Pete Ward
Peter Thomas Ward
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 26, 1937 in Montreal, PQ, CAN
High School: Jefferson (Portland, OR)
School: Lewis & Clark College
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1962
Final Game: September 25, 1970
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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
1962 24 BAL AL 8 25 21 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 .143 .280 .238 .518 45 5 0 0 0 0 0 /97
1963 25 CHW AL 157 667 600 80 177 34 6 22 84 7 6 52 77 .295 .353 .482 .835 134 289 6 5 4 6 1 *5/46 MVP-9,RoY-2
1964 26 CHW AL 144 607 539 61 152 28 3 23 94 1 1 56 76 .282 .348 .473 .821 129 255 7 2 3 7 11 *5 MVP-6
1965 27 CHW AL 138 574 507 62 125 25 3 10 57 2 4 56 83 .247 .327 .367 .694 104 186 10 6 2 3 11 *5/4
1966 28 CHW AL 84 284 251 22 55 7 1 3 28 3 1 24 49 .219 .290 .291 .581 73 73 5 3 1 5 0 795/3
1967 29 CHW AL 146 542 467 49 109 16 2 18 62 3 2 61 109 .233 .334 .392 .726 121 183 5 11 0 3 9 7359
1968 30 CHW AL 125 487 399 43 86 15 0 15 50 4 3 76 85 .216 .354 .366 .720 114 146 3 10 1 1 8 537/9
1969 31 CHW AL 105 238 199 22 49 7 0 6 32 0 0 33 38 .246 .359 .372 .731 100 74 2 3 1 2 1 35/97
1970 32 NYY AL 66 87 77 5 20 2 2 1 18 0 0 9 17 .260 .333 .377 .710 100 29 1 0 0 1 0 3
9 Seasons 973 3511 3060 345 776 136 17 98 427 20 17 371 539 .254 .339 .405 .744 115 1240 39 40 12 28 41
162 Game Avg. 162 585 509 57 129 23 3 16 71 3 3 62 90 .254 .339 .405 .744 115 206 6 7 2 5 7
CHW (7 yrs) 899 3399 2962 339 753 132 15 97 407 20 17 358 517 .254 .340 .407 .747 116 1206 38 40 12 27 41
NYY (1 yr) 66 87 77 5 20 2 2 1 18 0 0 9 17 .260 .333 .377 .710 100 29 1 0 0 1 0
BAL (1 yr) 8 25 21 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 .143 .280 .238 .518 45 5 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1962 24 BAL AL 25 18 2 3.0 97 .188 .143 .256 .280 .327 .238 .399 .518 .726 45 .316 -1.4 -0.1 .500 .286 .095
1963 25 CHW AL 667 445 104 6.3 93 .306 .295 .253 .353 .319 .482 .391 .835 .710 134 .678 27.3 2.8 .798 .275 .187 10.6
1964 26 CHW AL 607 405 91 6.0 94 .289 .282 .252 .348 .320 .473 .392 .821 .712 129 .657 22.0 2.2 .792 .295 .191 1.9
1965 27 CHW AL 574 401 61 4.1 86 .276 .247 .243 .327 .311 .367 .372 .694 .683 104 .507 4.1 0.4 .621 .227 .120 3.3
1966 28 CHW AL 284 208 23 3.0 84 .255 .219 .240 .290 .306 .291 .371 .581 .676 73 .378 -7.5 -0.8 .505 .175 .072 3.0
1967 29 CHW AL 542 368 65 4.8 79 .265 .233 .235 .334 .303 .392 .353 .726 .656 121 .610 14.0 1.5 .701 .291 .158 5.1
1968 30 CHW AL 487 321 58 4.9 84 .237 .216 .244 .354 .314 .366 .361 .720 .676 114 .645 10.5 1.2 .730 .343 .150 6.3
1969 31 CHW AL 238 155 30 5.2 100 .274 .246 .261 .359 .339 .372 .394 .731 .733 100 .596 1.2 0.1 .724 .291 .126 .0
1970 32 NYY AL 87 59 10 4.6 93 .317 .260 .252 .333 .325 .377 .385 .710 .710 100 .527 0.0 0.0 .655 .234 .117 .0
9 Seasons 3511 2380 444 5.0 88 .277 .254 .247 .339 .315 .405 .377 .744 .692 115 .603 70.3 7.4 .707 .274 .152 33.2
162 Game Avg. 585 396 74 5.0 88 .277 .254 .247 .339 .315 .405 .377 .744 .692 115 .603 12 1 .707 .274 .152 6
CHW (7 yrs) 3399 2303 432 5.1 88 .276 .254 .247 .340 .315 .407 .376 .747 .691 116 .607 71.6 7.5 .710 .275 .153 33.2
NYY (1 yr) 87 59 10 4.6 93 .317 .260 .252 .333 .325 .377 .385 .710 .710 100 .527 0.0 0.0 .655 .234 .117 .0
BAL (1 yr) 25 18 2 3.0 97 .188 .143 .256 .280 .327 .238 .399 .518 .726 45 .316 -1.4 -0.1 .500 .286 .095

Ratio Batting*

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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
1962 24 BAL AL 25 0.0% 20.0% 16.0% 8.0% 67% 1.25 4.2 10.5 1.17 64%
1963 25 CHW AL 667 3.3% 11.5% 7.8% 9.3% 35% 1.48 7.8 27.3 7.1 0.84 76%
1964 26 CHW AL 607 3.8% 12.5% 9.2% 8.9% 36% 1.36 7.1 23.4 5.7 0.94 74%
1965 27 CHW AL 574 1.7% 14.5% 9.8% 6.6% 30% 1.48 6.1 50.7 8.9 0.86 73%
1966 28 CHW AL 284 1.1% 17.3% 8.5% 3.9% 20% 2.04 5.1 83.7 9.0 0.99 72%
1967 29 CHW AL 542 3.3% 20.1% 11.3% 6.6% 33% 1.79 4.3 25.9 7.5 0.89 63%
1968 30 CHW AL 487 3.1% 17.5% 15.6% 6.2% 35% 1.12 4.7 26.6 8.0 0.64 62%
1969 31 CHW AL 238 2.5% 16.0% 13.9% 5.5% 27% 1.15 5.2 33.2 6.2 0.85 66%
1970 32 NYY AL 87 1.2% 19.5% 10.3% 5.8% 25% 1.89 4.5 77.0 4.3 1.05 69%
9 Seasons 3511 2.8% 15.4% 10.6% 7.2% 32% 1.45 5.7 31.2 7.2 0.86 70%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1962 24 BAL AL 0 0 14% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 25 CHW AL 9 0 27% 272 7 6 54% 6 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 16 39% 32 23 9 3 2 1 21 9 12
1964 26 CHW AL 8 1 20% 228 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 12 36% 30 22 7 3 2 1 12 4 8
1965 27 CHW AL 5 0 29% 185 2 4 33% 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 16 41% 40 27 12 5 5 0 19 4 14
1966 28 CHW AL 5 0 24% 89 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 40% 14 9 5 2 2 0 4 0 3
1967 29 CHW AL 2 0 19% 172 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 13 38% 24 14 9 4 3 1 9 4 4
1968 30 CHW AL 3 0 18% 168 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 4 38% 19 17 2 1 0 1 9 1 8
1969 31 CHW AL 2 0 20% 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 48% 11 9 2 2 1 1 10 2 8
1970 32 NYY AL 3 0 14% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25% 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 37 1 23% 1234 20 17 54% 18 17 2 0 0 0 8 0 55 72 39% 174 123 47 21 16 5 84 24 57
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1962 24 BAL AL 25 72% 3 1 1 0 1 2.90 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 11 2 18% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1963 25 CHW AL 667 66% 177 3 1 0 0 0.89 22 0 18 16 6 13 9 0 5 4 80% 129 6 5% 60 25 42% 457 67 15% 36 23 64% 35 16 46% 0
1964 26 CHW AL 608 60% 152 5 1 0 0 1.28 23 3 17 15 8 9 14 0 4 3 75% 131 7 5% 56 21 38% 451 76 17% 50 26 52% 39 20 51% 0
1965 27 CHW AL 574 68% 125 5 1 0 0 0.96 10 0 13 8 2 3 7 0 3 2 67% 105 10 10% 44 12 27% 383 52 14% 33 14 42% 35 14 40% 0
1966 28 CHW AL 284 73% 55 9 0 0 1 2.57 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 100% 47 5 11% 31 11 35% 163 25 15% 25 14 56% 20 5 25% 0
1967 29 CHW AL 542 73% 109 7 3 0 3 2.20 18 0 5 15 3 9 9 0 0 0 83 5 6% 42 13 31% 306 46 15% 31 16 52% 35 14 40% 0
1968 30 CHW AL 487 77% 86 6 1 0 1 1.22 15 1 9 15 0 7 8 0 1 1 100% 80 3 4% 43 13 30% 288 35 12% 31 10 32% 36 12 33% 0
1969 31 CHW AL 238 93% 49 46 17 2 9 1.96 6 0 4 5 1 4 2 0 2 1 50% 57 2 4% 18 6 33% 177 27 15% 14 5 36% 14 4 29% 0
1970 32 NYY AL 87 87% 20 44 10 1 9 1.82 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 1 6% 12 3 25% 78 17 22% 13 6 46% 9 3 33% 0
9 Seasons 3512 71% 776 126 35 3 24 1.85 98 4 74 77 21 47 51 0 16 12 75% 652 39 6% 307 104 34% 2314 347 15% 234 114 49% 224 88 39% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1962 24 8 25 21 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 .143 .280 .238 .518 45 5 0 0 0 0 0
1963 25 165 692 621 81 180 36 6 22 86 7 6 56 82 .290 .350 .473 .824 131 294 6 5 4 6 1
1964 26 309 1299 1160 142 332 64 9 45 180 8 7 112 158 .286 .349 .473 .822 130 549 13 7 7 13 12
1965 27 447 1873 1667 204 457 89 12 55 237 10 11 168 241 .274 .342 .441 .783 122 735 23 13 9 16 23
1966 28 531 2157 1918 226 512 96 13 58 265 13 12 192 290 .267 .335 .421 .757 116 808 28 16 10 21 23
1967 29 677 2699 2385 275 621 112 15 76 327 16 14 253 399 .260 .335 .416 .751 117 991 33 27 10 24 32
1968 30 802 3186 2784 318 707 127 15 91 377 20 17 329 484 .254 .338 .408 .746 117 1137 36 37 11 25 40
1969 31 907 3424 2983 340 756 134 15 97 409 20 17 362 522 .253 .339 .406 .745 116 1211 38 40 12 27 41
1970 32 973 3511 3060 345 776 136 17 98 427 20 17 371 539 .254 .339 .405 .744 115 1240 39 40 12 28 41

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1962 24 8 27 22 1 4 3 0 0 2 0 5 5 .182 .333 .318 .652 2 8
1963 25 157 681 614 88 191 37 6 24 93 8 56 77 .311 .370 .508 .878 115 157
1964 26 143 618 549 68 164 30 3 25 105 1 60 76 .299 .366 .501 .867 101 144
1965 27 138 598 524 75 142 28 3 11 69 2 64 83 .271 .356 .399 .755 74 138
1966 28 85 301 263 27 66 8 1 4 35 4 29 49 .251 .329 .335 .664 28 84
1967 29 146 586 493 63 135 20 2 22 80 4 76 109 .274 .384 .456 .840 84 146
1968 30 125 528 420 53 107 19 0 19 61 5 95 85 .255 .405 .436 .841 71 125
1969 31 105 244 203 22 53 8 0 6 33 0 36 38 .261 .377 .389 .766 30 105
1970 32 66 88 78 5 21 2 2 1 19 0 9 17 .269 .341 .385 .726 11 66
9 Seasons 973 3671 3166 402 883 155 17 112 497 24 430 539 .279 .370 .445 .815 516 973
162 Game Avg. 162 611 527 67 147 26 3 19 83 4 72 90 .279 .370 .445 .815 86 973

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1963 AL (9, 19%)
1964 AL (6, 24%)
0.43 Career Shares (473rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1963 AL  .295 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1963 AL  .482 (8th)
1964 AL  .473 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1963 AL  .835 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1963 AL  157 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1963 AL  600 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1963 AL  667 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1963 AL  177 (2nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1963 AL  289 (2nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1963 AL  34 (2nd)
1964 AL  28 (9th)
1965 AL  25 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1963 AL  6 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1963 AL  84 (9th)
1964 AL  94 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1968 AL  76 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1963 AL  134 (9th)
1964 AL  129 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1963 AL  104 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1963 AL  27 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1963 AL  2.8 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1963 AL  62 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1963 AL  234 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1963 AL  .678 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1965 AL  6 (6th)
1967 AL  11 (4th)
1968 AL  10 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1964 AL  7 (3rd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 AL  11 (4th)
1965 AL  11 (5th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1963 AL  6 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1963 AL  10.6 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 32 (735), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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