Jimmy Ford

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Jimmy Ford

| image = Jimmy Ford baseball.jpg

| position = Infielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|10|16|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = January 1982

| death_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1937

| debutteam = Memphis Red Sox

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1945

| finalteam = Memphis Red Sox

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| teams =

• Memphis Red Sox (1937)
• Baltimore Elite Giants (1938)
• Birmingham Black Barons (1938)
• Washington Black Senators (1938)
• St. Louis–New Orleans Stars (1939–1941)
• Chicago American Giants (1942)
• New York Black Yankees (1942)
• Harrisburg Stars (1943)
• Philadelphia Stars (1943)
• Memphis Red Sox (1943–1945)

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James Ford (October 16, 1912 – January 1982) was an American Negro league infielder in the 1930s and 1940s.

A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Ford made his Negro leagues debut with the Memphis Red Sox in 1937. He went on to play for several teams, finishing his career back with Memphis for a three-year stint from 1943 to 1945.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=ford-01jim |title=Jimmy Ford |publisher= |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=ford--000jim |title=Jimmy Ford |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} Ford died in Memphis in 1982 at age 69.