Curt Ford Last updated October 11, 2025 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 for the Cardinals versus the Minnesota Twins . After the 1988 season,the Cardinals traded Ford and Steve Lake to the Philadelphia Phillies for Milt Thompson . [ 1] In his MLB career,Ford had seven home runs ,89 runs batted in ,and a batting average of .245.
In 1995,Ford was a replacement player in spring training for the Florida Marlins during the ongoing strike . [ 2]
On May 12,2010,Ford was announced as the new manager of the Springfield Sliders ,a wood-bat collegiate baseball team in the Prospect League in Springfield,Illinois . Ford replaced Jack Clark . [ 3]
Personal life On March 25,2015,Ford was punched at a St. Louis gas station by an attacker shouting racial slurs. The following day he said he may move away from the St. Louis area. [ 4]
References ↑ "Phils Trade Thompson For 2 Cards" . philly-archives . Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015 . ↑ Niedzielka, Amy (March 24, 1995). "Ford's stroke of irony" . The Miami Herald . pp. 7D. Retrieved May 15, 2025 . ↑ "Sliders move Clark to VP, hire former Cardinal Ford as manager" . The State Journal . Retrieved March 26, 2015 . ↑ Byers, Christine (March 26, 2015). "Former Cardinals player punched at St. Louis County gas station after racial slur" . stltoday.com . Retrieved March 26, 2015 . This page is based on this
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