Duane Ward

Roy Duane Ward

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 28, 1964 in Park View, NM
High School: Farmington (Farmington, NM)
Drafted
by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1986
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Braves 1986-1995
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: June 22, 1995
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Standard Batting

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
1986 22 TOT MLB 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 22 ATL NL 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 22 TOR AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1987 23 TOR AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 24 TOR AL 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 25 TOR AL 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 26 TOR AL 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 27 TOR AL 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-9
1992 28 TOR AL 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 29 TOR AL 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-22
1995 31 TOR AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Seasons 462 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (9 yrs) 452 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ATL (1 yr) 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 452 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (1 yr) 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1986 22 ATL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1 Season 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1986 22 TOT MLB 1 1 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .267 .000 .338 .000 .403 .000 .741 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1986 22 ATL NL 1 1 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .267 .000 .338 .000 .403 .000 .741 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
9 Seasons 1 1 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .267 .000 .338 .000 .403 .000 .741 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .267 .000 .338 .000 .403 .000 .741 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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
1992 28 TOR AL WS ATL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 29 TOR AL WS PHI W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1993 TOR AL 29

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1986 22 ATL NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
9 Seasons 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
MLB Averages 2.3% 15.2% 8.7% 7.0% 30% 1.75 5.9 39.4 8.2 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.7% 20%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1986 22 ATL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .14 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.38 -0.3 0
1986 22 TOR AL 0.0
1987 23 TOR AL 0.0
1988 24 TOR AL 0.0
1989 25 TOR AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 26 TOR AL 0.0
1991 27 TOR AL 0.0
1992 28 TOR AL 0.0
1993 29 TOR AL 0.0
1995 31 TOR AL 0.0
9 Seasons -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .14 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.38 -0.3 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1986 22 ATL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1986 22 ATL NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 56%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 22 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 23 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 24 88 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 25 154 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 26 227 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 27 308 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 28 387 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 29 458 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 30 458 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 31 462 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1986 22 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
1 Season 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
162 Game Avg. 162 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1993 AL (22, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1991 AL (9, 2%)
1993 AL (5, 4%)
0.06 Career Shares (205th)

             

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