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Gary Ward

Gary Lamell Ward

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 6, 1953 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Compton (Compton, CA)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1979
Teams (by GP): Twins/Rangers/Yankees/Tigers 1979-1990
Agents: Chuck Berry,Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1990
Relatives: Father of Daryle Ward
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All-Star

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
1979 25 MIN AL 10 17 14 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 .286 .412 .286 .697 90 4 0 0 0 0 0 /97
1980 26 MIN AL 13 46 41 11 19 6 2 1 10 0 0 3 6 .463 .489 .780 1.269 232 32 0 0 1 1 1 7
1981 27 MIN AL 85 326 295 42 78 7 6 3 29 5 2 28 48 .264 .325 .359 .684 92 106 10 0 0 3 4 *78/D9 RoY-9
1982 28 MIN AL 152 616 570 85 165 33 7 28 91 13 1 37 105 .289 .330 .519 .849 127 296 16 1 1 7 4 *79/8D MVP-32
1983 29 MIN AL 157 676 623 76 173 34 5 19 88 8 1 44 98 .278 .326 .440 .766 106 274 24 3 1 5 2 *7/D AS
1984 30 TEX AL 155 659 602 97 171 21 7 21 79 7 5 55 95 .284 .343 .447 .790 115 269 22 0 1 1 3 *879/D
1985 31 TEX AL 154 638 593 77 170 28 7 15 70 26 7 39 97 .287 .329 .433 .763 107 257 19 1 0 5 3 *78/D9 AS
1986 32 TEX AL 105 418 380 54 120 15 2 5 51 12 8 31 72 .316 .372 .405 .777 110 154 10 4 1 2 3 7/8D
1987 33 NYY AL 146 569 529 65 131 22 1 16 78 9 1 33 101 .248 .291 .384 .675 78 203 20 1 2 4 2 7D83/9
1988 34 NYY AL 91 262 231 26 52 8 0 4 24 0 1 24 41 .225 .302 .312 .614 74 72 8 2 4 1 4 873/D95
1989 35 TOT AL 113 321 292 27 74 11 2 9 30 1 3 24 59 .253 .306 .397 .704 99 116 11 0 1 4 2 739D/8
1989 35 NYY AL 8 20 17 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .294 .400 .353 .753 116 6 1 0 0 0 1 /9D
1989 35 DET AL 105 301 275 24 69 10 2 9 29 1 3 21 54 .251 .300 .400 .700 98 110 10 0 1 4 1 73D9/8
1990 36 DET AL 106 344 309 32 79 11 2 9 46 2 0 30 50 .256 .322 .392 .713 98 121 12 1 2 2 0 79/D3
12 Seasons 1287 4892 4479 594 1236 196 41 130 597 83 30 351 775 .276 .328 .425 .753 105 1904 152 13 14 35 28
162 Game Avg. 162 616 564 75 156 25 5 16 75 10 4 44 98 .276 .328 .425 .753 105 240 19 2 2 4 4
MIN (5 yrs) 417 1681 1543 216 439 80 20 51 219 26 5 115 260 .285 .333 .461 .794 115 712 50 4 3 16 11
TEX (3 yrs) 414 1715 1575 228 461 64 16 41 200 45 20 125 264 .293 .345 .432 .777 111 680 51 5 2 8 9
NYY (3 yrs) 245 851 777 94 188 31 1 20 103 9 2 60 147 .242 .297 .362 .659 78 281 29 3 6 5 7
DET (2 yrs) 211 645 584 56 148 21 4 18 75 3 3 51 104 .253 .312 .396 .707 98 231 22 1 3 6 1

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
1979 25 MIN AL 17 0 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ /97
1980 26 MIN AL 46 7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 7 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ 7
1981 27 MIN AL 326 -3 2 2 -1 -3 -3 10 3 0.3 7 0.8 -0.5 $ *78/D9 RoY-9
1982 28 MIN AL 616 15 2 2 -1 15 -7 19 46 4.7 30 3.1 1.6 $55,000 *79/8D MVP-32
1983 29 MIN AL 676 4 4 0 -1 16 -8 20 35 3.5 19 2.0 1.5 $250,000 *7/D AS
1984 30 TEX AL 659 12 1 1 -1 15 -5 20 43 4.4 28 3.0 1.4 $450,000 *879/D
1985 31 TEX AL 638 -1 1 1 -2 -10 -6 20 4 0.4 13 1.3 -0.9 $720,000 *78/D9 AS
1986 32 TEX AL 418 8 1 -1 0 13 -5 13 29 3.0 16 1.6 1.4 $865,000 7/8D
1987 33 NYY AL 569 -15 1 1 -2 3 -7 18 0 0.0 -4 -0.4 0.4 $633,000 7D83/9
1988 34 NYY AL 262 -8 -2 -1 -1 -2 -2 8 -8 -0.9 -6 -0.6 -0.3 $625,000 873/D95
1989 35 NYY AL 20 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $68,000 /9D
1989 35 DET AL 301 -2 -1 -1 -1 2 -5 9 1 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $ 73D9/8
1990 36 DET AL 344 -1 1 0 -2 -12 -5 12 -8 -0.8 5 0.5 -1.3 $537,500 79/D3
12 Seasons 4892 16 10 4 -12 35 -53 152 151 15.4 117 12.2 3.2 $4,203,500
MIN (5 yrs) 1681 23 8 4 -3 26 -18 51 90 9.2 65 6.8 2.4 $305,000
TEX (3 yrs) 1715 19 3 1 -3 18 -16 53 76 7.8 57 5.9 1.9 $2,035,000
NYY (3 yrs) 851 -23 -1 0 -3 0 -9 27 -8 -0.9 -9 -0.9 0.0 $1,326,000
DET (2 yrs) 645 -3 0 -1 -3 -10 -10 21 -7 -0.7 4 0.4 -1.1 $537,500

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
1979 25 MIN AL 17 11 2 4.8 105 .364 .286 .274 .412 .340 .286 .416 .697 .755 90 .513 -0.0 0.0 .545 .143 .000
1980 26 MIN AL 46 24 16 18.0 105 .514 .463 .278 .489 .342 .780 .413 1.269 .755 232 .924 7.8 0.7 1.591 .390 .317 .0
1981 27 MIN AL 326 232 34 4.0 94 .304 .264 .264 .325 .330 .359 .384 .684 .713 92 .483 -3.6 -0.4 .598 .200 .095 3.8
1982 28 MIN AL 616 430 95 5.9 101 .309 .289 .268 .330 .332 .519 .408 .849 .740 127 .616 19.0 1.9 .820 .316 .230 17.8
1983 29 MIN AL 676 481 85 4.7 101 .301 .278 .270 .326 .333 .440 .408 .766 .740 106 .519 3.6 0.4 .691 .244 .162 11.3
1984 30 TEX AL 659 460 87 5.1 99 .308 .284 .267 .343 .330 .447 .403 .790 .733 115 .552 10.4 1.0 .712 .257 .163 10.5
1985 31 TEX AL 638 454 82 4.8 100 .319 .287 .262 .329 .328 .433 .407 .763 .736 107 .523 4.0 0.4 .704 .245 .147 19.0
1986 32 TEX AL 418 281 56 5.3 102 .377 .316 .264 .372 .332 .405 .412 .777 .744 110 .560 5.9 0.6 .694 .182 .089 7.1
1987 33 NYY AL 569 425 55 3.5 105 .276 .248 .264 .291 .332 .384 .424 .675 .756 78 .339 -17.7 -1.7 .585 .214 .136 11.5
1988 34 NYY AL 262 193 21 2.9 94 .257 .225 .258 .302 .323 .312 .389 .614 .712 74 .318 -7.9 -0.8 .516 .186 .087 .0
1989 35 TOT AL 321 237 32 3.6 92 .285 .253 .258 .306 .323 .397 .380 .704 .704 99 .418 -0.9 -0.1 .595 .219 .144 1.8
1989 35 NYY AL 20 13 2 4.1 92 .417 .294 .260 .400 .324 .353 .382 .753 .707 116 .476 0.6 0.1 .692 .235 .059
1989 35 DET AL 301 224 30 3.6 92 .278 .251 .258 .300 .323 .400 .380 .700 .703 98 .414 -1.5 -0.2 .589 .218 .149 1.8
1990 36 DET AL 344 246 38 4.1 95 .278 .256 .260 .322 .329 .392 .389 .713 .718 98 .473 -1.3 -0.1 .636 .239 .136 3.3
12 Seasons 4892 3474 603 4.6 99 .306 .276 .265 .328 .330 .425 .404 .753 .734 105 .510 19.2 1.9 .678 .239 .149 101.3
162 Game Avg. 616 437 76 4.6 99 .306 .276 .265 .328 .330 .425 .404 .753 .734 105 .510 2 0 .678 .239 .149 13
MIN (5 yrs) 1681 1178 232 5.3 100 .311 .285 .268 .333 .332 .461 .403 .794 .735 115 .575 26.7 2.6 .735 .265 .177 34.4
TEX (3 yrs) 1715 1195 225 5.0 100 .329 .293 .265 .345 .330 .432 .407 .777 .737 111 .544 20.3 2.0 .705 .234 .139 42.9
NYY (3 yrs) 851 631 78 3.3 101 .273 .242 .262 .297 .329 .362 .412 .659 .742 78 .336 -25.0 -2.4 .566 .206 .120 12.4
DET (2 yrs) 645 470 68 3.9 94 .278 .253 .259 .312 .326 .396 .385 .707 .711 98 .446 -2.8 -0.3 .614 .229 .142 5.1

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
1983 MIN AL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 TEX AL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1979 25 MIN AL 17 0.0% 17.7% 17.7% 0.0% 0% 1.00 4.7 14.0 1.33 65%
1980 26 MIN AL 46 2.2% 13.0% 6.5% 19.6% 47% 2.00 6.8 41.0 4.1 1.13 76%
1981 27 MIN AL 326 0.9% 14.7% 8.6% 4.9% 21% 1.71 6.1 98.3 10.2 1.27 76%
1982 28 MIN AL 616 4.6% 17.1% 6.0% 11.0% 41% 2.84 5.4 20.4 6.3 1.04 72%
1983 29 MIN AL 676 2.8% 14.5% 6.5% 8.6% 34% 2.23 6.4 32.8 7.1 1.05 76%
1984 30 TEX AL 659 3.2% 14.4% 8.4% 7.4% 29% 1.73 6.3 28.7 7.6 1.05 74%
1985 31 TEX AL 638 2.4% 15.2% 6.1% 7.8% 29% 2.49 6.1 39.5 8.5 1.29 76%
1986 32 TEX AL 418 1.2% 17.2% 7.4% 5.3% 18% 2.32 5.3 76.0 7.5 1.11 73%
1987 33 NYY AL 569 2.8% 17.8% 5.8% 6.9% 30% 3.06 5.2 33.1 6.8 1.33 73%
1988 34 NYY AL 262 1.5% 15.7% 9.2% 4.6% 23% 1.71 5.6 57.8 9.6 0.87 1.22 71% 22% 6.3% 37%
1989 35 TOT AL 321 2.8% 18.4% 7.5% 6.9% 30% 2.46 4.9 32.4 9.7 0.77 0.91 71% 20% 8.1% 16%
1989 35 NYY AL 20 0.0% 25.0% 15.0% 5.0% 20% 1.67 3.4 17.0 1.00 1.67 60% 25% 0.0% 33%
1989 35 DET AL 301 3.0% 17.9% 7.0% 7.0% 30% 2.57 5.1 30.6 9.5 0.76 0.89 72% 19% 8.4% 15%
1990 36 DET AL 344 2.6% 14.5% 8.7% 6.4% 28% 1.67 6.2 34.3 6.7 0.72 1.06 73% 20% 6.8% 12%
12 Seasons 4892 2.7% 15.8% 7.2% 7.5% 30% 2.21 5.8 34.5 7.5 0.78 1.13 74% 21% 7.1% 20%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.0% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.65 6.4 42.1 8.4 0.80 1.07 74% 20% 6.6% 26%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1979 25 MIN AL -0.0 0.0 18 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 1.34 -0.0 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.93 -0.3 1
1980 26 MIN AL 7.8 0.7 47 1.3 1.7 -0.5 1.09 0.9 0.2 11.1 1.0 1.04 11.4 2.27 2
1981 27 MIN AL -3.6 -0.4 336 -0.5 5.0 -5.5 .97 -0.4 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 0.94 -3.2 1.22 5
1982 28 MIN AL 19.0 1.9 634 1.6 12.1 -10.5 .98 2.2 -0.6 20.7 2.0 0.96 21.2 1.99 5
1983 29 MIN AL 3.6 0.4 691 -0.7 11.9 -12.6 .99 0.3 -1.0 5.3 0.5 0.92 6.9 2.24 4
1984 30 TEX AL 10.4 1.0 679 2.9 14.4 -11.5 1.04 1.6 1.2 16.4 1.6 0.93 15.7 0.89 4
1985 31 TEX AL 4.0 0.4 679 0.4 12.4 -12.0 1.04 0.0 0.4 7.9 0.8 0.96 0.1 1.23 1
1986 32 TEX AL 5.9 0.6 448 1.1 8.5 -7.4 1.06 0.4 0.6 11.3 1.1 0.94 4.9 0
1987 33 NYY AL -17.7 -1.7 580 -0.5 10.0 -10.6 .98 -1.2 0.6 -8.5 -0.8 0.98 -14.0 1.41 12
1988 34 NYY AL -7.9 -0.8 268 1.0 5.6 -4.6 1.09 -1.0 1.9 -13.0 -1.3 1.02 -12.5 1.75 17
1989 35 TOT AL -0.9 -0.1 326 -0.8 5.9 -6.7 1.15 -0.4 -0.3 -11.7 -1.2 1.00 -6.5 1.80 32
1989 35 NYY AL 0.6 0.1 20 0.0 0.4 -0.3 .90 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.85 0.3 0
1989 35 DET AL -1.5 -0.2 306 -0.8 5.6 -6.4 1.17 -0.4 -0.3 -12.0 -1.2 1.01 -6.9 1.80 32
1990 36 DET AL -1.3 -0.1 347 -0.3 6.0 -6.3 1.04 0.1 -0.4 6.5 0.6 0.99 0.7 2.11 14
12 Seasons 19.2 1.9 5053 5.3 93.9 -88.5 1.03 2.7 2.5 43.7 4.1 0.96 24.5 1.73 97

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
1979 25 MIN AL 0 0 29% 13 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75% 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
1980 26 MIN AL 1 0 48% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 60% 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1981 27 MIN AL 7 0 38% 123 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 47% 25 15 10 6 3 3 12 5 7
1982 28 MIN AL 9 0 33% 213 13 1 93% 13 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 15 43% 32 23 9 6 3 3 18 5 12
1983 29 MIN AL 8 0 28% 231 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 14 54% 28 15 13 8 4 4 20 7 13
1984 30 TEX AL 9 0 37% 275 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 47% 42 27 15 12 6 6 21 6 14
1985 31 TEX AL 9 0 32% 249 26 7 79% 21 6 5 1 0 0 2 0 10 13 57% 32 19 12 9 2 7 22 4 17
1986 32 TEX AL 2 0 33% 192 12 8 60% 10 7 1 1 1 0 3 1 7 12 52% 26 15 9 3 1 2 15 3 12
1987 33 NYY AL 8 0 33% 204 9 1 90% 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 56% 23 11 12 6 2 3 14 4 9
1988 34 NYY AL 2 0 30% 114 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 40% 19 12 6 2 2 0 9 2 6
1989 35 TOT AL 1 0 20% 91 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 44% 14 8 6 4 3 1 5 2 3
1989 35 NYY AL 0 0 38% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1989 35 DET AL 1 0 19% 84 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 41% 14 8 6 4 3 1 4 2 2
1990 36 DET AL 5 0 23% 112 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 30% 20 14 6 4 4 0 6 3 3
12 Seasons 61 0 32% 1841 83 30 73% 75 27 7 3 1 0 9 1 46 110 49% 267 161 102 62 31 30 143 41 97

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
1979 25 MIN AL 17 88% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 10 1 10% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1980 26 MIN AL 46 76% 19 2 0 0 0 2.27 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 50% 5 0 0% 3 3 100% 27 10 37% 3 3 100% 1 1 100% 0
1981 27 MIN AL 326 42% 78 5 1 0 0 1.22 3 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 56 10 18% 29 9 31% 175 27 15% 19 10 53% 15 5 33% 0
1982 28 MIN AL 616 34% 165 5 2 1 2 1.99 28 1 17 18 10 16 12 0 1 1 100% 129 16 12% 54 14 26% 393 66 17% 37 17 46% 33 16 48% 0
1983 29 MIN AL 676 28% 173 4 0 0 0 2.24 19 0 8 8 11 7 12 0 1 1 100% 172 24 14% 62 24 39% 435 71 16% 40 19 48% 32 21 66% 0
1984 30 TEX AL 659 31% 171 4 0 0 0 0.89 21 0 12 16 5 7 14 0 2 1 50% 123 22 18% 63 19 30% 372 62 17% 33 14 42% 30 14 47% 0
1985 31 TEX AL 638 30% 170 1 1 0 0 1.23 15 1 15 8 7 10 5 0 0 0 116 19 16% 61 13 21% 388 58 15% 27 12 44% 27 11 41% 0
1986 32 TEX AL 418 32% 120 0 0 0 0 5 0 7 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 100% 71 10 14% 32 8 25% 231 46 20% 17 9 53% 15 8 53% 0
1987 33 NYY AL 568 37% 131 12 8 0 4 1.41 16 0 24 12 4 7 9 0 5 2 40% 115 20 17% 45 16 36% 395 67 17% 29 19 66% 26 14 54% 1
1988 34 NYY AL 262 56% 52 8 1 17 5 1 1 1.75 4 0 9 0 4 3 1 0 4 4 100% 60 8 13% 34 15 44% 193 22 11% 16 7 44% 22 14 64% 0
1989 35 TOT AL 321 64% 74 10 1 32 6 0 4 1.80 9 0 12 0 9 6 3 0 2 1 50% 76 11 14% 33 12 36% 227 24 11% 17 13 76% 7 6 86% 0
1989 35 NYY AL 20 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 0 0 7 2 29% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1989 35 DET AL 301 61% 69 10 1 32 6 0 4 1.80 9 0 12 0 9 6 3 0 2 1 50% 74 10 14% 33 12 36% 220 22 10% 16 12 75% 7 6 86% 0
1990 36 DET AL 344 49% 79 5 0 14 5 0 6 2.11 9 1 19 4 5 2 7 0 3 2 67% 71 12 17% 30 10 33% 232 38 16% 16 10 63% 20 14 70% 0
12 Seasons 4891 38% 1236 23 2 97 28 2 17 1.73 130 3 129 70 60 63 67 1 21 14 67% 996 152 15% 447 143 32% 3078 492 16% 255 134 53% 228 124 54% 1
MLB Averages 59% 78% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 34 NYY AL 262 914 3.49 560 61% 21% 14% 30% 35% 79% 5% 49% 82% 37% 5% 14 2 16% 41 24 6% 15 9 37% 0 0 0
1989 35 TOT AL 318 1169 3.68 723 62% 25% 16% 27% 33% 75% 1% 46% 79% 38% 4% 12 0 11% 36 19 8% 26 15 37% 3 0 2
1989 35 NYY AL 20 76 3.80 43 57% 28% 14% 30% 28% 72% 3% 41% 81% 25% 10% 2 0 15% 3 1 5% 1 1 60% 0 0 0
1989 35 DET AL 298 1093 3.67 680 62% 24% 16% 27% 33% 75% 1% 47% 79% 39% 3% 10 0 11% 33 18 8% 25 14 35% 3 0 2
1990 36 DET AL 332 1214 3.66 729 60% 23% 16% 26% 35% 76% 0% 46% 79% 34% 5% 17 3 16% 53 32 8% 27 14 30% 12 0 3
3 Seasons 912 3297 3.62 2012 61% 23% 15% 27% 34% 77% 2% 47% 80% 36% 5% 43 5 14% 130 75 7% 68 38 35% 15 0 5
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 16% 9% 26%

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
1979 25 10 17 14 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 .286 .412 .286 .697 90 4 0 0 0 0 0
1980 26 23 63 55 13 23 6 2 1 11 0 1 6 9 .418 .468 .655 1.122 195 36 0 0 1 1 1
1981 27 108 389 350 55 101 13 8 4 40 5 3 34 57 .289 .348 .406 .754 109 142 10 0 1 4 5
1982 28 260 1005 920 140 266 46 15 32 131 18 4 71 162 .289 .337 .476 .813 120 438 26 1 2 11 9
1983 29 417 1681 1543 216 439 80 20 51 219 26 5 115 260 .285 .333 .461 .794 115 712 50 4 3 16 11
1984 30 572 2340 2145 313 610 101 27 72 298 33 10 170 355 .284 .336 .457 .793 115 981 72 4 4 17 14
1985 31 726 2978 2738 390 780 129 34 87 368 59 17 209 452 .285 .334 .452 .786 113 1238 91 5 4 22 17
1986 32 831 3396 3118 444 900 144 36 92 419 71 25 240 524 .289 .339 .446 .785 113 1392 101 9 5 24 20
1987 33 977 3965 3647 509 1031 166 37 108 497 80 26 273 625 .283 .332 .437 .769 108 1595 121 10 7 28 22
1988 34 1068 4227 3878 535 1083 174 37 112 521 80 27 297 666 .279 .330 .430 .760 106 1667 129 12 11 29 26
1989 35 1181 4548 4170 562 1157 185 39 121 551 81 30 321 725 .277 .328 .428 .756 105 1783 140 12 12 33 28
1990 36 1287 4892 4479 594 1236 196 41 130 597 83 30 351 775 .276 .328 .425 .753 105 1904 152 13 14 35 28

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
1979 25 10 19 15 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 .333 .474 .333 .807 2 10
1980 26 13 45 41 11 19 6 2 1 10 0 3 6 .463 .489 .780 1.269 16 13
1981 27 129 504 454 69 125 11 10 5 48 8 45 73 .275 .337 .377 .714 58 85
1982 28 152 617 572 87 167 33 7 28 93 13 37 105 .292 .332 .521 .853 101 152
1983 29 157 676 624 77 174 34 5 19 89 8 44 98 .279 .327 .441 .768 90 157
1984 30 155 663 606 101 175 21 7 21 82 7 56 95 .289 .348 .450 .799 96 155
1985 31 154 640 595 79 172 28 7 15 72 26 39 97 .289 .331 .435 .767 87 154
1986 32 105 418 381 54 121 15 2 5 51 12 31 72 .318 .373 .407 .780 57 105
1987 33 146 564 527 64 129 22 1 16 76 9 32 101 .245 .287 .381 .669 58 146
1988 34 91 261 233 28 54 8 0 4 26 0 25 41 .232 .310 .318 .628 23 91
1989 35 113 327 297 30 79 12 2 10 33 1 26 59 .266 .321 .421 .742 40 113
1990 36 106 348 313 35 83 12 2 9 50 2 32 50 .265 .333 .403 .736 42 106
12 Seasons 1331 5082 4658 637 1303 202 45 133 631 86 374 800 .280 .333 .428 .761 670 1287
162 Game Avg. 162 619 567 78 159 25 5 16 77 10 46 97 .280 .333 .428 .761 82 1287

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1983 *
1985 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1982 AL (32, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1713th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1982 AL  1.6 (6th)
1983 AL  1.5 (5th)
1986 AL  1.4 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1982 AL  .519 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1983 AL  157 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1983 AL  623 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1983 AL  676 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1984 AL  97 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1982 AL  296 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1981 AL  6 (6th)
1984 AL  7 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1982 AL  68 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1983 AL  24 (4th)
1984 AL  22 (5th)
1985 AL  19 (10th)
1987 AL  20 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1982 AL  17.8 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1983 AL  481 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 10 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1244), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1468), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Gary garry Gary gerry Lamell Ward

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