My Take
I'll be honest — Mike Ford is the kind of player who makes you root harder for the underdog story. A New Jersey kid born on the Fourth of July who carved out a legitimate MLB career as a first baseman and designated hitter, bouncing through the Yankees, Giants, Mariners, Braves, Angels, and Reds — that's not a guy with a charmed, straight-line path to the top, that's a grinder who kept finding his way back onto a roster when it would've been easier to quit. And then he crossed the Pacific and suited up for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan's NPB, which honestly takes a certain adventurous grit most players don't have. No superstar numbers, no highlight-reel fame, just a baseball lifer who genuinely loves the game enough to keep showing up wherever someone will hand him a bat.
Overview
Michael Harrison Ford (born July 4, 1992) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels, and Cincinnati Reds, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mike Ford
- Name (Japanese)
- マイク・フォード
- Reading
- まいく・ふぉーど
- Born
- July 4, 1992 (age 33)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Monkey
- Origin
- Belle Mead, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Montgomery High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.