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Pete Ward

Peter Thomas Ward

Positions: Third Baseman, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 26, 1937 in Montreal, Quebec, 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
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Yankees/Orioles 1962-1970

Final Game: September 25, 1970
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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 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1962 24 BAL AL 25 -2 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /97
1963 25 CHW AL 667 29 -2 0 2 -8 4 18 43 4.6 51 5.3 -0.7 $ *5/46 MVP-9,RoY-2
1964 26 CHW AL 608 21 0 0 2 18 4 17 62 6.4 44 4.5 1.9 $16,000 *5 MVP-6
1965 27 CHW AL 574 4 0 -1 0 8 3 16 30 3.0 22 2.3 0.7 $ *5/4
1966 28 CHW AL 284 -7 1 0 1 7 -3 8 6 0.5 0 0.0 0.5 $ 795/3
1967 29 CHW AL 542 15 0 -2 0 5 -7 16 27 2.9 22 2.2 0.7 $ 7359
1968 30 CHW AL 487 8 -1 -1 2 6 -1 14 27 2.9 21 2.4 0.5 $ 537/9
1969 31 CHW AL 238 0 0 0 1 -1 -1 7 6 0.6 7 0.8 -0.2 $28,500 35/97
1970 32 NYY AL 87 1 0 2 0 0 -1 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $28,500 3
9 Seasons 3512 69 -2 -2 8 35 -2 100 205 21.3 171 17.9 3.4 $73,000
CHW (7 yrs) 3400 70 -2 -4 8 35 -1 96 201 20.9 167 17.5 3.4 $44,500
NYY (1 yr) 87 1 0 2 0 0 -1 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $28,500
BAL (1 yr) 25 -2 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

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
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 21.9 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 .508 4.0 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 .657 121 .610 13.9 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 70.0 7.3 .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 .608 71.4 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*

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 2.1% 15.3% 8.3% 6.2% 28% 1.85 5.8 41.7 9.1 1.10 72%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1962 24 BAL AL -1.4 -0.1 25 0.2 0.5 -0.4 1.19 -0.2 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.88 -1.9 2.89 1
1963 25 CHW AL 27.3 2.8 689 3.1 14.7 -11.6 1.08 3.2 -0.3 27.9 2.9 1.00 34.5 0.80 3
1964 26 CHW AL 21.9 2.2 614 2.7 13.4 -10.7 1.10 2.3 0.1 31.9 3.3 1.01 25.0 1.29 5
1965 27 CHW AL 4.0 0.4 591 1.1 11.3 -10.3 1.06 0.8 0.2 7.9 0.9 1.00 6.9 0.86 5
1966 28 CHW AL -7.5 -0.8 291 -0.8 5.0 -5.8 1.18 -0.9 0.2 -6.5 -0.7 0.96 -8.2 2.52 9
1967 29 CHW AL 13.9 1.5 555 1.4 10.7 -9.3 1.10 0.9 0.4 22.0 2.5 0.98 18.2 2.23 7
1968 30 CHW AL 10.5 1.2 498 1.1 9.8 -8.6 1.15 1.6 -0.6 7.2 0.8 0.95 13.5 1.03 6
1969 31 CHW AL 1.2 0.1 239 1.4 5.9 -4.6 1.25 0.4 0.7 9.0 0.9 1.02 6.1 1.95 46
1970 32 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 87 0.1 2.2 -2.1 1.48 0.1 -0.1 6.8 0.7 1.08 3.3 1.76 44
9 Seasons 70.0 7.3 3589 10.2 73.5 -63.3 1.12 8.3 0.8 106.7 11.2 0.99 97.2 1.81 126

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

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
1962 24 BAL AL 25 72% 3 1 1 0 1 2.89 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 11 2 18% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1963 25 CHW AL 667 66% 177 3 1 0 0 0.80 22 0 18 16 6 13 9 0 5 4 80% 129 6 5% 60 25 42% 457 67 15% 36 23 64% 28 19 68% 0
1964 26 CHW AL 608 60% 152 5 1 0 0 1.29 23 3 17 15 8 9 14 0 4 3 75% 131 7 5% 56 21 38% 451 76 17% 50 26 52% 25 17 68% 0
1965 27 CHW AL 574 68% 125 5 1 0 0 0.86 10 0 13 8 2 3 7 0 3 2 67% 105 10 10% 44 12 27% 383 52 14% 33 14 42% 22 10 45% 0
1966 28 CHW AL 284 73% 55 9 0 0 1 2.52 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 100% 47 5 11% 31 11 35% 163 25 15% 25 14 56% 7 2 29% 0
1967 29 CHW AL 542 73% 109 7 3 0 3 2.23 18 0 5 15 3 9 9 0 0 0 83 5 6% 42 13 31% 306 46 15% 31 16 52% 16 9 56% 0
1968 30 CHW AL 487 77% 86 6 1 0 1 1.03 15 1 9 15 0 7 8 0 1 1 100% 80 3 4% 43 13 30% 288 35 12% 31 10 32% 17 8 47% 0
1969 31 CHW AL 238 93% 49 46 17 2 9 1.95 6 0 4 5 1 4 2 0 2 1 50% 57 2 4% 18 6 33% 177 27 15% 14 5 36% 9 6 67% 0
1970 32 NYY AL 87 87% 20 44 10 1 9 1.76 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 1 6% 12 3 25% 78 17 22% 13 6 46% 5 2 40% 0
9 Seasons 3512 71% 776 126 35 3 24 1.81 98 4 74 77 21 47 51 0 16 12 75% 652 39 6% 307 104 34% 2314 347 15% 234 114 49% 129 73 57% 0
MLB Averages 53% 77% 10% 30% 14% 47% 52%

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
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

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1962 24 8 23 20 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 .100 .217 .150 .367 1 8
1963 25 157 677 611 88 188 36 6 23 93 7 55 77 .308 .366 .499 .866 112 157
1964 26 143 616 547 68 162 30 3 25 105 1 60 76 .296 .364 .499 .863 99 144
1965 27 138 595 522 75 140 28 3 11 69 2 63 83 .268 .353 .397 .749 72 138
1966 28 85 295 260 27 63 8 1 3 35 3 27 49 .242 .315 .315 .631 26 84
1967 29 146 572 485 63 127 19 2 21 80 3 71 109 .262 .369 .439 .808 76 146
1968 30 125 508 410 53 97 17 0 17 61 5 86 85 .237 .382 .402 .784 61 125
1969 31 105 239 200 23 50 7 0 6 33 0 34 38 .250 .364 .375 .739 27 105
1970 32 66 88 78 6 21 2 2 1 20 0 9 17 .269 .341 .385 .726 11 66
9 Seasons 973 3613 3133 404 850 148 17 107 497 21 408 539 .271 .360 .432 .792 485 973
162 Game Avg. 162 602 522 67 142 25 3 18 83 3 68 90 .271 .360 .432 .792 81 973

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (489th)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1963 AL  4.6 (9th)
1964 AL  6.4 (5th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1963 AL  4.6 (7th)
1964 AL  6.4 (4th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1963 AL  5.3 (2nd)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1964 AL  1.9 (3rd)

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)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)s c a p y
1963 AL  27.93 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
1963 AL  3.1 (7th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)s c a p y
1963 AL  3.2 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)s c a p y
1963 AL  2.9 (9th)

                                         

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 32 (746), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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