LF Lew Ward #33
Age: 28 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
10/01/1976
LF LEW WARD #33 - AGE: 28 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
140 447 109 15 0 11 51 38 62 .244 .310 .351 17 1.8
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 55 55 55 55
Gap 50 50 50 50
Power 50 50 50 50
Eye 45 45 45 45
Avoid K's 55 55 55 55
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 30 65
Errors: - 30 55
Arm: 20 45 55
Turn DP: - 25 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 70
1st Base: - Center Field: 55
2nd Base: - Right Field: 65
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 65
Stealing Aggressiveness: 75
Stealing Ability: 70
Baserunning Inst.: 80
Sacrifice Bunt: 70
Bunt for Hit: 45
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/26/1976 MON Loss, 2-10 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
09/25/1976 MON Loss, 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/24/1976 MON Win, 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/22/1976 @ CHH Win, 4-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/21/1976 @ CHH Loss, 1-4 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
09/19/1976 @ TOR Win, 7-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/19/1976 @ TOR Win, 6-1 4 1 3 4 0 0 0 0
09/17/1976 @ TOR Win, 5-2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/16/1976 @ MON Win, 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/15/1976 @ MON Loss, 3-4 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1
PERSONALITY
Ward is a vocal leader in the clubhouse.
High: Leader, Adaptability
Birthday:07/04/1948
Born in:New York, NY
Nationality:American
Height:6' 3"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$420,000
Signed Through:1979 Season
Major Service:7 Years, 66 Days
Service This Yr:174 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1966, 23rd Pick in Round 4
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1976 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 140 447 109 15 0 11 51 51 38 62 .244 .310 .351 .661 .301 .107 94
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 112 497 5 3 0 15 6 1 157 26 17 14 54.8 44.5 3.21 1.8  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   169 49 7 0 5 26 26 17 26 1 1 5 .290 .370 .420 .790
Versus Right   278 60 8 0 6 25 25 21 36 0 5 0 .216 .271 .309 .580
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   10 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 .200 .385 .200 .585
April   83 21 2 0 3 10 10 9 10 0 0 2 .253 .340 .386 .726
May   103 22 1 0 2 12 12 12 18 0 3 1 .214 .302 .282 .583
June   98 24 4 0 2 8 8 4 11 0 1 1 .245 .282 .347 .628
July   83 18 3 0 2 11 10 5 12 1 2 0 .217 .258 .325 .584
August   36 13 3 0 2 4 7 1 5 0 0 1 .361 .395 .611 1.006
September   44 11 2 0 0 6 4 7 6 0 0 0 .250 .353 .295 .648
Spring Training   47 16 2 0 1 4 6 9 7 0 0 0 .340 .446 .447 .893
Last Year   414 109 18 3 7 46 55 27 42 3 6 1 .263 .308 .372 .680
2 Years Ago   551 155 34 14 9 53 78 40 53 9 5 6 .281 .332 .443 .775
Career   2266 596 106 26 44 260 300 170 251 24 19 22 .263 .317 .391 .708
Home   213 50 4 0 7 29 26 22 32 1 1 1 .235 .308 .352 .660
Road   234 59 11 0 4 22 25 16 30 0 5 4 .252 .311 .350 .661
Grass   447 109 15 0 11 51 51 38 62 1 6 5 .244 .310 .351 .661
Day   266 71 13 0 7 34 31 25 40 1 3 2 .267 .333 .395 .728
Night   181 38 2 0 4 17 20 13 22 0 3 3 .210 .274 .287 .561
As Starter   425 102 12 0 10 49 48 36 60 1 6 5 .240 .306 .339 .645
As Reliever / Substitution   22 7 3 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 .318 .375 .591 .966
Pinch Hitting   15 7 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 .467 .500 .867 1.367
Close/Late   114 27 6 0 4 11 11 9 18 0 4 0 .237 .293 .395 .687
Inning 1-3   155 41 4 0 1 18 12 11 20 1 1 1 .265 .315 .310 .625
Inning 4-6   142 33 5 0 4 14 22 14 20 0 1 3 .232 .314 .352 .667
Inning 7-9   132 27 4 0 6 17 14 11 21 0 3 1 .205 .271 .371 .642
Extra Innings   18 8 2 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 .444 .500 .556 1.056
0 Outs   153 42 4 0 5 15 22 14 15 0 5 1 .275 .339 .399 .738
1 Outs   145 28 6 0 2 13 15 7 27 1 1 1 .193 .234 .276 .510
2 Outs   149 39 5 0 4 23 14 17 20 0 0 3 .262 .349 .376 .725
Scoring Position   104 34 6 0 3 40 16 7 10 1 6 3 .327 .383 .471 .854
Bases Empty   259 56 6 0 6 6 27 20 44 0 0 1 .216 .275 .309 .584
Runner on 1st   84 19 3 0 2 5 8 11 8 0 0 1 .226 .323 .333 .656
Runner on 2nd   33 6 1 0 1 5 3 3 5 0 5 0 .182 .250 .303 .553
Runner on 3rd   10 4 1 0 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 1 .400 .500 .500 1.000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   25 8 1 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 .320 .414 .360 .774
Runner on 1st & 3rd   15 4 1 0 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 .267 .250 .533 .783
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   11 7 1 0 1 15 5 0 2 0 1 1 .636 .667 1.000 1.667
Bases Loaded   10 5 1 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .600 1.100
Two Strikes   183 38 7 0 2 16 15 14 62 0 0 0 .208 .264 .279 .543
First Pitch   84 24 2 0 3 9 11 3 0 0 2 2 .286 .326 .417 .743
Count 0-1   48 14 3 0 1 8 6 0 0 1 1 1 .292 .300 .417 .717
Count 0-2   20 7 1 0 0 3 1 0 9 0 0 0 .350 .350 .400 .750
Count 1-0   42 14 3 0 1 7 6 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .476 .810
Count 1-1   34 6 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 .176 .200 .265 .465
Count 1-2   67 12 2 0 1 4 4 0 21 0 0 0 .179 .179 .254 .433
Count 2-0   19 7 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .368 .368 .526 .895
Count 2-1   23 4 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 .174 .208 .304 .513
Count 2-2   58 11 2 0 1 8 5 0 21 0 0 0 .190 .190 .276 .466
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   14 2 0 0 1 2 6 15 0 0 0 0 .143 .586 .357 .943
Full Count   38 8 2 0 0 1 5 14 11 0 0 0 .211 .423 .263 .686
Behind in Count   135 33 6 0 2 15 11 0 30 1 1 1 .244 .248 .333 .582
Ahead in Count   98 27 3 0 4 13 17 21 0 0 1 1 .276 .408 .429 .837
Batting Leadoff   43 10 1 0 0 3 6 5 8 0 0 0 .233 .312 .256 .568
Batting 2nd   74 13 1 0 2 3 8 9 10 0 0 0 .176 .265 .270 .535
Batting 3rd   108 28 4 0 3 11 13 10 16 0 0 3 .259 .339 .380 .718
Batting 4th   37 10 0 0 1 5 5 4 6 1 0 0 .270 .333 .351 .685
Batting 5th   96 25 5 0 2 19 11 8 12 0 3 2 .260 .330 .375 .705
Batting 6th   32 8 0 0 1 2 2 1 5 0 2 0 .250 .273 .344 .616
Batting 7th   44 12 2 0 2 8 5 1 4 0 1 0 .273 .289 .455 .743
Batting 8th   1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 9th   12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .333 .500
Low Leverage   175 37 3 0 5 10 16 16 33 0 0 1 .211 .281 .314 .596
Medium Leverage   179 49 6 0 5 19 22 13 22 0 2 1 .274 .326 .391 .717
High Leverage   93 23 6 0 1 22 13 8 7 1 4 3 .247 .324 .344 .668
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1969 Pittsburgh - MLB 20 7 18 2 1 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 3 0 0 .111 .273 .167 .439 33 2 0.0
1970 Pittsburgh - MLB 21 54 74 21 6 2 1 6 16 3 4 0 7 2 1 .284 .346 .459 .805 121 123 0.6
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB 22 31 62 14 2 1 0 2 7 3 2 0 7 0 2 .226 .284 .290 .574 69 58 -0.2
1972 Pittsburgh - MLB 23 74 129 31 4 1 1 11 9 5 2 2 15 2 2 .240 .275 .310 .585 72 76 0.6
1973 Pittsburgh - MLB 24 155 571 155 26 5 15 89 83 50 2 9 62 23 8 .271 .328 .413 .741 106 98 2.7
1974 Pittsburgh - MLB 25 149 551 155 34 14 9 53 78 40 6 9 53 34 9 .281 .332 .443 .775 123 119 4.7
1975 Pittsburgh - MLB 26 128 414 109 18 3 7 46 55 27 1 3 42 15 6 .263 .308 .372 .680 91 94 1.5
1976 Baltimore - MLB 27 140 447 109 15 0 11 51 51 38 5 1 62 17 14 .244 .310 .351 .661 89 94 1.8
Total MLB 738 2266 596 106 26 44 260 300 170 22 24 251 93 42 .263 .317 .391 .708 101 99 11.6
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1966 Total - 17 23 97 43 10 5 2 27 32 9 4 2 4 11 2 .443 .500 .711 1.211 100 100 2.0
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB 22 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -112 -0.1
1972 Pittsburgh - MLB 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0.0
1973 Pittsburgh - MLB 24 14 56 18 3 0 4 13 13 3 0 0 5 2 0 .321 .356 .589 .945 160 153 1.2
1974 Pittsburgh - MLB 25 16 66 16 5 2 1 5 8 7 0 0 9 6 0 .242 .315 .424 .739 113 118 1.0
1975 Pittsburgh - MLB 26 13 48 13 4 0 0 8 5 2 0 0 7 2 0 .271 .300 .354 .654 84 90 0.5
Total MLB 46 171 47 12 2 5 26 26 12 0 0 21 10 0 .275 .322 .456 .779 119 120
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1969 Pittsburgh - MLB CF 1 1 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 9.0 6.00 +0.2 .979
1969 Pittsburgh - MLB RF 6 4 8 1 0 10 1 .900 39.2 2.04 +1.8 1.566
1970 Pittsburgh - MLB LF 15 13 27 0 0 28 1 .964 113.0 2.15 +1.3 1.058
1970 Pittsburgh - MLB CF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 -0.0 .974
1970 Pittsburgh - MLB RF 7 0 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 11.1 3.97 +0.0 .979
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB LF 7 6 10 0 0 12 2 .833 46.0 1.96 +0.7 1.086
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB CF 5 3 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 28.0 2.57 -1.8 .783
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB RF 13 5 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 58.1 1.85 +0.1 .987
1972 Pittsburgh - MLB LF 8 5 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 50.0 2.34 +0.8 1.063
1972 Pittsburgh - MLB CF 9 3 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 36.0 1.75 -0.3 .993
1972 Pittsburgh - MLB RF 16 14 26 0 0 26 0 1.000 122.0 1.92 +1.9 1.104
1973 Pittsburgh - MLB LF 5 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 17.0 2.12 +0.8 1.373
1973 Pittsburgh - MLB CF 27 18 45 3 0 48 0 1.000 175.2 2.46 -2.6 .930
1973 Pittsburgh - MLB RF 133 130 242 5 0 253 6 .976 1135.1 1.96 +12.4 1.058
1974 Pittsburgh - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 Pittsburgh - MLB CF 10 3 13 0 0 14 1 .929 40.1 2.90 -2.4 .870
1974 Pittsburgh - MLB RF 138 137 251 7 0 264 6 .977 1188.2 1.95 +11.6 1.070
1975 Pittsburgh - MLB LF 16 16 35 0 0 35 0 1.000 137.0 2.30 +0.7 1.032
1975 Pittsburgh - MLB CF 15 5 22 1 0 23 0 1.000 67.1 3.07 -1.3 1.007
1975 Pittsburgh - MLB RF 78 74 136 7 0 143 0 1.000 655.2 1.96 +7.0 1.091
1976 Baltimore - MLB LF 90 80 150 1 0 154 3 .981 695.2 1.95 +6.8 1.051
1976 Baltimore - MLB CF 20 18 42 2 0 45 1 .978 160.0 2.48 -0.6 .985
1976 Baltimore - MLB RF 28 14 44 5 0 49 0 1.000 167.1 2.64 +2.7 1.083
TOTAL LF 142 122 239 1 0 246 6 .976 1059.2 2.04 +11.0 1.055
TOTAL CF 89 51 144 6 0 152 2 .987 518.1 2.60 -8.9 .946
TOTAL RF 419 378 724 25 0 762 13 .983 3378.1 2.00 +37.5 1.073
PLAYER HISTORY
12/11/1966 Drafted in the 1966 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 23, 107th overall pick) by the Pittsburgh Industrials, out of high school Brunswick (Brunswick; Greenwich, CT).
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (50); Power: 25 (40); Eye: 30 (40).
07/06/1967 Named the #96 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 25 (40); Eye: 30 (40).
07/04/1968 Named the #78 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (55); Power: 35 (50); Eye: 30 (45).
08/23/1969 Injured (flu-like symptoms),day-to-day for 1 day.
11/17/1969 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $23,400.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 40 (50); Eye: 35 (40).
11/17/1970 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $24,800.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 40 (40).
11/13/1971 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $26,400.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 45 (50); Eye: 40 (45).
11/10/1972 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $55,000.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
05/07/1973 Wins the MLB NBL Player of the Week Award.
05/17/1973 Goes 5-6 against the Washington Eagles, with 1 2B, 2 RBI and 1 R.
06/04/1973 Injured (shoulder inflammation),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
10/17/1973 Wins the 1973 World Series with the Pittsburgh Industrials.
10/23/1973 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $65,000 with the Pittsburgh Industrials organization.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
04/11/1974 Injured (bruised elbow),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
07/18/1974 Injured (strained abdominal muscle),day-to-day for 3 days.
08/09/1974 Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for one week.
11/14/1974 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $151,760.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
03/14/1975 Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for 1 day.
10/14/1975 Injured (forearm cramp),day-to-day for 4 days.
11/18/1975 Became a free agent.
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
01/16/1976 Signed a 4-year contract worth a total of $1,610,000 with the Baltimore Lords organization.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year 3B Rank
1974 14 2
Year IBB Rank
1973 20 3
Year HP Rank
1974 6 7
Year SF Rank
1973 9 2
1974 9 1
Year EBH Rank
1974 57 8
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