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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
2	2	Apr 16	CHC	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 22	CHC		MLN	L,6-15	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
4	4	Apr 23	CHC		MLN	W,6-2	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
5	5	Apr 25	CHC		STL	W,10-6	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
6	6	Apr 26	CHC		STL	W,7-5	GS	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 28	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS	0	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	0	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
9	9	Apr 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	32	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
11	11	May 3 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
12	13 (1)	May 4	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
13	14	May 6	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-8	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
14	16 (1)	May 9	CHC	@	MLN	W,2-0	GS	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
15	17	May 10 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
16	19 (1)	May 12	CHC		BRO	W,6-4	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
17	20	May 15	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
18	21	May 16	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	GS	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	23 (1)	May 17 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	24	May 19	CHC		NYG	L,4-6	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
21	25	May 20	CHC		NYG	L,6-16	CG	54	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
22	26	May 23	CHC		MLN	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
23	27	May 24 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,4-5	GF	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
24	28	May 24 (2)	CHC		MLN	W,5-2	GS	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	CF 1B
25	29	May 25	CHC		STL	L,3-14	CG	49	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
26	30	May 26 (1)	CHC		STL	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
27	31	May 26 (2)	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GS	25	6.0	7	0	0	7	2
28	32	May 27	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-9	GS	37	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
29	33	May 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
30	34	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-8	GF	10	3.0	5	0	0	5	1	PR 1B
31	35	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
32	36	May 31	CHC	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	37	Jun 2	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Pittsburgh Pirates
34	44	Jun 4	PIT		CHC	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
35	45	Jun 5	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
36	46	Jun 6	PIT		CIN	L,7-15	CG	44	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
37	47	Jun 7 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
38	48	Jun 7 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
39	49	Jun 8	PIT		STL	L,3-5	CG	0	12.0	10	0	0	10	1
40	50	Jun 9	PIT		STL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
41	51	Jun 10	PIT		STL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
42	52	Jun 11	PIT		STL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	1B
43	53	Jun 12 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
44	54	Jun 12 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
45	55	Jun 13	PIT		MLN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
46	56	Jun 14 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
47	57	Jun 14 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
48	58	Jun 15	PIT		MLN	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	15	2	0	17	1
49	59	Jun 16 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
50	60	Jun 16 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
51	63 (2)	Jun 19	PIT	@	STL	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
52	64	Jun 20	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	11	2	0	13	0
53	65	Jun 21	PIT	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
54	66	Jun 22	PIT	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
55	67	Jun 23	PIT	@	MLN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
56	68	Jun 24	PIT	@	MLN	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
57	69	Jun 25	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-4	CG	47	12.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
58	70	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS	11	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
59	71	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	29	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
60	72	Jun 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-15	CG	45	8.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
61	75 (2)	Jun 30	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	76	Jul 1	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	43	11.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
63	77	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
64	78	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	15	0	1	16	0	1B
65	79	Jul 5 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-2	CG	40	10.0	12	1	0	13	0
66	80	Jul 5 susp	PIT		PHI	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	81	Jul 6	PIT		BRO	L,2-14	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
68	82	Jul 7 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	14	0	1	15	2	1B
69	83	Jul 7 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
70	84	Jul 8	PIT		NYG	L,7-10	CG	54	11.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
71	85	Jul 9	PIT		NYG	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
72	86	Jul 10	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-13	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
73	87	Jul 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
74	95 (7)	Jul 20	PIT		STL	L,4-9	GF	7	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
75	99 (3)	Jul 24	PIT		CHC	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
76	100	Jul 25	PIT		CHC	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
77	101	Jul 26 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
78	102	Jul 26 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
79	106 (3)	Jul 31	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	107	Aug 1	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-3	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
81	108	Aug 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	50	10.2	11	1	0	12	2
82	123 (14)	Aug 17	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	41	10.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
83	124	Aug 18	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
84	125	Aug 19	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	11	2	0	13	2
85	126	Aug 20	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	14	1	0	15	2
86	127	Aug 21	PIT		BRO	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
87	128	Aug 22	PIT		BRO	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
88	129	Aug 23 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
89	132 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,8-9	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 1B
90	133	Aug 28	PIT		STL	L,9-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	2	5	2	1B
91	134	Aug 29	PIT		STL	L,4-5	GS	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
92	135	Aug 30 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,4-19	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
93	136	Aug 30 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,5-11	CG	0	9.0	10	3	1	14	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	137	Sep 2	PIT		CHC	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
95	138	Sep 6	PIT		PHI	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
96	139	Sep 7 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
97	140	Sep 7 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
98	141	Sep 9	PIT	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
99	142	Sep 11	PIT	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
100	143	Sep 12	PIT	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	0	12.0	12	1	0	13	1
101	144	Sep 13 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
102	145	Sep 13 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
103	146	Sep 15	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
104	147	Sep 16	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
105	148	Sep 19 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
106	149	Sep 19 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	9	3	0	12	3	1B
107	150	Sep 20	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	3	1B
108	151	Sep 22	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
109	152	Sep 25	PIT		NYG	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
110	153	Sep 26	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
111	154	Sep 27	PIT		NYG	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
							112gm		927.0	790	65	9	864	74