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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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
2	2	Apr 21	CHC		STL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	12	3	1	16	0	1B
3	3	Apr 22	CHC		STL	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
4	4	Apr 28	CHC		CIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
5	5	Apr 30	CHC	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	43	12.1	14	1	0	15	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	6	May 2	CHC		PHI	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
7	7	May 3	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
8	8	May 4	CHC		BRO	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
9	9	May 5	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
10	10	May 6	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
11	11	May 7 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
12	12	May 7 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
13	13	May 9	CHC		NYG	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
14	14	May 10	CHC		BSN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
15	15	May 11	CHC		BSN	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
16	16	May 12	CHC		PIT	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
17	17	May 13	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	3	1B
18	18	May 14 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	11	2	0	13	3	1B
19	19	May 14 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,9-16	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
20	20	May 16	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
21	21	May 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
22	22	May 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-10	CG	32	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
23	23	May 20	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	90 (66)	Jul 29 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
25	91	Jul 30	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
26	92	Jul 31	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	15	3	0	18	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	93	Aug 2 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-11	GS	22	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
28	94	Aug 2 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
29	95	Aug 4	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
30	96	Aug 5	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-2	GS	44	10.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
31	97	Aug 6 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
32	100 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-9	CG	44	8.0	10	2	0	12	1
33	101	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
34	102	Aug 11	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
35	103	Aug 12	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	1	13	3	1B
36	104	Aug 13 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	44	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
37	105	Aug 13 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
38	106	Aug 14	CHC		STL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
39	107	Aug 15	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
40	108	Aug 16	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	52	12.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
41	109	Aug 17	CHC		CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
42	110	Aug 18	CHC		PIT	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
43	111	Aug 19	CHC		PIT	L,8-13	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
44	112	Aug 20 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	3
45	113	Aug 20 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
46	114	Aug 22	CHC		NYG	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
47	115	Aug 23	CHC		NYG	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
48	116	Aug 24 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,9-11	CG	45	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
49	117	Aug 24 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
50	118	Aug 25	CHC		BSN	W,7-6	CG	47	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
51	119	Aug 26	CHC		BSN	L,4-12	GS	43	7.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
52	120	Aug 27 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
53	123 (2)	Aug 28 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,5-9	GS	34	7.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	128 (4)	Sep 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
55	129	Sep 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
56	133 (3)	Sep 7	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	2
57	135 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
58	136	Sep 10 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-12	CG	47	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
59	138 (1)	Sep 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
60	139	Sep 13	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
61	140	Sep 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
62	141	Sep 15	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
63	142	Sep 16	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
64	143	Sep 17	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
65	144	Sep 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
66	145	Sep 19	CHC	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	27	9.0	16	2	0	18	1	1B
67	146	Sep 20	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
68	147	Sep 23 (1)	CHC		STL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
69	148	Sep 23 (2)	CHC		STL	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
70	149	Sep 24	CHC		STL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
71	150	Sep 27	CHC		PIT	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
72	151	Sep 29	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
73	152	Sep 30 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
74	153	Sep 30 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
75	154	Oct 1	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	11	3	0	14	1
							76gm		646.1	734	73	4	811	78