Pete Ward

Third Base

1962—1970

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Third Base RANK
NR

Player Detail

Peter Thomas
GIVEN NAME
Ward
SURNAME
July 26, 1937, in Montreal, QC, CAN
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1962—1970
Playing Career
Played from 24-32
PLAYING AGE
Baltimore Orioles
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Teams Played For
Third Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Washington Senators
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-1 / 185
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 21, 1962
Major League Debut
September 25, 1970
FINAL GAME

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Ward was the runner-up for the American League Rookie of the Year Award in 1963, to teammate Gary Peters.
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55

HITTING

60

POWER

45

RUNNING

55

FIELDING

65

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
973
776
98
427
.254

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
20.1
57.0

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

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.744
.697
107.2

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

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.254
.339
.405

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Max Alvis
Rich Rollins
Ed Charles
Ken McMullen

Teammate Team

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

Pete 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
523
133
59
23
3
17
73
63
92
3
212
203
.254
.339
.405
744
AVG 3B
534
134
65
20
3
13
53
79
7
201
191
.250
.320
.377
.697

Pete Ward Rankings

AT Third Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
107
82
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Third Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
94
89
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Pete Ward PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
20.3
20.0
16.5
13.4
3.37
70.0
44.1
31.5
21.6
5.03
BLUE = Pete Ward
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
118.1
115.6
UNK
72.8
19.6
347.8
200.2
143.2
95.5
25.6
BLUE = Pete Ward
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B