Jailyn Sue Ford (born June 3, 1994) is an American former professional softball pitcher and first basemen. She played college softball at James Madison and professionally for the Akron Racers and USSSA Pride of the National Pro Fastpitch.[2][3][4]
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| USSSA Pride – No. 18 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born: June 3, 1994 [1] Hot Springs, Virginia | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Left | |||||||||||||||
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| NCAA: 2013, for the James Madison Dukes | |||||||||||||||
| NPF: June 8, 2016, for the Akron Racers | |||||||||||||||
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| Win–loss record | 9-10 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 3.87 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 76 | ||||||||||||||
| Saves | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Playing career
editFord played college softball for James Madison from 2013 to 2016 where she was part of the winningest Senior Class in James Madison history, where she also started every game of her college career, either at first base or pitcher. During Ford's time at James Madison, the Dukes won three CAA Regular Season Titles (2013, 2015, 2016), as well as a Tournament Title (2016).[5][6]
She was drafted third overall by the Akron Racers and later played for USSSA Pride of National Pro Fastpitch, winning back-to-back titles in 2018 and 2019, being named MVP for the latter series.[7]
Career statistics
edit| YEAR | W | L | GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP |
| 2013 | 24 | 6 | 33 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 191.0 | 122 | 54 | 44 | 66 | 209 | 1.61 | 0.98 |
| 2014 | 24 | 7 | 41 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 228.2 | 166 | 49 | 41 | 40 | 233 | 1.26 | 0.90 |
| 2015 | 16 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 136.2 | 80 | 49 | 45 | 27 | 192 | 2.31 | 0.78 |
| 2016 | 18 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 150.0 | 85 | 32 | 22 | 42 | 181 | 1.02 | 0.84 |
| TOTALS | 82 | 21 | 136 | 107 | 70 | 31 | 9 | 706.1 | 453 | 184 | 152 | 175 | 815 | 1.50 | 0.89 |
| YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
| 2013 | 59 | 169 | 38 | 63 | .373 | 49 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 121 | .716% | 15 | 39 | 9 | 14 |
| 2014 | 60 | 164 | 36 | 44 | .268 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 80 | .488% | 34 | 38 | 9 | 13 |
| 2015 | 58 | 162 | 44 | 62 | .382 | 44 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 114 | .703% | 32 | 28 | 9 | 13 |
| 2016 | 56 | 145 | 40 | 47 | .324 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 90 | .620% | 49 | 22 | 17 | 21 |
| TOTALS | 233 | 640 | 158 | 216 | .337 | 155 | 46 | 9 | 39 | 411 | .642% | 130 | 127 | 44 | 61 |
| Year | W | L | GP | GS | CG | Sh | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
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| 2016 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 100.1 | 98 | 61 | 55 | 34 | 75 | 3.87 |
References
edit- ^ "Akron Racers - Pro Softball Team: Roster". Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^ "2014 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". NFCA.org. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- ^ "2015 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". NFCA.org. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- ^ "2016 NFCA Division I All-America Teams". NFCA.org. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- ^ "2020 James Madison Softball" (PDF). Jmusports.com. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- ^ "2020 Softball in Review" (PDF). Caasports.com. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- ^ "Jailyn Ford". Jmusports.com. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- ^ "Jailyn Ford - 2015".
- ^ "Live Stats by 805stats.com".