Preston Ward

Positions: First Baseman, Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: July 24, 1927 in Columbia, MO us

Died: June 2, 2013 in Las Vegas, NV

Buried: Palm Mortuary and Cemetery Eastern, Las Vegas, NV

High School: Springfield HS (Springfield, MO)

School: Missouri State University (Springfield, MO)

Debut: April 20, 1948 (Age 20-271d, 10,468th in major league history)
vs. NYG 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 18, 1959 (Age 32-025d)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Preston Meyer Ward

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.2

2067

522

.253

219

RBI

262

OBP

.326

SLG

.380

OPS

.706

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	4 (1)	Apr 20	PIT		BRO	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	6 (1)	Apr 22	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	CG	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
4	7	Apr 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF 3B
5	8	Apr 27	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
6	10 (1)	Apr 29 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,10-1	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
7	11	Apr 29 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,11-3	GS	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	18 (6)	May 6 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	T,6-6	CG	38	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
9	20 (1)	May 11	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
10	21	May 12	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to Cleveland Indians
11	26	May 18	CLE		WSH	L,4-5		9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
12	28 (1)	May 20 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,6-1	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
13	29	May 20 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	GS	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF 1B
14	30	May 22	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	31	May 23	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
16	33 (1)	May 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	72	14.2	11	1	0	12	0	LF 1B
17	35 (1)	May 28	CLE		DET	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	37 (1)	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	39 (1)	Jun 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,15-0	GF	13	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
20	40	Jun 3 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-4	GS	51	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 1B
21	41	Jun 3 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
22	42	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-0	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 1B
23	43	Jun 5	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-3	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	46 (2)	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
25	49 (2)	Jun 11 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
26	56 (6)	Jun 17	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	57	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	W,9-7	GF	17	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
28	59 (1)	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	W,5-0	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	PR 1B
29	60	Jun 22	CLE		WSH	W,4-0	GF	6	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR 1B
30	64 (3)	Jun 27	CLE		BAL	W,12-11	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
31	65	Jun 29 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
32	66	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-13	GF	17	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	69 (2)	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
34	70	Jul 3	CLE		KCA	W,9-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
35	71	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
36	72	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
37	73	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,7-13	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	76 (2)	Jul 8	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-3	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
39	77	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-9	GF	20	3.1	1	2	0	3	0	1B
40	78	Jul 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
41	79	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1B
42	80	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	GF	11	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR 1B
43	82 (1)	Jul 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	GF	9	2.0	4	0	1	5	0	PR 1B
44	84 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
45	85	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	8	1.2	4	0	0	4	0	1B
46	86	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
47	87	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	41	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF 1B
48	88	Jul 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-0	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
49	89	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	W,11-0	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
50	90	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,11-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
51	92 (1)	Jul 27	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
52	94 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
53	95	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,4-0	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
54	96	Jul 30	CLE		NYY	L,6-13	GF	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
55	97	Jul 31	CLE		NYY	W,5-0	GF	9	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	98	Aug 1	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	GF	6	2.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
57	99	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	W,4-0	GS	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
58	100	Aug 3	CLE		BOS	L,1-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
59	103 (2)	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	L,0-9	GF	12	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
60	104	Aug 7	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
61	105	Aug 8	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	58	13.1	14	1	1	16	1	1B
62	106	Aug 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
63	107	Aug 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-0	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
64	108	Aug 11	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-5	GF	13	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
65	109	Aug 12	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
66	111 (1)	Aug 15	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
67	112	Aug 16	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
68	113	Aug 17	CLE		KCA	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	1B
69	114	Aug 18	CLE		KCA	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
70	115	Aug 19 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
71	116	Aug 19 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
72	117	Aug 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
73	118	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
74	119	Aug 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
75	120	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
76	122 (1)	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-1	GS	29	8.0	5	0	1	6	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	145 (22)	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
78	154 (8)	Sep 29	CLE		DET	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
79	155	Sep 30	CLE		DET	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
							87gm		412.1	259	25	3	287	20