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Aaron Ward
Aaron Lee Ward
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 28, 1896 in Booneville, AR
School: Ouachita Baptist University (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1917
Final Game: June 7, 1928
Died: January 30, 1961 in New Orleans, LA
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1917 20 NYY AL 8 27 26 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .115 .148 .115 .264 -20 3 0 0 /6
1918 21 NYY AL 20 36 32 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 7 .125 .176 .156 .333 -1 5 0 2 6/O4
1919 22 NYY AL 27 40 34 5 7 2 0 0 2 0 5 6 .206 .308 .265 .572 61 9 0 1 /3564
1920 23 NYY AL 127 547 496 62 127 18 7 11 55 7 5 33 84 .256 .304 .387 .691 79 192 1 17 *56
1921 24 NYY AL 153 635 556 77 170 30 10 5 75 6 8 42 68 .306 .363 .423 .786 98 235 8 29 *45
1922 25 NYY AL 154 641 558 69 149 19 5 7 68 6 4 45 64 .267 .328 .357 .685 76 199 6 32 *4/5
1923 26 NYY AL 152 640 567 79 161 26 11 10 82 8 8 56 65 .284 .351 .422 .773 101 239 3 14 *4
1924 27 NYY AL 120 465 400 42 101 13 10 8 66 1 4 40 45 .253 .324 .395 .719 85 158 2 23 *4/6
1925 28 NYY AL 125 500 439 41 108 22 3 4 38 1 4 49 49 .246 .326 .337 .663 70 148 3 9 *45
1926 29 NYY AL 22 34 31 5 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 .323 .364 .387 .751 97 12 0 1 /45
1927 30 CHW AL 145 551 463 75 125 25 8 5 56 6 5 63 56 .270 .360 .391 .751 96 181 2 23 *4/5
1928 31 CLE AL 6 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 -17 1 0 1 /564
12 Seasons 1059 4127 3611 457 966 158 54 50 447 36 38 339 457 .268 .335 .383 .717 85 1382 25 152
162 Game Avg. 162 631 552 70 148 24 8 8 68 6 52 70 .268 .335 .383 .717 85 211 4 23
NYY (10 yrs) 908 3565 3139 382 840 133 46 45 391 30 33 275 399 .268 .331 .382 .713 84 1200 23 128
CLE (1 yr) 6 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 -17 1 0 1
CHW (1 yr) 145 551 463 75 125 25 8 5 56 6 5 63 56 .270 .360 .391 .751 96 181 2 23

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1921 24 NYY AL WS NYG L 8 31 26 1 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 6 .231 .276 .231 .507 6 0 0 2 1 0
1922 25 NYY AL WS NYG L 5 17 13 3 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 3 .154 .294 .615 .910 8 0 0 0 1 1
1923 26 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 25 24 4 10 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 .417 .440 .542 .982 13 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 19 73 63 8 18 0 0 3 9 1 0 6 12 .286 .338 .429 .767 27 0 0 2 2 1
3 WS 19 73 63 8 18 0 0 3 9 1 0 6 12 .286 .338 .429 .767 27 0 0 2 2 1

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1917 NYY AL 20 SS 7 27 12 13 2 3 .926 3.57 .930 4.84
1918 NYY AL 21 SS 12 34 12 20 2 4 .941 2.67 .938 5.23
1918 NYY AL 21 OF 4 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 .956 2.17 0-4-0
1918 NYY AL 21 2B 3 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 2.33 .957 5.30
1919 NYY AL 22 1B 5 40 38 2 0 4 1.000 8.00 .988 10.44
1919 NYY AL 22 3B 3 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.33 .950 3.23
1919 NYY AL 22 SS 2 12 4 7 1 1 .917 5.50 .942 5.05
1919 NYY AL 22 2B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 5.20
1920 NYY AL 23 3B 114 451 132 303 16 23 .965 3.82 .945 3.45
1920 NYY AL 23 SS 12 80 37 41 2 13 .975 6.50 .943 5.00
1921 NYY AL 24 2B 124 699 260 412 27 35 .961 5.42 .956 5.35
1921 NYY AL 24 3B 33 131 44 84 3 33 .977 3.88 .950 3.26
1922 NYY AL 25 2B 152 870 358 489 23 73 .974 5.57 .966 5.49
1922 NYY AL 25 3B 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 3.25
1923 NYY AL 26 2B 152 898 387 493 18 86 .980 5.79 .964 5.35
1924 NYY AL 27 2B 120 707 303 385 19 60 .973 5.73 .966 5.39
1924 NYY AL 27 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80
1925 NYY AL 28 2B 113 583 246 317 20 57 .966 4.98 .962 5.31
1925 NYY AL 28 3B 10 37 18 19 0 2 1.000 3.70 .943 3.02
1926 NYY AL 29 2B 4 20 13 7 0 0 1.000 5.00 .965 5.32
1926 NYY AL 29 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10
1927 CHW AL 30 2B 139 739 275 437 27 66 .963 5.12 .961 5.33
1927 CHW AL 30 3B 6 21 8 13 0 0 1.000 3.50 .948 3.07
1928 CLE AL 31 3B 3 11 1 8 2 2 .818 3.00 .955 3.03
1928 CLE AL 31 SS 2 9 3 4 2 2 .778 3.50 .944 4.75
1928 CLE AL 31 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 5.30
10 Seasons 2B 809 4526 1846 2546 134 378 .970 5.43 .963 5.37
8 Seasons 3B 172 656 203 432 21 60 .968 3.69 .946 3.36
6 Seasons SS 36 162 68 85 9 23 .944 4.25 .940 5.03
1 Season 1B 5 40 38 2 0 4 1.000 8.00 .988 10.44
1 Season OF 4 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 .956 2.17 0-4-0
12 Seasons TOT 1026 5393 2163 3066 164 465 .970 5.10 .930 5.04 0-4-0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1921 AL--153--8th
1922 AL--154--4th
1923 AL--152--7th

Triples s c a p y
1923 AL--11--9th
1924 AL--10--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1920 AL--11--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1920 AL--84--1st
1921 AL--68--5th
1922 AL--64--4th
1923 AL--65--3rd
1924 AL--45--7th
1925 AL--49--10th
1927 AL--56--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1921 AL--8--7th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1921 AL--29--9th
1922 AL--32--5th
1927 AL--23--8th
Career--152--163rd

AB per HR s c a p y
1920 AL--45.091--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1922 AL--445--9th

Youngest s c a p y
1917 AL--born 1896-08-28--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1331), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (992), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (958), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Phil Masi (957)
  2. Billy Cox (952)
  3. Bill Spiers (949)
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  5. Tony Bernazard (947)
  6. Bill Cissell (945)
  7. Sammy White (945)
  8. Ron Hassey (945)
  9. Birdie Tebbetts (944)
  10. Charlie Bennett (943)
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  1. Reno Bertoia (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ron Hunt (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Craig Biggio (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack Clements (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jimmie Dykes (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Davey Johnson (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jerry Priddy (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jerry Priddy (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ron Oester (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

January 13, 1927: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for Johnny Grabowski and Ray Morehart.

March 4, 1928: Selected off waivers by the Cleveland Indians from the Chicago White Sox.

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