LF Lew Ward #33
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
05/31/1976
LF LEW WARD #33 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
48 186 43 3 0 5 22 21 28 .231 .319 .328 10 0.8
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 60 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.: 75
Sacrifice Bunt: 70
Bunt for Hit: 50
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
05/30/1976 SEA Loss, 3-5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/29/1976 SEA Win, 2-0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
05/28/1976 SEA Win, 9-1 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
05/27/1976 NYE Win, 4-1 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1
05/26/1976 NYE Win, 2-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
05/25/1976 NYE Win, 8-1 3 1 2 4 1 1 0 0
05/23/1976 @ DET Loss, 1-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
05/22/1976 @ DET Win, 7-3 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
05/21/1976 @ DET Loss, 0-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
05/20/1976 @ SEA Win, 3-1 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 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, 45 Days
Service This Yr:55 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 48 186 43 3 0 5 22 22 21 28 .231 .319 .328 .647 .300 .097 94
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 48 213 3 1 0 6 3 0 61 8 10 5 66.7 19.4 3.33 .8  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   54 15 2 0 2 9 10 8 10 0 1 3 .278 .400 .426 .826
Versus Right   132 28 1 0 3 13 12 13 18 0 2 0 .212 .283 .288 .571
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   21 7 1 0 1 5 3 3 4 0 0 0 .333 .417 .524 .940
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
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   2005 530 94 26 38 231 271 153 217 23 16 20 .264 .319 .394 .713
Home   90 19 1 0 2 10 11 13 16 0 0 0 .211 .311 .289 .600
Road   96 24 2 0 3 12 11 8 12 0 3 3 .250 .327 .365 .692
Grass   186 43 3 0 5 22 22 21 28 0 3 3 .231 .319 .328 .647
Day   113 29 2 0 2 12 12 18 19 0 0 1 .257 .364 .327 .691
Night   73 14 1 0 3 10 10 3 9 0 3 2 .192 .244 .329 .572
As Starter   186 43 3 0 5 22 22 21 28 0 3 3 .231 .319 .328 .647
Close/Late   39 10 0 0 1 4 2 2 6 0 3 0 .256 .293 .333 .626
Inning 1-3   66 18 2 0 1 7 7 8 9 0 0 1 .273 .360 .348 .708
Inning 4-6   63 11 1 0 1 4 9 8 11 0 0 2 .175 .288 .238 .526
Inning 7-9   50 11 0 0 3 10 6 5 7 0 2 0 .220 .291 .400 .691
Extra Innings   7 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .429 .429 .429 .857
0 Outs   60 15 0 0 1 6 6 6 5 0 3 0 .250 .318 .300 .618
1 Outs   62 12 2 0 1 5 8 3 13 0 0 1 .194 .242 .274 .517
2 Outs   64 16 1 0 3 11 8 12 10 0 0 2 .250 .385 .406 .791
Scoring Position   44 14 1 0 1 16 8 3 5 0 3 2 .318 .388 .409 .797
Bases Empty   101 19 1 0 2 2 10 12 19 0 0 0 .188 .274 .257 .532
Runner on 1st   41 10 1 0 2 4 4 6 4 0 0 1 .244 .354 .415 .769
Runner on 2nd   12 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 2 0 .083 .154 .333 .487
Runner on 3rd   5 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 .200 .429 .200 .629
Runner on 1st & 2nd   11 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .273 .333 .273 .606
Runner on 1st & 3rd   7 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .571 1.000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 3 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 .750 .800 .750 1.550
Bases Loaded   5 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200
Two Strikes   82 10 1 0 0 2 5 8 28 0 0 0 .122 .200 .134 .334
First Pitch   37 9 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 .243 .282 .324 .606
Count 0-1   17 5 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294 .294 .412 .706
Count 0-2   9 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 .444 .444 .444 .889
Count 1-0   15 8 0 0 1 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 .533 .533 .733 1.267
Count 1-1   12 5 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 .417 .462 .667 1.128
Count 1-2   32 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 .094 .094 .094 .188
Count 2-0   7 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 1.000 1.571
Count 2-1   9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .100 .000 .100
Count 2-2   25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 .040 .040 .040 .080
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   7 2 0 0 1 2 4 8 0 0 0 0 .286 .667 .714 1.381
Full Count   16 2 1 0 0 0 3 8 4 0 0 0 .125 .417 .188 .604
Behind in Count   58 12 2 0 0 4 3 0 14 0 0 0 .207 .207 .241 .448
Ahead in Count   38 14 0 0 3 10 10 12 0 0 0 1 .368 .529 .605 1.135
Batting 2nd   52 7 0 0 1 1 4 7 8 0 0 0 .135 .237 .192 .430
Batting 3rd   65 18 2 0 2 9 9 6 9 0 0 2 .277 .356 .400 .756
Batting 4th   18 5 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 .278 .350 .278 .628
Batting 5th   51 13 1 0 2 11 7 6 7 0 3 1 .255 .345 .392 .737
Low Leverage   82 18 0 0 3 8 11 10 13 0 0 0 .220 .304 .329 .634
Medium Leverage   68 17 3 0 2 6 7 7 12 0 1 1 .250 .329 .382 .711
High Leverage   36 8 0 0 0 8 4 3 3 0 2 2 .222 .317 .222 .539
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 48 186 43 3 0 5 22 22 21 3 0 28 10 5 .231 .319 .328 .647 87 94 0.8
Total MLB 646 2005 530 94 26 38 231 271 153 20 23 217 86 33 .264 .319 .394 .713 103 100 10.6
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 30 30 53 0 0 54 1 .981 261.0 1.83 +2.4 1.062
1976 Baltimore - MLB CF 18 18 39 2 0 42 1 .976 155.0 2.38 -0.9 .977
1976 Baltimore - MLB RF 4 0 6 1 0 7 0 1.000 16.1 3.86 +0.7 1.234
TOTAL LF 82 72 142 0 0 146 4 .973 625.0 2.04 +6.6 1.062
TOTAL CF 87 51 141 6 0 149 2 .987 513.1 2.58 -9.2 .943
TOTAL RF 395 364 686 21 0 720 13 .982 3227.1 1.97 +35.6 1.074
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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