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Preston Ward
Preston Meyer Ward

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 198 lb.

Debut April 20, 1948
Final Game August 18, 1959
Born July 24, 1927 in Columbia, MO

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 20 BRO NL  42  146    9   38   9  2   1   21   0     15  23  .260  .329  .370   87   54   1           0   0
 1950 22 CHC NL  80  285   31   72  11  2   6   33   3     27  42  .253  .317  .368   80  105   7           0   6
 1953 25 TOT NL 121  381   45   82  12  1  12   39   4  4  62  60  .215  .327  .346   76  132   6           1   9
         CHC NL  33  100   10   23   5  0   4   12   3  1  18  21  .230  .347  .400   93   40   1           0   3
         PIT NL  88  281   35   59   7  1   8   27   1  3  44  39  .210  .319  .327   70   92   5           1   6
 1954 26 PIT NL 117  360   37   97  16  2   7   48   0  0  39  61  .269  .337  .383   90  138   3   4       0   5
 1955 27 PIT NL  84  179   16   38   7  4   5   25   0  0  22  28  .212  .296  .380   80   68   5   2   4   0   3
 1956 28 TOT    103  180   21   48  10  1   7   32   0  0  22  24  .267  .345  .450  108   81   4   1   0   0   0
         PIT NL  16   30    3   10   0  1   1   11   0  0   6   4  .333  .432  .500  153   15   0   1   0   0   0
         CLE AL  87  150   18   38  10  0   6   21   0  0  16  20  .253  .325  .440   99   66   4   0   0   0   0
 1957 29 CLE AL  10   11    2    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .182  .182  .273   23    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1958 30 TOT AL 129  416   50  118  13  2  10   45   0  2  37  63  .284  .340  .397  102  165   5   5   3   1   4
         CLE AL  48  148   22   50   3  1   4   21   0  1  10  27  .338  .379  .453  130   67   1   2   1   1   1
         KCA AL  81  268   28   68  10  1   6   24   0  1  27  36  .254  .319  .366   87   98   4   3   2   0   3
 1959 31 KCA AL  58  109    8   27   4  1   2   19   0  0   7  12  .248  .286  .358   75   39   0   3   1   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      744 2067  219  522  83 15  50  262   7  6 231 315  .253  .326  .380   88  785  31  15   8   2  30
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        450   48  114  18  3  11   57   2  1  50  69  .253  .326  .380   88  171   7   3   2   0   7
 Career High    129  416   50  118  16  4  12   48   4  4  62  63  .284  .340  .397  102  165   7   5   4   1   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 20 BRO NL  162  109   18   4.4   104| .260  .272| .329  .347| .370  .403| .699  .750|  87  .493  -2.8  -0.3     
 1950 22 CHC NL  319  226   33   3.9   107| .253  .268| .317  .345| .368  .416| .685  .761|  80  .413  -8.4  -0.8     
 1953 25 TOT NL  450  318   42   3.5   110| .215  .274| .327  .345| .346  .427| .673  .772|  76  .356 -12.6  -1.3  50%
         CHC NL  119   82   14   4.5   112| .230  .276| .347  .348| .400  .431| .747  .779|  93  .470  -0.7  -0.1  75%
         PIT NL  331  236   28   3.1   109| .210  .273| .319  .344| .327  .425| .646  .769|  70  .313 -12.0  -1.2  25%
 1954 26 PIT NL  406  275   47   4.6   107| .269  .272| .337  .343| .383  .420| .720  .763|  90  .480  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1955 27 PIT NL  208  151   21   3.7   104| .212  .263| .296  .334| .380  .417| .676  .750|  80  .396  -5.5  -0.5   0%
 1956 28 TOT     207  137   30   5.9   107| .267  .268| .345  .348| .450  .412| .795  .759| 108  .595   1.9   0.2   0%
         PIT NL   37   21    7   8.9   101| .333  .262| .432  .328| .500  .413| .932  .741| 153  .779   2.6   0.3   0%
         CLE AL  170  116   23   5.3   108| .253  .270| .325  .352| .440  .412| .765  .764|  99  .545  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1957 29 CLE AL   11    9    1   3.0    99| .182  .263| .182  .335| .273  .397| .455  .732|  23  .333  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1958 30 TOT AL  464  314   59   5.0    99| .284  .263| .340  .332| .397  .399| .737  .731| 102  .571   1.1   0.1   0%
         CLE AL  162  103   26   6.7    97| .338  .260| .379  .329| .453  .396| .832  .725| 130  .696   5.8   0.6   0%
         KCA AL  302  211   33   4.2   100| .254  .264| .319  .333| .366  .401| .685  .734|  87  .488  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1959 31 KCA AL  119   88   11   3.4   100| .248  .263| .286  .334| .358  .401| .644  .736|  75  .379  -4.0  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2346 1627  262   4.3   105| .253  .268| .326  .341| .380  .413| .706  .754|  88  .466 -36.3  -3.6     

* 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  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1948 20 BRO NL 1B 38 268 20 3 21 .990 .990 7.58 8.94 1950 22 CHC NL 1B 76 734 73 4 78 .995 .990 10.62 9.02 1953 25 TOT NL 1B 85 742 65 7 74 .991 .990 9.49 9.17 CHC NL OF 27 49 0 2 0 .961 .980 1.81 2.11 0 27 0 1B 7 49 1 0 9 1.000 .990 7.14 9.17 PIT NL 1B 78 693 64 7 65 .991 .990 9.71 9.17 1954 26 PIT NL 1B 48 338 41 6 31 .984 .991 7.90 9.26 OF 42 74 8 6 3 .932 .975 1.95 2.18 0 0 42 3B 11 7 20 3 0 .900 .951 2.45 2.82 1955 27 PIT NL 1B 48 384 35 1 41 .998 .991 8.73 9.09 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 0 1 1956 28 TOT OF 22 31 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.45 2.04 2.03 2.33 18 142.0 TOT RF 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 .964 1.00 1.80 1.60 2.02 6 45.0 PIT NL 3B 5 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.20 2.64 1.80 3.06 5 30.0 RF 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.80 0.62 1.99 4 29.0 CLE AL 1B 60 226 21 3 20 .988 .990 4.12 7.99 9.25 9.43 16 240.3 OF 17 29 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.76 2.04 2.39 2.34 14 113.0 LF 14 23 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.64 1.69 2.13 2.10 12 97.0 RF 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 1.80 3.38 2.08 2 16.0 1957 29 CLE AL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.40 5.40 9.72 0 5.0 1958 30 TOT AL 1B 60 481 35 4 40 .992 .991 8.60 8.47 9.58 9.60 57 485.0 TOT AL 3B 58 39 81 10 6 .923 .951 2.07 2.59 2.55 3.11 45 423.3 CLE AL 3B 24 16 28 2 2 .957 .950 1.83 2.59 2.66 3.11 14 149.0 1B 21 135 12 0 12 1.000 .991 7.00 8.47 9.00 9.60 18 147.0 KCA AL 1B 39 346 23 4 28 .989 .991 9.46 8.47 9.83 9.60 39 338.0 3B 34 23 53 8 4 .905 .951 2.24 2.59 2.49 3.11 31 274.3 LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.60 1.80 2.10 2 15.0 1959 31 KCA AL 1B 22 161 7 3 14 .982 .990 7.64 8.27 9.71 9.84 20 155.7 LF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.02 1 8.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 20 BRO NL 1B 38 268 20 3 21 .990 .990 7.58 8.94 1950 22 CHC NL 1B 76 734 73 4 78 .995 .990 10.62 9.02 1953 25 TOT NL 1B 85 742 65 7 74 .991 .990 9.49 9.17 CHC NL 1B 7 49 1 0 9 1.000 .990 7.14 9.17 PIT NL 1B 78 693 64 7 65 .991 .990 9.71 9.17 1954 26 PIT NL 1B 48 338 41 6 31 .984 .991 7.90 9.26 1955 27 PIT NL 1B 48 384 35 1 41 .998 .991 8.73 9.09 1956 28 CLE AL 1B 60 226 21 3 20 .988 .990 4.12 7.99 9.25 9.43 16 240.3 1957 29 CLE AL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.40 5.40 9.72 0 5.0 1958 30 TOT AL 1B 60 481 35 4 40 .992 .991 8.60 8.47 9.58 9.60 57 485.0 CLE AL 1B 21 135 12 0 12 1.000 .991 7.00 8.47 9.00 9.60 18 147.0 KCA AL 1B 39 346 23 4 28 .989 .991 9.46 8.47 9.83 9.60 39 338.0 1959 31 KCA AL 1B 22 161 7 3 14 .982 .990 7.64 8.27 9.71 9.84 20 155.7 1954 26 PIT NL 3B 11 7 20 3 0 .900 .951 2.45 2.82 1956 28 PIT NL 3B 5 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.20 2.64 1.80 3.06 5 30.0 1958 30 TOT AL 3B 58 39 81 10 6 .923 .951 2.07 2.59 2.55 3.11 45 423.3 CLE AL 3B 24 16 28 2 2 .957 .950 1.83 2.59 2.66 3.11 14 149.0 KCA AL 3B 34 23 53 8 4 .905 .951 2.24 2.59 2.49 3.11 31 274.3 1956 28 CLE AL LF 14 23 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.64 1.69 2.13 2.10 12 97.0 1958 30 KCA AL LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.60 1.80 2.10 2 15.0 1959 31 KCA AL LF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.02 1 8.0 1953 25 CHC NL OF 27 49 0 2 0 .961 .980 1.81 2.11 0 27 0 1954 26 PIT NL OF 42 74 8 6 3 .932 .975 1.95 2.18 0 0 42 1955 27 PIT NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 0 1 1956 28 TOT OF 22 31 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.45 2.04 2.03 2.33 18 142.0 PIT NL OF 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.40 2.04 0.62 2.27 4 29.0 CLE AL OF 17 29 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.76 2.04 2.39 2.34 14 113.0 1958 30 KCA AL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.95 1.80 2.28 2 15.0 1959 31 KCA AL OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.25 1 8.0 1956 28 TOT RF 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 .964 1.00 1.80 1.60 2.02 6 45.0 PIT NL RF 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.80 0.62 1.99 4 29.0 CLE AL RF 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 1.80 3.38 2.08 2 16.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B* 438 3337 297 31 319 .992 .990 8.30 8.82 93 886.0 OF* 95 157 9 9 3 .949 .978 1.75 2.12 21 165.0 17 27 51# 3B* 74 49 104 13 6 .922 .951 2.07 2.63 50 453.3 LF* 17 26 0 1 0 .963 .977 1.53 1.68 15 120.0 RF* 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 .964 1.00 1.80 6 45.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 607 3543 410 53 328 .987 .988 6.51 7.02
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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Youngest Player
1948 NL-20-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2484) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

October 14, 1949: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

June 4, 1953: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Bob Addis, Toby Atwell, George Freese, Gene Hermanski, Bob Schultz, and $150,000 to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ralph Kiner, Joe Garagiola, Howie Pollet, and Catfish Metkovich.

May 15, 1956: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Hank Foiles.

June 15, 1958: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Roger Maris and Dick Tomanek to the Kansas City Athletics for Woodie Held and Vic Power.


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