 0 0 1993 AL Daily 140 34 35 36 35 0 0 1994 AL Daily 31 6 8 9 8 0 0 1995 AL Daily 114 29 28 29 28 0 0 1996 AL Daily 137 36 36 33 32 0 0 1997 AL Daily 123 31 32 30 30 0 0 1998 AL Daily 111 29 25 30 27 0 0 1999 AL Daily 74 20 19 17 18 0 0 Total (25 Years) 3137 807 785 770 777 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Division Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1981 AL Daily 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 1997 AL Daily 5 1 1 0 1 1 1 Total ( 2 Years) 10 2 2 0 1 2 3 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
League Championship Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1979 AL Daily 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1985 AL Daily 7 1 2 1 1 1 1 1989 AL Daily 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 1995 AL Daily 6 1 1 1 1 2 0 Total ( 4 Years) 22 4 5 3 2 5 3 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
World Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1986 ML Daily 7 1 1 1 1 1 2 1997 ML Daily 7 1 2 1 1 1 1 Total ( 2 Years) 14 2 3 2 2 2 3 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
All-Star Game Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1988 ML Daily 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1999 ML Daily 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Total ( 2 Years) 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Ejection Information Date Team Ejected Reason 7-22-1976 BOX MIL A Bernie Carbo Bench jockeying 7-25-1976 BOX BAL A Lee May Called third strike 7-25-1976 BOX BAL A Earl Weaver Called third strike 5-22-1977 BOX CHI A Bob Lemon Runner placement after fan interference 7-17-1977 BOX SEA A Darrell Johnson Fair/foul call 5- 7-1978 BOX TOR A Roy Hartsfield Home run call 5-23-1978 BOX CHI A Minnie Minoso Call at 1B 7- 1-1978 BOX SEA A Darrell Johnson Call at 2B 8-26-1978 BOX OAK A Red Schoendienst Bench jockeying 7-29-1979 BOX MIL A Jim Gantner Fighting 8-30-1979 BOX SEA A Vada Pinson Call at 1B 9-22-1979 BOX OAK A Jim Marshall Balls and strikes 6- 8-1980 BOX OAK A Billy Martin Balls and strikes 7- 5-1980 BOX MIL A Gorman Thomas Call at 1B 7-30-1980 BOX TEX A Pat Corrales Call at 1B 8- 3-1980 BOX SEA A Darrell Johnson Call at HP 5-13-1981 BOX MIN A Karl Kuehl Call at 1B 5-19-1981 BOX KC A Jim Frey Balls and strikes 5-19-1981 BOX NY A Gene Michael Catch/trap call 6- 9-1981(2) BOX BAL A Cal Ripken Balls and strikes Date Team Ejected Reason 9-19-1981 BOX BAL A Earl Weaver Balls and strikes 9-23-1981 BOX NY A Joe Altobelli Warning to both teams 9-23-1981 BOX CLE A John Denny Fighting 9-23-1981 BOX NY A Reggie Jackson Fighting 5-12-1982 BOX MIL A Cal McLish Bench jockeying 7-24-1982 BOX TOR A Bobby Cox Call at 1B 7-24-1982 BOX TOR A Cito Gaston Call at 1B 7-24-1982 BOX TOR A John Sullivan Call at 1B 8- 7-1982 BOX CAL A Reggie Jackson Arguing pitcher was throwing spitball 8-16-1982 BOX TEX A Darrell Johnson Called third strike 8-20-1982 BOX CHI A Tony LaRussa Balls and strikes (Threw helmet) 9-21-1982 BOX DET A Lou Whitaker Call at HP (Threw helmet) 4-13-1983 BOX NY A Dave Winfield Charging mound 7-31-1983 BOX NY A Billy Martin Demanding more warmup throws 4-23-1984 BOX TOR A Bobby Cox Call at 2B 6-23-1984 BOX MIN A Billy Gardner Called third strike 9-14-1984 BOX SEA A Phil Roof Check swing 9-24-1984(1) BOX CAL A John McNamara Called third strike 4-24-1985 BOX BAL A Cal Ripken Fair/foul call 5-15-1985 BOX BAL A Joe Altobelli Balls and strikes Date Team Ejected Reason 7-10-1985 BOX OAK A Billy Williams Call at 1B 7-11-1985 BOX MIL A Charlie Moore Balls and strikes 7-11-1985 BOX MIL A Tony Muser Balls and strikes 7-14-1985 BOX MIL A George Bamberger Call at 1B 7-14-1985 BOX MIL A Andy Etchebarren Umpire baiting 7-22-1985 BOX BAL A Earl Weaver Trap/catch 8-22-1985 BOX BAL A Cal Ripken Balls and strikes 5- 7-1986 BOX SEA A Chuck Cottier Interference call 6-15-1986 BOX KC A Gary Blaylock Bench jockeying 8-19-1986 BOX KC A George Brett Check swing 6-10-1987 BOX CAL A Doug DeCinces Balls and strikes 8-13-1987 BOX CHI A Jim Fregosi Called third strike 8-29-1987(1) BOX CLE A Brook Jacoby Called third strike 6- 5-1988 BOX BOS A Marty Barrett Balls and strikes 6- 5-1988 BOX BOS A John McNamara Balls and strikes 6- 9-1988 BOX SEA A Henry Cotto Called third strike 7-29-1988(2) BOX MIL A Jim Gantner Called third strike 9-20-1988 BOX CLE A Joe Carter Call at 3B 4-27-1989 BOX OAK A Tony LaRussa Balk call 5-29-1989 BOX KC A Danny Tartabull Called third strike Date Team Ejected Reason 8-21-1989 BOX BOS A Joe Morgan Balls and strikes 9-21-1989(1) BOX NY A Bucky Dent Intentional HBP 9-21-1989(1) BOX NY A Mel Hall Fighting 9-21-1989(1) BOX MIL A Mark Knudson Intentional HBP 9-21-1989(1) BOX NY A Kevin Mmahat Intentional HBP 9-21-1989(1) BOX NY A Luis Polonia Fighting 5- 7-1990 BOX SEA A Jim Lefebvre Balls and strikes 7- 5-1990 BOX CLE A John McNamara Balls and strikes 8- 3-1990 BOX BAL A Brady Anderson Charging mound 8- 3-1990 BOX BAL A John Mitchell Throwing behind batter 8-31-1990 BOX TOR A Ken Williams Bench jockeying 8-16-1991(1) BOX CLE A Mike Hargrove Balls and strikes 10- 1-1991(1) BOX CLE A Carlos Martinez Called third strike 6-20-1992 BOX BOS A Jack Clark Called third strike 6-20-1992 BOX BOS A Butch Hobson Called third strike 6- 3-1993 BOX DET A Sparky Anderson Balls and strikes 7-30-1993 BOX MIL A Tim Foli Interference call 8- 4-1993 BOX CHI A Robin Ventura Charging mound after HBP 6-18-1995 BOX TEX A Johnny Oates Balls and strikes 9-14-1995 BOX MIL A Phil Garner Balls and strikes Date Team Ejected Reason 5-15-1996 BOX MIL A Phil Garner HR reversal to double 5-25-1996 BOX MIN A Chuck Knoblauch Called third strike 4-24-1997 BOX DET A Buddy Bell Check swing 5- 7-1997 BOX OAK A Scott Brosius Call at HP 5- 7-1997 BOX OAK A Art Howe Call at HP 5-25-1997 BOX MIL A Phil Garner Balls and strikes 5-25-1997 BOX MIL A Jeff Huson Balls and strikes 7-20-1997 BOX KC A Bip Roberts Called third strike 5-21-1998 BOX BAL A Ray Miller Ejection of player 5-21-1998 BOX BAL A B.J. Surhoff Throwing ball in stands
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