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Duane Ward
Roy Duane Ward

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 210 lb.

Debut April 12, 1986
  vs. HOU 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game June 22, 1995
Born May 28, 1964 in Park View, NM

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1982. (All Transactions)

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        Duane was an outstanding, durable setup man for the Blue Jays, and had a wonderful season as closer for the 1993 World Champions.

Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1986 22 TOT      0   2  12   1   0   0   7  0   18.0   25   17   16   2   12    9   1   1    88   0   1  8.00  3.98   50 2.056
         ATL NL   0   1  10   0   0   0   6  0   16.0   22   13   13   2    8    8   0   0    73   0   1  7.31  3.95   54 1.875
         TOR AL   0   1   2   1   0   0   1  0    2.0    3    4    3   0    4    1   1   1    15   0   0 13.50  4.27   32 3.500
 1987 23 TOR AL   1   0  12   1   0   0   4  0   11.7   14    9    9   0   12   10   0   0    57   2   0  6.94  4.52   65 2.229
 1988 24 TOR AL   9   3  64   0   0   0  32 15  111.7  101   46   41   5   60   91   5  10   487   8   3  3.30  3.94  119 1.442
 1989 25 TOR AL   4  10  66   0   0   0  39 15  114.7   94   55   48   4   58  122   5  13   494  11   0  3.77  3.66   97 1.326
 1990 26 TOR AL   2   8  73   0   0   0  39 11  127.7  101   51   49   9   42  112   1   5   508  10   0  3.45  4.11  119 1.120
 1991 27 TOR AL   7   6  81   0   0   0  46 23  107.3   80   36   33   3   33  132   2   6   428   3   0  2.77  4.23  153 1.053 CYA-9
 1992 28 TOR AL   7   4  79   0   0   0  35 12  101.3   76   27   22   5   39  103   1   7   414   3   0  1.95  4.11  210 1.135
 1993 29 TOR AL   2   3  71   0   0   0  70 45   71.7   49   17   17   4   25   97   1   7   282   2   0  2.13  4.34  203 1.033 MVP-22,CYA-5,AS
 1995 31 TOR AL   0   1   4   0   0   0   0  0    2.7   11   10    8   0    5    3   1   2    25   0   0 27.00  4.72   17 6.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Years            37       2       0    121         551       243      286       17  51  2783  39   4  3.28  4.05  124 1.256
 WL%= .464       32     462       0     272     666.7       268       32       679
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   5  67   0   0   0  39 17   97.7   80   39   35   4   41   99   2   7   407   5   0  3.28  4.05  124 1.256
 Career High      9  10  81   1   0   0  70 45  127.7  101   55   49   9   60  132   5  13   508  11   3  1.95  4.34  210 1.033

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1986 22 TOT     12    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         ATL NL  10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      462    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     81    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1986 22 TOT       1    1    0   0.0   102| .000  .267| .000  .338| .000  .403| .000  .741|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         ATL NL    1    1    0   0.0   102| .000  .267| .000  .338| .000  .403| .000  .741|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons         1    1    0   0.0   102| .000  .267| .000  .338| .000  .403| .000  .741|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1986 22 TOT P 12 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.58 0.67 3.50 1.90 1 18.0 ATL NL P 10 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.60 0.66 3.38 1.91 0 16.0 TOR AL P 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.70 4.50 1.80 1 2.0 1987 23 TOR AL P 12 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.67 3.08 1.85 1 11.7 1988 24 TOR AL P 64 6 12 1 0 .947 .963 0.28 0.67 1.45 1.78 0 111.7 1989 25 TOR AL P 66 5 21 1 2 .963 .959 0.39 0.66 2.04 1.87 0 114.7 1990 26 TOR AL P 73 9 18 1 0 .964 .954 0.37 0.59 1.90 1.78 0 127.7 1991 27 TOR AL P 81 9 11 1 1 .952 .957 0.25 0.58 1.68 1.80 0 107.3 1992 28 TOR AL P 79 4 11 1 0 .938 .955 0.19 0.56 1.33 1.72 0 101.3 1993 29 TOR AL P 71 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.08 0.56 0.75 1.79 0 71.7 AS 1995 31 TOR AL P 4 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.53 0.00 1.67 0 2.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1986 22 TOT P 12 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.58 0.67 3.50 1.90 1 18.0 ATL NL P 10 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.60 0.66 3.38 1.91 0 16.0 TOR AL P 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.70 4.50 1.80 1 2.0 1987 23 TOR AL P 12 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.67 3.08 1.85 1 11.7 1988 24 TOR AL P 64 6 12 1 0 .947 .963 0.28 0.67 1.45 1.78 0 111.7 1989 25 TOR AL P 66 5 21 1 2 .963 .959 0.39 0.66 2.04 1.87 0 114.7 1990 26 TOR AL P 73 9 18 1 0 .964 .954 0.37 0.59 1.90 1.78 0 127.7 1991 27 TOR AL P 81 9 11 1 1 .952 .957 0.25 0.58 1.68 1.80 0 107.3 1992 28 TOR AL P 79 4 11 1 0 .938 .955 0.19 0.56 1.33 1.72 0 101.3 1993 29 TOR AL P 71 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.08 0.56 0.75 1.79 0 71.7 1995 31 TOR AL P 4 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.53 0.00 1.67 0 2.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 462 37 86 6 3 .953 .957 0.27 0.60 1.66 1.80 2 666.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 462 37 86 6 3 .953 .957 0.27 0.60 1.66 1.80 2 667
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1989   ALCS  TOR OAK     L   2   0   7.36  0  0  0  0   3.2   6   3   3   5 
 1991   ALCS  TOR MIN     L   2   0   6.23  0  1  1  0   4.1   4   3   1   6 
 1992   ALCS  TOR OAK     W   3   0   6.75  1  0  0  0   4     6   3   1   2 
        WS    TOR ATL     W   4   0   0.00  2  0  0  0   3.1   1   0   1   6 
 1993   ALCS  TOR CHW     W   4   0   5.79  0  0  2  0   4.2   4   3   4   8 
        WS    TOR PHI     W   4   0   1.93  1  0  1  0   4.2   3   1   0   7 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Champ Series     2-2  11   0   6.48  1  1  3  0  16.2  20  12   9  21 
  2 World Series        2-0   8   0   1.12  3  0  1  0   8     4   1   1  13 
  6 Postseason Ser      4-2  19   0   4.74  4  1  4  0  24.2  24  13  10  34 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1989   ALCS  TOR OAK     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1991   ALCS  TOR MIN     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1992   ALCS  TOR OAK     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    TOR ATL     W   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1993   ALCS  TOR CHW     W   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    TOR PHI     W   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Champ Series     2-2  11   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        2-0   8   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   4-2  19   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1993   TOR AL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1993   TOR AL       Replaced by designated hitter.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1                                                                              
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1993 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1993-AL-22-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1991-AL-9-0.02
1993-AL-5-0.04
Car-185-0.06 shares

Games
1988 AL-64-5
1989 AL-66-8
1990 AL-73-2
1991 AL-81-1
1992 AL-79-2
1993 AL-71-3

Saves
1991 AL-23-10
1993 AL-45-1
Car-121-92

Wild Pitches
1988 AL-10-10
1989 AL-13-3

Games Finished
1993 AL-70-1

         

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (458) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 12 (1336) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 11.0 (708) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 34.0 (383) (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 

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1982.

July 6, 1986: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Toronto Blue Jays for Doyle Alexander.

November 2, 1995: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1988Toronto Blue Jays$80,000
1989Toronto Blue Jays$168,500
1990Toronto Blue Jays$300,000
1991Toronto Blue Jays$800,000
1992Toronto Blue Jays$2,425,000
1993Toronto Blue Jays$3,350,000
1994Toronto Blue Jays$4,000,000
1995Toronto Blue Jays$4,750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$15,873,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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