Preston Ward

Positions: First Baseman, Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: July 24, 1927 in Columbia, MO us

Died: June 2, 2013 in Las Vegas, NV

Buried: Palm Mortuary and Cemetery Eastern, Las Vegas, NV

High School: Springfield HS (Springfield, MO)

School: Missouri State University (Springfield, MO)

Debut: April 20, 1948 (Age 20-271d, 10,468th in major league history)
vs. NYG 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 18, 1959 (Age 32-025d)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Preston Meyer Ward

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.2

2067

522

.253

219

RBI

262

OBP

.326

SLG

.380

OPS

.706

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-24 / in Starts: 15-21
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	1 in 7 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 162 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	120 (62-40-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 162 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	109 (56-35-17)

Most Driven In
A Vaughan	3
G Hermanski	2
C Furillo	2
P Reese	2
D Snider	2
B Edwards	2
D Whitman	1
G Hodges	1

Most Driven In By
J Robinson	3
P Reese	2
Self	1
C Furillo	1
D Whitman	1
G Hodges	1

1948 Batting Game Log

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1948 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	1	Apr 20	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-6	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3	.71	0.006	1.78	0.01%	-0.15	1B
2	2	2	Apr 21	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-9	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.500	.900	3	.79	0.000	2.26	0.00%	-0.27	1B
3	3	3	Apr 22	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.467	.867	3	1.16	-0.018	2.97	-0.03%	-0.51	1B
4	4	4	Apr 23	BRO		PHI	L,2-10	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.368	.368	.526	.895	3	.54	-0.037	1.57	-0.07%	0.14	1B
5	5	5	Apr 24	BRO		PHI	W,11-4	CG	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.381	.458	.571	1.030	3	.73	0.073	1.92	0.12%	1.60	1B
6	6	6	Apr 25	BRO		PHI	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.393	.480	.873	3	1.18	-0.132	3.27	-0.22%	-1.22	1B
7	7	7	Apr 26	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	3	.45	-0.025	1.11	-0.04%	-0.42	1B
8	8	8	Apr 27	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.361	.406	.767	6	1.65	-0.030	3.76	-0.04%	0.34	1B
9	9	9	Apr 29	BRO		NYG	W,17-7	CG	6	5	1	3	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.405	.541	.945	6	1.04	0.316	2.31	0.42%	3.29	1B
10	10	10	Apr 30	BRO	@	PHI	W,11-2	CG	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.417	.537	.953	6	.44	0.048	1.05	0.07%	0.48	1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	11	11	May 1	BRO	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.385	.489	.874	6	.66	-0.067	1.71	-0.10%	-0.59	1B
12	12	12	May 2 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-6	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.386	.469	.855	6	.17	-0.014	.48	-0.02%	-0.46	1B
13	13	13	May 2 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.383	.481	.864	6	.88	0.060	2.67	0.11%	0.36	1B
14	14	14	May 4	BRO	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.385	.474	.858	6	1.65	-0.008	4.83	-0.01%	0.23	1B
15	15	15	May 7	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.295	.386	.492	.878	7	2.37	0.460	6.09	0.71%	3.45	1B
16	16	17 (1)	May 9 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,14-2	GS-9	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.373	.470	.843	8	.38	-0.050	1.08	-0.09%	0.04	1B
17	17	18	May 9 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,8-10	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.375	.465	.840	8	1.80	0.108	5.44	0.20%	0.85	1B
18	18	19	May 10	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.369	.453	.822	7	.90	-0.016	2.68	-0.03%	-0.11	1B
19	19	22 (2)	May 15	BRO		BSN	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.372	.468	.840	8	1.03	0.048	3.09	0.09%	0.46	1B
20	20	23	May 17	BRO		BSN	L,3-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.356	.444	.800	8	1.10	-0.071	2.98	-0.12%	-0.90	1B
21	21	24	May 18	BRO		STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.351	.435	.786	7	1.39	-0.136	3.67	-0.22%	-0.89	1B
22	22	25	May 19	BRO		STL	L,7-14	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.354	.420	.774	8	.82	0.072	1.98	0.10%	0.36	1B
23	23	27 (1)	May 21	BRO		PIT	L,4-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.347	.411	.758	8	1.21	-0.064	2.13	-0.07%	-0.64	1B
24	24	28	May 22	BRO		PIT	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.343	.415	.758	7	1.13	-0.049	1.63	-0.04%	-0.38	1B
25	25	32 (3)	May 27	BRO		CHC	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.343	.412	.755	7	.80	-0.034	.79	-0.02%	-0.41	1B
26	26	33	May 28	BRO	@	BSN	W,7-5	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.354	.416	.770	7	.71	0.084	.89	0.06%	1.06	1B
27	27	34	May 29	BRO	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.368	.429	.796	6	.86	0.120	1.25	0.11%	1.25	1B
28	28	35	May 31 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.369	.436	.805	3	.79	0.034	1.40	0.04%	0.44	1B
29	29	36	May 31 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,1-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.365	.430	.795	3	.25	-0.003	.48	0.00%	-0.39	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	30	37	Jun 1	BRO		NYG	T,4-4	CG(11)	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.299	.369	.427	.797	7	1.33	0.117	2.35	0.13%	0.59	1B
31	31	38	Jun 2	BRO	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.363	.418	.781	3	1.36	-0.033	2.46	-0.04%	-0.58	1B
32	32	39	Jun 3	BRO	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.353	.405	.757	7	1.24	-0.129	2.41	-0.15%	-1.20	1B
33	33	42 (2)	Jun 6	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG(5)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.345	.395	.740	5	.75	-0.069	1.18	-0.07%	-0.98	1B
34	34	44 (1)	Jun 9	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.354	.406	.760	6	.61	0.076	1.33	0.10%	1.65	1B
35	35	45	Jun 10	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.347	.397	.744	6	1.39	-0.105	2.54	-0.11%	-0.70	1B
36	36	48 (2)	Jun 15	BRO		CIN	W,5-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.344	.394	.739	9	5.56	0.165	8.72	0.16%	-0.15	PH
37	37	50 (1)	Jun 17	BRO		CIN	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.342	.391	.733	7	1.89	-0.049	3.57	-0.06%	-0.25	PH
38	38	51	Jun 18	BRO		CHC	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.333	.380	.714	3	1.22	-0.142	1.98	-0.14%	-1.63	1B
39	39	52	Jun 19	BRO		CHC	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.327	.372	.699	7	1.00	-0.074	1.30	-0.06%	-0.59	1B
40	40	53	Jun 20	BRO		CHC	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.325	.370	.695	9	.53	-0.014	.56	-0.01%	-0.17	PH
41	41	55 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,6-2	9-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.329	.370	.699	9	3.17	0.010	4.40	0.01%	0.24	PH
42	42	59 (3)	Jun 27	BRO		STL	L,4-6	8-GF(8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.329	.370	.699	9						1B
							17-24		162	146	9	38	9	2	1	21	15	2	23	0	1		2	0	0	2	.260	.329	.370	.699		1.02	0.428	2.31	0.68%	3.29

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