Monte Ward

John Montgomery Ward (Monte)

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 3, 1860 in Bellefonte, PA
School: Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA)(All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1878
Teams (by GP): Giants/Grays/Grooms/Gothams/Ward'sWonders 1878-1894

Final Game: September 29, 1894
Died: March 4, 1925 in Augusta, GA
Buried: Greenfield Cemetery, Uniondale, NY
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1964.
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards
1878	PRO	NL	18	P	37			334.0	112	23	74	15	4	.866	2.61	2.62	.888	2.31	2.32
1879	PRO	NL	19	P	70			587.0	176	31	134	11	2	.938	2.53	2.36	.901	2.30	2.30
1879	PRO	NL	19	3B	16				58	17	32	9	2	.845		3.06	.830		3.41
1879	PRO	NL	19	OF	8				11	7	1	3	0	.727		1.00	.838		1.89	4-0-4
1880	PRO	NL	20	P	70			595.0	179	43	133	3	1	.983	2.66	2.51	.912	2.27	2.23
1880	PRO	NL	20	3B	25				111	30	69	12	4	.892		3.96	.856		3.47
1880	PRO	NL	20	OF	2				4	1	1	2	0	.500		1.00	.855		1.85	0-0-2
1881	PRO	NL	21	OF	40				80	57	14	9	0	.888		1.78	.871		2.06	0-4-36
1881	PRO	NL	21	P	39			330.0	110	26	77	7	7	.936	2.81	2.64	.896	2.25	2.22
1881	PRO	NL	21	SS	13				72	20	39	13	4	.819		4.54	.873		4.63
1882	PRO	NL	22	OF	49				108	69	20	19	3	.824		1.82	.855		1.93	0-2-47
1882	PRO	NL	22	P	34			286.0	97	18	73	6	4	.938	2.86	2.68	.906	2.18	2.16
1882	PRO	NL	22	SS	4				36	18	12	6	1	.833		7.50	.852		4.47
1883	NYG	NL	23	OF	56				170	118	28	24	2	.859		2.61	.849		1.96	0-45-11
1883	NYG	NL	23	P	34			277.0	102	25	67	10	2	.902	2.99	2.71	.892	2.20	2.15
1883	NYG	NL	23	3B	5				23	6	11	6	0	.739		3.40	.830		3.28
1883	NYG	NL	23	SS	2				10	3	6	1	0	.900		4.50	.853		4.60
1883	NYG	NL	23	2B	1				7	2	4	1	0	.857		6.00	.890		6.20
1884	NYG	NL	24	OF	59				137	103	13	21	2	.847		1.97	.867		1.79	0-59-0
1884	NYG	NL	24	2B	47				307	95	177	35	17	.886		5.79	.890		5.78
1884	NYG	NL	24	P	9			60.2	21	3	16	2	0	.905	2.82	2.11	.892	2.28	2.24
1885	NYG	NL	25	SS	111				572	167	350	55	36	.904		4.66	.872		4.59
1886	NYG	NL	26	SS	122				629	191	369	69	36	.890		4.59	.880		4.37
1887	NYG	NL	27	SS	129				756	226	469	61	53	.919		5.39	.890		5.01
1888	NYG	NL	28	SS	122				602	185	331	86	39	.857		4.23	.881		4.47
1889	NYG	NL	29	SS	108				616	229	319	68	38	.890		5.07	.888		4.90
1889	NYG	NL	29	2B	7				44	16	20	8	0	.818		5.14	.925		6.16
1890	BWW	PL	30	SS	128				858	303	450	105	59	.878		5.88	.868		5.13
1891	BRO	NL	31	SS	87				542	180	296	66	28	.878		5.47	.889		5.25
1891	BRO	NL	31	2B	18				117	55	56	6	8	.949		6.17	.929		5.91
1892	BRO	NL	32	2B	148				923	377	472	74	48	.920		5.74	.928		5.63
1893	NYG	NL	33	2B	134				885	348	464	73	41	.918		6.06	.933		5.94
1894	NYG	NL	34	2B	138				852	333	453	66	53	.923		5.70	.928		5.79
	10 Seasons			SS	826				4693	1522	2641	530	294	.887		5.04	.880		4.80
	7 Seasons			2B	493				3135	1226	1646	263	167	.916		5.83	.926		5.79
	7 Seasons			P	293			2469.2	797	169	574	54	20	.932	2.71	2.54	.900	2.26	2.24
	6 Seasons			OF	214				510	355	77	78	7	.847		2.02	.858		1.92	4-110-100
	3 Seasons			3B	46				192	53	112	27	6	.859		3.59	.845		3.43
	17 Seasons			TOT	1872			2469.2	9327	3325	5050	952	494	.898	2.71	4.47	.895	2.26	4.30	4-110-100
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1878	PRO	NL	18	37		37		37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1879	PRO	NL	19	83		83		70	0	0	0	16	0	4	0	4	8	0
1880	PRO	NL	20	86		86		70	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	2	0
1881	PRO	NL	21	85		85		39	0	0	0	0	13	0	4	36	40	0
1882	PRO	NL	22	83		83		34	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	47	49	0
1883	NYG	NL	23	88		88		34	0	0	1	5	2	0	45	11	56	0
1884	NYG	NL	24	113		113		9	0	0	47	0	0	0	59	0	59	0
1885	NYG	NL	25	111		111		0	0	0	0	0	111	0	0	0	0	0
1886	NYG	NL	26	122		122		0	0	0	0	0	122	0	0	0	0	0
1887	NYG	NL	27	129		129		0	0	0	0	0	129	0	0	0	0	0
1888	NYG	NL	28	122		122		0	0	0	0	0	122	0	0	0	0	0
1889	NYG	NL	29	114		114		0	0	0	7	0	108	0	0	0	0	0
1890	BWW	PL	30	128		128		0	0	0	0	0	128	0	0	0	0	0
1891	BRO	NL	31	105		105		0	0	0	18	0	87	0	0	0	0	0
1892	BRO	NL	32	148		148		0	0	0	148	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1893	NYG	NL	33	135		135		0	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1894	NYG	NL	34	138		138		0	0	0	138	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17 Seasons			1827		1827		293	0	0	493	46	826	4	110	100	214	0
Lg				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1936 Veterans ( 3.8%) 1964 Veterans (inducted) Selected to HOF in 1964 by Veteran's Committee	Awards (yr lg award) 1878 NL pitching_title	Assists† s c a p y 1886 NL 369 (4th) 1887 NL 469 (2nd) 1890 PL 450 (2nd) 1893 NL 464 (3rd) 1894 NL 453 (4th) Career 5,050 (87th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1886 NL 69 (5th) 1888 NL 86 (1st) 1889 NL 76 (3rd) 1890 PL 105 (3rd) Career 952 (8th)
Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1892 NL 148 (2nd) 1893 NL 134 (2nd) 1894 NL 138 (1st)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1892 NL 377 (3rd) 1893 NL 348 (5th) 1894 NL 333 (4th)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1892 NL 472 (2nd) 1893 NL 464 (1st) 1894 NL 453 (2nd)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1892 NL 74 (1st) 1893 NL 73 (1st) 1894 NL 66 (2nd) Career 263 (44th)
Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1885 NL 111 (1st) 1886 NL 122 (1st) 1887 NL 129 (1st) 1888 NL 122 (2nd) 1889 NL 108 (4th) 1890 PL 128 (2nd)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1885 NL 167 (1st) 1886 NL 191 (1st) 1887 NL 226 (1st) 1888 NL 185 (3rd) 1889 NL 229 (3rd) 1890 PL 303 (1st) 1891 NL 180 (5th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1885 NL 350 (3rd) 1886 NL 369 (2nd) 1887 NL 469 (2nd) 1888 NL 331 (4th) 1890 PL 450 (1st)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1885 NL 55 (4th) 1886 NL 69 (2nd) 1887 NL 61 (2nd) 1888 NL 86 (1st) 1889 NL 68 (1st) 1890 PL 105 (2nd) 1891 NL 66 (5th) Career 530 (22nd)
Assists as OF s c a p y 1883 NL 28 (5th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1879 NL 70 (2nd) 1880 NL 70 (3rd)	Putouts as P s c a p y 1878 NL 23 (3rd) 1879 NL 31 (4th) 1880 NL 43 (1st) 1881 NL 26 (4th) 1883 NL 25 (5th)	Assists as P s c a p y 1879 NL 134 (3rd) 1880 NL 133 (3rd)
Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1878 NL 15 (3rd) 1879 NL 11 (5th) Career 54 (86th)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1892 NL 5.74 (4th) 1893 NL 6.06 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1886 NL 4.59 (2nd) 1887 NL 5.39 (2nd) 1889 NL 5.07 (3rd) 1890 PL 5.88 (2nd) 1891 NL 5.47 (3rd) Career 5.04 (63rd)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1885 NL .904 (2nd) 1886 NL .890 (3rd) 1887 NL .919 (1st) 1890 PL .878 (5th)
Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1883 NL 2.61 (1st)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1878 NL 2.61 (3rd) 1880 NL 2.66 (3rd) 1881 NL 2.81 (3rd) 1882 NL 2.86 (3rd) 1883 NL 2.99 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 1878 NL 2.62 (3rd) 1880 NL 2.51 (2nd) 1881 NL 2.64 (3rd) 1882 NL 2.68 (3rd) 1883 NL 2.71 (2nd) Career 2.54 (42nd)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1879 NL .938 (4th) 1880 NL .983 (1st) 1881 NL .936 (3rd) 1882 NL .938 (3rd)
Youngest s c a p y 1878 NL born 1860-03-03 (1st) 1879 NL born 1860-03-03 (2nd) 1880 NL born 1860-03-03 (6th) 1881 NL born 1860-03-03 (4th)

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