Preston Ward Stats
Preston Ward
| Primary Position: First Base |
Bats: L Throws: R |
| Born: July 24, 1927 |
Location: Columbia, MO USA |
| Played in 9
Major League seasons (1948-1959) |
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Career Shark War: 2.2323
- Hitting WAR: 3.9299
- Fielding WAR: -1.6976
- Pitching WAR: 0.0
Hitting Statistics
| Year | League | Team | Age | Shark WAR | Batting WAR | G | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SB | CS | wRC | OBP | SLG | Pos |
| 1948 |
NL |
BRO |
20 |
-0.2 |
0.3 |
42 |
162 |
38 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
17.292 |
0.329 |
0.370 |
1B |
| 1950 |
NL |
CHN |
22 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
80 |
319 |
72 |
11 |
2 |
6 |
27 |
3 |
0 |
31.287 |
0.317 |
0.368 |
1B |
| 1953 |
NL |
CHN |
25 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
33 |
119 |
23 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
18 |
3 |
1 |
13.530 |
0.347 |
0.400 |
CF |
| NL |
PIT |
25 |
-0.4 |
-0.4 |
88 |
331 |
59 |
7 |
1 |
8 |
44 |
1 |
3 |
26.754 |
0.319 |
0.327 |
1B |
| 1954 |
NL |
PIT |
26 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
117 |
406 |
97 |
16 |
2 |
7 |
39 |
0 |
0 |
40.489 |
0.338 |
0.383 |
1B |
| 1955 |
NL |
PIT |
27 |
-0.1 |
0.1 |
84 |
208 |
38 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
17.598 |
0.296 |
0.380 |
1B |
| 1956 |
AL |
CLE |
28 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
87 |
170 |
38 |
10 |
0 |
6 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
18.862 |
0.325 |
0.440 |
1B |
| NL |
PIT |
28 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
16 |
37 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6.330 |
0.432 |
0.500 |
3B |
| 1957 |
AL |
CLE |
29 |
-0.1 |
-0.1 |
10 |
11 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.042 |
0.182 |
0.273 |
1B |
| 1958 |
AL |
CLE |
30 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
48 |
162 |
50 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
22.613 |
0.379 |
0.453 |
3B |
| AL |
KC1 |
30 |
-0.0 |
0.4 |
81 |
302 |
68 |
10 |
1 |
6 |
27 |
0 |
1 |
27.629 |
0.319 |
0.366 |
1B |
| 1959 |
AL |
KC1 |
31 |
-0.5 |
-0.1 |
58 |
119 |
27 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
8.861 |
0.286 |
0.358 |
1B |
| Career Totals | 2.2 | 3.9 | 744 | 2346 | 522 | 83 | 15 | 50 | 231 | 7 | 6 | 231.286 | 0.322 | 0.380 |
Fielding Statistics
| Year | Position | Team | Age | Fielding WAR | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Def Runs Saved |
| 1948 |
1B |
BRO |
20 |
-0.5 |
38.0 |
318.8 |
268.0 |
20.0 |
3.0 |
21.0 |
-5.031 |
| 1950 |
1B |
CHN |
22 |
0.3 |
76.0 |
639.4 |
734.0 |
73.0 |
4.0 |
78.0 |
3.561 |
| 1953 |
1B |
CHN |
25 |
-0.1 |
7.0 |
58.4 |
49.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
9.0 |
-0.728 |
| 1B |
PIT |
25 |
-0.1 |
78.0 |
662.0 |
693.0 |
64.0 |
7.0 |
65.0 |
-0.544 |
| CF |
CHN |
25 |
-0.1 |
27.0 |
175.9 |
49.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
-1.210 |
| 1954 |
1B |
PIT |
26 |
0.2 |
48.0 |
339.7 |
338.0 |
41.0 |
6.0 |
31.0 |
2.237 |
| 3B |
PIT |
26 |
-0.2 |
11.0 |
96.0 |
7.0 |
20.0 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
-1.587 |
| RF |
PIT |
26 |
-0.1 |
42.0 |
342.7 |
71.0 |
7.0 |
5.0 |
3.0 |
-0.684 |
| 1955 |
1B |
PIT |
27 |
-0.2 |
48.0 |
366.3 |
384.0 |
35.0 |
1.0 |
41.0 |
-2.263 |
| RF |
PIT |
27 |
-0.0 |
1.0 |
7.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.231 |
| 1956 |
1B |
CLE |
28 |
-0.1 |
60.0 |
240.3 |
226.0 |
21.0 |
3.0 |
20.0 |
-0.570 |
| 3B |
PIT |
28 |
-0.1 |
5.0 |
30.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-1.252 |
| LF |
CLE |
28 |
0.0 |
14.0 |
97.0 |
23.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.384 |
| RF |
CLE |
28 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
16.0 |
5.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.338 |
| RF |
PIT |
28 |
-0.1 |
5.0 |
29.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.606 |
| 1957 |
1B |
CLE |
29 |
-0.0 |
1.0 |
5.0 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.251 |
| 1958 |
1B |
CLE |
30 |
0.3 |
21.0 |
147.0 |
135.0 |
12.0 |
0.0 |
12.0 |
2.181 |
| 1B |
KC1 |
30 |
0.1 |
39.0 |
338.0 |
346.0 |
23.0 |
4.0 |
28.0 |
0.613 |
| 3B |
CLE |
30 |
-0.2 |
24.0 |
149.0 |
16.0 |
28.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
-2.036 |
| 3B |
KC1 |
30 |
-0.5 |
34.0 |
274.3 |
23.0 |
53.0 |
8.0 |
4.0 |
-5.327 |
| LF |
KC1 |
30 |
-0.0 |
2.0 |
15.0 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.025 |
| 1959 |
1B |
KC1 |
31 |
-0.3 |
22.0 |
155.7 |
161.0 |
7.0 |
3.0 |
14.0 |
-2.815 |
| LF |
KC1 |
31 |
-0.1 |
1.0 |
8.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
-0.616 |
| 1B (9 seasons) | -0.3 | 438.0 | 3270.6 | 3337.0 | 297.0 | 31.0 | 319.0 | -3.6114 |
| 3B (3 seasons) | -1.1 | 74.0 | 549.3 | 49.0 | 104.0 | 13.0 | 6.0 | -10.2021 |
| CF (1 season) | -0.1 | 27.0 | 175.9 | 49.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -1.2096 |
| LF (3 seasons) | -0.0 | 17.0 | 120.0 | 26.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -0.2568 |
| RF (3 seasons) | -0.1 | 51.0 | 394.7 | 78.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | -1.1831 |