Jay Ward

John Francis Ward

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 9, 1938 in Brookfield, MO
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1963
Teams (by GP): Twins/Reds 1963-1970

Final Game: June 7, 1970
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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
1956	17	NYY-min	D	62	254	254		84	13	2	7						.331	.331	.480	.811		122						KEA · NESL
1957	18	NYY-min	D	125	432	432		124	27	0	15						.287	.287	.454	.741		196						GRN · SOSL
1958	19	MIN-NYY-min	C	118	437	437		129	27	4	20						.295	.295	.513	.808		224						MSO,FMH · PION,NORL
1959	20	OAK-min	AA	153	646	556	82	143	28	2	22	84	1		75	109	.257	.344	.433	.778		241		3	4	8	6	SHV · SOUA
1960	21	OAK-min	AA,AAA	141	501	449	60	107	20	1	15	57	6		52	69	.238	.317	.388	.705		174						SHV,DFW · SOUA,AA
1961	22	OAK-min	AAA	123	433	403	35	107	13	0	7	42	3	0	30	53	.266	.316	.350	.666		141						HAW · PCL
1962	23	MIN-LAD-min	AAA	98	325	310	31	71	11	6	15	47	1	2	13	47	.229	.262	.448	.710		139		1	0	1		VAN,SPO · PCL
1963	24	MIN-min	AAA	104	383	353	54	91	16	0	20	50	2	2	30	67	.258	.316	.473	.789		167						DFW · PCL
1963	24	MIN	AL	9	16	15	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.067	.125	.133	.258	-28	2	0	0	0	0	0	/57
1964	25	SFG-MIN-min	AAA	140	567	504	64	121	16	2	22	75	9	3	57	105	.240	.314	.411	.725		207		0	1	5		TAC,ATA · PCL,IL
1964	25	MIN	AL	12	37	31	4	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	6	13	.226	.351	.290	.642	81	9	0	0	0	0	1	/47

1970	31	CIN-min	AAA	92	328	276	44	67	8	1	12	45	7	3	44	71	.243	.352	.409	.761		113		3	4	1		INA · AA
1970	31	CIN	NL	6	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	/534
1971	32	KCR-min	AAA	133	542	455	71	102	17	2	21	69	5	7	74	99	.224	.336	.409	.745		186		5	3	5		OMA · AA
3 Seasons				27	58	49	4	8	3	0	0	4	0	0	9	19	.163	.293	.224	.518	46	11	0	0	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	348	294	24	48	18	0	0	24	0	0	54	114	.163	.293	.224	.518	46	66	0	0	0	0	6

MIN (2 yrs)				21	53	46	4	8	3	0	0	4	0	0	7	18	.174	.283	.239	.522	47	11	0	0	0	0	1
CIN (1 yr)				6	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	16	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				21	53	46	4	8	3	0	0	4	0	0	7	18	.174	.283	.239	.522	47	11	0	0	0	0	1
NL (1 yr)				6	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	16	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
1963	24	MIN	AL	16	-3	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	/57
1964	25	MIN	AL	37	-1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	/47

1970	31	CIN	NL	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/534
3 Seasons				58	-4	0	0	0	2	0	1	-2	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$

MIN (2 yrs)				53	-4	0	0	0	1	0	1	-2	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$
CIN (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	1	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
1963	24	MIN	AL	16	14	0	0.0	96	.100	.067	.258	.125	.324	.133	.398	.258	.722	-28	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.214	.133	.067
1964	25	MIN	AL	37	24	4	4.5	97	.389	.226	.257	.351	.325	.290	.399	.642	.724	81	.526	-0.5	-0.1	.625	.258	.065

1970	31	CIN	NL	5	3	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.272	.400	.345	.000	.415	.400	.760	16	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.667	.667	.000
3 Seasons				58	41	4	2.6	97	.267	.163	.258	.293	.327	.224	.400	.518	.726	46	.293	-3.3	-0.3	.488	.245	.061
162 Game Avg.				348	246	24	2.6	97	.267	.163	.258	.293	.327	.224	.400	.518	.726	46	.293	-3.3	-0.3	.488	.245	.061

MIN (2 yrs)				53	38	4	2.8	97	.286	.174	.257	.283	.325	.239	.399	.522	.724	47	.325	-3.1	-0.3	.474	.217	.065
CIN (1 yr)				5	3	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.272	.400	.345	.000	.415	.400	.760	16	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.667	.667	.000

AL (2 yrs)				53	38	4	2.8	97	.286	.174	.257	.283	.325	.239	.399	.522	.724	47	.325	-3.1	-0.3	.474	.217	.065
NL (1 yr)				5	3	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.272	.400	.345	.000	.415	.400	.760	16	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.667	.667	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1963	24	MIN	AL	16	0.0%	31.3%	6.3%	6.3%	100%	5.00	3.0		7.5	0.29	63%
1964	25	MIN	AL	37	0.0%	35.1%	16.2%	5.4%	29%	2.17	2.4		15.5	0.38	49%

1970	31	CIN	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	40.0%	0.0%		0.50	3.0			0.00	40%
3 Seasons				58	0.0%	32.8%	15.5%	5.2%	38%	2.11	2.6		12.3	0.29	52%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.5%	8.2%	6.1%	28%	1.89	5.8	42.4	9.2	1.10	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1963	24	MIN	AL	-2.6	-0.3	16	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.92	-0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.0	0.72	-1.7	1.58	2
1964	25	MIN	AL	-0.5	-0.1	38	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	1.40	-0.1	-0.1	-1.5	-0.2	1.03	-0.9	2.21	1

1970	31	CIN	NL	-0.2	-0.0	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.19	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.96	-0.3	1.49	3
3 Seasons				-3.3	-0.3	59	-0.5	0.8	-1.3	1.25	-0.3	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.94	-2.9	1.64	6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1963	24	MIN	AL	0	0	0%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	25	MIN	AL	0	0	31%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	20%	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1

1970	31	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons				0	0	24%	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	29%	5	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	1

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
1963	24	MIN	AL	16	38%	1			2	0	0	0	1.58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	2	67%	0	0		0	0		0
1964	25	MIN	AL	37	3%	7			1	0	0	0	2.21	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	2	0	0%	27	2	7%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0

1970	31	CIN	NL	5	80%	0			3	0	0	0	1.49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
3 Seasons				58	19%	8			6	0	0	0	1.64	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	2	0	0%	33	4	12%	2	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			78%			10%			30%			14%			47%			51%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	IBB
1963	24	9	16	15	0	1	1	2	1	5	.067	.125	.133	.258	-28	2	0
1964	25	21	53	46	4	8	3	4	7	18	.174	.283	.239	.522	47	11	1
1965	26	21	53	46	4	8	3	4	7	18	.174	.283	.239	.522	47	11	1
1966	27	21	53	46	4	8	3	4	7	18	.174	.283	.239	.522	47	11	1
1967	28	21	53	46	4	8	3	4	7	18	.174	.283	.239	.522	47	11	1
1968	29	21	53	46	4	8	3	4	7	18	.174	.283	.239	.522	47	11	1
1969	30	21	53	46	4	8	3	4	7	18	.174	.283	.239	.522	47	11	1
1970	31	27	58	49	4	8	3	4	9	19	.163	.293	.224	.518	46	11	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
1963	24	9	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.063	.000	.063	0	9
1964	25	12	37	31	4	7	2	0	0	2	0	6	13	.226	.351	.290	.642	3	12

1970	31	6	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	6
3 Seasons		27	58	49	4	7	2	0	0	2	0	9	19	.143	.276	.184	.460	3	27
162 Game Avg.		162	348	294	24	42	12	0	0	12	0	54	114	.143	.276	.184	.460	18	27

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