John Ward
John Montgomery Ward (Monte)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 3, 1860 in Bellefonte, PA
School: Pennsylvania State University (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1878
Final Game: September 29, 1894
Died: March 4, 1925 in Augusta, GA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1964.
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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
1878 18 PRO NL 37 140 138 14 27 5 4 1 15 2 13 .196 .207 .312 .519 68 43 1
1879 19 PRO NL 83 371 364 71 104 9 4 2 41 7 14 .286 .299 .349 .648 113 127 *15/O
1880 20 PRO NL 86 362 356 53 81 12 2 0 27 6 16 .228 .240 .272 .513 75 97 *15/O
1881 21 PRO NL 85 362 357 56 87 18 6 0 53 5 10 .244 .254 .328 .582 82 117 O16
1882 22 PRO NL 83 368 355 58 87 10 3 1 39 13 22 .245 .272 .299 .570 83 106 O1/6
1883 23 NYG NL 88 388 380 76 97 18 7 7 54 8 25 .255 .271 .395 .665 99 150 O1/564
1884 24 NYG NL 113 510 482 98 122 11 8 2 51 28 47 .253 .294 .322 .616 90 155 O4/1
1885 25 NYG NL 111 463 446 72 101 8 9 0 37 17 39 .226 .255 .285 .540 73 127 *6
1886 26 NYG NL 122 510 491 82 134 17 5 2 81 36 19 46 .273 .300 .340 .640 92 167 *6
1887 27 NYG NL 129 578 545 114 184 16 5 1 53 111 29 12 .338 .375 .391 .766 116 213 4 *6
1888 28 NYG NL 122 520 510 70 128 14 5 2 49 38 9 13 .251 .265 .310 .575 83 158 1 *6
1889 29 NYG NL 114 508 479 87 143 13 4 1 67 62 27 7 .299 .339 .349 .687 89 167 2 *6/4
1890 30 BWW PL 128 614 561 134 188 15 12 4 60 63 51 22 .335 .393 .426 .819 113 239 2 *6
1891 31 BRO NL 105 480 441 85 122 13 5 0 39 57 36 10 .277 .335 .329 .664 94 145 3 64
1892 32 BRO NL 148 699 614 109 163 13 3 1 47 88 82 19 .265 .355 .301 .656 102 185 3 *4
1893 33 NYG NL 135 636 588 129 193 27 9 2 77 46 47 5 .328 .379 .415 .794 110 244 1 *4
1894 34 NYG NL 136 575 540 100 143 12 5 0 77 39 34 6 .265 .310 .306 .615 49 165 1 *4
17 Seasons 1825 8084 7647 1408 2104 231 96 26 867 540 420 326 .275 .314 .341 .655 92 2605 17
162 Game Avg. 162 718 679 125 187 21 9 2 77 37 29 .275 .314 .341 .655 92 231
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
NYG (9 yrs) 1070 4688 4461 828 1245 136 57 17 546 332 218 200 .279 .314 .347 .661 89 1546 9
PRO (5 yrs) 374 1603 1570 252 386 54 19 4 175 33 75 .246 .261 .312 .573 87 490
BRO (2 yrs) 253 1179 1055 194 285 26 8 1 86 145 118 29 .270 .347 .313 .660 99 330 6
BWW (1 yr) 128 614 561 134 188 15 12 4 60 63 51 22 .335 .393 .426 .819 113 239 2
NL (16 yrs) 1697 7470 7086 1274 1916 216 84 22 807 477 369 304 .270 .308 .334 .642 90 2366 15
PL (1 yr) 128 614 561 134 188 15 12 4 60 63 51 22 .335 .393 .426 .819 113 239 2

Advanced Batting

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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
1878 18 PRO NL 140 111 9 2.2 66 .210 .196 .265 .207 .284 .312 .327 .519 .611 68 .306 -4.9 -0.6 .116
1879 19 PRO NL 371 260 38 4.0 66 .293 .286 .259 .299 .274 .349 .335 .648 .609 113 .556 4.6 0.5 .063
1880 20 PRO NL 362 275 23 2.2 60 .238 .228 .243 .240 .266 .272 .321 .513 .587 75 .344 -9.0 -1.1 .045
1881 21 PRO NL 362 270 30 3.0 73 .251 .244 .262 .254 .293 .328 .344 .582 .636 82 .403 -7.7 -0.8 .084
1882 22 PRO NL 368 268 29 2.9 70 .259 .245 .254 .272 .282 .299 .345 .570 .627 83 .396 -6.8 -0.8 .054
1883 23 NYG NL 388 283 41 3.8 80 .259 .255 .267 .271 .294 .395 .368 .665 .662 99 .484 -1.1 -0.1 .139
1884 24 NYG NL 510 360 46 3.4 77 .277 .253 .256 .294 .297 .322 .354 .616 .651 90 .462 -6.0 -0.7 .068
1885 25 NYG NL 463 345 32 2.4 70 .248 .226 .248 .255 .291 .285 .332 .540 .623 73 .358 -14.4 -1.7 .058
1886 26 NYG NL 510 357 50 3.6 82 .298 .273 .261 .300 .311 .340 .357 .640 .668 92 .491 -5.7 -0.6 .622 .179 .067 3.8
1887 27 NYG NL 578 361 79 5.7 94 .344 .338 .270 .375 .327 .391 .384 .766 .711 116 .615 12.7 1.3 .989 .310 .053 2.0
1888 28 NYG NL 520 382 42 2.9 71 .255 .251 .245 .265 .292 .310 .335 .575 .627 83 .448 -10.9 -1.3 .539 .151 .059 3.8
1889 29 NYG NL 508 336 56 4.4 99 .301 .299 .277 .339 .349 .349 .379 .687 .728 89 .508 -8.3 -0.8 .768 .236 .050 2.0
1890 30 BWW PL 614 373 93 6.6 110 .344 .335 .288 .393 .368 .426 .401 .819 .769 113 .635 9.7 0.9 .952 .294 .091 7.5
1891 31 BRO NL 480 319 48 4.0 87 .283 .277 .259 .335 .332 .329 .352 .664 .684 94 .505 -3.2 -0.3 .755 .263 .052 .0
1892 32 BRO NL 699 451 65 3.8 78 .273 .265 .247 .355 .320 .301 .331 .656 .650 102 .517 5.5 0.6 .794 .313 .036 2.0
1893 33 NYG NL 636 395 92 6.2 107 .329 .328 .287 .379 .366 .415 .391 .794 .756 110 .603 7.6 0.7 .856 .245 .087 3.8
1894 34 NYG NL 575 397 51 3.3 126 .268 .265 .314 .310 .385 .306 .443 .615 .828 49 .257 -45.7 -3.9 .602 .176 .041 .0
17 Seasons 8084 5543 824 3.9 86 .285 .275 .266 .314 .320 .341 .363 .655 .683 92 .484 -83.5 -8.7 .646 .191 .066 49.6
162 Game Avg. 718 492 73 3.9 86 .285 .275 .266 .314 .320 .341 .363 .655 .683 92 .484 -83.5 -8.7 .646 .191 .066 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYG (9 yrs) 4688 3216 489 4.0 91 .289 .279 .270 .314 .327 .347 .373 .661 .700 89 .473 -71.8 -7.1 .504 .154 .067 33.2
PRO (5 yrs) 1603 1184 129 2.9 67 .256 .246 .255 .261 .279 .312 .335 .573 .614 87 .419 -23.7 -2.8 .066
BRO (2 yrs) 1179 770 113 3.9 82 .277 .270 .252 .347 .325 .313 .340 .660 .665 99 .512 2.3 0.3 .778 .292 .043 2.0
BWW (1 yr) 614 373 93 6.5 110 .344 .335 .288 .393 .368 .426 .401 .819 .769 113 .635 9.7 0.9 .952 .294 .091 7.5
NL (16 yrs) 7470 5170 731 3.7 84 .280 .270 .264 .308 .316 .334 .360 .642 .676 90 .468 -93.2 -9.6 .429 .140 .064 43.2
PL (1 yr) 614 373 93 6.5 110 .344 .335 .288 .393 .368 .426 .401 .819 .769 113 .635 9.7 0.9 .952 .294 .091 7.5

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
1888 28 NYG NL WS STL W 8 30 29 4 11 1 0 0 6 6 1 0 .379 .400 .414 .814 12 0
1889 29 NYG NL WS BRO W 9 41 36 10 15 0 1 0 7 10 5 2 .417 .488 .472 .960 17 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 17 71 65 14 26 1 1 0 13 16 6 2 .400 .451 .446 .897 29 0
2 WS 17 71 65 14 26 1 1 0 13 16 6 2 .400 .451 .446 .897 29 0

Cumulative Batting

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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
1878 18 37 140 138 14 27 5 4 1 15 2 13 .196 .207 .312 .519 68 43
1879 19 120 511 502 85 131 14 8 3 56 9 27 .261 .274 .339 .613 101 170
1880 20 206 873 858 138 212 26 10 3 83 15 43 .247 .260 .311 .571 90 267
1881 21 291 1235 1215 194 299 44 16 3 136 20 53 .246 .258 .316 .574 88 384
1882 22 374 1603 1570 252 386 54 19 4 175 33 75 .246 .261 .312 .573 87 490
1883 23 462 1991 1950 328 483 72 26 11 229 41 100 .248 .263 .328 .591 89 640
1884 24 575 2501 2432 426 605 83 34 13 280 69 147 .249 .269 .327 .596 90 795
1885 25 686 2964 2878 498 706 91 43 13 317 86 186 .245 .267 .320 .588 87 922
1886 26 808 3474 3369 580 840 108 48 15 398 36 105 232 .249 .272 .323 .595 88 1089
1887 27 937 4052 3914 694 1024 124 53 16 451 147 134 244 .262 .287 .333 .619 92 1302 4
1888 28 1059 4572 4424 764 1152 138 58 18 500 185 143 257 .260 .284 .330 .614 91 1460 5
1889 29 1173 5080 4903 851 1295 151 62 19 567 247 170 264 .264 .290 .332 .622 91 1627 7
1890 30 1301 5694 5464 985 1483 166 74 23 627 310 221 286 .271 .301 .342 .642 94 1866 9
1891 31 1406 6174 5905 1070 1605 179 79 23 666 367 257 296 .272 .304 .341 .644 94 2011 12
1892 32 1554 6873 6519 1179 1768 192 82 24 713 455 339 315 .271 .309 .337 .646 95 2196 15
1893 33 1689 7509 7107 1308 1961 219 91 26 790 501 386 320 .276 .315 .343 .658 96 2440 16
1894 34 1825 8084 7647 1408 2104 231 96 26 867 540 420 326 .275 .314 .341 .655 92 2605 17

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
1878 18 98 368 363 33 68 13 10 3 36 0 5 35 .187 .198 .303 .501 21 37
1879 19 168 729 716 121 190 16 7 4 70 0 13 28 .265 .278 .324 .602 65 83
1880 20 164 688 677 100 153 23 4 0 51 0 11 30 .226 .238 .272 .510 44 86
1881 21 164 685 676 94 155 32 11 0 89 0 9 19 .229 .239 .309 .549 50 85
1882 22 158 682 660 92 149 17 5 2 62 0 22 42 .226 .251 .276 .526 46 83
1883 23 144 610 599 95 136 25 10 10 67 0 11 41 .227 .241 .352 .593 51 88
1884 24 161 695 661 107 149 13 10 2 56 0 34 67 .225 .263 .284 .548 50 113
1885 25 162 665 642 94 138 11 12 0 48 0 23 57 .215 .242 .269 .512 42 111
1886 26 159 644 622 88 156 20 6 2 87 42 22 60 .251 .276 .312 .588 54 122
1887 27 165 694 659 110 199 17 5 1 51 120 31 15 .302 .337 .347 .685 77 129
1888 28 145 618 606 82 151 17 6 2 57 45 11 15 .249 .264 .307 .571 49 122
1889 29 139 583 554 77 145 13 4 1 60 63 27 9 .262 .298 .305 .604 50 114
1890 30 157 677 629 100 171 14 11 4 45 57 46 27 .272 .323 .348 .672 70 128
1891 31 123 541 501 81 127 14 5 0 37 59 37 12 .253 .309 .301 .610 46 105
1892 32 156 720 636 104 162 13 3 1 45 87 81 20 .255 .342 .289 .631 62 148
1893 33 167 720 674 106 186 26 9 2 63 44 45 6 .276 .322 .350 .672 75 135
1894 34 167 651 619 75 132 11 5 0 58 36 31 7 .213 .252 .247 .499 38 136
17 Seasons 2597 10970 10494 1559 2567 295 123 34 982 553 459 490 .245 .277 .306 .583 890 1825
162 Game Avg. 162 684 655 97 160 18 8 2 61 29 31 .245 .277 .306 .583 56 1825
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1887 NL--.338--4th
1890 PL--.335--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1879 NL--83--7th
1880 NL--86--2nd
1881 NL--85--1st
1884 NL--113--9th
1885 NL--111--8th
1886 NL--122--9th
1887 NL--129--1st
1890 PL--128--10th
1893 NL--135--1st
1894 NL--136--2nd

At Bats s c a p y
1879 NL--364--7th
1880 NL--356--6th
1881 NL--357--7th
1884 NL--482--4th
1885 NL--446--7th
1886 NL--491--7th
1887 NL--545--1st
1890 PL--561--5th
1892 NL--614--7th
1893 NL--588--4th
1894 NL--540--10th
Career--7647--170th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1879 NL--371--8th
1884 NL--510--6th
1887 NL--578--4th
1890 PL--614--7th
1892 NL--699--3rd
1893 NL--636--5th
Career--8084--240th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1879 NL--71--6th
1884 NL--98--9th
1887 NL--114--8th
1890 PL--134--4th
1893 NL--129--8th
Career--1408--86th

Hits s c a p y
1879 NL--104--10th
1887 NL--184--2nd
1890 PL--188--3rd
1893 NL--193--5th
Career--2104--208th

Total Bases s c a p y
1893 NL--244--10th

Triples s c a p y
1878 NL--4--10th
1885 NL--9--10th
Career--96--170th

Home Runs s c a p y
1878 NL--1--5th
1879 NL--2--5th
1883 NL--7--4th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1881 NL--53--4th
1886 NL--81--5th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1886 NL--36--7th
1887 NL--111--1st
1889 NL--62--4th
1890 PL--63--5th
1891 NL--57--5th
1892 NL--88--1st
1893 NL--46--9th
Career--540--28th

Singles s c a p y
1879 NL--89--4th
1884 NL--101--9th
1886 NL--110--9th
1887 NL--162--1st
1888 NL--107--8th
1889 NL--125--6th
1890 PL--157--1st
1892 NL--146--3rd
1893 NL--155--3rd
Career--1751--96th

Times On Base s c a p y
1887 NL--217--5th
1890 PL--241--9th
1892 NL--248--8th

AB per SO s c a p y
1887 NL--45.417--5th
1888 NL--39.231--2nd
1889 NL--68.429--2nd
1891 NL--44.100--1st
1892 NL--32.316--5th
1893 NL--117.600--1st
1894 NL--90.000--3rd
Career--23.460--64th

AB per HR s c a p y
1878 NL--138.000--5th
1879 NL--182.000--10th
1883 NL--54.286--3rd

Outs Made s c a p y
1879 NL--260--10th
1880 NL--275--2nd
1881 NL--270--4th
1882 NL--268--8th
1884 NL--360--4th
1885 NL--345--3rd
1886 NL--357--5th
1887 NL--361--7th
1893 NL--395--7th
1894 NL--397--6th
Career--5543--200th

Youngest s c a p y
1878 NL--born 1860-03-03--1st
1879 NL--born 1860-03-03--1st
1880 NL--born 1860-03-03--5th
1881 NL--born 1860-03-03--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 8 (234), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 84 (189), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 42 (425), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 28 (340), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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