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Piggy Ward
Frank Gray Ward

Bats Both, Throws Right
Weight 196 lb.

Debut June 12, 1883
Final Game September 30, 1894
Born April 16, 1867 in Chambersburg, PA
Died October 24, 1912 in Altoona, PA

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        Check out my Hitting Streaks Blog by clicking on my name above. Congratulations to Frank Ward, the only player in history to reach base safely in 17 straight times up to bat (1893), surpassing Ted Williams's mark of 16 in a row (1957).

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1883 16 PHI NL   1    5    0    0   0  0   0    0          0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0                    
 1889 22 PHI NL   7   25    0    4   1  0   0    4   1      0   7  .160  .160  .200   -3    5               0    
 1891 24 PIT NL   6   18    3    6   0  0   0    2   3      3   3  .333  .455  .333  133    6               1    
 1892 25 BLN NL  56  186   28   54   6  5   1   33  10     31  18  .290  .403  .392  137   73               4    
 1893 26 TOT NL  53  199   55   54   5  4   0   15  31     42  12  .271  .415  .337   99   67               7    
         BLN NL  11   49   11   12   1  3   0    5   4      5   2  .245  .327  .388   88   19               1    
         CIN NL  42  150   44   42   4  1   0   10  27     37  10  .280  .440  .320  102   48               6    
 1894 27 WHS NL  98  347   86  105  11  7   0   36  41     80  31  .303  .447  .375  102  130              11    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      221  780  172  223  23 16   1   90  86  0 156  73  .286  .419  .360  105  281   0   0   0  23   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        572  126  163  17 12   1   66  63  0 114  54  .286  .419  .360  105  206   0   0   0  17   0
 Career High     98  347   86  105  11  7   1   36  41  0  80  31  .303  .447  .375  102  130   0   0   0  11   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1883 16 PHI NL    5    5    0   0.0    73| .000  .257| .000  .284| .000  .354| .000  .639|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1     
 1889 22 PHI NL   25   21    1   1.2   103| .160  .283| .160  .356| .200  .387| .360  .742|  -3  .094  -3.6  -0.4     
 1891 24 PIT NL   22   12    3   6.6    86| .333  .256| .455  .330| .333  .349| .788  .679| 133  .721   1.1   0.1     
 1892 25 BLN NL  221  132   29   5.8    83| .290  .255| .403  .329| .392  .341| .795  .670| 137  .698  10.2   1.1     
 1893 26 TOT NL  248  145   26   4.8   108| .271  .288| .415  .367| .337  .393| .752  .760|  99  .485   2.7   0.3     
         BLN NL   55   37    6   4.3   108| .245  .288| .327  .367| .388  .393| .715  .760|  88  .440  -1.3  -0.1     
         CIN NL  193  108   20   4.9   108| .280  .288| .440  .367| .320  .393| .760  .760| 102  .500   4.0   0.4     
 1894 27 WHS NL  438  242   56   6.0   124| .303  .311| .447  .382| .375  .439| .822  .822| 102  .503   8.6   0.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       959  557  115   5.4   108| .286  .290| .419  .364| .360  .400| .779  .763| 105  .531  17.9   1.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1883 16 PHI NL 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .833 2.00 3.20 1889 22 PHI NL 2B 6 12 16 5 0 .848 .924 4.67 6.08 OF 1 1 0 2 0 .333 .909 1.00 2.00 0 1 0 1891 24 PIT NL OF 5 5 0 1 0 .833 .909 1.00 1.88 5 0 0 1892 25 BLN NL OF 43 53 13 8 4 .892 .912 1.53 1.86 0 0 43 2B 7 16 15 2 2 .939 .928 4.43 5.59 SS 5 5 16 6 1 .778 .897 4.20 5.32 C 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .935 10.00 5.60 0 1893 26 TOT NL OF 49 75 9 17 4 .832 .915 1.71 2.14 10 0 39 TOT NL 1B 3 22 0 2 0 .917 .982 7.33 10.47 BLN NL OF 9 21 1 4 0 .846 .917 2.44 2.14 9 0 0 1B 2 20 0 2 0 .909 .980 10.00 10.45 CIN NL OF 40 54 8 13 4 .827 .914 1.55 2.14 1 0 39 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.50 1894 27 WHS NL 2B 79 167 237 45 21 .900 .928 5.11 5.71 OF 12 22 1 3 1 .885 .916 1.92 2.24 6 3 3 SS 3 5 7 3 0 .800 .896 4.00 5.60 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .870 2.00 3.40
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1893 26 TOT NL 1B 3 22 0 2 0 .917 .982 7.33 10.47 BLN NL 1B 2 20 0 2 0 .909 .980 10.00 10.45 CIN NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.50 1889 22 PHI NL 2B 6 12 16 5 0 .848 .924 4.67 6.08 1892 25 BLN NL 2B 7 16 15 2 2 .939 .928 4.43 5.59 1894 27 WHS NL 2B 79 167 237 45 21 .900 .928 5.11 5.71 1883 16 PHI NL 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .833 2.00 3.20 1894 27 WHS NL 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .870 2.00 3.40 1892 25 BLN NL C 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .935 10.00 5.60 0 1889 22 PHI NL OF 1 1 0 2 0 .333 .909 1.00 2.00 0 1 0 1891 24 PIT NL OF 5 5 0 1 0 .833 .909 1.00 1.88 5 0 0 1892 25 BLN NL OF 43 53 13 8 4 .892 .912 1.53 1.86 0 0 43 1893 26 TOT NL OF 49 75 9 17 4 .832 .915 1.71 2.14 10 0 39 BLN NL OF 9 21 1 4 0 .846 .917 2.44 2.14 9 0 0 CIN NL OF 40 54 8 13 4 .827 .914 1.55 2.14 1 0 39 1894 27 WHS NL OF 12 22 1 3 1 .885 .916 1.92 2.24 6 3 3 1892 25 BLN NL SS 5 5 16 6 1 .778 .897 4.20 5.32 1894 27 WHS NL SS 3 5 7 3 0 .800 .896 4.00 5.60
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 110 156 23 31 9 .852 .914 1.63 2.03 21 4 85 2B 92 195 268 52 23 .899 .928 5.03 5.73 SS 8 10 23 9 1 .786 .897 4.12 5.42 1B 3 22 0 2 0 .917 .982 7.33 10.47 3B 2 1 3 1 0 .800 .851 2.00 3.30 C 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .935 10.00 5.60 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 216 394 317 95 33 .882 .924 3.29 3.87
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases on Balls
1894 NL-80-10

Hit By Pitch
1894 NL-11-9

Youngest Player
1883 NL-16-1

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2071) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.0 (896) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 16, 1893: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with $1,500 to the Cincinnati Reds for Tony Mullane.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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