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Gary
Ward		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 202
 
Born: December 6, 1953 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1979 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 6 4 3 4 6 6 6
1980 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 4 3 4 6 6 6
1981 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1982 28 BOS AL $ 1,022,857   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 4 6 6 6
1983 29 BOS AL $ 1,297,143   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 4 7 6 6
1985 31 SDP NL $ 970,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 7
1986 32 SDP NL $ 970,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 4 4 4 7 6 7
1987 33 SDP NL $ 970,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1988 34 CLE AL $ 970,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 4 6 6 6
1989 35 CLN NL $ 1,012,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 6 5 5
1990 36 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,297,143   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 4 4 4 7 6 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
1979 25 BOS AL 68 170 23 40 3 1 4 15 5 1 8 18 .235 .271 .335 .606 15.7 1.4
1980 26 BOS AL 77 174 25 41 8 1 8 20 6 1 6 34 .236 .264 .431 .695 20.8 2.7
1981 27 BOS AL 109 299 54 70 18 3 7 27 12 1 23 42 .234 .287 .385 .672 33.7 4.8
1982 28 BOS AL 115 298 46 80 19 0 5 42 4 4 20 58 .268 .313 .383 .696 33.2 6.5
1983 29 BOS AL 98 209 17 41 10 1 4 20 9 0 12 36 .196 .238 .311 .549 13.6 0.0
1984 30 AAA   124 404 62 114 22 3 12 59 8 2 33 56 .282 .336 .441 .777 58.9  
1985 31 SDP NL 67 152 28 47 2 3 5 20 6 4 10 17 .309 .360 .461 .820 23.6 6.3
1986 32 SDP NL 71 166 26 50 10 2 4 27 5 2 5 22 .301 .314 .458 .772 22.4 3.8
1987 33 SDP NL 77 166 25 34 6 0 6 21 3 1 12 25 .205 .256 .349 .605 15.6 0.7
    AAA   29 104 18 39 6 1 6 17 0 2 6 14 .375 .409 .625 1.034 22.2  
1988 34 CLE AL 155 569 54 142 34 6 13 65 6 4 43 112 .250 .302 .399 .701 66.2 9.2
1989 35 CLN NL 133 428 39 94 9 3 10 44 6 1 29 90 .220 .267 .325 .592 37.5 1.5
1990 36 KCR AL 92 268 24 59 10 2 9 35 1 0 15 71 .220 .262 .373 .635 26.3 1.5
11 Years Sim 1062 2899 361 698 129 22 75 336 63 19 183 525 .241 .285 .378 .663 308.7 38.6
2 Years AAA 153 508 80 153 28 4 18 76 8 4 39 70 .301 .348 .478 .826 81.1  
162 Game Average 442 55 106 19 3 11 51 9 2 27 80 .241 .285 .378 .663 47.1  
Career Highs 155 569 54 142 34 6 13 65 12 4 43 112 .309 .360 .461 .820 66.2  
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   1470 187 331 59 10 34 155 29 8 91 292 .225 .270 .348 .619 140.1
vs LH   1429 174 367 70 12 41 181 34 11 92 233 .257 .300 .409 .709 175.8
Home 520 1437 169 329 64 9 34 160 29 7 82 260 .229 .270 .357 .627 139.9
Away 542 1462 192 369 65 13 41 176 34 12 101 265 .252 .300 .399 .699 176.1
RISP   703 0 167 29 5 18 249 0 0 56 134 .238 .287 .370 .657 77.1
Pinch Hitting   137 17 34 5 0 5 22 1 1 9 31 .248 .287 .394 .681 15.8
Close/Late   374 70 73 7 4 11 31 0 0 26 76 .195 .247 .324 .570 30.5
Mar/Apr 163 403 50 104 21 4 8 48 9 2 28 68 .258 .308 .390 .697 48.1
May 197 504 43 93 14 3 6 48 10 3 32 92 .185 .234 .260 .494 29.1
June 198 558 80 138 18 4 18 61 17 3 29 117 .247 .282 .391 .672 63.7
July 171 509 66 127 32 4 15 58 8 6 33 84 .250 .299 .417 .715 60.9
August 171 486 59 111 20 4 17 62 6 3 28 86 .228 .267 .391 .658 51.7
Sep/Oct 162 439 63 125 24 3 11 59 13 2 33 78 .285 .333 .428 .761 62.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1979 25 BOS AL CF 55 45 394.3 108 2 0 1 1.000 2.51 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    LF 4 0 8.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 26 BOS AL CF 43 42 354.7 108 2 0 1 1.000 2.79 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    LF 5 2 28.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 27 BOS AL CF 85 80 657.0 183 5 0 1 1.000 2.58 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    LF 10 0 20.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 28 BOS AL CF 82 64 594.7 163 5 1 1 .994 2.54 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    LF 16 4 56.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.96 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 29 BOS AL CF 73 42 447.7 134 3 0 1 1.000 2.75 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    LF 15 2 42.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1985 31 SDP NL CF 36 34 281.7 86 3 0 1 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 7 1 22.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.79 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 32 SDP NL CF 46 40 344.7 88 3 0 1 1.000 2.38 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 3 0 10.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.84 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 33 SDP NL CF 42 34 295.7 79 2 0 1 1.000 2.47 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 10 6 55.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.46 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 34 CLE AL LF 86 82 726.3 156 4 3 0 .982 1.98 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    CF 64 59 528.3 159 3 0 0 1.000 2.76 0 0 .000 0  
1989 35 CLN NL LF 13 8 69.3 20 0 1 0 .952 2.60 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    CF 6 6 50.0 16 2 0 0 1.000 3.24 0 0 .000 0  
1990 36 KCR AL CF 56 50 433.7 118 4 0 2 1.000 2.53 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 8 8 59.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.83 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 588 496 4382.3 1242 34 1 10 .999 2.62 0 0 .000 0 13.9
  LF 177 113 1098.0 227 6 4 0 .983 1.91 0 0 .000 0 3.5
  SS 5 0 9.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   774 609 5496.3 1473 43 5 10 .997 2.48 0 0 .000 0 17.5
Career Highs   150 141 1254.7 315 7 3 2 1.000 2.87 0 0 .000 0  
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
1979 25 BOS AL 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
1985 31 SDP NL 3 9 1 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .778 1.111
1987 33 SDP NL 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 10 18 2 5 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 4 .278 .278 .556 .833
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.
Games
1988-9-155
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  3. Mickey Stanley (960)
  4. Jim Hickman (956)
  5. Leon Roberts (954)
  6. Larry Elliot (952)
  7. Leroy Stanton (951)
  8. Lee Maye (951)
  9. Al Luplow (948)
  10. Danny Tartabull (946)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 35th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1979
Had first career hit on 4/11/1979, off Steve Hargan (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1979, off John Morris (PIT)
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,022,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,297,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,297,143 through salary arbitration
Released by Boston (A) on 10/31/1984
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/13/1985 to a 4-year deal worth $970,000 per year
Traded from San Diego to Cleveland (A) on 2/4/1988 (Going to CLE: P Bo Mclaughlin, LF Gary Ward. Going to SDP: C Steve Swisher)
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 4/3/1989 to a 1-year deal worth $1,012,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 5/1/1990 to a minor league deal
 
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