Duane Ward

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 185lb (193cm, 83kg)

Born: May 28, 1964 in Park View, NM us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (9th) of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Farmington HS (Farmington, NM).

High School: Farmington HS (Farmington, NM)

Debut: April 12, 1986 (Age 21-319d, 15,136th in major league history)
vs. HOU 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 22, 1995 (Age 31-025d)
vs. MIL 0.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Roy Duane Ward

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.1

ERA

3.28

462

121

666.2

679

WHIP

1.256

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 32 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 2 tying, 9 go ahead

2 Tms
TOR	30
ATL	2

Platoon
vs LHB	22
vs RHB	10

Home/Road
Away	17
Home	15

Outs
1	17
0	8
2	7

14 Opps
CLE	5
CAL	4
BAL	4
DET	4
MIN	2
OAK	2
TEX	2
SEA	2
NYY	2
KCR	1
BOS	1
LAD	1
HOU	1
MIL	1

28 Batters
Brian Downing	2
Sam Horn	2
Kent Hrbek	2
Lou Whitaker	2
George Brett	1
Ken Landreaux	1
Devon White	1
Wayne Kirby	1
Fred Lynn	1
Dante Bichette	1
Tom Brunansky	1
Ken Phelps	1
Carlos Baerga	1
Darrell Evans	1
Rubén Sierra	1
Ron Kittle	1
Terry Steinbach	1
Julio Franco	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Alan Ashby	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Mike Aldrete	1
Joe Orsulak	1
Rob Deer	1
Pete O'Brien	1
Matt Nokes	1
Paul Sorrento	1
Joe Carter	1

14 Parks
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	12
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1

Where Hit
9	14
7	10
89	4
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	10
1	5
4	5
3	4
5	4
Unk	2
6	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	29
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	16
123	4
12-	3
-2-	3
1--	2
1-3	2
--3	1
-23	1

62 Runs
RISP	14
0 on	16
1 on	6
2 on	6
3 on	4
Any on	16

Inning
6	3
7	9
8	10
9	9
Extra	1

4-6	3
7-end	29

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	3
+2	5
+1	6
Tied	4
-1	6
-2	3
-3	3
-4..	1

Ahead	15
Tied	4
Behind	13

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-1	6
1-2	5
0-0	5
1-0	4
0-2	3
1-1	3
Unk	2
2-2	2
3-2	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
PH	8
1B	5
DH	5
CF	4
RF	3
2B	2
C	2
PH/DH	1
LF	1
SS	1

OrderPos
3rd	7
5th	6
4th	6
6th	5
7th	3
8th	2
2nd	2
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	7
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1986-04-22	Alan Ashby	HOU	@	ATL	tied 2-2	t 9	0	---		1	7	2	34%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
2	2	2	1	1986-04-27	Ken Landreaux	LAD		ATL	ahead 5-4	b 8	0	---		1	5	PH	7%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1988-06-13	Ron Kittle	CLE	@	TOR	ahead 7-4	t 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	DH	5%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	2	1	1988-06-17	Darrell Evans	DET		TOR	ahead 9-5	b 8	2	12-	5,(3-1) BBBCX	3	6	DH	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); A. Trammell Scores; C. Lemon Scores
5	5	3	1	1988-08-27	Rubén Sierra	TEX		TOR	ahead 4-2	b 6	2	---	3,(1-1) CB2.X	1	3	9	7%	90%		Home Run
6	6	4	1	1988-08-30	Rob Deer	MIL		TOR	ahead 3-1	b 7	0	1-3	3,(1-1) BSX	3	4	9	4%	99%		Home Run; J. Leonard Scores; R. Yount Scores
7	7	5	1	1988-09-14	Fred Lynn	DET	@	TOR	behind 1-3	t 9	0	---	4,(1-2) .CSBX	1	3	7	9%	16%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1989-07-16	Terry Steinbach	OAK	@	TOR	behind 0-1	t 7	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	6	2	41%	90%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF Line); J. Canseco Scores; M. McGwire Scores; D. Henderson Scores
9	9	2	1	1989-08-05	Ken Phelps	NYY	@	TOR	behind 2-3	t 8	1	1--	2,(1-0) .BX	2	8	PH	49%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Hall Scores
10	10	3	1	1989-09-09	Joe Carter	CLE		TOR	behind 4-5	b 8	1	---	9,(1-2) CFFFFFFBX	1	3	8	32%	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	4	1	1989-09-12	Kent Hrbek	MIN		TOR	ahead 4-2	b 7	1	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	4	3	6%	99%		Home Run; A. Newman Scores; R. Bush Scores; K. Puckett Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1990-05-19	Devon White	CAL	@	TOR	tied 6-6	t 7	1	--3	4,(1-2) CBFX	2	3	8	21%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Davis Scores/unER
13	13	2	1	1990-06-21	Matt Nokes	NYY	@	TOR	ahead 4-3	t 8	1	1-3	2,(0-1) ..SX	3	8	PH	15%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Sanders Scores/unER; J. Leyritz Scores
14	14	3	1	1990-07-14	Brian Downing	CAL		TOR	ahead 5-4	b 7	1	---	6,(3-2) BBFBFX	1	5	DH	11%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
15	15	4	2	1990-07-14	Dante Bichette	CAL		TOR	ahead 6-4	b 7	1	---	5,(2-2) CBSBX	1	6	8	6%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
16	16	5	3	1990-07-14	Brian Downing	CAL		TOR	tied 7-7	b 9	1	---	4,(0-2) CSFX	1	5	DH	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	6	1	1990-07-24	George Brett	KCR	@	TOR	tied 3-3	t 13	1	1--	4,(1-2) F1BFX	2	4	3	42%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Eisenreich Scores
18	18	7	1	1990-09-14	Sam Horn	BAL	@	TOR	behind 2-3	t 6	1	123	5,(1-2) .CSBFX	4	5	PH	35%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Anderson Scores; C. Ripken Scores; M. Tettleton Scores
19	19	8	1	1990-09-29	Tom Brunansky	BOS		TOR	ahead 3-0	b 6	1	-23	2,(0-1) C.X	3	7	9	4%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Greenwell Scores; D. Evans Scores
20	20	9	1	1990-10-01	Sam Horn	BAL		TOR	ahead 5-3	b 8	1	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	5	PH/DH	3%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1991-04-17	Lou Whitaker	DET		TOR	behind 1-4	b 9	2	12-	1,(0-0) .X	3	1	PH	49%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Tettleton Scores; J. Shelby Scores; L. Whitaker Scores
22	22	2	1	1991-06-16	Joe Orsulak	BAL	@	TOR	ahead 9-8	t 7	0	123	3,(0-2) .SFX	4	6	PH	12%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Ripken Scores; R. Milligan Scores; L. Gómez Scores; J. Orsulak Scores
23	23	3	1	1991-07-07	Ken Griffey Jr.	SEA		TOR	behind 1-5	b 9	0	---	5,(2-2) .BBCFX	1	3	8	2%	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); K. Griffey Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1992-04-22	Carlos Baerga	CLE	@	TOR	ahead 5-2	t 9	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	3	4	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Howard Scores; C. Baerga Scores
25	25	2	1	1992-06-28	Paul Sorrento	CLE		TOR	behind 5-6	b 8	1	-2-	2,(0-1) .CX	2	7	PH	51%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Cole Scores; P. Sorrento Scores
26	26	3	1	1992-07-07	Pete O'Brien	SEA	@	TOR	ahead 2-1	t 8	0	---	4,(0-2) .CCFX	1	4	3	12%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. O'Brien Scores
27	27	4	1	1992-08-08	Lou Whitaker	DET		TOR	ahead 6-5	b 7	2	-2-	3,(1-1) SB.X	2	2	4	15%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); T. Phillips Scores; L. Whitaker Scores
28	28	5	1	1992-09-15	Wayne Kirby	CLE	@	TOR	behind 3-5	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	2	PH	10%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); W. Kirby Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1993-04-27	Julio Franco	TEX	@	TOR	behind 2-4	t 9	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	DH	6%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	2	1	1993-07-27	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	TOR	behind 2-3	t 8	2	12-	2,(0-1) ..CX	3	5	6	59%	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. McLemore Scores; D. Buford Scores
31	31	3	1	1993-08-30	Mike Aldrete	OAK		TOR	behind 1-4	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	6	3	5%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
32	32	4	1	1993-09-17	Kent Hrbek	MIN		TOR	behind 1-4	b 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	3	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)