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Preston Ward

Preston Meyer Ward

Positions: First Baseman, Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 24, 1927 in Columbia, MO
High School: Springfield HS (Springfield, MO)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1948
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Indians/Athletics/Cubs/Dodgers 1948-1959

Final Game: August 18, 1959
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1948 BRO NL 20 1B 38 37 33 291 268 20 3 21 .990 7.58 .990 9.61
1950 CHC NL 22 1B 76 75 69 646.1 811 734 73 4 78 .995 11.24 10.62 .990 9.71 9.61
1953 TOT NL 25 1B 85 81 78 728.2 814 742 65 7 74 .991 2 3 9.97 9.49 .990 9.88 9.68
1953 CHC NL 25 CF 27 24 11 198.1 53 51 0 2 0 .962 -4 -27 2.31 1.89 .980 2.84 2.79
1953 CHC NL 25 OF 27 24 11 198.1 51 49 0 2 0 .961 -4 -27 2.22 1.81 .980 2.37 2.32
1953 CHC NL 25 1B 7 5 4 48.0 50 49 1 0 9 1.000 0 0 9.38 7.14 .990 9.88 9.69
1953 PIT NL 25 1B 78 76 74 680.2 764 693 64 7 65 .991 2 3 10.01 9.71 .990 9.88 9.68
1954 PIT NL 26 1B 48 38 36 339.2 385 338 41 6 31 .984 -1 -2 10.04 7.90 .991 9.81 9.75
1954 PIT NL 26 OF 42 41 29 342.2 88 74 8 6 3 .932 -4 -14 2.15 1.95 .975 2.36 2.34
1954 PIT NL 26 RF 42 41 29 342.2 83 71 7 5 3 .940 -4 -14 2.05 1.86 .970 1.95 1.94
1954 PIT NL 26 3B 11 12 10 96.0 30 7 20 3 0 .900 -1 -8 2.53 2.45 .952 3.17 3.15
1955 PIT NL 27 1B 48 38 35 365.1 420 384 35 1 41 .998 1 4 10.32 8.73 .991 9.79 9.70
1955 PIT NL 27 OF 1 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.30
1955 PIT NL 27 RF 1 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.95 2.00
1956 TOT MLB 28 OF 22 18 7 142.0 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 2 15 2.03 1.45 .979 2.33 2.30
1956 TOT MLB 28 RF 8 6 3 45.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0 3 1.60 1.00 .974 2.02 2.00
1956 PIT NL 28 3B 5 5 2 30.0 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -44 1.80 1.20 .957 3.06 3.02
1956 PIT NL 28 OF 5 4 3 29.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -29 0.62 0.40 .975 2.27 2.24
1956 PIT NL 28 RF 5 4 3 29.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -29 0.62 0.40 .975 1.99 1.96
1956 CLE AL 28 1B 60 16 15 240.1 250 226 21 3 20 .988 3 16 9.25 4.12 .990 9.43 9.35
1956 CLE AL 28 OF 17 14 4 113.0 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 2 27 2.39 1.76 .979 2.34 2.32
1956 CLE AL 28 LF 14 12 4 97.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 2 21 2.13 1.64 .977 2.10 2.09
1956 CLE AL 28 RF 3 2 0 16.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1 60 3.38 2.00 .973 2.08 2.07
1957 CLE AL 29 1B 1 0 0 5.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -72 5.40 3.00 .993 9.72 9.70
1958 TOT AL 30 1B 60 57 46 485.0 520 481 35 4 40 .992 -3 -7 9.58 8.60 .991 9.60 9.50
1958 TOT AL 30 3B 58 45 36 423.1 130 39 81 10 6 .923 -9 -24 2.55 2.07 .951 3.11 3.08
1958 CLE AL 30 3B 24 14 9 149.0 46 16 28 2 2 .957 -2 -15 2.66 1.83 .951 3.11 3.08
1958 CLE AL 30 1B 21 18 13 147.0 147 135 12 0 12 1.000 0 2 9.00 7.00 .991 9.60 9.50
1958 KCA AL 30 1B 39 39 33 338.0 373 346 23 4 28 .989 -3 -12 9.83 9.46 .991 9.60 9.50
1958 KCA AL 30 3B 34 31 27 274.1 84 23 53 8 4 .905 -7 -29 2.49 2.24 .951 3.11 3.08
1958 KCA AL 30 LF 2 2 1 15.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -48 1.80 1.50 .980 2.10 2.05
1958 KCA AL 30 OF 2 2 1 15.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -48 1.80 1.50 .983 2.28 2.25
1959 KCA AL 31 1B 22 20 11 155.2 171 161 7 3 14 .982 0 4 9.71 7.64 .990 9.84 9.77
1959 KCA AL 31 LF 1 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0 -45 0.00 0.00 .980 2.02 2.00
1959 KCA AL 31 OF 1 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0 -45 0.00 0.00 .980 2.25 2.20
9 Seasons 1B 438 362 323 2966.0 3665 3337 297 31 319 .992 3 1 10.15 8.30 .990 9.74 9.61
6 Seasons OF 95 87 49 712.0 175 157 9 9 3 .949 -7 -12 2.10 1.75 .977 2.35 2.32
3 Seasons 3B 74 62 48 549.1 166 49 104 13 6 .922 -10 -23 2.51 2.07 .951 3.12 3.09
3 Seasons RF 51 48 32 393.2 91 78 8 5 3 .945 -4 -12 1.97 1.69 .970 1.96 1.95
1 Season CF 27 24 11 198.1 53 51 0 2 0 .962 -4 -27 2.31 1.89 .980 2.84 2.79
3 Seasons LF 17 15 6 120.0 27 26 0 1 0 .963 1 8 1.95 1.53 .977 2.09 2.08
9 Seasons TOT 607 511 420 4227.1 4006 3543 410 53 328 .987 -15 -4 7.80 6.51 .988 7.63 7.67
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1948 BRO NL 20 1B
1950 CHC NL 22 1B
1953 CHC NL 25 CF -4 -27 -3 -2 -1 -1
1953 CHC NL 25 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 PIT NL 25 1B 2 3 2 0 2 0
1954 PIT NL 26 1B -1 -2 -1 -1 0 0
1954 PIT NL 26 RF -4 -14 -3 -0 -2 -1
1954 PIT NL 26 3B -1 -8 -1 -0 -0 0
1955 PIT NL 27 1B 1 4 1 0 1 0
1955 PIT NL 27 RF
1956 PIT NL 28 3B -1 -44 -1 -1 -0 0
1956 PIT NL 28 RF -1 -29 -1 -0 -0 0
1956 CLE AL 28 1B 3 16 3 3 0 0
1956 CLE AL 28 LF 2 21 1 0 0 1
1956 CLE AL 28 RF 1 60 1 0 0 0
1957 CLE AL 29 1B -0 -72 -0 0 -0
1958 CLE AL 30 3B -2 -15 -2 0 -2 0
1958 CLE AL 30 1B 0 2 0 -0 0 0
1958 KCA AL 30 1B -3 -12 -3 -2 -1 0
1958 KCA AL 30 3B -7 -29 -7 -5 -2 0
1958 KCA AL 30 LF -1 -48 -1 0 -1 0
1959 KCA AL 31 1B 0 4 0 -0 1 0
1959 KCA AL 31 LF -0 -45 -0 0 -0 0
9 Seasons 1B 3 1 3 -0 3 0
3 Seasons 3B -10 -22 -10 -6 -5 0
3 Seasons RF -4 -12 -3 -0 -2 -1
1 Season CF -4 -27 -3 -2 -1 -1
3 Seasons LF 1 8 -0 0 -1 1
9 Seasons TOT -15 -4 -14 -8 -6 0 -1
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 BRO NL 20 42 37 42 38 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1950 CHC NL 22 80 75 80 76 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1953 PIT NL 25 88 76 88 78 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
1953 CHC NL 25 33 29 33 33 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 27 0 27 0 2 1
1954 PIT NL 26 117 91 117 98 0 0 47 0 12 0 0 0 42 42 0 21 1
1955 PIT NL 27 83 39 83 49 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 38 0
1956 CLE AL 28 87 30 87 69 0 0 60 0 0 0 14 0 3 17 0 21 9
1956 PIT NL 28 16 9 16 10 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 5 0 7 0
1957 CLE AL 29 10 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1958 KCA AL 30 81 72 81 72 0 0 39 0 34 0 2 0 0 2 0 9 0
1958 CLE AL 30 48 32 48 40 0 0 21 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1959 KCA AL 31 58 21 58 23 0 0 22 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 37 0
9 Seasons 743 511 743 587 0 0 437 0 76 0 17 27 51 95 0 175 12
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1948 BRO NL 20 1424 66% 80% 27% 60 95% 1 268 14 255 0 24 20 14 4 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 21 1 0 0 18 1 3 0 3 8 88%
1950 CHC NL 22 2135 64% 83% 30% 102 94% 2 555 19 530 6 35 50 27 9 2 1 4 1 3 0 3 58 1 1 1 51 3 7 1 5 11 91%
1953 PIT NL 25 1757 63% 83% 27% 89 92% 1 405 21 371 14 30 35 25 5 1 1 6 2 4 0 3 47 2 0 0 42 2 5 3 2 5 60%
1953 CHC NL 25 156 56% 78% 21% 9 100% 0 34 3 31 0 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 3 0
1954 PIT NL 26 1153 63% 84% 23% 69 93% 1 251 18 228 4 28 22 12 6 0 2 4 1 3 0 1 20 2 1 1 17 4 3 2 1 8 100%
1955 PIT NL 27 1164 60% 84% 28% 73 97% 1 275 16 256 3 29 31 22 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 41 1 1 2 37 5 4 2 2 6 100%
1956 CLE AL 28 1034 61% 79% 26% 72 94% 1 231 22 206 3 27 21 11 4 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 20 0 0 0 18 0 2 0 2 0
1957 CLE AL 29 23 52% 83% 22% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 KCA AL 30 1362 65% 82% 27% 63 90% 0 322 17 299 5 27 18 10 3 1 2 4 0 4 0 2 26 0 1 0 21 1 3 0 3 4 75%
1958 CLE AL 30 647 64% 79% 22% 35 94% 0 132 10 118 3 12 12 7 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 1 3 100%
1959 KCA AL 31 651 63% 81% 28% 34 94% 0 154 9 143 2 18 6 3 3 0 2 3 1 1 1 2 13 0 0 1 12 1 1 0 1 1 100%
9 Seasons 11506 63% 82% 27% 606 94% 7 2629 149 2439 40 235 216 131 45 4 17 27 6 20 1 14 266 7 4 5 232 17 32 8 23 46 89%
MLB Averages 63% 81% 27% 93% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 PIT NL 26 319 66% 89% 29% 25 88% 0 4 4 0 0 18 16 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0%
1956 PIT NL 28 139 64% 73% 22% 6 83% 0 3 1 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1958 KCA AL 30 1131 65% 83% 29% 80 84% 0 21 18 1 3 50 39 10 0 0 7 0 6 1 7 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 4 50%
1958 CLE AL 30 632 65% 78% 24% 48 92% 0 18 16 0 2 29 24 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 67%
3 Seasons 2221 65% 82% 27% 159 87% 0 46 39 3 5 100 82 16 0 2 11 0 9 2 9 5 3 0 4 0 0 0 10 40%
MLB Averages 63% 81% 27% 89% 65%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 PIT NL 26 4 0 3 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 10 4 0 8 2 0 7 7 0 4 0 0 9 5 1 38 18 47.4% 19 1 2.6% 3 1036 63% 83% 32% 106 54%
1955 PIT NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 59% 86% 41% 0
1956 PIT NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 122 78% 81% 36% 4 50%
1956 CLE AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 1 65 78% 72% 22% 8 75%
3 Seasons 4 0 3 1 1 5 0 2 0 0 12 4 0 9 3 0 7 7 0 4 0 0 10 6 1 42 20 47.6% 21 1 2.4% 4 1245 65% 82% 32% 118 55%
MLB Averages 42.9% 3.2% 63% 81% 30% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1953 CHC NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 17 5 29.4% 12 0 0.0% 0 668 62% 85% 33% 62 60%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 17 5 29.4% 12 0 0.0% 0 668 62% 85% 33% 62 60%
MLB Averages 44.9% 2.6% 63% 81% 30% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1956 CLE AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 15 13 86.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 423 68% 80% 29% 50 46%
1958 KCA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 64 59% 94% 27% 6 50%
1959 KCA AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 30 87% 87% 23% 2 0%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 6 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 18 15 83.3% 3 0 0.0% 0 517 68% 82% 29% 58 45%
MLB Averages 57.8% 2.6% 63% 81% 30% 50%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1950 NL  73 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1953 NL  2 (5th)
1956 AL  3 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1953 NL  9.97 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1953 NL  9.49 (3rd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1953 NL  .991 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1948 NL  born 1927-07-24 (10th)

                           

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