Background
His father, Keith Stanford, still lives in Tucson.
His father, Keith Stanford, still lives in Tucson.
Stanford attended Barton County Community College in Great Bend, Kansas in 1996 and 1997, where he was an Academic All-American. In 1998 and 1999, he attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and was an All-Conference United States of America selection both years.
He is a 1995 graduate of Canyon del Oro High School in Oro Valley, Arizona, a suburb of Tucson. The Cleveland Indians signed Stanford as an amateur free agent in November 1999. He made his major league debut with the Indians in 2003 against the Minnesota
Twins.
In June 2007, Stanford was promoted to the Indians from Buffalo after the team optioned the struggling starter Jeremy Sowers to the Triple-A club He made his season debut against the Florida Marlins on June 14 during interleague play, but soon found himself moved to the bullpen, and then demoted to Triple-A Buffalo, where he finished the season. After signing a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals, Stanford was released on April 21, 2008.
On April 25, 2008, Stanford signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians, but was released on May 21.
He signed with the Los Potros de Tijuana in June. Once season ended signed with the Chicago Cubs and was assigned to Triple-A Iowa in July.
He became a free agent at the end of the season. In 2009, Stanford became a baseball analyst for SportsTime Ohio and WKYC Channel 3 (National Broadcasting Company) in Cleveland.
Beginning in the 2011 season, Stanford"s role increased as he became the full-time pregame show analyst.
Stanford became head coach for the Howland Tigers Baseball team in Warren, Ohio for the 2010–2011 and 2011–2012 seasons. In August 2012, Stanford became the new pitching coach for the Youngstown State University Baseball team Ryan Howard
In July 2014, Stanford bought the training aid baseball/softball called Strikeout Strippz.
In March 2015, Stanford was not renewed by Fox Sports for Indians Live or Tribe Report.
He currently is Company-host for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Radio 1540 KNR2 Alicia Scicolone Show. He also started a college prep baseball organization in Niles, Oh to get high school student athletes to play college baseball.