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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 HS (Compton, CA)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1979 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Twins/Rangers/Yankees/Tigers 1979-1990
Agents: Chuck Berry,Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1990 (Age 36)
Relatives: Father of Daryle Ward
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 26, 2013 4:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #852. Dean Palmer… #853. Tommy Corcoran… #854. Chris Hoiles… #855. GARY WARD… #856. Don Slaught… #857. Terry Moore… #858. Joe Randa… 

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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
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 /D97
1980 26 MIN AL 13 46 41 11 19 6 2 1 10 0 0 3 6 .463 .489 .780 1.269 233 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 93 106 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 .766 107 274 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 73D9/8
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 79D/3
12 Yrs 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 Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1979 25 MIN AL 10 17 -0 0 0 -2 -1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .481 .499 0.0 -0.2 0 /D97
1980 26 MIN AL 13 46 8 0 0 -1 -0 7 0.7 2 9 0.9 .554 .504 0.9 -0.1 9 7
1981 27 MIN AL 85 326 -2 2 -0 -3 -3 -5 -0.6 11 6 0.5 .493 .496 0.9 -0.7 9 *78/D9 RoY-9
1982 28 MIN AL 152 616 20 3 -1 15 -6 30 3.2 21 51 5.1 .520 .519 3.6 0.9 35 $55,000 *79/8D MVP-32
1983 29 MIN AL 157 676 4 4 -1 16 -6 17 2.0 23 40 4.1 .512 .511 2.4 1.1 24 $250,000 *7/D AS
1984 30 TEX AL 155 659 13 1 -1 15 -4 23 2.5 23 46 4.6 .516 .515 3.1 1.2 31 $450,000 *879/D
1985 31 TEX AL 154 638 5 1 -1 -10 -6 -10 -0.9 22 12 1.1 .493 .494 2.1 -1.5 22 $720,000 *78/D9 AS
1986 32 TEX AL 105 418 4 0 -0 13 -4 13 1.4 14 27 2.8 .513 .508 1.4 1.0 14 $865,000 7/8D
1987 33 NYY AL 146 569 -16 2 -2 3 -7 -20 -1.9 19 -1 -0.1 .486 .488 -0.4 -0.3 -4 $633,000 7D83/9
1988 34 NYY AL 91 262 -9 -2 -1 -2 -2 -15 -1.6 9 -6 -0.7 .482 .490 -0.5 -0.3 -4 $625,000 873/D95
1989 35 NYY AL 8 20 0 0 -0 -1 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .479 .499 0.1 -0.2 1 $68,000 /9D
1989 35 DET AL 105 301 -3 -1 -1 2 -6 -9 -0.9 11 2 0.1 .491 .494 -0.1 -0.3 -1 73D9/8
1990 36 DET AL 106 344 1 1 -2 -12 -5 -17 -1.8 12 -5 -0.6 .483 .489 0.7 -1.8 7 $537,500 79D/3
12 Seasons 1287 4892 24 12 -11 35 -50 10 1.8 168 178 17.6 .501 .500 14.2 -1.3 143 $4,203,500
MIN (5 yrs) 417 1681 30 9 -2 26 -16 47 5.1 57 104 10.5 .512 .506 7.8 1.1 78 $305,000
TEX (3 yrs) 414 1715 22 2 -3 18 -13 26 3.1 59 85 8.5 .507 .506 6.7 0.6 67 $2,035,000
NYY (3 yrs) 245 851 -25 0 -3 0 -9 -37 -3.6 29 -8 -0.9 .485 .492 -0.9 -0.8 -8 $1,326,000
DET (2 yrs) 211 645 -2 -1 -3 -10 -11 -26 -2.7 23 -3 -0.5 .487 .491 0.6 -2.2 7 $537,500

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1979 MIN AL 25 OF 5 2 2 24.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -75 3.00 1.60 .981 2.47 2.44
1979 MIN AL 25 DH 4 0
1979 MIN AL 25 RF 4 2 2 22.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -87 2.45 1.50 .980 2.25 2.22
1979 MIN AL 25 LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1980 MIN AL 26 LF 12 10 5 84.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -10 1.61 1.25 .980 2.35 2.35
1980 MIN AL 26 OF 12 10 5 84.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -10 1.50 1.17 .979 2.48 2.46
1981 MIN AL 27 OF 80 73 69 668.0 198 185 8 5 4 .975 -3 -5 2.60 2.41 .983 2.48 2.47 RoY-9
1981 MIN AL 27 LF 62 56 52 509.2 145 137 4 4 1 .972 -2 -4 2.49 2.27 .979 2.38 2.38 RoY-9
1981 MIN AL 27 CF 19 17 17 157.1 51 46 4 1 3 .980 -2 -13 2.86 2.63 .988 2.90 2.89 RoY-9
1981 MIN AL 27 DH 3 1 RoY-9
1981 MIN AL 27 RF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.20 RoY-9
1982 MIN AL 28 OF 150 143 136 1279.2 360 343 13 4 3 .989 15 14 2.50 2.37 .982 2.47 2.46 MVP-32
1982 MIN AL 28 LF 127 123 117 1082.2 300 285 12 3 2 .990 13 14 2.47 2.34 .981 2.29 2.28 MVP-32
1982 MIN AL 28 RF 25 20 19 192.0 64 62 1 1 1 .984 3 16 2.95 2.52 .981 2.27 2.26 MVP-32
1982 MIN AL 28 CF 4 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 24 1.80 0.25 .980 2.88 2.82 MVP-32
1982 MIN AL 28 DH 2 2 MVP-32
1983 MIN AL 29 LF 152 152 145 1334.1 403 370 24 9 6 .978 16 15 2.66 2.59 .977 2.32 2.30 AS
1983 MIN AL 29 OF 152 152 145 1334.1 407 374 24 9 6 .978 16 15 2.68 2.62 .981 2.50 2.48 AS
1983 MIN AL 29 DH 2 1 AS
1984 TEX AL 30 OF 148 146 138 1304.0 392 376 11 5 1 .987 15 14 2.67 2.61 .983 2.51 2.49
1984 TEX AL 30 CF 59 59 55 519.2 183 178 4 1 1 .995 5 11 3.15 3.08 .986 3.01 2.99
1984 TEX AL 30 LF 58 54 51 495.2 148 141 5 2 1 .986 8 20 2.65 2.52 .982 2.27 2.26
1984 TEX AL 30 RF 36 33 32 288.2 75 70 3 2 0 .973 2 9 2.28 2.03 .979 2.23 2.21
1984 TEX AL 30 DH 5 5
1985 TEX AL 31 OF 153 151 135 1305.2 325 304 11 10 2 .969 -10 -9 2.17 2.06 .982 2.44 2.42 AS
1985 TEX AL 31 LF 138 131 124 1140.2 273 255 8 10 1 .963 -8 -9 2.08 1.91 .977 2.25 2.23 AS
1985 TEX AL 31 CF 21 19 10 157.0 41 40 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -10 2.35 1.95 .988 2.91 2.88 AS
1985 TEX AL 31 DH 1 1 AS
1985 TEX AL 31 RF 1 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.25 2.00 .980 2.14 2.20 AS
1986 TEX AL 32 OF 104 101 85 857.2 246 237 8 1 3 .996 13 19 2.57 2.36 .980 2.39 2.37
1986 TEX AL 32 LF 102 97 85 836.2 239 233 5 1 3 .996 13 19 2.56 2.33 .977 2.24 2.22
1986 TEX AL 32 CF 4 4 0 21.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.43 2.00 .986 2.83 2.80
1986 TEX AL 32 DH 1 1
1987 NYY AL 33 OF 94 83 61 739.1 205 200 2 3 0 .985 3 5 2.46 2.15 .980 2.31 2.29
1987 NYY AL 33 LF 69 53 42 483.1 111 108 1 2 0 .982 2 6 2.03 1.58 .974 2.11 2.08
1987 NYY AL 33 DH 36 33
1987 NYY AL 33 CF 30 25 15 214.0 83 81 1 1 0 .988 2 8 3.45 2.73 .986 2.70 2.68
1987 NYY AL 33 1B 15 13 10 114.2 126 118 8 0 11 1.000 0 5 9.89 8.40 .992 9.58 9.48
1987 NYY AL 33 RF 5 5 4 42.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -29 1.71 1.60 .979 2.12 2.10
1988 NYY AL 34 OF 54 45 30 395.0 131 130 0 1 0 .992 -1 -2 2.96 2.41 .979 2.47 2.45
1988 NYY AL 34 CF 39 34 22 277.2 95 94 0 1 0 .989 -1 -3 3.05 2.41 .985 2.91 2.89
1988 NYY AL 34 LF 17 10 8 104.1 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 1 8 3.02 2.06 .977 2.26 2.24
1988 NYY AL 34 1B 11 10 10 97.2 95 90 4 1 9 .989 -1 -17 8.66 8.55 .992 9.57 9.49
1988 NYY AL 34 DH 9 5
1988 NYY AL 34 RF 3 1 0 13.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -55 1.38 0.67 .975 2.22 2.23
1988 NYY AL 34 3B 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 120 4.50 0.50 .950 2.70 2.70
1989 TOT AL 35 OF 57 42 30 389.2 111 108 2 1 1 .991 -1 -4 2.54 1.93 .980 2.42 2.39
1989 TOT AL 35 DH 26 17
1989 TOT AL 35 RF 20 17 10 146.2 34 32 1 1 0 .971 -2 -20 2.02 1.65 .979 2.33 2.30
1989 NYY AL 35 OF 6 6 1 44.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -38 1.43 1.17 .980 2.41 2.38
1989 NYY AL 35 RF 6 6 1 44.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -38 1.43 1.17 .979 2.33 2.30
1989 NYY AL 35 DH 1 1
1989 DET AL 35 OF 51 36 29 345.2 104 101 2 1 1 .990 0 0 2.68 2.02 .980 2.42 2.39
1989 DET AL 35 LF 35 22 19 212.0 65 64 1 0 1 1.000 2 9 2.76 1.86 .977 2.16 2.14
1989 DET AL 35 1B 26 12 3 130.2 142 126 14 2 14 .986 2 20 9.64 5.38 .993 9.79 9.69
1989 DET AL 35 DH 25 16
1989 DET AL 35 RF 14 11 9 102.2 27 25 1 1 0 .963 -1 -13 2.28 1.86 .979 2.33 2.30
1989 DET AL 35 CF 5 3 1 31.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -19 3.48 2.40 .984 2.79 2.76
1990 DET AL 36 OF 85 77 46 643.0 161 157 2 2 1 .988 -12 -23 2.23 1.87 .981 2.39 2.36
1990 DET AL 36 LF 75 67 38 546.0 142 139 1 2 1 .986 -7 -15 2.31 1.87 .978 2.19 2.16
1990 DET AL 36 RF 16 10 8 97.0 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 -6 -69 2.04 1.38 .978 2.23 2.21
1990 DET AL 36 DH 13 7
1990 DET AL 36 1B 2 0 0 4.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 15.75 3.50 .991 9.67 9.55
12 Seasons OF 1094 1025 882 9024.1 2558 2436 81 41 21 .984 33 4 2.51 2.30 .981 2.45 2.43
12 Seasons LF 848 775 686 6831.1 1877 1783 61 33 16 .982 38 7 2.43 2.17 .978 2.26 2.24
8 Seasons CF 181 161 120 1382.2 474 460 10 4 4 .992 2 2 3.06 2.60 .986 2.91 2.88
9 Seasons RF 111 89 76 810.1 214 204 6 4 1 .981 -6 -9 2.33 1.89 .979 2.25 2.23
4 Seasons 1B 54 35 23 347.0 370 341 26 3 34 .992 1 5 9.52 6.80 .992 9.66 9.59
1 Season 3B 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 120 4.50 0.50 .950 2.70 2.70
12 Seasons TOT 1150 1060 905 9373.1 2929 2777 108 44 55 .985 35 4 2.77 2.51 .983 2.72 2.76
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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 (1736th)

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)

SB % s c a p y
1985 AL  78.79 (10th)
Career  73.45 (222nd)

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

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

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1983 AL  16 (3rd)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1983 AL  152 (1st)
1985 AL  138 (2nd)
Career  848 (85th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1983 AL  370 (1st)
1985 AL  255 (3rd)
Career  1,783 (65th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 AL  12 (3rd)
1983 AL  24 (1st)
1985 AL  8 (4th)
Career  61 (76th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 AL  4 (5th)
1983 AL  9 (2nd)
1985 AL  10 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 AL  1 (3rd)
1982 AL  2 (2nd)
1983 AL  6 (1st)
1986 AL  3 (2nd)
Career  16 (34th)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 AL  3 (1st)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1983 AL  152 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1983 AL  24 (1st)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1983 AL  9 (3rd)
1985 AL  10 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1981 AL  4 (1st)
1983 AL  6 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 AL  13 (2nd)
1983 AL  16 (1st)
1984 AL  8 (3rd)
1986 AL  13 (1st)
Career  38 (21st)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1981 AL  2.49 (5th)
1982 AL  2.47 (4th)
1983 AL  2.66 (3rd)
1986 AL  2.56 (2nd)
Career  2.43 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 AL  2.34 (4th)
1983 AL  2.59 (1st)
1986 AL  2.33 (1st)
Career  2.17 (30th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 AL  .990 (3rd)
Career  .982 (58th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1982 AL  15 (5th)
1983 AL  16 (2nd)
1986 AL  13 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 10 (1429), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1258), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1476), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (116th), 17.6 career WAR/19.1 7yr-peak WAR/18.4 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198228Minnesota Twins$55,0003.27.82 TSN
198329Minnesota Twins$250,0001985 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database3/28/83 TSN: $230,000
198430Texas Rangers$450,0001985 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman databasePlayer loss; $559,000 request
198531Texas Rangers$720,000*
198632Texas Rangers$865,000G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163Arbitration loss; $930,000 request
198733New York Yankees$633,0001987 USA Today survey
198834New York Yankees$625,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198935New York Yankees$68,000*
199036Detroit Tigers$537,500USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$4,203,500
Disputed Salaries
*1985 - $695,000 - 1985 USA Today survey - 1985 USA Today survey: $695,000
*1989 - $675,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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