RF Lew Ward #33
Pittsburgh Industrials MLB
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Great
10/13/1975
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RF LEW WARD #33 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
128 414 109 18 3 7 46 27 42 .263 .308 .372 15 1.6
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 60 60 60 60
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: 65
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.: 75
Sacrifice Bunt: 70
Bunt for Hit: 45
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/11/1975 CLE Win, 5-3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/10/1975 CLE Win, 8-1 4 0 3 2 0 0 1 0
10/07/1975 CHI Win, 7-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10/05/1975 @ CHI Loss, 3-7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10/04/1975 @ CHI Loss, 3-7 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10/03/1975 @ CHI Win, 4-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10/01/1975 CHI Win, 3-0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
09/30/1975 CHI Win, 9-0 3 2 2 3 0 1 0 0
09/28/1975 @ PHI Loss, 6-8 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
09/27/1975 @ PHI Win, 10-4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Ward has natural leadership abilities.
High: Leader, Adaptability
Birthday:07/04/1948
Born in:New York, NY
Nationality:American
Height:6' 3"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Very Popular
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$151,760
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 66 Days
Service This Yr:174 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 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 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 128 414 109 18 3 7 46 55 27 42 .263 .308 .372 .680 .307 .109 95
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 95 451 1 1 0 6 6 3 154 28 15 6 71.4 48.1 3.98 1.6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   141 37 5 1 4 19 19 11 10 1 3 1 .262 .318 .397 .715
Versus Right   273 72 13 2 3 27 36 16 32 2 3 0 .264 .302 .359 .661
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   12 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833
April   83 16 3 0 1 5 11 5 11 0 2 0 .193 .239 .265 .504
May   90 21 3 0 3 17 14 8 8 1 0 0 .233 .293 .367 .660
June   63 20 3 1 1 6 9 3 5 1 1 1 .317 .353 .444 .797
July   38 11 4 0 0 3 6 4 4 0 0 0 .289 .357 .395 .752
August   44 16 2 0 1 7 7 3 7 0 3 0 .364 .404 .477 .882
September   96 25 3 2 1 8 8 4 7 1 0 0 .260 .287 .365 .652
Spring Training   45 15 2 1 4 7 7 2 3 0 1 0 .333 .362 .689 1.051
Postseason   31 8 4 0 0 6 3 1 6 0 0 0 .258 .281 .387 .668
Last Year   551 155 34 14 9 53 78 40 53 9 5 6 .281 .332 .443 .775
2 Years Ago   571 155 26 5 15 89 83 50 62 9 1 2 .271 .328 .413 .741
Career   1819 487 91 26 33 209 249 132 189 23 13 17 .268 .319 .401 .720
Home   197 57 10 2 5 27 31 15 17 1 3 1 .289 .341 .437 .778
Road   217 52 8 1 2 19 24 12 25 2 3 0 .240 .277 .313 .590
Grass   414 109 18 3 7 46 55 27 42 3 6 1 .263 .308 .372 .680
Day   265 64 11 3 5 27 34 17 25 2 4 1 .242 .288 .362 .650
Night   149 45 7 0 2 19 21 10 17 1 2 0 .302 .344 .389 .733
As Starter   381 94 15 2 6 42 49 27 39 3 6 1 .247 .296 .344 .640
As Reliever / Substitution   33 15 3 1 1 4 6 0 3 0 0 0 .455 .455 .697 1.152
Pinch Hitting   30 13 2 1 1 4 6 0 3 0 0 0 .433 .433 .667 1.100
Close/Late   101 31 7 2 1 9 13 7 11 0 0 0 .307 .352 .446 .797
Inning 1-3   131 32 8 0 3 17 18 10 12 1 6 0 .244 .296 .374 .670
Inning 4-6   132 35 3 1 3 18 19 8 13 2 0 1 .265 .308 .371 .679
Inning 7-9   142 38 4 2 1 10 17 8 17 0 0 0 .268 .307 .345 .652
Extra Innings   9 4 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .444 .500 .778 1.278
0 Outs   150 37 6 0 3 10 21 8 15 2 6 1 .247 .286 .347 .632
1 Outs   139 38 7 3 1 18 21 11 16 1 0 0 .273 .325 .388 .713
2 Outs   125 34 5 0 3 18 13 8 11 0 0 0 .272 .316 .384 .700
Scoring Position   115 39 4 1 2 36 24 8 11 3 6 0 .339 .373 .443 .816
Bases Empty   231 55 10 1 3 3 22 14 28 0 0 0 .238 .282 .329 .611
Runner on 1st   68 15 4 1 2 7 9 5 3 0 0 1 .221 .284 .397 .681
Runner on 2nd   46 16 1 0 0 7 9 2 4 0 4 0 .348 .375 .370 .745
Runner on 3rd   8 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 .375 .400 .875 1.275
Runner on 1st & 2nd   28 9 0 0 0 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 .321 .424 .321 .746
Runner on 1st & 3rd   8 4 1 0 0 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 .500 .444 .625 1.069
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   13 3 0 0 1 8 3 0 0 1 1 0 .231 .214 .462 .676
Bases Loaded   12 4 0 0 1 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .583 .917
Two Strikes   146 21 0 0 2 12 11 14 42 2 0 0 .144 .216 .185 .401
First Pitch   85 29 7 1 0 6 20 1 0 0 1 1 .341 .356 .447 .803
Count 0-1   42 11 3 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 .262 .262 .381 .643
Count 0-2   31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 .065 .065 .065 .129
Count 1-0   49 18 2 1 0 7 4 0 0 0 1 0 .367 .367 .449 .816
Count 1-1   36 15 4 0 4 13 8 0 0 1 1 0 .417 .405 .861 1.267
Count 1-2   47 7 0 0 1 6 4 0 10 0 0 0 .149 .149 .213 .362
Count 2-0   16 5 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .312 .312 .562 .875
Count 2-1   29 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 .241 .276 .517
Count 2-2   43 9 0 0 1 4 4 0 11 1 0 0 .209 .205 .279 .484
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   11 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 .273 .500 .273 .773
Full Count   25 3 0 0 0 2 3 14 7 1 0 0 .120 .425 .120 .545
Behind in Count   120 20 3 1 1 9 8 0 24 0 3 0 .167 .167 .233 .400
Ahead in Count   105 33 4 1 1 12 12 12 0 0 1 0 .314 .385 .400 .785
Batting Leadoff   64 20 4 0 1 5 10 5 10 1 0 0 .312 .357 .422 .779
Batting 2nd   127 32 5 0 3 13 18 9 14 1 5 0 .252 .299 .362 .661
Batting 3rd   4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Batting 4th   42 7 2 0 0 6 6 6 3 0 0 1 .167 .286 .214 .500
Batting 5th   21 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .095 .136 .143 .279
Batting 6th   36 13 1 0 1 4 4 2 5 0 1 0 .361 .395 .472 .867
Batting 7th   75 17 2 1 1 11 8 3 6 0 0 0 .227 .256 .320 .576
Batting 8th   24 8 1 2 0 4 5 1 2 1 0 0 .333 .346 .542 .888
Batting 9th   21 9 1 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 .429 .429 .619 1.048
Low Leverage   177 40 4 1 1 6 19 16 20 0 0 0 .226 .290 .277 .567
Medium Leverage   157 44 10 1 2 18 22 7 13 2 6 1 .280 .311 .395 .706
High Leverage   79 25 4 1 4 22 14 4 8 1 0 0 .316 .345 .544 .890
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 87 95 1.6
Total MLB 598 1819 487 91 26 33 209 249 132 17 23 189 76 28 .268 .319 .401 .720 103 101 9.9
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 8 31 8 4 0 0 6 3 1 0 0 6 1 0 .258 .281 .387 .668 83 93 0.5
Total MLB 41 154 42 12 2 5 24 24 11 0 0 20 9 0 .273 .321 .474 .795 123 124
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
TOTAL LF 52 42 89 0 0 92 3 .967 364.0 2.20 +4.2 1.062
TOTAL CF 69 33 102 4 0 107 1 .991 358.1 2.66 -8.2 .931
TOTAL RF 391 364 680 20 0 713 13 .982 3211.0 1.96 +34.8 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.
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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