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	34-46 / in Starts: 33-42
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	8

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 319 PAs	33
Actual Runners on Base	145 (75-50-20) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 319 PAs	37
Avg. Runners on Base	213 (112-67-34)

Most Driven In
W Terwilliger	9
Self	6
H Jeffcoat	4
H Edwards	3
C Mauro	2
J Schmitz	2
P Cavarretta	1
B Serena	1

Most Driven In By
A Pafko	9
H Sauer	7
Self	6
R Smalley	2
R Northey	1
H Edwards	1
B Serena	1
M Owen	1

1950 Batting Game Log

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1950 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	43	1	Apr 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-6	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.600	1.500	2.100	3	.99	0.192	2.57	0.30%	2.15	1B
2	44	2	Apr 21	CHC		STL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.500	1.000	1.500	3	1.00	-0.011	2.82	-0.02%	-0.21	1B
3	45	3	Apr 22	CHC		STL	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.455	.500	1.000	1.500	3	1.57	0.339	4.61	0.60%	2.75	1B
4	46	4	Apr 28	CHC		CIN	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.357	.438	.786	1.223	3	1.63	0.164	4.76	0.29%	0.92	1B
5	47	5	Apr 30	CHC	@	STL	L,0-1	CG(13)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.579	.912	3	1.51	-0.190	4.54	-0.34%	-1.14	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
6	48	6	May 2	CHC		PHI	W,10-8	CG	6	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.292	.370	.583	.954	3	.73	0.079	2.05	0.13%	1.49	1B
7	49	7	May 3	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.355	.536	.891	3	.67	-0.042	1.98	-0.07%	-0.65	1B
8	50	8	May 4	CHC		BRO	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.314	.469	.783	3	.14	-0.014	.42	-0.03%	-0.69	1B
9	51	9	May 5	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	CG(10)	5	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.286	.375	.543	.918	3	.90	0.209	2.42	0.34%	2.41	1B
10	52	10	May 6	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.378	.600	.978	3	1.76	0.481	4.97	0.82%	1.35	1B
11	53	11	May 7 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.326	.420	.605	1.025	3	1.50	0.225	4.21	0.38%	1.49	1B
12	54	12	May 7 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0			0	0	0	.298	.389	.553	.942	3						1B
13	55	13	May 9	CHC		NYG	W,6-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.379	.520	.899	3	.18	-0.018	.40	-0.02%	-0.02	1B
14	56	14	May 10	CHC		BSN	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.278	.371	.500	.871	3	.52	0.008	1.36	0.01%	0.77	1B
15	57	15	May 11	CHC		BSN	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.281	.369	.491	.860	3	1.35	-0.196	3.89	-0.34%	-1.79	1B
16	58	16	May 12	CHC		PIT	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.300	.382	.550	.932	3	.98	0.232	2.54	0.36%	1.79	1B
17	59	17	May 13	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.361	.516	.877	3	.88	-0.093	2.54	-0.16%	-0.93	1B
18	60	18	May 14 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,5-6	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.364	.493	.856	3	1.21	0.039	3.51	0.07%	0.17	1B
19	61	19	May 14 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,9-16	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.268	.366	.479	.845	3						1B
20	62	20	May 16	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.253	.349	.453	.802	3	.82	-0.037	1.79	-0.05%	-0.49	1B
21	63	21	May 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.333	.430	.764	3	1.39	-0.207	3.45	-0.31%	-2.24	1B
22	64	22	May 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-10	CG(6)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.333	.427	.760	3	.96	0.051	2.26	0.07%	0.31	1B
23	65	23	May 20	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.340	.477	.817	7	1.30	0.136	3.26	0.21%	1.32	1B
24	66	24	May 21 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS-1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.264	.347	.483	.830	2	.89	0.040	2.19	0.06%	0.41	1B
Jul		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
25	67	83 (58)	Jul 23 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,0-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.343	.477	.821	9	.94	-0.028	.33	-0.01%	-0.33	PH
26	68	86 (2)	Jul 26	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.258	.340	.472	.812	9						PH
27	69	88 (1)	Jul 28	CHC	@	BRO	W,12-5	7-7	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.347	.489	.835	2	3.40	0.208	.16	0.01%	1.23	PH
28	70	90 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.343	.479	.822	4	1.55	-0.135	.07	0.00%	-0.69	1B
29	71	91	Jul 30	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.349	.474	.823	5	.54	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-0.23	1B
30	72	92	Jul 31	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.265	.342	.461	.803	3	1.04	-0.001	.01	0.00%	0.16	1B
Aug		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
31	73	93	Aug 2 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-11	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.336	.452	.788	3	.34	-0.018	.01	0.00%	-0.22	1B
32	74	94	Aug 2 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.333	.444	.778	3	.96	-0.033	.02	0.00%	-0.41	1B
33	75	95	Aug 4	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-10	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.331	.432	.763	3	.42	-0.045	.00	0.00%	0.05	1B
34	76	96	Aug 5	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-2	GS-11	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.333	.440	.773	3	1.26	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.04	1B
35	77	97	Aug 6 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.275	.346	.450	.796	3	.92	0.101	.00	0.00%	0.77	1B
36	78	100 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.274	.343	.444	.787	3	.18	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.76	1B
37	79	101	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS-9	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.355	.453	.808	3	.68	0.110	.00	0.00%	1.51	1B
38	80	102	Aug 11	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2	0	0	.280	.345	.439	.784	3						1B
39	81	103	Aug 12	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.349	.444	.793	3	.61	0.082	.00	0.00%	1.00	1B
40	82	104	Aug 13 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.346	.460	.807	3	.44	-0.041	.00	0.00%	0.44	1B
41	83	105	Aug 13 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.280	.344	.455	.798	3						1B
42	84	106	Aug 14	CHC		STL	W,7-6	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.286	.348	.456	.804	3	2.75	0.777	.00	0.00%	2.07	1B
43	85	107	Aug 15	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.339	.444	.783	3	1.17	-0.171	.00	0.00%	-1.31	1B
44	86	108	Aug 16	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG(12)	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.273	.341	.435	.776	3	2.02	-0.122	.00	0.00%	-0.62	1B
45	87	109	Aug 17	CHC		CIN	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.333	.424	.757	3	1.55	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-0.95	1B
46	88	110	Aug 18	CHC		PIT	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.331	.420	.751	3	.28	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.15	1B
47	89	111	Aug 19	CHC		PIT	L,8-13	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.333	.416	.749	3	.78	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.32	1B
48	90	112	Aug 20 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.332	.408	.740	3	.74	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.80	1B
49	91	113	Aug 20 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.260	.330	.405	.734	3						1B
50	92	114	Aug 22	CHC		NYG	L,5-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.328	.398	.726	3	1.19	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.16	1B
51	93	115	Aug 23	CHC		NYG	L,4-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.330	.394	.724	3	1.80	-0.015	.00	0.00%	0.33	1B
52	94	116	Aug 24 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,9-11	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.255	.328	.391	.720	3	1.06	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.60	1B
53	95	117	Aug 24 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.255	.327	.388	.715	3						1B
54	96	118	Aug 25	CHC		BSN	W,7-6	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.324	.383	.707	3	.92	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.50	1B
55	97	119	Aug 26	CHC		BSN	L,4-12	GS-8	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.329	.390	.718	3	.64	0.144	.00	0.00%	1.44	1B
56	98	120	Aug 27 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.327	.384	.711	3	.95	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.49	1B
57	99	123 (2)	Aug 28 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,5-9	GS-7	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.257	.330	.386	.716	2	1.39	0.179	.00	0.00%	1.30	1B
Sep/Oct		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
58	100	127 (3)	Sep 3	CHC		CIN	L,5-7	10-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.329	.384	.713	8	5.16	-0.212	.00	0.00%	-0.76	PH
59	101	128	Sep 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.329	.384	.713	6						1B
60	102	129	Sep 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.251	.323	.377	.700	3	.99	-0.106	.00	0.00%	-1.11	1B
61	103	133 (3)	Sep 7	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.256	.326	.379	.705	2						1B
62	104	135 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.325	.377	.702	2	.58	-0.030	.00	0.00%	0.02	1B
63	105	136	Sep 10 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-12	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.326	.382	.708	2	.74	0.056	.00	0.00%	0.34	1B
64	106	138 (1)	Sep 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.254	.321	.375	.696	3						1B
65	107	139	Sep 13	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.320	.373	.693	3	1.03	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.86	1B
66	108	140	Sep 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.319	.371	.690	3	.62	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.50	1B
67	109	141	Sep 15	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.257	.320	.371	.692	3	1.14	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-0.92	1B
68	110	142	Sep 16	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.323	.390	.713	3	1.09	0.236	.00	0.00%	1.38	1B
69	111	143	Sep 17	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.318	.384	.702	3	.95	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.87	1B
70	112	144	Sep 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-7	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.258	.321	.383	.704	3	.89	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.04	1B
71	113	145	Sep 19	CHC	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.316	.377	.693	3	.89	-0.137	.00	0.00%	-1.28	1B
72	114	146	Sep 20	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.318	.381	.699	3	.78	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.31	1B
73	115	147	Sep 23 (1)	CHC		STL	W,2-0	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.317	.383	.700	3	.50	0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.04	1B
74	116	148	Sep 23 (2)	CHC		STL	L,1-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.317	.383	.700	3	1.22	0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.02	1B
75	117	149	Sep 24	CHC		STL	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.320	.384	.704	3	.47	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.36	1B
76	118	150	Sep 27	CHC		PIT	L,4-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.319	.380	.699	3	.82	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.52	1B
77	119	151	Sep 29	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.258	.318	.378	.696	3						1B
78	120	152	Sep 30 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.256	.320	.375	.696	3						1B
79	121	153	Sep 30 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.254	.319	.371	.691	3						1B
80	122	154	Oct 1	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.253	.317	.368	.686	3						1B
							34-46		319	285	31	72	11	2	6	33	27	0	42	0	7		5	5	3	1	.253	.317	.368	.686		1.03	1.550	1.02	2.28%	7.93

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