Gene Ford (pitcher, born 1912)


Eugene Matthew Ford was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Bees and Chicago White Sox in parts of two seasons spanning 1936–1938. Ford was listed at 6' 2", 195 lb. He batted and threw right-handed, although not at the same time.
Born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Ford attended University of Iowa. Following his graduation, he pitched in the Minor Leagues with the Peoria Tractors in 1935 and for the Columbia Senators in 1936.
Ford died in 1970 in Emmetsburg, Iowa, at the age of 58.