Russ Ford

  • male, deceased (1960)
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Russell William Ford (born April 25, 1883 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada - died January 24, 1960 in Rockingham, NC) was a baseball pitcher during the dead-ball era of the early 1900s. He is known as the creator of the emery ball, a pitch that was thrown with a ball that had been scuffed with a piece of emery. Ford won 26 games in his rookie season of 1910, … Wikipedia
Born:
April 25, 1883
Died:
January 24, 1960
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  • Baseball-Reference

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  • Mop Up Duty | Baseball News...

    Russ Ford   Russell Ford, born in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada in 1883, was for a span of more than fifty years considered the best Canadian pitcher of all-time. And for one special season in 1910 he was considered amongst the very best pitchers
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  • Mop Up Duty | Baseball News...

    Russell Ford, born in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada in 1883, was for a span of more than fifty years considered the best Canadian pitcher of all-time.
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