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Aaron Ward
Aaron Lee Ward

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 160 lb.
School Ouachita Baptist University

Debut August 14, 1917
Final Game June 7, 1928
Born August 28, 1896 in Booneville, AR
Died January 30, 1961 in New Orleans, LA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1917 20 NYY AL   8   26    0    3   0  0   0    1   0      1   5  .115  .148  .115  -20    3   0           0    
 1918 21 NYY AL  20   32    2    4   1  0   0    1   1      2   7  .125  .176  .156   -1    5   2           0    
 1919 22 NYY AL  27   34    5    7   2  0   0    2   0      5   6  .206  .308  .265   61    9   1           0    
 1920 23 NYY AL 127  496   62  127  18  7  11   55   7  5  33  84  .256  .304  .387   79  192  17           1    
 1921 24 NYY AL 153  556   77  170  30 10   5   75   6  8  42  68  .306  .363  .423   98  235  29           8    
 1922 25 NYY AL 154  558   69  149  19  5   7   68   6  4  45  64  .267  .328  .357   77  199  32           6    
 1923 26 NYY AL 152  567   79  161  26 11  10   82   8  8  56  65  .284  .351  .422  101  239  14           3    
 1924 27 NYY AL 120  400   42  101  13 10   8   66   1  4  40  45  .253  .324  .395   85  158  23           2    
 1925 28 NYY AL 125  439   41  108  22  3   4   38   1  4  49  49  .246  .326  .337   70  148   9           3    
 1926 29 NYY AL  22   31    5   10   2  0   0    3   0  0   2   6  .323  .364  .387   97   12   1           0    
 1927 30 CHW AL 145  463   75  125  25  8   5   56   6  5  63  56  .270  .360  .391   96  181  23           2    
 1928 31 CLE AL   6    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .111  .200  .111  -17    1   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1059 3611  457  966 158 54  50  447  36 38 339 457  .268  .335  .383   85 1382 152   0   0  25   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        552   70  148  24  8   8   68   6  6  52  70  .268  .335  .383   85  211  23   0   0   4   0
 Career High    154  567   79  170  30 11  11   82   8  8  63  84  .306  .363  .423  101  239  32   0   0   8   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1917 20 NYY AL   27   23    0   0.0    80| .115  .256| .148  .327| .115  .331| .263  .658| -20  .000  -3.8  -0.5     
 1918 21 NYY AL   36   30    1   0.9    84| .125  .263| .176  .334| .156  .335| .332  .669|  -1  .078  -4.0  -0.5     
 1919 22 NYY AL   40   28    3   2.9    96| .206  .277| .308  .344| .265  .373| .573  .716|  61  .347  -1.6  -0.2     
 1920 23 NYY AL  547  391   57   3.9   110| .256  .296| .304  .361| .387  .407| .691  .768|  79  .427 -18.1  -1.8  58%
 1921 24 NYY AL  635  423   81   5.1   116| .306  .302| .363  .368| .423  .424| .786  .793|  98  .504  -2.2  -0.2  42%
 1922 25 NYY AL  641  445   64   3.9   111| .267  .295| .328  .361| .357  .415| .685  .776|  77  .405 -19.9  -1.9  60%
 1923 26 NYY AL  640  428   82   5.1   109| .284  .293| .351  .363| .422  .404| .773  .767| 101  .542  -0.9  -0.1  50%
 1924 27 NYY AL  465  326   49   4.0   112| .253  .298| .324  .368| .395  .409| .719  .776|  85  .411 -11.8  -1.1  20%
 1925 28 NYY AL  500  344   47   3.6   114| .246  .297| .326  .367| .337  .416| .663  .784|  70  .351 -19.9  -1.9  20%
 1926 29 NYY AL   34   22    4   4.8   109| .323  .289| .364  .360| .387  .405| .751  .765|  97  .515  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1927 30 CHW AL  551  366   64   4.7   109| .270  .291| .360  .358| .391  .408| .751  .766|  96  .482  -1.3  -0.1  54%
 1928 31 CLE AL   11    9    0   0.0   109| .111  .290| .200  .355| .111  .412| .311  .767| -17  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4127 2835  452   4.3   111| .268  .295| .335  .363| .383  .410| .718  .773|  85  .445 -85.3  -8.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1917 20 NYY AL SS 7 12 13 2 3 .926 .929 3.57 4.84 1918 21 NYY AL SS 12 12 20 2 4 .941 .938 2.67 5.23 OF 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 .957 2.25 2.17 0 4 0 2B 3 3 4 0 1 1.000 .959 2.33 5.30 1919 22 NYY AL 1B 5 38 2 0 4 1.000 .988 8.00 10.44 3B 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 3.23 SS 2 4 7 1 1 .917 .940 5.50 5.05 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.20 1920 23 NYY AL 3B 114 132 303 16 23 .965 .946 3.82 3.45 SS 12 37 41 2 13 .975 .944 6.50 5.00 1921 24 NYY AL 2B 124 260 412 27 35 .961 .956 5.42 5.35 3B 33 44 84 3 33 .977 .952 3.88 3.26 1922 25 NYY AL 2B 152 358 489 23 73 .974 .966 5.57 5.49 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 3.25 1923 26 NYY AL 2B 152 387 493 18 86 .980 .965 5.79 5.35 1924 27 NYY AL 2B 120 303 385 19 60 .973 .966 5.73 5.39 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 1925 28 NYY AL 2B 113 246 317 20 57 .966 .962 4.98 5.31 3B 10 18 19 0 2 1.000 .946 3.70 3.02 1926 29 NYY AL 2B 4 13 7 0 0 1.000 .966 5.00 5.33 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10 1927 30 CHW AL 2B 139 275 437 27 66 .963 .961 5.12 5.33 3B 6 8 13 0 0 1.000 .950 3.50 3.07 1928 31 CLE AL 3B 3 1 8 2 2 .818 .947 3.00 3.03 SS 2 3 4 2 2 .778 .933 3.50 4.75 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.30
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1919 22 NYY AL 1B 5 38 2 0 4 1.000 .988 8.00 10.44 1918 21 NYY AL 2B 3 3 4 0 1 1.000 .959 2.33 5.30 1919 22 NYY AL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.20 1921 24 NYY AL 2B 124 260 412 27 35 .961 .956 5.42 5.35 1922 25 NYY AL 2B 152 358 489 23 73 .974 .966 5.57 5.49 1923 26 NYY AL 2B 152 387 493 18 86 .980 .965 5.79 5.35 1924 27 NYY AL 2B 120 303 385 19 60 .973 .966 5.73 5.39 1925 28 NYY AL 2B 113 246 317 20 57 .966 .962 4.98 5.31 1926 29 NYY AL 2B 4 13 7 0 0 1.000 .966 5.00 5.33 1927 30 CHW AL 2B 139 275 437 27 66 .963 .961 5.12 5.33 1928 31 CLE AL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.30 1919 22 NYY AL 3B 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 3.23 1920 23 NYY AL 3B 114 132 303 16 23 .965 .946 3.82 3.45 1921 24 NYY AL 3B 33 44 84 3 33 .977 .952 3.88 3.26 1922 25 NYY AL 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 3.25 1925 28 NYY AL 3B 10 18 19 0 2 1.000 .946 3.70 3.02 1926 29 NYY AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10 1927 30 CHW AL 3B 6 8 13 0 0 1.000 .950 3.50 3.07 1928 31 CLE AL 3B 3 1 8 2 2 .818 .947 3.00 3.03 1918 21 NYY AL OF 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 .957 2.25 2.17 0 4 0 1917 20 NYY AL SS 7 12 13 2 3 .926 .929 3.57 4.84 1918 21 NYY AL SS 12 12 20 2 4 .941 .938 2.67 5.23 1919 22 NYY AL SS 2 4 7 1 1 .917 .940 5.50 5.05 1920 23 NYY AL SS 12 37 41 2 13 .975 .944 6.50 5.00 1924 27 NYY AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 1928 31 CLE AL SS 2 3 4 2 2 .778 .933 3.50 4.75
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 809 1846 2546 134 378 .970 .963 5.43 5.37 3B 172 203 432 21 60 .968 .947 3.69 3.36 SS 36 68 85 9 23 .944 .940 4.25 5.03 1B 5 38 2 0 4 1.000 .988 8.00 10.44 OF 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 .957 2.25 2.17 0 4 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1026 2163 3066 164 465 .970 .961 5.10 5.04
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1921   WS    NYY NYG     L   8  26   1   6  0  0  0   4   2   6  .231  .276  .231   0  0   2   1   0 
 1922   WS    NYY NYG     L   5  13   3   2  0  0  2   3   3   3  .154  .294  .615   0  0   0   1   0 
 1923   WS    NYY NYG     W   6  24   4  10  0  0  1   2   1   3  .417  .440  .542   1  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2  19  63   8  18  0  0  3   9   6  12  .286  .338  .429   1  0   2   2   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1921 AL-153-8
1922 AL-154-4
1923 AL-152-7

Triples
1923 AL-11-9
1924 AL-10-7

Home Runs
1920 AL-11-7

Strikeouts
1920 AL-84-1
1921 AL-68-5
1922 AL-64-4
1923 AL-65-3
1924 AL-45-7
1925 AL-49-10
1927 AL-56-5

Hit By Pitch
1921 AL-8-7

Sac. Hits
1921 AL-29-9
1922 AL-32-5
1927 AL-23-8

At Bats per Home Run
1920 AL-45.1-7

Outs
1922 AL-445-9

Youngest Player
1917 AL-20-10

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1417) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 15.9 (936) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 13.5 (984) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

January 13, 1927: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for Johnny Grabowski and Ray Morehart.

March 4, 1928: Selected off waivers by the Cleveland Indians from the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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