Preston Ward stats
Last played for the Athletics, 1959
Bio
- Debut
- 1948
Bio
- Debut
- 1948
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 744
- AB
- 2,067
- R
- 219
- H
- 522
- HR
- 50
- RBI
- 262
- SB
- 7
- AVG
- .253
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | LAD | 42 | 146 | 9 | 38 | 1 | 21 | 0 | .260 |
| 1950 | CHC | 80 | 285 | 31 | 72 | 6 | 33 | 3 | .253 |
| 1953 |  CHC/PIT | 121 | 381 | 45 | 82 | 12 | 39 | 4 | .215 |
| 1954 | PIT | 117 | 360 | 37 | 97 | 7 | 48 | 0 | .269 |
| 1955 | PIT | 84 | 179 | 16 | 38 | 5 | 25 | 0 | .212 |
| 1956 |  PIT/CLE | 103 | 180 | 21 | 48 | 7 | 32 | 0 | .267 |
| 1957 | CLE | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| 1958 |  CLE/ATH | 129 | 416 | 50 | 118 | 10 | 45 | 0 | .284 |
| 1959 | ATH | 58 | 109 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 19 | 0 | .248 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,346
- TB
- 785
- XBH
- 148
- HBP
- 2
- IBB
- 8
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | LAD | 162 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | CHC | 319 | 105 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | CHC/PIT | 450 | 132 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | PIT | 406 | 138 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | PIT | 208 | 68 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | PIT/CLE | 207 | 81 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | CLE | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | CLE/ATH | 464 | 165 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATH | 119 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -1.1
- RC
- 276.4
- RC/27
- 4.70
- ISOP
- .127
- SECA
- .239
- BB/K
- 0.73
- AB/HR
- 41.3
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | LAD | 0.1 | 19 | 4.7 | .110 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 146 | 0 |
| 1950 | CHC | 0.2 | 36.2 | 4.4 | .116 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 47.5 | 0 |
| 1953 | CHC/PIT | -1.0 | 47.9 | 4.2 | .131 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 31.8 | 0 |
| 1954 | PIT | -0.4 | 50.3 | 5 | .114 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 51.4 | 0 |
| 1955 | PIT | -0.1 | 22.1 | 4 | .168 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 35.8 | 0 |
| 1956 | PIT/CLE | 0.8 | 29.6 | 5.8 | .183 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 25.7 | 0 |
| 1957 | CLE | -0.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | .091 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | CLE/ATH | -0.2 | 59.1 | 5.1 | .113 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 41.6 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATH | -0.4 | 12 | 3.8 | .110 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 54.5 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Preston Ward's career stats?
Preston Ward played 9 seasons for the Dodgers, the Cubs, the Pirates, the Guardians and the Athletics. He was a career .253 hitter with 522 hits, 50 home runs and 262 RBI. His best season was 1958: a .284 batting average, 10 home runs and 45 RBI.