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 Pitching

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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 0 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 0 29 2425 110 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 0 19 2351 127 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 125 1.148 8.9 0.1 1.4 3.2 2.25
1882 22 PRO NL 19 12 .613 2.59 33 32 1 29 4 1 278.0 261 141 80 6 36 72 0 13 1159 109 1.068 8.4 0.2 1.2 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 0 6 275 89 1.484 10.7 0.3 2.7 3.4 1.28
7 Seasons 164 102 .617 2.10 292 261 32 244 24 3 2461.2 2317 1183 575 26 253 920 0 0 144 10132 119 1.044 8.5 0.1 0.9 3.4 3.64
162 Game Avg. 20 13 .617 2.10 36 32 4 30 3 0 303 285 145 71 3 31 113 0 18 1246 119 1.044 8.5 0.1 0.9 3.4 3.64
PRO (5 yrs) 145 86 .628 1.99 249 231 20 215 23 3 2124.0 1967 975 469 21 204 776 0 119 8698 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 0 25 1434 109 1.182 9.3 0.1 1.3 3.8 2.94

Cumulative Pitching

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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 0 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 0 55 3790 121 1.030 8.6 0.1 0.7 3.5 5.07 121
1880 20 108 56 .659 1.85 177 164 14 154 16 2 1516.0 1380 651 311 13 115 585 0 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 124 1.015 8.3 0.1 0.8 3.4 4.19 124
1882 22 145 86 .628 1.99 249 231 20 215 23 3 2124.0 1967 975 469 21 204 776 0 119 8698 121 1.022 8.3 0.1 0.9 3.3 3.80 121
1883 23 161 99 .619 2.07 283 256 29 239 24 3 2401.0 2245 1140 552 24 235 897 0 138 9857 120 1.033 8.4 0.1 0.9 3.4 3.82 120
1884 24 164 102 .617 2.10 292 261 32 244 24 3 2461.2 2317 1183 575 26 253 920 0 0 144 10132 119 1.044 8.5 0.1 0.9 3.4 3.64 119

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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 1.30 920.0 780 148 133 8 86 320 0 0.941 7.6 0.8 3.1 3.72 0.1 37
1879 19 115 23 .833 1.79 1249.0 1095 276 248 10 69 509 0 0.932 7.9 0.5 3.7 7.38 0.1 70
1880 20 106 20 .841 1.75 1143.0 966 247 222 10 87 442 0 0.921 7.6 0.7 3.5 5.08 0.1 70
1881 21 60 13 .822 1.83 665.0 603 150 135 4 98 240 0 1.054 8.2 1.3 3.2 2.45 0.1 39
1882 22 49 13 .790 2.05 561.0 463 142 128 11 64 145 0 0.939 7.4 1.0 2.3 2.27 0.2 33
1883 23 43 10 .811 1.96 482.0 405 117 105 4 45 211 0 0.934 7.6 0.8 3.9 4.69 0.1 34
1884 24 7 3 .700 2.45 92.0 91 28 25 3 23 35 0 1.239 8.9 2.3 3.4 1.52 0.3 9
7 Seasons 472 92 .837 1.75 5112.0 4403 1108 996 50 472 1902 0 0.954 7.8 3.3 4.03 0.1 292

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1878 NL--1.509--1st
1879 NL--2.147--3rd
1880 NL--1.740--3rd
1881 NL--2.127--2nd
1882 NL--2.590--6th
1883 NL--2.697--8th
Career--2.102--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--197th

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--.613--4th
1883 NL--.552--8th
Career--.617--75th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1878 NL--1.024--2nd
1879 NL--1.034--2nd
1880 NL--.918--3rd
1881 NL--1.149--5th
1882 NL--1.068--7th
1883 NL--1.116--5th
Career--1.044--5th

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--8.450--5th
1883 NL--9.033--7th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1878 NL--.916--6th
1879 NL--.552--5th
1880 NL--.681--3rd
1881 NL--1.446--6th
1882 NL--1.166--7th
1883 NL--1.007--6th
Career--.925--11th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1878 NL--3.126--5th
1879 NL--3.664--4th
1880 NL--3.479--6th
1881 NL--3.245--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--4th
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
Career--2461.7--246th

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--244--87th

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--8th

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--13th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1878 NL--.081--8th
1879 NL--.077--10th
1880 NL--.076--6th
1881 NL--.055--3rd
1882 NL--.194--9th
1883 NL--.098--3rd
Career--.095--28th

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--30th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1878 NL--1365--6th
1879 NL--2425--3rd
1880 NL--2351--4th
1881 NL--1398--9th
Career--10132--224th

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--110--5th
1880 NL--127--5th
1881 NL--125--3rd
1882 NL--109--7th
1883 NL--115--9th
Career--119--131st

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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 15 (90), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 76 (158), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 89 (117), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 43 (59), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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