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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

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

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1878 PRO NL 18 P 37 112 23 74 15 4 .866 2.62 .891 2.22
1879 PRO NL 19 P 70 176 31 134 11 2 .938 2.36 .897 2.19
1879 PRO NL 19 3B 16 58 17 32 9 2 .845 3.06 .828 3.34
1879 PRO NL 19 OF 8 11 7 1 3 0 .727 1.00 .864 1.85 4-0-4
1880 PRO NL 20 P 70 179 43 133 3 1 .983 2.51 .905 2.01
1880 PRO NL 20 3B 25 111 30 69 12 4 .892 3.96 .849 3.31
1880 PRO NL 20 OF 2 4 1 1 2 0 .500 1.00 .925 1.75 0-0-2
1881 PRO NL 21 OF 40 80 57 14 9 0 .888 1.78 .869 2.00 0-4-36
1881 PRO NL 21 P 39 110 26 77 7 7 .936 2.64 .891 2.09
1881 PRO NL 21 SS 13 72 20 39 13 4 .819 4.54 .881 4.55
1882 PRO NL 22 OF 50 108 69 20 19 3 .824 1.78 .860 1.88 0-2-48
1882 PRO NL 22 P 33 97 18 73 6 4 .938 2.76 .904 2.07
1882 PRO NL 22 SS 4 36 18 12 6 1 .833 7.50 .856 4.35
1883 NYG NL 23 OF 56 170 118 28 24 2 .859 2.61 .847 1.86 0-45-11
1883 NYG NL 23 P 34 102 25 67 10 2 .902 2.71 .891 1.96
1883 NYG NL 23 3B 5 23 6 11 6 0 .739 3.40 .848 3.24
1883 NYG NL 23 SS 2 10 3 6 1 0 .900 4.50 .840 4.55
1883 NYG NL 23 2B 1 7 2 4 1 0 .857 6.00 .900 6.00
1884 NYG NL 24 OF 59 137 103 13 21 2 .847 1.97 .870 1.76 0-59-0
1884 NYG NL 24 2B 47 307 95 177 35 17 .886 5.79 .891 5.73
1884 NYG NL 24 P 9 21 3 16 2 0 .905 2.11 .890 2.12
1885 NYG NL 25 SS 111 572 167 350 55 36 .904 4.66 .867 4.54
1886 NYG NL 26 SS 122 529 91 369 69 36 .870 3.77 .879 4.24
1887 NYG NL 27 SS 129 756 226 469 61 53 .919 5.39 .886 4.94
1888 NYG NL 28 SS 122 602 185 331 86 39 .857 4.23 .884 4.45
1889 NYG NL 29 SS 108 616 229 319 68 38 .890 5.07 .888 4.87
1889 NYG NL 29 2B 7 44 16 20 8 0 .818 5.14 .934 6.09
1890 BWW PL 30 SS 128 858 303 450 105 59 .878 5.88 .884 5.05
1891 BRO NL 31 SS 87 542 180 296 66 28 .878 5.47 .890 5.16
1891 BRO NL 31 2B 18 117 55 56 6 8 .949 6.17 .927 5.88
1892 BRO NL 32 2B 148 923 377 472 74 48 .920 5.74 .930 5.59
1893 NYG NL 33 2B 134 885 348 464 73 41 .918 6.06 .934 5.88
1894 NYG NL 34 2B 136 841 331 446 64 52 .924 5.71 .928 5.71
10 Seasons SS 826 4593 1422 2641 530 294 .885 4.92 .883 4.73
7 Seasons 2B 491 3124 1224 1639 261 166 .916 5.83 .927 5.73
7 Seasons P 292 797 169 574 54 20 .932 2.54 .897 2.09
6 Seasons OF 215 510 355 77 78 7 .847 2.01 .860 1.86 4-110-101
3 Seasons 3B 46 192 53 112 27 6 .859 3.59 .842 3.31
17 Seasons TOT 1870 9216 3223 5043 950 493 .897 4.42 .794 4.22 4-110-101
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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

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  45.4 (5th)
1888 NL  39.2 (2nd)
1889 NL  68.4 (2nd)
1891 NL  44.1 (1st)
1892 NL  32.3 (5th)
1893 NL  117.6 (1st)
1894 NL  90.0 (3rd)
Career  23.5 (64th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1878 NL  138.0 (5th)
1879 NL  182.0 (10th)
1883 NL  54.3 (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)

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 InkBatting - 8 (276), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Pitching - 22 (79), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkBatting - 92 (253), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 142 (106), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 42 (433), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Pitching - 92 (113), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 28 (377), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 43 (59), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1878 Season: Sent from Binghamton (International Association) to the Providence Grays in an unknown transaction.

Before 1883 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Gothams.

Before 1890 Season: Jumped from the New York Giants to the Brooklyn Ward's Wonders.

February 5, 1891: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Grooms.

February 15, 1893: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Brooklyn Grooms for $6,000.

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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