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Duane Ward
Roy Duane Ward
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 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
Final Game: June 22, 1995
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1986 22 TOT MLB 0 2 .000 8.00 12 1 7 0 0 0 18.0 25 17 16 2 12 0 9 1 1 1 88 50 2.056 12.5 1.0 6.0 4.5 0.75
1986 22 ATL NL 0 1 .000 7.31 10 0 6 0 0 0 16.0 22 13 13 2 8 0 8 0 1 0 73 54 1.875 12.4 1.1 4.5 4.5 1.00
1986 22 TOR AL 0 1 .000 13.50 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 4 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 15 32 3.500 13.5 0.0 18.0 4.5 0.25
1987 23 TOR AL 1 0 1.000 6.94 12 1 4 0 0 0 11.2 14 9 9 0 12 2 10 0 0 0 57 65 2.229 10.8 0.0 9.3 7.7 0.83
1988 24 TOR AL 9 3 .750 3.30 64 0 32 0 0 15 111.2 101 46 41 5 60 8 91 5 3 10 487 119 1.442 8.1 0.4 4.8 7.3 1.52
1989 25 TOR AL 4 10 .286 3.77 66 0 39 0 0 15 114.2 94 55 48 4 58 11 122 5 0 13 494 97 1.326 7.4 0.3 4.6 9.6 2.10
1990 26 TOR AL 2 8 .200 3.45 73 0 39 0 0 11 127.2 101 51 49 9 42 10 112 1 0 5 508 119 1.120 7.1 0.6 3.0 7.9 2.67
1991 27 TOR AL 7 6 .538 2.77 81 0 46 0 0 23 107.1 80 36 33 3 33 3 132 2 0 6 428 153 1.053 6.7 0.3 2.8 11.1 4.00 CYA-9
1992 28 TOR AL 7 4 .636 1.95 79 0 35 0 0 12 101.1 76 27 22 5 39 3 103 1 0 7 414 210 1.135 6.8 0.4 3.5 9.1 2.64
1993 29 TOR AL 2 3 .400 2.13 71 0 70 0 0 45 71.2 49 17 17 4 25 2 97 1 0 7 282 203 1.033 6.2 0.5 3.1 12.2 3.88 AS,CYA-5,MVP-22
1995 31 TOR AL 0 1 .000 27.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 11 10 8 0 5 0 3 1 0 2 25 17 6.000 37.1 0.0 16.9 10.1 0.60
9 Seasons 32 37 .464 3.28 462 2 272 0 0 121 666.2 551 268 243 32 286 39 679 17 4 51 2783 124 1.256 7.4 0.4 3.9 9.2 2.37
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .464 3.28 68 0 40 0 0 18 98 81 39 36 5 42 6 100 2 1 7 408 124 1.256 7.4 0.4 3.9 9.2 2.37
TOR (9 yrs) 32 36 .471 3.18 452 2 266 0 0 121 650.2 529 255 230 30 278 39 671 17 3 51 2710 127 1.240 7.3 0.4 3.8 9.3 2.41
ATL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.31 10 0 6 0 0 0 16.0 22 13 13 2 8 0 8 0 1 0 73 54 1.875 12.4 1.1 4.5 4.5 1.00
AL (9 yrs) 32 36 .471 3.18 452 2 266 0 0 121 650.2 529 255 230 30 278 39 671 17 3 51 2710 127 1.240 7.3 0.4 3.8 9.3 2.41
NL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.31 10 0 6 0 0 0 16.0 22 13 13 2 8 0 8 0 1 0 73 54 1.875 12.4 1.1 4.5 4.5 1.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1989 25 TOR AL ALCS L OAK 0 0 7.36 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 6 3 3 0 3 0 5 0 0 1 19 2.455 14.7 0.0 7.4 12.3 1.67
1991 27 TOR AL ALCS L MIN 0 1 .000 6.23 2 0 1 0 0 1 4.1 4 3 3 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 17 1.154 8.3 0.0 2.1 12.5 6.00
1992 28 TOR AL ALCS W OAK 1 0 1.000 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 1.750 13.5 0.0 2.3 4.5 2.00
1992 28 TOR AL WS W ATL 2 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 12 0.600 2.7 0.0 2.7 16.2 6.00
1993 29 TOR AL ALCS W CHW 0 0 5.79 4 0 4 0 0 2 4.2 4 3 3 2 4 0 8 0 0 0 22 1.714 7.7 3.9 7.7 15.4 2.00
1993 29 TOR AL WS W PHI 1 0 1.000 1.93 4 0 4 0 0 2 4.2 3 2 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 17 0.643 5.8 1.9 0.0 13.5
4 Seasons (6 Series) 4 1 .800 4.74 19 0 11 0 0 5 24.2 24 14 13 3 10 0 34 0 0 2 106 1.378 8.8 1.1 3.6 12.4 3.40
4 ALCS 1 1 .500 6.48 11 0 6 0 0 3 16.2 20 12 12 2 9 0 21 0 0 1 77 1.740 10.8 1.1 4.9 11.3 2.33
2 WS 3 0 1.000 1.12 8 0 5 0 0 2 8.0 4 2 1 1 1 0 13 0 0 1 29 0.625 4.5 1.1 1.1 14.6 13.00

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
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
1989 25 TOR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Seasons 11 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 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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
TOR (9 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
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 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 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 4 0 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 0

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 Awards
1986 TOT MLB 22 P 12 1 18.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.50 0.58 .957 1.90 0.67
1986 ATL NL 22 P 10 0 16.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.38 0.60 .950 1.91 0.66
1986 TOR AL 22 P 2 1 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0.50 1.000 1.80 0.70
1987 TOR AL 23 P 12 1 11.2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.09 0.33 .950 1.85 0.67
1988 TOR AL 24 P 64 0 111.2 19 6 12 1 0 .947 1.45 0.28 .963 1.78 0.67
1989 TOR AL 25 P 66 0 114.2 27 5 21 1 2 .963 2.04 0.39 .959 1.87 0.66
1990 TOR AL 26 P 73 0 127.2 28 9 18 1 0 .964 1.90 0.37 .954 1.78 0.59
1991 TOR AL 27 P 81 0 107.1 21 9 11 1 1 .952 1.68 0.25 .957 1.80 0.58 CYA-9
1992 TOR AL 28 P 79 0 101.1 16 4 11 1 0 .938 1.33 0.19 .956 1.72 0.56
1993 TOR AL 29 P 71 0 71.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.75 0.08 .950 1.80 0.56 AS,CYA-5,MVP-22
1995 TOR AL 31 P 4 0 2.2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.00 1.000 1.69 0.52
9 Seasons P 462 2 666.2 129 37 86 6 3 .953 1.66 0.27 .957 1.80 0.60
9 Seasons TOT 462 2 666.2 129 37 86 6 3 .953 1.66 0.27 .911 1.80 0.60

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1993 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1993 AL (22, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1991 AL (9, 2%)
1993 AL (5, 4%)
0.06 Career Shares (194th)

Games Played s c a p y
1988 AL  64 (5th)
1989 AL  66 (8th)
1990 AL  73 (2nd)
1991 AL  81 (1st)
1992 AL  79 (2nd)
1993 AL  71 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1991 AL  23 (10th)
1993 AL  45 (1st)
Career  121 (96th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1988 AL  10 (10th)
1989 AL  13 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1993 AL  70 (1st)
Career  272 (131st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 12 (1334), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 34 (391), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Danny Frisella (951)
  6. Jack Aker (950)
  7. John Wyatt (949)
  8. Mel Rojas (949)
  9. Greg McMichael (946)
  10. Vicente Romo (945)
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  5. Lance McCullers (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tom Niedenfuer (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mel Rojas (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1982.

July 6, 1986: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Toronto Blue Jays for Doyle Alexander.

November 2, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1988Toronto Blue Jays$80,000
1989Toronto Blue Jays$168,500
1990Toronto Blue Jays$300,000
1991Toronto Blue Jays$800,000
1992Toronto Blue Jays$2,425,000
1993Toronto Blue Jays$3,350,000
1994Toronto Blue Jays$4,000,000
1995Toronto Blue Jays$4,750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$15,873,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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