Ford signed with the Yankees as an undrafted free agent after going undrafted in the 2012 MLB draft.
Since his debut in 2013, he has played for the Staten Island Yankees, where he slugged three home runs and racked up 17 RBIs in 33 games.
The Charleston RiverDogs were Ford’s 2014 spring training team. In a game against the Hickory Crawdads in May, he smashed four home runs.
In August, he was promoted to the Tampa Yankees, where he spent the rest of the year. He hit .292/.383/.458 with 13 home runs and 56 RBIs in 105 games between the two teams.
A mid-season All-Star in the South Atlantic League was awarded to him.
While in Tampa Bay in 2015, he batted.260 with six home runs, 55 RBIs, and 60 walks, good for 10th in the league. He was awarded a Mid-Season All-Star in the Florida State League.
When he was with the Trenton Thunder in 2016, he hit eight home runs and had 43 RBI in 56 games, with a slash line of .289/.411/.479 (including eight home runs, 43 RBI, and 41 walks).
Ford was selected by the Mariners in the 2017 Rule 5 draft from the Yankees.
On March 24, they sent him back to the Yankees. He played in 126 games for Trenton and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2017 when he slugged a combined .270/.404/.471 with 20 home runs and 86 RBIs while walking 76 times and striking out only 56 times.
How Tall Is Mike Ford?
Mike Ford’s height is 1.83 m.