Bio
- Debut
- 1878
Bio
- Debut
- 1878
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 292
- W
- 164
- L
- 102
- ERA
- 2.10
- IP
- 2461.2
- K
- 920
- BB
- 253
- WHIP
- 1.04
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878 | — | 37 | 22 | 13 | 1.51 | 334.0 | 116 | 34 | 1.02 |
| 1879 | — | 70 | 47 | 19 | 2.15 | 587.0 | 239 | 36 | 1.03 |
| 1880 | — | 70 | 39 | 24 | 1.74 | 595.0 | 230 | 45 | 0.92 |
| 1881 | — | 39 | 18 | 18 | 2.13 | 330.0 | 119 | 53 | 1.15 |
| 1882 | — | 33 | 19 | 12 | 2.59 | 278.0 | 72 | 36 | 1.07 |
| 1883 | SF | 34 | 16 | 13 | 2.70 | 277.0 | 121 | 31 | 1.12 |
| 1884 |  SF | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3.41 | 60.2 | 23 | 18 | 1.48 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 244
- SHO
- 24
- K/9
- 3.4
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878 | — | 0 | 37 | 6 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1879 | — | 0 | 58 | 2 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1880 | — | 0 | 59 | 8 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1881 | — | 0 | 32 | 3 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1882 | — | 0 | 29 | 4 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1883 | SF | 0 | 24 | 1 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1884 | SF | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were John Ward's career stats?
John Ward played 7 seasons for the Giants. He had 164 wins and 920 strikeouts with a 2.10 ERA over 2,461.2 innings. His best season was 1879: 47 wins, a 2.15 ERA and 239 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
7 seasons, 1878 to 1884
All-time career rank
- 207th in wins (pitching) (164)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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