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Pete
Ward		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 230
 
Born: July 26, 1939 in Can, PQ, MONTREAL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1964    1965    1966   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 22 NYA AL     6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 6
1963 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7
1964 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 8 7 6 7 7
1965 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 8 5 6 6
1966 26 NYA AL $ 2,142,857   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9 5 6 6
1967 27 NYA AL $ 2,807,143   7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 8 9 9 5 6 6
1968 28 NYA AL $ 2,807,143   7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 5 6 6
1969 29 NYA AL $ 2,690,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9 5 6 5
1970 30 NYA AL $ 2,690,000   6 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9 4 5 5
1971 31 NYA AL $ 2,690,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9 4 5 5
1972 32 NYA AL $ 700,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 8 9 9 4 5 5
1973 33 NYA AL $ 700,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 8 9 8 4 5 5
1974 34 NYA AL $ 510,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 8 9 8 4 5 5
1975 35 OAK AL $ 510,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 8 4 5 5
1976 36 DET AL $ 576,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,807,143   7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1962 22 AAA   80 328 47 103 24 1 18 46 2 2 29 55 .314 .370 .558 .928 62.2  
1963 23 NYA AL 139 452 59 127 25 3 14 79 6 3 57 45 .281 .363 .442 .806 70.4 17.0
1964 24 NYA AL 147 531 79 146 30 3 21 76 8 5 58 80 .275 .348 .461 .810 83.1 17.8
1965 25 NYA AL 154 544 74 152 27 1 13 71 2 8 60 96 .279 .357 .404 .761 76.8 15.7
1966 26 NYA AL 153 540 104 152 38 0 20 64 4 5 78 96 .281 .375 .463 .838 93.1 20.4
1967 27 NYA AL 156 531 87 137 25 4 22 92 3 5 79 113 .258 .358 .444 .802 79.4 15.6
1968 28 NYA AL 128 486 66 116 27 1 13 43 6 0 57 114 .239 .321 .379 .700 63.7 9.9
    AAA   27 98 17 32 6 1 7 18 3 3 18 14 .327 .431 .622 1.053 23.8  
1969 29 NYA AL 31 103 16 33 11 1 2 11 0 2 14 14 .320 .402 .505 .907 18.3 4.5
1970 30 NYA AL 152 505 69 110 21 4 15 56 0 0 66 109 .218 .311 .364 .675 56.0 7.5
1971 31 NYA AL 153 527 57 118 25 1 13 61 0 0 69 126 .224 .319 .349 .668 60.8 10.6
1972 32 NYA AL 128 425 40 93 22 0 7 55 1 0 57 87 .219 .310 .320 .630 43.6 4.2
1973 33 NYA AL 97 197 26 45 16 2 2 28 0 0 28 42 .228 .322 .360 .682 23.1 3.0
1974 34 NYA AL 73 162 16 41 15 0 2 26 0 0 17 32 .253 .322 .383 .705 19.7 2.1
1975 35 OAK AL 133 346 41 85 19 1 5 33 0 0 46 67 .246 .338 .350 .687 40.6 5.6
1976 36 DET AL 105 369 40 80 20 1 5 34 0 0 41 105 .217 .293 .317 .610 34.5 2.3
    AAA   54 167 29 59 10 1 8 33 2 0 26 31 .353 .440 .569 1.009 38.6  
14 Years Sim 1749 5718 774 1435 321 22 154 729 30 28 727 1126 .251 .338 .396 .733 763.1 135.9
3 Years AAA 161 593 93 194 40 3 33 97 7 5 73 100 .327 .404 .572 .976 124.6  
162 Game Average 529 71 132 29 2 14 67 2 2 67 104 .251 .338 .396 .733 70.7  
Career Highs 156 544 104 152 38 4 22 92 8 8 79 126 .320 .402 .505 .907 93.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4296 595 1106 252 17 117 565 23 17 571 766 .257 .346 .406 .752 614.2
vs LH   1422 179 329 69 5 37 164 7 11 156 360 .231 .311 .365 .676 163.0
Home 875 2846 389 731 178 9 89 385 13 12 357 526 .257 .341 .420 .760 410.0
Away 874 2872 385 704 143 13 65 344 17 16 370 600 .245 .335 .372 .707 367.2
RISP   1425 0 362 76 6 38 542 0 0 192 287 .254 .340 .396 .736 199.9
Pinch Hitting   177 16 37 7 0 2 32 1 1 20 28 .209 .284 .282 .566 15.1
Close/Late   702 82 195 36 4 23 116 0 0 78 127 .278 .350 .439 .788 107.0
Mar/Apr 288 973 131 256 55 4 24 118 5 4 126 172 .263 .351 .402 .753 138.4
May 298 948 115 242 62 5 25 108 3 8 130 171 .255 .347 .410 .758 135.2
June 280 912 143 238 59 6 20 126 2 1 133 191 .261 .357 .405 .762 134.6
July 280 938 125 241 52 2 29 135 7 4 104 180 .257 .334 .409 .744 128.7
August 318 1035 134 248 42 2 30 136 7 5 118 211 .240 .318 .371 .689 126.7
Sep/Oct 285 912 126 210 51 3 26 106 6 6 116 201 .230 .319 .378 .697 113.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1963 23 NYA AL 3B 128 117 1022.3 58 260 17 20 .949 2.80   6.5
    LF 2 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.0
    1B 3 0 6.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 15.00   0.0
1964 24 NYA AL 3B 141 140 1226.3 79 288 28 24 .929 2.69   5.5
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
1965 25 NYA AL 3B 127 120 1061.3 58 221 18 16 .939 2.37   2.7
    LF 26 25 224.7 42 0 0 0 1.000 1.68   0.6
1966 26 NYA AL 3B 145 139 1225.7 68 257 25 22 .929 2.39   3.1
    LF 3 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1967 27 NYA AL 3B 151 147 1321.0 67 362 24 33 .947 2.92   5.5
    1B 2 0 4.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 16.63   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1968 28 NYA AL 3B 125 121 1081.3 51 264 19 20 .943 2.62   1.7
    1B 2 1 10.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 10.98   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
1969 29 NYA AL 3B 26 24 208.0 17 60 6 5 .928 3.33   0.9
    LF 5 5 39.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.15   0.0
1970 30 NYA AL 3B 143 142 1205.7 81 285 18 19 .953 2.73   2.9
    LF 6 0 14.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.61   0.0
    RF 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 22.50   0.0
1971 31 NYA AL 3B 73 72 628.7 39 140 17 11 .913 2.56   1.3
    LF 69 66 583.7 129 1 0 0 1.000 2.00   1.0
    RF 9 6 61.3 14 0 1 0 .933 2.05    
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1972 32 NYA AL 3B 114 104 910.7 55 170 19 27 .922 2.22   1.3
    LF 7 3 33.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.1
    RF 5 3 31.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.45    
    1B 1 0 5.0 6 2 0 1 1.000 14.40   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1973 33 NYA AL RF 28 15 156.3 43 1 3 1 .936 2.53   0.9
    3B 20 12 119.7 7 26 0 3 1.000 2.48   0.5
    1B 11 8 74.0 69 5 0 5 1.000 9.00   0.2
    LF 13 7 64.3 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.38    
    SS 2 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
1974 34 NYA AL 3B 20 16 142.7 12 38 0 2 1.000 3.15   0.8
    LF 18 13 116.0 33 1 0 1 1.000 2.64   0.7
    1B 10 5 49.0 49 2 0 4 1.000 9.37   0.1
    RF 7 4 36.0 8 0 1 0 .889 2.00    
1975 35 OAK AL 3B 85 57 512.7 35 134 12 14 .934 2.97   1.5
    RF 19 19 147.0 29 1 1 0 .968 1.84   0.3
    LF 11 4 47.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.72    
    1B 8 3 43.0 51 4 0 6 1.000 11.51   0.1
    CF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1976 36 DET AL LF 76 75 647.7 111 2 0 1 1.000 1.57   1.1
    3B 26 25 215.0 10 50 6 1 .909 2.51   0.4
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
  3B 1324 1236 10880.9 637 2555 209 217 .939 2.64   34.6
  LF 238 199 1794.6 364 4 0 2 1.000 1.85   3.7
  RF 72 47 442.7 102 2 6 1 .945 2.11   1.2
  1B 42 17 201.0 218 16 0 18 1.000 10.48   0.5
  CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  SS 2 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
Career Totals   1680 1499 13326.6 1324 2577 215 238 .948 2.63   40.0
Career Highs   154 147 1327.3 185 362 28 33 .993 3.74    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1963 23 NYA AL 14 45 8 14 3 0 5 10 0 0 5 10 .311 .380 .711 1.091
1964 24 NYA AL 12 43 9 11 1 0 4 9 0 0 4 10 .256 .333 .558 .891
1966 26 NYA AL 5 16 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 .125 .263 .313 .576
1967 27 NYA AL 9 32 3 8 3 0 0 4 0 1 5 8 .250 .342 .344 .686
1973 33 NYA AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1974 34 NYA AL 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200
Career Post-Season Batting 49 140 23 35 7 0 10 24 1 1 18 32 .250 .338 .514 .852
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1966-8-.375
 OPS
1966-8-.838
 XR
1966-9-93.1
 Games
1967-4-156
 Runs
1966-4-104
 Total Bases
1964-10-245
Doubles
1966-3-38
 Homeruns
1964-9-21
1967-10-22
 RBIs
1967-9-92
 Walks
1966-9-78
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Davey Johnson (928)
  2. Dan Driessen (927)
  3. Adolfo Phillips (925)
  4. Jim Lefebvre (910)
  5. Eric Soderholm (908)
  6. Ray Knight (904)
  7. Otto Velez (893)
  8. Jim Tabor (893)
  9. Pete Rose (892)
  10. Ken Henderson (892)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1962
Injured on 4/2/1962 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 9 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/2/1963, off Milt Pappas (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1963, off Jim Perry (MIN)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1964, hitting .448 with 4 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Injured on 9/22/1964 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1965, hitting .520 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,142,857 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Seattle on 6/7/1966
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1966, hitting .450 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
7/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $2,690,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 5/5/1969 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 7/17/1970 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
7/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $700,000 per year, for 2 years
9/22/1973: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $510,000 per year, for 2 years
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 8/28/1974
Traded from New York (A) to Oakland on 2/7/1975 (Going to NYA: C Paul Ratliff. Going to OAK: 3B Pete Ward)
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/2/1976 to a 1-year deal worth $576,000 per year
 
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