Preston Ward
Preston Meyer Ward
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: July 24, 1927 in Columbia, MO
High School: Springfield (Springfield, MO)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1948
Final Game: August 18, 1959
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1948 BRO NL 20 1B 38 291 268 20 3 21 .990 7.58 .990 8.94
1950 CHC NL 22 1B 76 811 734 73 4 78 .995 10.62 .990 9.02
1953 TOT NL 25 1B 85 814 742 65 7 74 .991 9.49 .990 9.17
1953 CHC NL 25 OF 27 51 49 0 2 0 .961 1.81 .980 2.11 0-27-0
1953 CHC NL 25 1B 7 50 49 1 0 9 1.000 7.14 .990 9.17
1953 PIT NL 25 1B 78 764 693 64 7 65 .991 9.71 .990 9.17
1954 PIT NL 26 1B 48 38 339.2 385 338 41 6 31 .984 -0.7 -2.5 -0.7 0.4 -1.1 0 10.04 7.90 .991 9.81 9.26
1954 PIT NL 26 OF 42 41 342.2 88 74 8 6 3 .932 -3.9 -13.7 -2.9 -2.5 -0.3 -1 2.15 1.95 .976 2.36 2.18
1954 PIT NL 26 RF 42 41 342.2 83 71 7 5 3 .940 -3.9 -13.7 -2.9 -2.5 -0.3 -1 2.05 1.86 .971 1.99 1.80
1954 PIT NL 26 3B 11 12 96.0 30 7 20 3 0 .900 -0.6 -7.5 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 0 2.53 2.45 .953 3.17 2.82
1955 PIT NL 27 1B 48 38 366.1 420 384 35 1 41 .998 1.1 3.6 1.1 0.8 0.3 0 10.29 8.73 .991 9.79 9.09
1955 PIT NL 27 OF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.31 2.10
1955 PIT NL 27 RF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.06 1.90
1956 TOT MLB 28 OF 22 18 142.0 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 1.8 15.2 0.8 0.5 0.4 1 2.03 1.45 .981 2.33 2.04
1956 TOT MLB 28 RF 8 6 45.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 2.7 0.1 0.2 0.0 0 1.60 1.00 .962 2.02 1.80
1956 PIT NL 28 3B 5 5 30.0 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -44.0 -1.1 -0.2 -0.9 0 1.80 1.20 .950 3.06 2.64
1956 PIT NL 28 OF 5 4 29.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -29.0 -0.7 -0.1 -0.5 0 0.62 0.40 1.000 2.27 2.04
1956 PIT NL 28 RF 5 4 29.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -29.0 -0.7 -0.1 -0.5 0 0.62 0.40 .950 1.99 1.80
1956 CLE AL 28 1B 60 16 240.1 250 226 21 3 20 .988 3.3 16.5 3.3 0.3 3.0 0 9.25 4.12 .990 9.43 7.99
1956 CLE AL 28 OF 17 14 113.0 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 2.5 26.5 1.5 0.6 0.9 1 2.39 1.76 .980 2.34 2.04
1956 CLE AL 28 LF 14 12 97.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.7 21.0 0.7 0.3 0.4 1 2.13 1.64 .978 2.10 1.69
1956 CLE AL 28 RF 3 2 16.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.8 60.0 0.8 0.3 0.5 0 3.38 2.00 .967 2.08 1.80
1957 CLE AL 29 1B 1 0 5.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 5.40 3.00 1.000 9.72 8.40
1958 TOT AL 30 1B 60 57 485.0 520 481 35 4 40 .992 -3.0 -7.4 -3.0 -0.5 -2.5 0 9.58 8.60 .991 9.60 8.47
1958 TOT AL 30 3B 58 45 423.1 130 39 81 10 6 .923 -8.6 -24.4 -8.6 -4.2 -4.3 0 2.55 2.07 .952 3.11 2.59
1958 CLE AL 30 3B 24 14 149.0 46 16 28 2 2 .957 -1.9 -15.3 -1.9 -2.3 0.4 0 2.66 1.83 .950 3.11 2.59
1958 CLE AL 30 1B 21 18 147.0 147 135 12 0 12 1.000 0.3 2.4 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0 9.00 7.00 .991 9.60 8.47
1958 KCA AL 30 1B 39 39 338.0 373 346 23 4 28 .989 -3.3 -11.7 -3.3 -1.0 -2.3 0 9.83 9.46 .991 9.60 8.47
1958 KCA AL 30 3B 34 31 274.1 84 23 53 8 4 .905 -6.7 -29.3 -6.7 -1.9 -4.7 0 2.49 2.24 .954 3.11 2.59
1958 KCA AL 30 LF 2 2 15.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -48.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 1.80 1.50 .967 2.10 1.60
1958 KCA AL 30 OF 2 2 15.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -48.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 1.80 1.50 .967 2.28 1.95
1959 KCA AL 31 1B 22 20 155.2 171 161 7 3 14 .982 0.5 3.9 0.5 0.6 -0.1 0 9.71 7.64 .990 9.84 8.27
1959 KCA AL 31 LF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
1959 KCA AL 31 OF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 2.25 2.00
9 Seasons 1B 438 169 1592.0 3665 3337 297 31 319 .992 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.3 -0.4 0 20.54 8.30 .990 9.69 8.82
6 Seasons OF 95 63 514.2 175 157 9 9 3 .949 -3.0 -7.0 -3.0 -2.9 0.1 0 2.90 1.75 .978 2.35 2.12 17-27-51
3 Seasons 3B 74 62 549.1 166 49 104 13 6 .922 -10.3 -22.5 -10.3 -4.6 -5.6 0 2.51 2.07 .952 3.12 2.63
3 Seasons RF 51 48 394.2 91 78 8 5 3 .945 -3.8 -11.6 -2.8 -2.3 -0.3 -1 1.96 1.69 .970 2.00 1.80
3 Seasons LF 17 15 120.0 27 26 0 1 0 .963 0.8 8.0 -0.2 -0.6 0.4 1 1.95 1.53 .978 2.09 1.68
9 Seasons TOT 607 294 2656.0 4006 3543 410 53 328 .987 -12.4 -5.6 -12.4 -6.2 -5.9 0 0 13.39 6.51 .975 6.91 7.02 17-27-51
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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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 42 42 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CHC NL 22 80 80 80 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 PIT NL 25 88 88 88 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHC NL 25 33 33 33 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 27 0 27
1954 PIT NL 26 117 91 117 117 0 0 48 0 11 0 0 0 42 42 21 1
1955 PIT NL 27 84 39 84 84 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 38 0
1956 CLE AL 28 87 30 87 87 0 0 60 0 0 0 14 0 3 17 21 9
1956 PIT NL 28 16 9 16 16 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 5 0
1957 CLE AL 29 10 0 10 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1958 KCA AL 30 81 72 81 81 0 0 39 0 34 0 2 0 0 2 9 0
1958 CLE AL 30 48 32 48 48 0 0 21 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1959 KCA AL 31 58 21 58 58 0 0 22 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 37 0
9 Seasons 744 294 744 744 0 0 438 0 74 0 17 27 51 95 153 10
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1954 PIT NL 26 983 60% 82% 22% 60 92% 1 203 14 184 4 24 21 11 6 0 2 4 1 3 0 1 17 2 1 1 15 4 2 2 0 7 100%
1955 PIT NL 27 948 61% 82% 28% 59 97% 0 226 13 212 1 24 25 18 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 1 2 30 3 3 1 2 5 100%
1956 CLE AL 28 1053 60% 77% 25% 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 25 48% 76% 20% 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 1394 63% 80% 26% 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 30 668 62% 76% 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 31 674 61% 78% 27% 33 94% 0 154 9 143 2 18 5 3 2 0 2 3 1 1 1 2 13 0 0 1 12 1 1 0 1 1 100%
6 Seasons 5745 61% 80% 25% 322 93% 2 1270 85 1164 18 132 102 60 24 1 11 14 2 11 1 7 122 2 3 4 108 9 12 3 9 20 95%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 26 299 63% 86% 28% 19 84% 0 3 3 0 0 13 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0%
1956 PIT NL 28 126 66% 68% 18% 5 80% 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1958 KCA AL 30 1159 63% 81% 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 30 650 63% 76% 23% 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 2234 63% 80% 26% 152 86% 0 43 38 1 5 95 78 15 0 2 10 0 8 2 9 5 3 0 4 0 0 0 10 40%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 89% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 6 4 0 7 2 0 7 7 0 4 0 0 6 4 1 30 17 56.7% 12 1 3.3% 3 967 62% 81% 32% 99 53%
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% 0 128 74% 77% 34% 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%
2 Seasons 4 0 3 1 1 5 0 2 0 0 8 4 0 8 3 0 7 7 0 4 0 0 7 5 1 34 19 55.9% 14 1 2.9% 4 1160 64% 80% 32% 111 54%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.2% 62% 79% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 4 4 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 13 11 84.6% 2 0 0.0% 0 441 65% 77% 28% 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 65 58% 92% 26% 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 5 5 0 6 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 16 13 81.3% 3 0 0.0% 0 536 65% 79% 28% 58 45%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.4% 62% 79% 29% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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