Bill Ford (baseball)

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Bill Ford
Pitcher
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 27, 1936 for the Boston Bees
Final game
September 27, 1936 for the Boston Bees
Career statistics
ERA	inf.
Record	0-0
Strikeouts	0
Teams
Boston Bees (1936)
Career highlights and awards
5th youngest player in 1936.

William Brown Ford is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who only appeared in one Major League game, that with the Boston Bees. He was born on Thursday, October 14, 1915 in Buena Vista, Pennsylvania. He threw and batted right-handed, was 6'2" in height and 200 pounds in weight.

On September 27, 1936, the last day of the season, he made his Major League debut, appearing in relief against the Phillies at Baker Bowl in Philadelphia. On that day, he didn't even manage to get one batter out. He walked all three batters he faced, which turned into two earned runs, and never again played in a Major League game.

For a player that performed as abysmally as Ford in his only Major League game, it would be assumed that he would find no place in any sort of record book. But, he does hold one small record. In 1936, he made his major league debut as a 20-year-old, and was the 5th-youngest person to play in a National League game that season.

On April 4, 1994, Ford died in Jefferson, Pennsylvania. His body was laid to rest in Mount Vernon Cemetery, in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania.