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Jay Ward
John Francis Ward

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut May 6, 1963
  vs. LAA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 7, 1970
Born September 9, 1938 in Brookfield, MO

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1963 24 MIN AL   9   15    0    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   5  .067  .125  .133  -28    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1964 25 MIN AL  12   31    4    7   2  0   0    2   0  0   6  13  .226  .351  .290   81    9   0   0   1   0   0
 1970 31 CIN NL   6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   1  .000  .400  .000   16    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       27   49    4    8   3  0   0    4   0  0   9  19  .163  .293  .224   46   11   0   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        294   24   48  18  0   0   24   0  0  54 114  .163  .293  .224   46   66   0   0   6   0   0
 Career High     12   31    4    7   2  0   0    2   0  0   6  13                           9   0   0   1   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1963 24 MIN AL   16   14    0   0.0    96| .067  .258| .125  .324| .133  .398| .258  .722| -28  .000  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1964 25 MIN AL   37   24    4   4.5    97| .226  .257| .351  .325| .290  .399| .641  .724|  81  .526  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1970 31 CIN NL    5    3    0   0.0   107| .000  .272| .400  .345| .000  .415| .400  .760|  16  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        58   41    4   2.6    97| .163  .258| .293  .327| .224  .400| .517  .726|  46  .293  -3.3  -0.4   0%

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1963 24 MIN AL 3B 4 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.85 2.06 3.01 4 35.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 3.0 1964 25 MIN AL 2B 9 21 21 1 4 .977 .979 4.67 4.54 5.04 5.17 9 75.0 LF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.47 9.00 1.80 0 4.0 1970 31 CIN NL 3B 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.60 6.75 2.93 0 4.0 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.40 9.00 9.90 0 2.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 0.00 5.40 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1970 31 CIN NL 1B 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.40 9.00 9.90 0 2.0 1964 25 MIN AL 2B 9 21 21 1 4 .977 .979 4.67 4.54 5.04 5.17 9 75.0 1970 31 CIN NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1963 24 MIN AL 3B 4 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.85 2.06 3.01 4 35.0 1970 31 CIN NL 3B 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.60 6.75 2.93 0 4.0 1963 24 MIN AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 3.0 1964 25 MIN AL LF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.47 9.00 1.80 0 4.0 1963 24 MIN AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.10 0 3.0 1964 25 MIN AL OF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.80 9.00 2.02 0 4.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 10 21 21 1 4 .977 .979 4.20 4.56 4.97 5.17 9 76.0 3B* 6 5 6 0 0 1.000 .948 1.83 2.77 2.54 3.00 4 39.0 LF* 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.50 5.14 1.80 0 7.0 1B* 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.40 9.00 9.90 0 2.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 21 32 27 1 5 .983 .974 2.81 3.71 4.28 4.39 13 124
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

Before 1956 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

December 2, 1958: Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics from the New York Yankees in the 1958 minor league draft.

October 11, 1961: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Stan Johnson and Bobby Prescott to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Gordie Windhorn and Bill Lajoie (minors).

July 26, 1962: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Minnesota Twins for Bert Cueto.

Before 1969 Season: Sent from the Minnesota Twins to the Cleveland Indians in an unknown transaction.

February 18, 1970: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Cincinnati Reds for Steve Mingori.


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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