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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
2	2	Apr 14	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
3	3	Apr 16	PIT		BRO	L,0-6	CG	34	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
4	4	Apr 17 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
5	6 (1)	Apr 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-12	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
6	7	Apr 22	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	33	8.1	16	0	0	16	1	1B
7	8	Apr 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	12	3	0	15	3	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	17 (8)	May 2	PIT		STL	W,5-1	GF	15	4.0	3	3	0	6	2	1B
9	23 (5)	May 8 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-5	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
10	31 (7)	May 17	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
11	33 (1)	May 20	PIT		NYG	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
12	34	May 21	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
13	35	May 22 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
14	36	May 22 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	2
15	37	May 24	PIT		BRO	W,15-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
16	38	May 26	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
17	39	May 27	PIT		PHI	L,2-5	CG	43	10.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
18	40	May 28	PIT		PHI	L,4-8	GS	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
19	41	May 29 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
20	42	May 29 susp	PIT		PHI	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
21	43	May 30 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	82 (38)	Jul 6 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
23	83	Jul 7	PIT		BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
24	84	Jul 8	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
25	87 (2)	Jul 10 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,3-1	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	89 (1)	Jul 15	PIT		CIN	L,1-9	GF	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
27	91 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		STL	L,8-9	GF	0	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	110 (18)	Aug 3 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	27	5.2	5	0	0	5	0	PH 1B
29	112 (1)	Aug 5	PIT	@	MLN	W,8-5	GF	0	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	115 (2)	Aug 7 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
31	118 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-4	GF	36	8.1	11	1	0	12	0	1B
32	119	Aug 14 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
33	120	Aug 16	PIT		PHI	L,3-12	CG	48	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
34	121	Aug 17	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	13	0	1	14	2
35	122	Aug 19	PIT		NYG	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
36	123	Aug 20	PIT		NYG	L,9-14	CG	64	12.0	11	0	0	11	0
37	124	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
38	125	Aug 24	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
39	126	Aug 25	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
40	127	Aug 26	PIT		CHC	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
41	128	Aug 27	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
42	129	Aug 28 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
43	130	Aug 28 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	3	1B
44	131	Aug 30	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	132	Aug 31	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	133	Sep 1	PIT		STL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
47	134	Sep 2	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
48	135	Sep 3	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	29	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
49	138 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
							49gm		371.1	384	35	1	420	41