PRESTON WARD

| Retired | Played: 1948-1959

High Level: MLB
Positions: 1B-438, OF-95, 3B-74
Full Name: Preston Meyer Ward
Born: Jul 24, 1927 (85.303) in Columbia,Missouri

MLB Debut: Apr 20, 1948 (20.271)

Speed
40

Contact
34

Patience
64

Batting
48

Power
54

Ht/Wt: 6-3 / 198 Bats/Throws: Left / Right
High School: Springfield Central (Springfield,MO)
College: None listed
Drafted: Not drafted

Tags: 3 Homers in a game

TBC Player ID: 19395
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1948	Brooklyn	NL	MLB	36,52	brk	20	1b	-	42	146	9	38	9	2	1	21	0		15	23	0		1		0	.260	.000	.370	370	-	-	54			--	--
1950	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	29	chc	22	1b	-	80	285	31	72	11	2	6	33	3		27	42	0		7		6	.253	.000	.368	368	57	71	105			--	--
1953	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	29	chc	25	of	57	33	100	10	23	5	0	4	12	3	1	18	21	0		1		3	.230	.000	.400	400	21	64	40			--	--
1953	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	5	pit	25	1b	57	88	281	35	59	7	1	8	27	1	3	44	39	1		5		6	.210	.000	.327	327	42	48	92			--	--
1954	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	5	pit	26	1b-of	59	117	360	37	97	16	2	7	48	0	0	39	61	0		3	4	5	.269	.337	.383	721	67	57	138	406	275	--	--	.304
1955	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	5	pit	27	1b	-	84	179	16	38	7	4	5	25	0	0	22	28	0	4	5	2	3	.212	.296	.380	675	30	36	68	208	151	23	4.1	.223
1956	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	5	pit	28	of-3b	-	16	30	3	10	0	1	1	11	0	0	6	4	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.432	.500	932	9	56	15	37	21	7	9.6	.346
1956	Cleveland	AL	MLB	26	cle	28	1b	-	87	150	18	38	10	0	6	21	0	0	16	20	0	0	4	0	0	.253	.325	.440	765	30	34	66	170	116	25	5.9	.258
1957	Cleveland	AL	MLB	26	cle	29	1b	-	10	11	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.273	455	-	-	3	11	9	0	1.4	.222
1958	Cleveland	AL	MLB	36	cle	30	3b-1b	70	48	148	22	50	3	1	4	21	0	1	10	27	1	1	1	2	1	.338	.379	.453	832	32	67	67	162	103	26	6.8	.387
1958	KC Athletics	AL	MLB	7	kca	30	1b-3b	70	81	268	28	68	10	1	6	24	0	1	27	36	0	2	4	3	3	.254	.319	.366	684	69	85	98	302	211	35	4.4	.271
1959	KC Athletics	AL	MLB	7	kca	31	1b	-	58	109	8	27	4	1	2	19	0	0	7	12	0	1	0	3	3	.248	.286	.358	644	21	36	39	119	88	12	3.7	.255
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MLB Totals (9 years)									744	2067	219	522	83	15	50	262	7	6	231	315	2	8	31	15	30	.253	.326	.380	706	378	51	785	2346	1627	283.1	4.7	.275
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FIELDING STATISTICS

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Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1948	Brooklyn	NL	MLB	1B	38		291	268	20	3	21		.990	--	--
1950	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	1B	76		811	734	73	4	78		.995	--	--
1953	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	1B	78		764	693	64	7	65		.991	--	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	1B	7		50	49	1	0	9		1.000	--	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	OF	27		51	49	0	2	0		.961	--	--
1954	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	1B	48		385	338	41	6	31		.984	--	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	3B	11		30	7	20	3	0		.900	--	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	OF	42		88	74	8	6	3		.932	--	--
1955	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	1B	48		420	384	35	1	41		.998	--	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	OF	1		0	0	0	0	0		--	--	--
1956	Cleveland	AL	MLB	1B	60		250	226	21	3	20		.988	--	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	3B	5		6	3	3	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Cleveland	AL	MLB	OF	17		30	29	1	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	OF	5		2	2	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
1957	Cleveland	AL	MLB	1B	1		3	3	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
1958	KC Athletics	AL	MLB	1B	39		373	346	23	4	28		.989	--	--
	Cleveland	AL	MLB	1B	21		147	135	12	0	12		1.000	--	--
	KC Athletics	AL	MLB	3B	34		84	23	53	8	4		.905	--	--
	Cleveland	AL	MLB	3B	24		46	16	28	2	2		.957	--	--
	KC Athletics	AL	MLB	OF	2		3	3	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
1959	KC Athletics	AL	MLB	1B	22		171	161	7	3	14		.982	--	--
	KC Athletics	AL	MLB	OF	1		1	0	0	1	0		.000	--	--
Major League Totals:				1B	438	0	3665	3337	297	31	319	0	.992	8.30
				3B	74	0	166	49	104	13	6	0	.922	2.07
				OF	95	0	175	157	9	9	3	0	.949	1.75

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