Piggy Ward stats

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Piggy Ward played 6 MLB seasons, 1883 to 1894.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
221
AB
780
R
172
H
223
HR
1
RBI
0
SB
86
AVG
.286
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1883PHI1500000.000
1889PHI72504001.160
1891PIT61836003.333
1892—5618628541010.290
1893—5319955540031.271
1894—98347861050041.303

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
964
TB
281
XBH
40
HBP
23
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1883PHI5000000
1889PHI25510000
1891PIT22601000
1892—22173124000
1893—2486797000
1894—4431301811000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
1.0
RC
157.5
RC/27
7.60
ISOP
.074
SECA
.385
BB/K
2.14
AB/HR
780.0
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1883PHI0.0-0.5-2.8.0000000
1889PHI0.00.40.5.0400.1000
1891PIT0.23.98.9.0000.3100
1892—0.0357.2.1020.31.71860
1893—0.840.67.6.0650.43.500
1894—0.078.48.6.0720.42.600

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
159 yearsApr 16, 1867
Debut
1883

What were Piggy Ward's career stats?

Piggy Ward played 6 seasons for the Phillies and the Pirates. He was a career .286 hitter with 223 hits, 1 home run and 0 RBI. His best season was 1891: a .333 batting average, 0 home runs and 0 RBI.

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