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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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Hall of Fame

Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1878 18 PRO NL 22 13 .629 1.51 37 37 0 37 6 0 334.0 308 151 56 3 34 116 26 1365 147 1.024 8.3 0.1 0.9 3.1 3.41
1879 19 PRO NL 47 19 .712 2.15 70 60 10 58 2 1 587.0 571 270 140 5 36 239 29 2425 112 1.034 8.8 0.1 0.6 3.7 6.64
1880 20 PRO NL 39 24 .619 1.74 70 67 4 59 8 1 595.0 501 230 115 5 45 230 19 2351 126 0.918 7.6 0.1 0.7 3.5 5.11
1881 21 PRO NL 18 18 .500 2.13 39 35 5 32 3 0 330.0 326 183 78 2 53 119 0 32 1398 124 1.148 8.9 0.1 1.4 3.2 2.25
1882 22 PRO NL 19 13 .594 2.55 34 33 1 30 4 1 286.0 268 143 81 6 36 72 0 13 1191 111 1.063 8.4 0.2 1.1 2.3 2.00
1883 23 NYG NL 16 13 .552 2.70 34 25 9 24 1 0 277.0 278 165 83 3 31 121 0 19 1159 115 1.116 9.0 0.1 1.0 3.9 3.90
1884 24 NYG NL 3 3 .500 3.41 9 5 3 5 0 0 60.2 72 43 23 2 18 23 0 6 275 89 1.484 10.7 0.3 2.7 3.4 1.28
7 Yrs 164 103 .614 2.10 293 262 32 245 24 3 2469.2 2324 1185 576 26 253 920 0 144 10164 119 1.043 8.5 0.1 0.9 3.4 3.64
162 Game Avg. 20 13 .614 2.10 36 32 4 30 3 0 303 285 145 71 3 31 113 0 18 1245 119 1.043 8.5 0.1 0.9 3.4 3.64
PRO (5 yrs) 145 87 .625 1.98 250 232 20 216 23 3 2132.0 1974 977 470 21 204 776 0 119 8730 121 1.022 8.3 0.1 0.9 3.3 3.80
NYG (2 yrs) 19 16 .543 2.83 43 30 12 29 1 0 337.2 350 208 106 5 49 144 0 25 1434 110 1.182 9.3 0.1 1.3 3.8 2.94

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1878 18 PRO NL 334.0 37 37 151 4.07 5.07 0.22 0.00 96.0 4.66 21 2.2 -0.6 4.3 36 .559 .513 $
1879 19 PRO NL 587.0 70 60 270 4.14 5.02 0.32 0.00 96.0 4.52 25 2.5 1.0 -0.5 7.0 61 .535 .515 $
1880 20 PRO NL 595.0 70 67 230 3.48 4.67 0.70 0.00 92.0 3.66 17 1.7 1.0 -0.6 6.1 46 .525 .511 $1,700
1881 21 PRO NL 330.0 39 35 183 4.99 5.07 -0.04 0.00 95.0 4.85 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.2 2.4 15 .494 .499 $1,700
1882 22 PRO NL 286.0 34 33 143 4.50 5.40 0.55 0.00 98.0 4.75 11 1.1 1.0 -0.3 3.1 26 .531 .507 $2,400
1883 23 NYG NL 277.0 34 25 165 5.36 5.83 0.18 0.00 99.0 5.59 13 1.2 1.0 -0.4 3.1 30 .534 .507 $3,000
1884 24 NYG NL 60.2 9 5 43 6.38 5.43 -0.03 0.00 101.0 5.52 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.0 -1 .457 .498 $3,000
7 Seasons 2469.2 293 262 1185 4.32 5.10 0.35 0.00 95.6 4.55 80 8.0 1.0 -2.8 26.0 215 .527 .507 $11,800
PRO (5 yrs) 2132.0 250 232 977 4.12 4.99 0.38 0.00 95.0 4.38 72 7.2 1.0 -2.2 22.9 185 .529 .509 $5,800
NYG (2 yrs) 337.2 43 30 208 5.54 5.76 0.14 0.00 99.4 5.58 9 0.8 1.0 -0.5 3.1 29 .518 .502 $6,000

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1878 18 22 13 .629 1.51 37 37 0 37 6 0 334.0 308 151 56 3 34 116 26 1365 147 1.024 8.3 0.1 0.9 3.1 3.41 147
1879 19 69 32 .683 1.92 107 97 10 95 8 1 921.0 879 421 196 8 70 355 55 3790 122 1.030 8.6 0.1 0.7 3.5 5.07 122
1880 20 108 56 .659 1.85 177 164 14 154 16 2 1516.0 1380 651 311 13 115 585 74 6141 123 0.986 8.2 0.1 0.7 3.5 5.09 123
1881 21 126 74 .630 1.90 216 199 19 186 19 2 1846.0 1706 834 389 15 168 704 0 106 7539 123 1.015 8.3 0.1 0.8 3.4 4.19 123
1882 22 145 87 .625 1.98 250 232 20 216 23 3 2132.0 1974 977 470 21 204 776 0 119 8730 121 1.022 8.3 0.1 0.9 3.3 3.80 121
1883 23 161 100 .617 2.07 284 257 29 240 24 3 2409.0 2252 1142 553 24 235 897 0 138 9889 120 1.032 8.4 0.1 0.9 3.4 3.82 120
1884 24 164 103 .614 2.10 293 262 32 245 24 3 2469.2 2324 1185 576 26 253 920 0 144 10164 119 1.043 8.5 0.1 0.9 3.4 3.64 119

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1878 18 92 10 .902 1.30 923.0 772 148 133 8 85 320 0 0.928 7.5 0.8 3.1 3.76 0.1 37
1879 19 116 23 .835 1.76 1256.0 1076 273 246 9 68 511 0 0.911 7.7 0.5 3.7 7.51 0.1 70
1880 20 106 21 .835 1.76 1143.0 965 249 224 10 87 442 0 0.920 7.6 0.7 3.5 5.08 0.1 70
1881 21 61 13 .824 1.85 666.0 600 152 137 4 98 240 0 1.048 8.1 1.3 3.2 2.45 0.1 39
1882 22 51 13 .797 2.00 580.0 467 143 129 10 63 146 0 0.914 7.2 1.0 2.3 2.32 0.2 34
1883 23 43 10 .811 1.93 485.0 399 116 104 4 44 212 0 0.913 7.4 0.8 3.9 4.82 0.1 34
1884 24 7 3 .700 2.54 92.0 91 29 26 3 23 35 0 1.239 8.9 2.3 3.4 1.52 0.3 9
7 Yrs 476 93 .837 1.75 5145.0 4370 1110 999 48 468 1906 0 0.940 7.6 3.3 4.07 0.1 293

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

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1878 NL  4.4 (4th)
1879 NL  8.7 (4th)
1880 NL  7.0 (2nd)
1881 NL  3.5 (10th)
1883 NL  5.1 (7th)
1887 NL  6.5 (6th)
Career  60.8 (138th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1878 NL  4.3 (3rd)
1879 NL  7.0 (4th)
1880 NL  6.1 (4th)
1881 NL  2.4 (9th)
1882 NL  3.1 (10th)
1883 NL  3.1 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1878 NL  1.51 (1st)
1879 NL  2.15 (3rd)
1880 NL  1.74 (3rd)
1881 NL  2.13 (2nd)
1882 NL  2.55 (6th)
1883 NL  2.70 (8th)
Career  2.10 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1878 NL  22 (4th)
1879 NL  47 (1st)
1880 NL  39 (3rd)
1881 NL  18 (10th)
1882 NL  19 (8th)
Career  164 (206th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1878 NL  .629 (4th)
1879 NL  .712 (1st)
1880 NL  .619 (3rd)
1881 NL  .500 (9th)
1882 NL  .594 (4th)
1883 NL  .552 (8th)
Career  .614 (84th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1878 NL  1.024 (2nd)
1879 NL  1.034 (2nd)
1880 NL  0.918 (3rd)
1881 NL  1.148 (5th)
1882 NL  1.063 (7th)
1883 NL  1.116 (5th)
Career  1.043 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1878 NL  8.299 (2nd)
1879 NL  8.755 (2nd)
1880 NL  7.578 (4th)
1881 NL  8.891 (5th)
1882 NL  8.434 (5th)
1883 NL  9.033 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1878 NL  0.916 (6th)
1879 NL  0.552 (5th)
1880 NL  0.681 (3rd)
1881 NL  1.446 (6th)
1882 NL  1.133 (7th)
1883 NL  1.007 (6th)
Career  0.922 (11th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1878 NL  3.126 (5th)
1879 NL  3.664 (4th)
1880 NL  3.479 (5th)
1881 NL  3.246 (3rd)
1883 NL  3.931 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1878 NL  37 (6th)
1879 NL  70 (2nd)
1880 NL  70 (3rd)
1881 NL  39 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1879 NL  1 (1st)
1880 NL  1 (5th)
1882 NL  1 (1st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1878 NL  334.0 (6th)
1879 NL  587.0 (3rd)
1880 NL  595.0 (2nd)
1881 NL  330.0 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1878 NL  116 (5th)
1879 NL  239 (1st)
1880 NL  230 (4th)
1881 NL  119 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1878 NL  37 (6th)
1879 NL  60 (4th)
1880 NL  67 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1878 NL  37 (5th)
1879 NL  58 (5th)
1880 NL  59 (3rd)
Career  245 (85th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1878 NL  6 (2nd)
1879 NL  2 (8th)
1880 NL  8 (1st)
1881 NL  3 (8th)
1882 NL  4 (3rd)
1883 NL  1 (10th)
Career  24 (187th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1878 NL  3 (3rd)
1879 NL  5 (4th)
1880 NL  5 (6th)
1882 NL  6 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1878 NL  34 (3rd)
1879 NL  36 (4th)
1880 NL  45 (6th)
1881 NL  53 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1878 NL  308 (6th)
1879 NL  571 (5th)
1880 NL  501 (7th)
1881 NL  326 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1878 NL  3.412 (5th)
1879 NL  6.639 (1st)
1880 NL  5.111 (2nd)
1881 NL  2.245 (4th)
1882 NL  2.000 (9th)
1883 NL  3.903 (4th)
Career  3.636 (15th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1878 NL  0.081 (8th)
1879 NL  0.077 (10th)
1880 NL  0.076 (6th)
1881 NL  0.055 (3rd)
1882 NL  0.189 (9th)
1883 NL  0.098 (3rd)
Career  0.095 (27th)

Losses s c a p y
1878 NL  13 (6th)
1879 NL  19 (7th)
1880 NL  24 (7th)
1881 NL  18 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1878 NL  56 (7th)
1879 NL  140 (6th)
1880 NL  115 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1878 NL  26 (3rd)
1879 NL  29 (6th)
1880 NL  19 (7th)
1881 NL  32 (2nd)
1883 NL  19 (8th)
Career  144 (41st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1878 NL  1,365 (6th)
1879 NL  2,425 (3rd)
1880 NL  2,351 (4th)
1881 NL  1,398 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1879 NL  10 (1st)
1880 NL  4 (6th)
1881 NL  5 (1st)
1882 NL  1 (9th)
1883 NL  9 (1st)
1884 NL  3 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1878 NL  147 (1st)
1879 NL  112 (5th)
1880 NL  126 (5th)
1881 NL  124 (3rd)
1882 NL  111 (6th)
1883 NL  115 (9th)
Career  119 (133rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1878 NL  21 (2nd)
1879 NL  24 (3rd)
1880 NL  32 (2nd)
1881 NL  9 (8th)
1882 NL  12 (6th)
1883 NL  11 (9th)
Career  106 (218th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1878 NL  2.1 (2nd)
1879 NL  2.2 (3rd)
1880 NL  3.2 (2nd)
1881 NL  0.9 (8th)
1882 NL  1.1 (6th)
1883 NL  0.9 (9th)
Career  10.2 (250th)

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 22 (82), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 142 (105), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 92 (116), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 43 (60), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  9. George Bradley (867)
  10. Sam Leever (867)
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