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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 17	CLE		KCA	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
2	5 (1)	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	GF	22	4.0	1	3	0	4	0	PH 3B
3	7 (1)	Apr 21	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-9	GF	19	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
4	8	Apr 22	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-9	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B 3B
5	10 (1)	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	17 (6)	May 3	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	GF	9	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	1B
7	19 (1)	May 4 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	51	11.1	7	5	0	12	0	1B
8	23 (3)	May 11 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
9	24	May 11 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B 3B
10	25	May 13	CLE	@	DET	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
11	26	May 14	CLE	@	DET	W,9-8	GS	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
12	27	May 15	CLE	@	DET	W,8-5	GS	23	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
13	29 (1)	May 17	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
14	30	May 18 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-4		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
15	31	May 18 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,10-6	GS	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	1B 3B
16	32	May 20	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
17	33	May 21	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
18	34	May 22	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	GS	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
19	35	May 23	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
20	36	May 24	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
21	37	May 25 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
22	38	May 25 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
23	39	May 27	CLE		BAL	W,7-6	GS	45	10.0	5	3	0	8	0	1B 3B
24	40	May 28	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
25	41	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
26	42	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-7	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
27	43	May 31	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	44	Jun 1	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
29	45	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH 3B
30	47 (1)	Jun 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-5	GF	23	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
31	48	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
32	50 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,14-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
33	51	Jun 8 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
34	53 (1)	Jun 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
35	54	Jun 11	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-7	GS	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B 3B
36	55	Jun 12	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
37	56	Jun 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
38	57	Jun 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
39	58	Jun 15 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	59	Jun 15 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Kansas City Athletics
41	58	Jun 18	KCA		BAL	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
42	59	Jun 19	KCA		BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
43	60	Jun 20	KCA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
44	61	Jun 21	KCA		BOS	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
45	62	Jun 22	KCA		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
46	63	Jun 23	KCA		WSH	W,7-2	GS	29	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
47	64	Jun 24	KCA		WSH	T,2-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
48	65	Jun 25	KCA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
49	66	Jun 26	KCA		WSH	W,8-6	CG	49	12.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
50	67	Jun 27	KCA		NYY	L,3-10	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
51	69 (1)	Jun 29	KCA		NYY	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
52	70	Jun 30	KCA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	0	3	1	4	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	71	Jul 1	KCA	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
54	72	Jul 2	KCA	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	73	Jul 3	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
56	74	Jul 4 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
57	75	Jul 4 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
58	76	Jul 5	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	9	0	2	11	1	1B
59	77	Jul 6	KCA	@	CLE	L,5-8	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B 3B
60	78	Jul 10 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
61	79	Jul 10 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	4	1	1	6	2	1B 3B
62	80	Jul 13 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
63	81	Jul 13 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B 3B
64	82	Jul 14	KCA	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
65	83	Jul 15	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	84	Jul 16	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
67	85	Jul 17	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
68	86	Jul 18	KCA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
69	87	Jul 19	KCA	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS	30	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
70	88	Jul 20 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
71	90 (1)	Jul 22	KCA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
72	91	Jul 23	KCA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
73	92	Jul 25	KCA		BAL	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	3B
74	94 (1)	Jul 27	KCA		BAL	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
75	95	Jul 28	KCA		NYY	L,7-14	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
76	97 (1)	Jul 30	KCA		NYY	W,2-0	CG	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
77	98	Jul 31	KCA		NYY	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	99	Aug 1	KCA		WSH	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
79	100	Aug 2	KCA		WSH	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
80	101	Aug 3 (1)	KCA		WSH	W,12-0	GS	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
81	102	Aug 3 (2)	KCA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	63	15.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
82	103	Aug 5	KCA		CHW	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
83	107 (3)	Aug 10 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
84	109 (1)	Aug 11	KCA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
85	115 (5)	Aug 16	KCA		DET	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
86	116	Aug 17	KCA		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
87	117	Aug 18	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
88	126 (8)	Aug 26	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
89	130 (3)	Aug 31	KCA		CLE	L,2-3	GS	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	131	Sep 1 (1)	KCA		DET	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
91	132	Sep 1 (2)	KCA		DET	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
92	133	Sep 2	KCA		DET	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
93	135 (1)	Sep 4	KCA	@	CLE	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
94	136	Sep 5	KCA	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
95	137	Sep 6	KCA	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
96	138	Sep 7	KCA	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
97	139	Sep 9	KCA		BAL	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
98	140	Sep 10	KCA		BAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
99	141	Sep 11	KCA		BAL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
100	142	Sep 12	KCA		WSH	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
101	143	Sep 13	KCA		WSH	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
102	144	Sep 14 (1)	KCA		NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
103	145	Sep 14 (2)	KCA		NYY	L,7-12	CG	65	14.0	13	2	0	15	2	1B
104	146	Sep 17 (1)	KCA		BOS	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
105	147	Sep 17 (2)	KCA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
106	148	Sep 18	KCA		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
107	149	Sep 19	KCA		CHW	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
108	150	Sep 20	KCA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
109	151	Sep 21	KCA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
110	152	Sep 23	KCA		CLE	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	1
111	153	Sep 24	KCA		CLE	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
112	154	Sep 26	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
							120gm		923.1	523	116	14	653	46