About Zak
Zak Ford is a former chapter leader with the Society for American Baseball Research and serves on the advisory committee of the Pacific Coast League Historical Society.
Ford prefers human-interest baseball stories over current trends focused on statistical analysis and academic style research. He is the author of Called Up: Ballplayers Remember Becoming Major Leaguers, a collection of 109 first-person player stories about major league call-ups and debuts. Ford's second book, Beyond the Last Inning: Life and Careers After Playing Professional Baseball, will detail the post-playing career transitions of players, and is due to be released in 2026.
He is a lifelong Giants fan. While he enjoys spending time at any ballpark, he loves exploring National Parks nearly as much.
Ford lives in Cameron Park, California, with his wife, two children, dog (Hercules after The Sandlot), and cat (Buster after Buster Posey).