Nickname:
Bats: L
Throws: R
Born: 07-24-1927
Birthplace: Columbia, MO, USA
Career Positions Played: 1B,OF,3B,LF,RF
Height: 6 ft., 3 in. Weight: 198 lbs.
(Preston Ward at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Offensive Rank: 960 / 5240
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1948 BRO:N 3 20 42 162 146 38 26 9 2 1 21 9 .260 .261 .329 .370 15 2 23 1 0 0 1948 BRO:N
1950 CHI:N 3 22 80 319 285 72 53 11 2 6 33 31 .253 .261 .317 .368 27 - 42 7 - 0 1950 CHI:N
1953 CHI:N 3,OF 25 33 119 100 23 14 5 0 4 12 10 .230 .266 .347 .400 18 - 21 1 - 0 1953 CHI:N
1953 PIT:N 3 25 88 331 281 59 43 7 1 8 27 35 .210 .266 .319 .327 44 - 39 5 - 1 1953 PIT:N
1954 PIT:N 3,5,OF 26 117 406 360 97 72 16 2 7 48 37 .269 .265 .341 .383 39 - 61 3 4 0 1954 PIT:N
1955 PIT:N 3,OF 27 84 208 179 38 22 7 4 5 25 16 .212 .259 .299 .380 22 4 28 5 2 0 1955 PIT:N
1956 CLE:A 3,7,9 28 87 170 150 38 22 10 0 6 21 18 .253 .260 .325 .440 16 0 20 4 0 0 1956 CLE:A
1956 PIT:N 5,OF 28 16 37 30 10 8 0 1 1 11 3 .333 .256 .444 .500 6 0 4 0 1 0 1956 PIT:N
1957 CLE:A 3 29 10 11 11 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 .182 .255 .182 .273 0 0 2 0 0 0 1957 CLE:A
1958 CLE:A 3,5 30 48 162 148 50 42 3 1 4 21 22 .338 .254 .384 .453 10 1 27 1 2 1 1958 CLE:A
1958 KC:A 3,5,OF 30 81 302 268 68 51 10 1 6 24 28 .254 .254 .322 .366 27 2 36 4 3 0 1958 KC:A
1959 KC:A 3,OF 31 58 119 109 27 20 4 1 2 19 8 .248 .253 .293 .358 7 1 12 0 3 0 1959 KC:A
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1948 BRO:N 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 .06 .00 .00 .33 3 0 0 1 54 111 57 38 22 1.50 0 37 1948 BRO:N
1950 CHI:N 22 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 105 - - - - - 6 - 1950 CHI:N
1953 CHI:N 25 3 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 40 - - - - - 3 - 1953 CHI:N
1953 PIT:N 25 1 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 92 - - - - - 6 - 1953 PIT:N
1954 PIT:N 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - - - - 138 - - - - - 5 - 1954 PIT:N
1955 PIT:N 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - - - - 68 - - - - - 3 - 1955 PIT:N
1956 CLE:A 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .20 .50 3 0 0 0 66 116 40 46 12 .87 0 35 1956 CLE:A
1956 PIT:N 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - - - - 15 - - - - - 0 - 1956 PIT:N
1957 CLE:A 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - 0 0 0 0 3 - - - - - 0 - 1957 CLE:A
1958 CLE:A 30 0 1 0 - 0 - - - - - - - - - 67 - - - - - 1 - 1958 CLE:A
1958 KC:A 30 0 1 0 - 0 - - - - - - - - - 98 - - - - - 3 - 1958 KC:A
1959 KC:A 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - - - - 39 - - - - - 3 - 1959 KC:A
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1948 BRO:N 20 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000
1950 CHI:N 22 - - - - - - - - -
1953 CHI:N 25 - - - 0 - - - - -
1953 PIT:N 25 - - - - - - - - -
1954 PIT:N 26 - - - - - - - - -
1955 PIT:N 27 - - - - - - - - -
1956 CLE:A 28 19 5 2 0 1 2 3 .263 .526
1956 PIT:N 28 - - 0 - - - - - -
1957 CLE:A 29 9 1 - 0 0 0 - .111 -
1958 CLE:A 30 - - - - - - - - -
1958 KC:A 30 - - - - - - - - -
1959 KC:A 31 32 8 - - 0 - - .250 -
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1948 BRO:N 20 59 13 5 1 1 8 11 .220 .390 87 25 4 1 0 7 12 .287 .356 1948 BRO:N
1950 CHI:N 22 137 33 3 2 2 19 24 .241 .336 148 39 8 0 4 8 18 .264 .399 1950 CHI:N
1953 CHI:N 25 49 13 4 0 2 10 12 .265 .469 51 10 1 0 2 9 9 .196 .333 1953 CHI:N
1953 PIT:N 25 136 30 4 1 3 23 15 .221 .331 145 29 3 0 5 22 24 .200 .324 1953 PIT:N
1954 PIT:N 26 162 43 10 1 4 18 24 .265 .414 198 54 6 1 3 22 37 .273 .359 1954 PIT:N
1955 PIT:N 27 123 33 5 3 5 14 18 .268 .480 56 5 2 1 0 8 10 .089 .161 1955 PIT:N
1956 CLE:A 28 74 22 7 0 4 8 11 .297 .554 76 16 3 0 2 8 9 .211 .329 1956 CLE:A
1956 PIT:N 28 13 4 0 1 1 1 3 .308 .692 17 6 0 0 0 5 1 .353 .353 1956 PIT:N
1957 CLE:A 29 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .333 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 1957 CLE:A
1958 CLE:A 30 51 21 1 0 0 2 8 .412 .431 97 29 2 1 4 8 19 .299 .464 1958 CLE:A
1958 KC:A 30 166 45 8 1 6 14 22 .271 .440 102 23 2 0 0 13 14 .225 .245 1958 KC:A
1959 KC:A 31 46 12 2 1 1 2 4 .261 .413 63 15 2 0 1 5 8 .238 .317 1959 KC:A
Bats: L AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1948 BRO:N 20 33 10 3 0 1 5 6 .303 .485 113 28 6 2 0 10 17 .248 .336 1948 BRO:N
1950 CHI:N 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1950 CHI:N
1953 CHI:N 25 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - 1953 CHI:N
1953 PIT:N 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1953 PIT:N
1954 PIT:N 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1954 PIT:N
1955 PIT:N 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1955 PIT:N
1956 CLE:A 28 30 5 2 0 0 4 9 .167 .233 120 33 8 0 6 12 11 .275 .492 1956 CLE:A
1956 PIT:N 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 29 10 0 1 1 6 3 .345 .517 1956 PIT:N
1957 CLE:A 29 - - - 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0 - - - 1957 CLE:A
1958 CLE:A 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1958 CLE:A
1958 KC:A 30 27 2 0 0 0 2 8 .074 .074 241 66 10 1 6 25 28 .274 .398 1958 KC:A
1959 KC:A 31 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 1.000 107 26 3 1 2 7 12 .243 .346 1959 KC:A
FIELDING STATS - FIRST BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1948 BRO:N 20 .990 .990 38 37 316.0 268 20 3 0 21
1950 CHI:N 22 .995 .990 76 - - 734 73 4 - 78
1953 CHI:N 25 1.000 .989 7 - - 49 1 0 0 9
1953 PIT:N 25 .991 .989 78 - - 693 64 7 - 65
1954 PIT:N 26 .984 .991 48 - - 338 41 6 - 31
1955 PIT:N 27 .998 .991 48 - - 384 35 1 - 41
1956 CLE:A 28 .988 .990 60 16 240.3 231 21 3 0 20
1957 CLE:A 29 1.000 .992 1 - - 3 0 0 0 0
1958 CLE:A 30 1.000 .991 21 - - 135 12 0 0 12
1958 KC:A 30 .989 .991 39 - - 346 23 4 - 28
1959 KC:A 31 .982 .990 22 - - 161 7 3 - 14
FIELDING STATS - THIRD BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1954 PIT:N 26 .900 .952 11 - - 7 20 3 - 0
1956 PIT:N 28 1.000 .956 5 - - 3 3 0 0 0
1958 CLE:A 30 .957 .951 24 - - 16 28 2 - 2
1958 KC:A 30 .905 .951 34 - - 23 53 8 - 4
FIELDING STATS - LEFT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1956 CLE:A 28 1.000 .979 14 12 97.0 23 0 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - RIGHT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1956 CLE:A 28 1.000 .979 3 2 16.0 5 1 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - OUTFIELD POSITIONS COMBINED (BREAKOUTS UNAVAILABLE)
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1953 CHI:N 25 .961 .980 27 - - 49 0 2 - 0
1954 PIT:N 26 .932 .975 42 - - 74 8 6 - 3
1955 PIT:N 27 .000 .977 1 - - 0 0 0 0 0
1956 PIT:N 28 1.000 .977 5 - - 2 0 0 0 0
1958 KC:A 30 1.000 .982 2 - - 3 0 0 0 0
1959 KC:A 31 .000 .980 1 - - 0 0 1 - 0
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 1,839 1,418 1,079 1,685 924 1,450 1,438 3,260 4,942
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Preston Ward - Historical Batting Stastistics
Preston Ward - Batting - Home / Road Splits
Preston Ward - Batting - Left / Right Splits
Fielding Statistics - First Base
Fielding Statistics - Third Base
Fielding Statistics - Left Field
Preston Ward - Fielding Statistics - Right Field
Preston Ward - Fielding Statistics - Outfield Combined
Itemized Sim Rankings - Offense
Itemized Sim Rankings - Pitching