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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
2	2	Apr 14	PIT		PHI	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
3	3	Apr 15	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
4	4	Apr 18 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	14	1	1	16	0	1B
5	12 (7)	Apr 25 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,9-3	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
6	14 (1)	Apr 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
7	16 (1)	Apr 29	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	21 (4)	May 5	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
9	22	May 6	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
10	23	May 8	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
11	24	May 9	PIT		NYG	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
12	38 (13)	May 23 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
13	39	May 24	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
14	40	May 25	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-21	CG	54	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
15	41	May 26	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
16	42	May 28	PIT		PHI	L,0-4	CG	28	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
17	43	May 29	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	44	May 30 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	51 (6)	Jun 6 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-4	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
20	52	Jun 8	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
21	53	Jun 9	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	9	0	0	9	0	1B
22	54	Jun 10	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	9	3	0	12	2	1B
23	55	Jun 11	PIT	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
24	56	Jun 12	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	1	9	3
25	57	Jun 13 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	12	2	0	14	1
26	59 (1)	Jun 14	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	GS	10	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
27	60	Jun 18	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
28	61	Jun 19	PIT		MLN	L,2-11	GF	22	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
29	62	Jun 20 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
30	63	Jun 20 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
31	64	Jun 23	PIT		STL	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
32	65	Jun 24	PIT		STL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	7	3	0	10	3	1B
33	66	Jun 25	PIT		CIN	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
34	67	Jun 26	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
35	68	Jun 27 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
36	69	Jun 27 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
37	70	Jun 29	PIT		PHI	L,0-4	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
38	71	Jun 30	PIT		PHI	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	72	Jul 2	PIT		NYG	L,5-9	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
40	73	Jul 3	PIT		NYG	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
41	74	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
42	75	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	11	1	1	13	0
43	76	Jul 5 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
44	77	Jul 5 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
45	78	Jul 6	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
46	79	Jul 9	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
47	80	Jul 10	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	13	3	0	16	1	1B
48	81	Jul 11 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,7-13	CG	43	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
49	82	Jul 11 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	43	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	1B
50	83	Jul 15 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
51	85 (1)	Jul 16	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	0	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
52	87 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-2	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	89 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
54	90	Jul 19	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
55	91	Jul 21	PIT	@	STL	L,12-13	GS	43	8.0	4	0	1	5	1	RF 1B
56	92	Jul 22	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	0	13.2	3	2	0	5	0
57	93	Jul 23	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-4	GS	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	RF 1B
58	94	Jul 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
59	96 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
60	97	Jul 26	PIT		MLN	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	98	Jul 28	PIT		MLN	L,4-6	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	102 (3)	Jul 31	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	104 (1)	Aug 1 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
64	105	Aug 3	PIT		CIN	L,2-7	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	106	Aug 4	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
66	107	Aug 6 (1)	PIT		STL	W,7-3	GS	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	108	Aug 6 (2)	PIT		STL	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	111 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	PIT		STL	W,5-3	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
69	113 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	RF
70	114	Aug 13 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
71	116 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
72	117	Aug 15 susp	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-7	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
73	119 (1)	Aug 18	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
74	120	Aug 19	PIT		BRO	L,5-7	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
75	123 (2)	Aug 22 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
76	125 (1)	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,0-13	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
77	126	Aug 26	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	GS	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	127	Aug 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
79	128	Aug 28	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
80	129	Aug 29 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
81	130	Aug 29 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
82	131	Aug 31 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-14	CG	46	8.0	7	2	0	9	2
83	132	Aug 31 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	135 (2)	Sep 3 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	RF
85	136	Sep 5	PIT		PHI	L,5-12	CG	50	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
86	137	Sep 6 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-6	CG	55	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
87	138	Sep 6 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
88	140 (1)	Sep 10	PIT		STL	W,3-2	GS	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	141	Sep 11	PIT		STL	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
90	143 (1)	Sep 12 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-13	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR RF
91	144	Sep 13	PIT		CIN	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
92	145	Sep 14 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	147 (1)	Sep 17	PIT		BRO	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
94	148	Sep 19	PIT		BRO	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
95	150 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
96	151	Sep 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
97	152	Sep 24	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
98	153	Sep 25	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
							101gm		778.1	415	68	15	498	34