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Preston
Ward		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 203
 
Born: July 24, 1927 in Usa, MO, COLUMBIA
 
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
1948 20 SEM AL     4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
1949 21 SEM AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
1950 22 PIT NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1951 23 PIT NL     7 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8
1952 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7
1953 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8
1954 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8
1955 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8
1956 28 NYA AL $ 1,342,857   7 7 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8
1957 29 NYA AL $ 1,985,714   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 7
1958 30 NYA AL $ 2,171,429   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8
1959 31 NYA AL $ 4,200,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8
1960 32 NYA AL $ 4,200,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8
1961 33 NYA AL $ 4,200,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 7
1962 34 SDP NL $ 4,200,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 6 6 6 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,200,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 8 8
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
1948 20 AA   83 303 46 94 20 1 11 47 2 2 55 39 .310 .416 .492 .908 60.6  
    A   54 207 43 58 7 1 17 46 1 1 49 22 .280 .418 .570 .988 49.3  
1949 21 AAA   2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .300 .000 .300 0.3  
    AA   135 522 104 140 19 3 32 101 3 3 83 61 .268 .369 .500 .869 97.0  
1950 22 AAA   135 513 92 154 27 4 29 125 7 2 86 60 .300 .401 .538 .939 107.8  
1951 23 AAA   137 504 89 155 32 1 20 79 7 7 93 54 .308 .415 .494 .909 101.0  
1952 24 PIT NL 125 363 52 107 33 2 6 54 1 1 53 39 .295 .378 .446 .825 60.4 10.3
1953 25 NYA AL 134 471 71 120 25 5 14 68 1 1 58 62 .255 .335 .418 .753 62.9 8.5
1954 26 NYA AL 53 198 25 50 12 3 2 32 0 0 27 19 .253 .342 .374 .716 24.2 4.5
    AAA   83 330 59 110 17 4 16 54 3 7 54 45 .333 .427 .555 .982 71.5  
1955 27 NYA AL 112 391 44 118 23 3 6 52 0 0 40 42 .302 .366 .422 .788 55.0 8.6
    AAA   31 113 27 37 6 0 3 13 1 4 25 11 .327 .449 .460 .909 22.7  
1956 28 NYA AL 140 355 47 97 20 4 9 49 0 0 63 40 .273 .385 .428 .813 59.8 10.0
1957 29 NYA AL 131 307 32 94 20 5 3 31 0 0 31 47 .306 .370 .433 .803 43.3 7.4
1958 30 NYA AL 154 525 64 143 26 1 19 79 0 0 62 62 .272 .346 .434 .781 79.6 13.3
1959 31 NYA AL 149 483 56 125 22 4 17 60 0 1 45 84 .259 .321 .427 .747 62.1 9.7
1960 32 NYA AL 155 498 56 124 27 3 12 59 0 0 63 80 .249 .330 .388 .717 66.1 11.2
1961 33 NYA AL 140 418 47 112 24 1 10 51 0 1 38 62 .268 .326 .402 .728 49.8 7.7
1962 34 SDP NL 137 393 38 89 19 1 7 50 0 0 55 88 .226 .322 .333 .656 41.1 5.9
11 Years Sim 1430 4402 532 1179 251 32 105 585 2 4 535 625 .268 .345 .411 .756 604.1 97.1
5 Years AAA 388 1467 267 456 82 9 68 271 18 20 261 172 .311 .413 .518 .931 303.3  
2 Years AA 218 825 150 234 39 4 43 148 5 5 138 100 .284 .382 .497 .879 157.6  
1 Years A 54 207 43 58 7 1 17 46 1 1 49 22 .280 .416 .570 .986 49.3  
8 Years Minors 660 2499 460 748 128 14 128 465 24 26 448 294 .299 .403 .515 .918 510.3  
162 Game Average 498 60 133 28 3 11 66 0 0 60 70 .268 .345 .411 .756 68.4  
Career Highs 155 525 71 143 33 5 19 79 1 1 63 88 .306 .385 .446 .825 79.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3088 388 873 189 18 73 419 2 3 383 383 .283 .360 .426 .787 473.4
vs LH   1314 144 306 62 14 32 166 0 1 152 242 .233 .311 .374 .685 158.9
Home 701 2143 283 602 126 16 54 309 1 1 251 300 .281 .355 .430 .785 325.4
Away 729 2259 249 577 125 16 51 276 1 3 284 325 .255 .337 .393 .730 306.9
RISP   1052 0 290 61 5 37 463 0 0 158 151 .276 .362 .449 .810 176.5
Pinch Hitting   169 19 46 11 1 2 31 0 0 22 28 .272 .359 .385 .744 23.5
Close/Late   555 47 127 26 3 9 63 0 0 59 86 .229 .303 .335 .638 58.3
Mar/Apr 266 823 104 214 54 5 19 113 0 2 95 131 .260 .335 .407 .742 112.6
May 282 877 122 256 54 8 27 133 1 1 128 109 .292 .380 .464 .844 153.3
June 245 739 87 201 37 7 17 119 0 0 92 101 .272 .349 .410 .759 108.0
July 233 713 87 182 43 4 15 85 1 0 88 98 .255 .336 .390 .726 95.8
August 215 684 61 174 35 5 15 64 0 1 76 102 .254 .327 .386 .713 88.1
Sep/Oct 189 566 71 152 28 3 12 71 0 0 56 84 .269 .334 .392 .727 74.4
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
1952 24 PIT NL 3B 64 64 518.0 30 131 7 12 .958 2.80   2.0
    CF 31 30 248.7 55 3 3 2 .951 2.10   0.4
    2B 9 5 48.7 8 25 0 4 1.000 6.10   0.3
    1B 10 2 30.0 30 3 0 5 1.000 9.90   0.1
    SS 8 0 22.7 5 8 0 1 1.000 5.16   0.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1953 25 NYA AL 2B 92 90 777.3 172 339 5 68 .990 5.92   3.3
    SS 24 23 207.7 37 88 4 16 .969 5.42   0.7
    LF 9 7 69.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 3.13   0.2
    RF 3 1 13.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.29    
    CF 1 1 10.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 6.30    
    1B 1 1 9.0 11 1 1 4 .923 12.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1954 26 NYA AL SS 50 50 442.0 85 191 7 43 .975 5.62   1.6
    1B 1 0 3.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1955 27 NYA AL 3B 101 99 845.3 51 227 22 20 .927 2.96   1.9
    SS 2 1 10.0 5 4 0 2 1.000 8.10   0.1
    RF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    1B 2 0 4.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1956 28 NYA AL SS 59 49 426.0 56 131 6 18 .969 3.95   1.5
    CF 18 14 127.0 45 0 0 0 1.000 3.19   0.6
    2B 16 9 80.7 11 29 0 8 1.000 4.46   0.3
    3B 12 4 65.0 1 12 0 2 1.000 1.80   0.2
    RF 11 5 56.0 14 1 0 1 1.000 2.41    
    1B 7 7 51.0 48 2 2 4 .962 8.82   0.0
    LF 5 4 37.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.46    
1957 29 NYA AL SS 34 13 150.3 25 58 3 15 .965 4.97   0.9
    2B 24 9 113.0 26 44 1 8 .986 5.58   0.5
    RF 15 9 89.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.52   0.5
    CF 23 6 84.7 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.02    
    LF 11 9 79.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.80    
    3B 10 9 79.0 7 21 0 1 1.000 3.19   0.4
    1B 9 8 70.0 81 4 0 3 1.000 10.93   0.2
1958 30 NYA AL SS 125 123 1081.0 163 429 13 75 .979 4.93   3.7
    CF 19 16 151.3 38 1 1 0 .975 2.32   0.5
    2B 8 8 72.0 18 27 0 7 1.000 5.63   0.3
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1959 31 NYA AL CF 56 55 467.7 108 0 4 0 .964 2.08   1.4
    RF 26 26 223.0 44 0 4 0 .917 1.78    
    1B 25 25 220.0 229 17 4 16 .984 10.06   0.7
    SS 26 20 178.0 29 78 3 18 .973 5.41   1.4
    3B 5 4 39.7 3 5 1 0 .889 1.82   0.1
    LF 4 4 34.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.06    
    2B 4 3 29.0 5 10 0 2 1.000 4.66   0.1
1960 32 NYA AL SS 83 78 689.7 114 238 12 44 .967 4.59   2.8
    LF 26 23 202.3 44 3 0 2 1.000 2.09   1.4
    CF 23 20 190.0 37 0 2 0 .949 1.75    
    RF 16 14 124.0 25 1 1 0 .963 1.89    
    3B 3 3 22.0 2 6 1 0 .889 3.27   0.1
    1B 3 0 7.0 5 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1961 33 NYA AL SS 101 94 839.0 99 290 17 46 .958 4.17   3.1
    CF 8 5 43.7 13 0 1 0 .929 2.68   0.2
    RF 8 3 36.7 14 0 1 0 .933 3.44    
    2B 4 0 10.0 3 5 0 1 1.000 7.20   0.1
    1B 1 0 5.0 4 1 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
1962 34 SDP NL SS 111 104 902.0 163 381 9 84 .984 5.43   4.4
    2B 8 3 39.7 11 17 2 3 .933 6.35   0.2
    3B 5 1 16.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.38   0.1
    CF 6 0 15.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.20   0.1
    1B 1 1 12.0 12 2 0 1 1.000 10.50   0.0
    LF 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  SS 623 555 4948.3 781 1896 74 362 .973 4.87   20.2
  3B 202 184 1591.0 96 408 31 37 .942 2.85   4.7
  CF 187 147 1340.6 329 4 11 2 .968 2.24   3.2
  2B 165 127 1170.3 254 496 8 101 .989 5.77   5.0
  RF 83 58 550.3 119 2 6 1 .953 1.98   0.6
  LF 61 47 439.3 89 3 0 2 1.000 1.88   1.6
  1B 60 44 411.0 431 32 7 36 .985 10.14   1.0
Career Totals   1381 1162 10450.9 2099 2841 137 541 .973 4.25   36.4
Career Highs   154 147 1307.3 422 457 22 89 .987 5.66    
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
1952 24 PIT NL 7 17 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .235 .278 .235 .513
1962 34 SDP NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 9 18 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .222 .300 .222 .522
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.
Doubles
1952-7-33
 Triples
1957-9-5
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Gene Freese (953)
  2. Bob Kennedy (952)
  3. Hubie Brooks (942)
  4. Alan Trammell (930)
  5. Jack Lohrke (924)
  6. Danny O'Connell (921)
  7. Brian Giles (921)
  8. Mike Andrews (919)
  9. Don Money (913)
  10. Julio Franco (908)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by Seattle in 1948
Traded from Seattle to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1950 (Going to PIT: CF Preston Ward, RF Jim Delsing, CF Stan Spence. Going to SEM: LF Stan Musial)
Injured on 6/12/1951 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/2/1952, off Al Javery (NYG)
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (A) on 3/3/1953 (Going to PIT: LF Bob Cerv. Going to NYA: 1B Preston Ward)
Injured on 9/4/1953 with a Spasms Back, out for 5-6 weeks
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,985,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,171,429 through salary arbitration
10/3/1958: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $4,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (N) on 6/22/1961
Traded from New York (A) to Cleveland (N) on 2/3/1962 (Going to CLN: P Hersh Freeman, 1B Preston Ward. Going to NYA: 2B George Strickland)
Traded from Cleveland (N) to San Diego on 4/2/1962 (Going to CLN: P Jack Baldschun. Going to SDP: RF Preston Ward)
 
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