Gary Ward

Left Field

1979—1990

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Left Field RANK
NR

Player Detail

Gary Lamell
GIVEN NAME
Ward
SURNAME
December 6, 1953, in Los Angeles, CA
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1979—1990
Playing Career
Played from 25-36
PLAYING AGE
Minnesota Twins
Texas Rangers
New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Teams Played For
Left Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Minnesota Twins
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
#5 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-2 / 195
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 3, 1979
Major League Debut
October 3, 1990
FINAL GAME

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Gary hit for the cycle in just his 14th major league game, on September 18, 1980 for the Twins.

60

HITTING

60

POWER

40

RUNNING

20

FIELDING

20

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1287
1236
130
597
.276
2 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
18.4
55.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.753
.744
101.5

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.276
.328
.425

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Gary Ward Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Ward
549
152
73
24
5
16
73
43
95
10
234
196
.276
.328
.425
753
AVG LF
538
145
74
25
4
15
50
84
15
222
198
.268
.331
.413
.744

Gary Ward Rankings

AT Left Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Left Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
71
76
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Gary Ward PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
17.6
19.2
17.9
13.9
2.21
68.6
43.2
31.4
22.4
4.81
BLUE = Gary Ward
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
119.7
100.5
UNK
58.0
15.0
368.7
208.0
151.6
101.2
26.4
BLUE = Gary Ward
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF