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Kevin Ward

Kevin Michael Ward

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 28, 1961 in Lansdale, PA
High School: Central Bucks West (Doylestown, PA)
School: University of Arizona
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 6th round of the 1983 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 1991
Team: Padres 1991-1992

Final Game: October 4, 1992
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Standard Batting

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
1983	21	PHI-min	A-	55	234	199	33	61	12	2	2	29	18	8	31	35	.307	.410	.417	.827		83		4	0	0	2	BND · NORW
1984	22	PHI-min	A	130	526	456	84	119	18	5	13	69	21	3	53	90	.261	.341	.408	.749		186		6	4	7	3	PNS · CARL
1985	23	PHI-min	AA	42	162	132	23	40	9	6	1	21	7	5	23	19	.303	.420	.485	.905		64		5	0	2	1	REA · EL
1986	24	PHI-min	AA	119	478	398	79	109	27	6	7	59	28	14	66	66	.274	.379	.425	.804		169		6	1	7	1	REA · EL
1987	25	PHI-min	AAA,AA	122	428	382	57	82	18	4	13	43	19	10	36	80	.215	.290	.385	.675		147		6	1	3	0	MAI,REA · IL,EL
1988	26	PHI-min	AAA	134	537	456	60	105	22	8	11	63	17	11	62	118	.230	.330	.386	.716		176		7	9	3	1	MAI · IL
1989	27	OAK-min	AA	27	117	84	20	26	4	4	3	18	15	0	29	18	.310	.479	.560	1.038		47		1	0	3	0	HVL · SOUL
1990	28	OAK-min	AAA	123	487	421	83	125	30	14	10	60	24	10	44	72	.297	.379	.506	.885		213		14	4	4	1	TAC · PCL
1991	29	SDP-min	AAA	83	347	276	51	89	17	6	6	43	10	4	58	53	.322	.445	.493	.938		136	4	7	1	5	2	LVG · PCL
1991	29	SDP	NL	44	118	107	13	26	7	2	2	8	1	4	9	27	.243	.308	.402	.710	96	43	3	1	1	0	0	7/9
1992	30	SDP	NL	81	165	147	12	29	5	0	3	12	2	3	14	38	.197	.274	.293	.567	61	43	8	2	1	1	0	7/89
1993	31	COL-min	AAA	23	87	73	12	17	2	2	3	13	1	1	9	16	.233	.329	.438	.768		32	2	2	2	1	0	CSP · PCL
2 Seasons				125	283	254	25	55	12	2	5	20	3	7	23	65	.217	.288	.339	.627	76	86	11	3	2	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	367	329	32	71	16	3	6	26	4	9	30	84	.217	.288	.339	.627	76	111	14	4	3	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1991	29	SDP	NL	118	0	-1	-1	2	-1	3	2	0.2	0	0.0	0.2	$	7/9
1992	30	SDP	NL	165	-7	-1	-1	3	-1	5	-3	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$114,000	7/89
2 Seasons				283	-7	-2	-2	5	-2	8	-1	-0.3	-5	-0.5	0.2	$114,000

Advanced Batting

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
1991	29	SDP	NL	118	89	11	3.3	96	.308	.243	.261	.308	.329	.402	.391	.710	.720	96	.395	-0.8	-0.1	.568	.215	.159	1.3
1992	30	SDP	NL	165	131	10	2.1	93	.243	.197	.260	.274	.326	.293	.383	.567	.709	61	.219	-7.8	-0.8	.450	.184	.095	2.4
2 Seasons				283	220	21	2.6	94	.270	.217	.261	.288	.327	.339	.386	.627	.714	76	.293	-8.6	-0.9	.498	.197	.122	3.8
162 Game Avg.				367	285	27	2.6	94	.270	.217	.261	.288	.327	.339	.386	.627	.714	76	.293	-8.6	-0.9	.498	.197	.122	5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1991	29	SDP	NL	118	1.7%	22.9%	7.6%	9.3%	42%	3.00	4.0	53.5	13.4	0.60	0.73	66%	22%	4.7%	14%
1992	30	SDP	NL	165	1.8%	23.0%	8.5%	4.9%	28%	2.71	3.9	49.0	12.3	0.63	0.98	65%	23%	5.4%	16%
2 Seasons				283	1.8%	23.0%	8.1%	6.7%	35%	2.83	3.9	50.8	12.7	0.62	0.87	65%	22%	5.1%	15%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.9%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.73	6.0	44.5	8.6	0.79	1.06	73%	21%	5.8%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1991	29	SDP	NL	-0.8	-0.1	123	-0.5	2.0	-2.4	1.01	-0.1	-0.4	-5.2	-0.5	0.97	-2.0	1.23	10
1992	30	SDP	NL	-7.8	-0.8	172	-0.1	2.7	-2.8	.91	-0.6	0.5	-6.9	-0.7	0.94	-7.2	1.19	36
2 Seasons				-8.6	-0.9	295	-0.5	4.7	-5.3	.95	-0.6	0.1	-12.0	-1.2	0.95	-9.2	1.20	46

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1991	29	SDP	NL	1	32%	40	1	4	20%	0	4	1	0	4	31%	6	5	1	0	0	7	4	3
1992	30	SDP	NL	1	21%	57	2	3	40%	1	3	1	1	2	39%	11	8	3	1	1	1	0	1
2 Seasons				2	26%	97	3	7	30%	1	7	2	1	6	35%	17	13	4	1	1	8	4	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1991	29	SDP	NL	118	63%	26	4	0	10	3	0	2	1.23	2	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	100%	24	3	13%	14	3	21%	74	7	9%	4	1	25%	7	4	57%	0
1992	30	SDP	NL	165	59%	29	10	0	36	6	1	3	1.19	3	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	2	1	50%	32	8	25%	12	2	17%	96	10	10%	6	2	33%	3	1	33%	0
2 Seasons				283	60%	55	14	0	46	9	1	5	1.20	5	0	6	0	5	0	5	0	3	2	67%	56	11	20%	26	5	19%	170	17	10%	10	3	30%	10	5	50%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			74%			10%			36%			14%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1991	29	SDP	NL	118	448	3.80	275	61%	25%	19%	27%	29%	75%	0%	46%	75%	31%	3%	4	1	14%	17	10	8%	9	4	44%	0	0	0
1992	30	SDP	NL	165	656	3.98	392	60%	30%	18%	23%	28%	70%	0%	42%	74%	25%	4%	7	1	18%	29	17	15%	25	12	34%	0	0	0
2 Seasons				283	1104	3.90	667	60%	28%	18%	25%	29%	72%	0%	43%	75%	28%	4%	11	2	16%	46	27	12%	34	16	38%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.66		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

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
1991	29	44	118	107	13	26	7	2	2	8	1	4	9	27	.243	.308	.402	.710	96	43	3	1	1	0	0
1992	30	125	283	254	25	55	12	2	5	20	3	7	23	65	.217	.288	.339	.627	76	86	11	3	2	1	0

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
1991	29	44	118	108	14	27	7	2	2	9	1	9	27	.250	.314	.407	.721	14	44
1992	30	81	167	149	14	31	5	0	3	14	2	15	38	.208	.287	.302	.589	13	81
2 Seasons		125	285	257	28	58	12	2	5	23	3	24	65	.226	.298	.346	.645	27	125
162 Game Avg.		162	369	333	36	75	16	3	6	30	4	31	84	.226	.298	.346	.645	35	125

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