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American baseball player
| Curt Ford | |||
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| outfielder | |||
| Born: October 11, 1960 Jackson, Mississippi | |||
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| June 22, 1985 for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| May 27, 1990 for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| batting average | .245 | ||
| Home Runs | 7 | ||
| Runs in beaten | 89 | ||
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Curtis Glenn Ford (born October 11, 1960) is an American former professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies from 1985 to 1990.
career
Ford attended Murrah High School, then Jackson State University, and played college baseball for the Jackson State Tigers. The St. Louis Cardinals selected Ford in the fourth round of the 1981 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft. He made his MLB debut with the Cardinals on June 22, 1985. He batted .308 in the 1987 World Series against the Minnesota Twins. After the 1988 season, the Cardinals traded Ford and Steve Lake to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Milt Thompson. In his MLB career, Ford had seven home runs, 89 carries and a .245 batting average.
On May 12, 2010, Ford was announced as the new manager of the Springfield Sliders, a Prospect League wooden-bat collegiate baseball team. The team plays at Lanphier Park in Springfield, Illinois. Ford took over the duties of former manager Jack Clark.
Personal life
On March 25, 2015, Ford was hit at a St. Louis gas station by an attacker who shouted racial slurs. The next day he said he could move out of the St. Louis area.
