 Ford won 26 games in his rookie season of , becoming only the third player in major league history to win 20 games and strike out at least 200 batters in his first season (Christy Mathewson and Grover Cleveland Alexander are the others).His pitch selection included the famed scuff/emery ball, a spitball, fastball, and knuckle ball.Ford was elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989 and into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2002.