2B Lou Ward #40
Houston Drillers MLB
Age: 29 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Great
05/17/1976
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2B LOU WARD #40 - AGE: 29 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
38 128 33 6 2 2 20 16 14 .258 .356 .383 3 1.0
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 50 50 50
Gap 50 50 50 50
Power 50 50 45 50
Eye 65 70 60 65
Avoid K's 50 50 50 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 55 45
Errors: - 45 55
Arm: 20 50 35
Turn DP: - 70 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 30
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: 45 Center Field: -
2nd Base: 60 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 25
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 40
Stealing Aggressiveness: 50
Stealing Ability: 60
Baserunning Inst.: 50
Sacrifice Bunt: 40
Bunt for Hit: 40
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
05/16/1976 SEA Win, 1-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
05/16/1976 SEA Win, 7-5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/15/1976 SEA Win, 4-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
05/14/1976 SEA Loss, 2-7 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
05/13/1976 @ BAL Loss, 3-4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/12/1976 @ BAL Win, 14-7 4 1 3 4 0 1 0 0
05/11/1976 @ BAL Win, 4-1 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
05/09/1976 @ TCN Loss, 1-3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/09/1976 @ TCN Loss, 0-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
05/08/1976 @ TCN Win, 4-2 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Model of hard work and effort.
Personality Class: Sparkplug
High: Adaptability, Work Ethic
Low: Loyalty
Birthday:05/20/1946
Born in:Ft. Lee, NJ
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$320,000
Signed Through:1976 Season
Major Service:7 Years, 14 Days
Service This Yr:41 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:1968, 20th Pick in Round 1
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 38 128 33 6 2 2 20 17 16 14 .258 .356 .383 .739 .345 .125 123
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 37 149 4 0 0 4 0 1 49 10 3 1 75.0 18.1 4.85 .0  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   31 12 3 0 1 8 7 4 3 0 0 2 .387 .486 .581 1.067
Versus Right   97 21 3 2 1 12 10 12 11 1 0 2 .216 .312 .320 .632
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   25 6 0 2 0 6 1 3 4 0 0 0 .240 .321 .400 .721
April   76 21 6 0 1 11 12 7 8 1 0 4 .276 .364 .395 .758
May   52 12 0 2 1 9 5 9 6 0 0 0 .231 .344 .365 .710
Spring Training   47 15 0 0 0 4 2 10 5 0 0 1 .319 .448 .319 .767
Last Year   553 139 18 4 12 74 78 91 82 2 4 5 .251 .361 .363 .724
2 Years Ago   527 131 21 2 13 63 61 78 64 5 0 5 .249 .348 .370 .718
Career   3427 902 161 18 79 438 463 522 502 21 8 31 .263 .364 .390 .754
Home   59 10 1 1 1 7 7 7 10 1 0 2 .169 .275 .271 .547
Road   69 23 5 1 1 13 10 9 4 0 0 2 .333 .425 .478 .903
Grass   128 33 6 2 2 20 17 16 14 1 0 4 .258 .356 .383 .739
Day   83 20 3 1 2 9 9 6 8 0 0 2 .241 .308 .373 .681
Night   45 13 3 1 0 11 8 10 6 1 0 2 .289 .431 .400 .831
As Starter   127 33 6 2 2 20 17 16 14 1 0 4 .260 .358 .386 .744
As Reliever / Substitution   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   24 7 1 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 0 0 .292 .393 .333 .726
Inning 1-3   43 10 3 0 0 7 3 2 4 0 0 2 .233 .298 .302 .600
Inning 4-6   48 12 1 2 2 10 10 8 6 1 0 1 .250 .362 .479 .841
Inning 7-9   35 11 2 0 0 3 4 6 4 0 0 1 .314 .429 .371 .800
Extra Innings   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   42 10 2 0 0 4 7 8 2 1 0 0 .238 .353 .286 .639
1 Outs   40 9 0 1 0 3 4 5 5 0 0 2 .225 .340 .275 .615
2 Outs   46 14 4 1 2 13 6 3 7 0 0 2 .304 .373 .565 .938
Scoring Position   43 9 0 1 1 18 7 5 3 1 0 3 .209 .327 .326 .653
Bases Empty   66 17 5 1 1 1 8 8 10 0 0 1 .258 .347 .409 .756
Runner on 1st   19 7 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 .368 .455 .421 .876
Runner on 2nd   18 2 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 .111 .273 .278 .551
Runner on 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Runner on 1st & 2nd   8 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Runner on 1st & 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   10 6 0 1 0 12 4 1 1 0 0 0 .600 .636 .800 1.436
Two Strikes   61 13 2 0 2 8 7 7 14 0 0 1 .213 .304 .344 .649
First Pitch   13 5 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .385 .385 .615 1.000
Count 0-1   10 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .400 .417 .500 .917
Count 0-2   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250
Count 1-0   11 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .364 .364 .727
Count 1-1   9 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .400 .444 .844
Count 1-2   19 4 0 0 1 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 .211 .211 .368 .579
Count 2-0   7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 2-1   13 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 .154 .214 .231 .445
Count 2-2   17 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 .118 .118 .294 .412
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   4 1 0 1 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 .250 .700 .750 1.450
Full Count   22 7 2 0 0 2 4 7 3 0 0 0 .318 .483 .409 .892
Behind in Count   32 8 1 0 1 7 1 0 7 1 0 2 .250 .286 .375 .661
Ahead in Count   35 8 1 1 0 4 8 9 0 0 0 1 .229 .400 .314 .714
Batting 4th   18 6 2 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .400 .611 1.011
Batting 5th   28 8 0 0 0 8 6 4 3 1 0 2 .286 .400 .286 .686
Batting 6th   34 5 0 1 1 3 3 5 6 0 0 0 .147 .256 .294 .551
Batting 7th   47 14 4 1 0 5 4 7 5 0 0 0 .298 .389 .426 .814
Batting 9th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   58 13 3 0 1 3 5 5 9 0 0 2 .224 .308 .328 .635
Medium Leverage   45 14 3 1 1 8 10 10 3 1 0 2 .311 .448 .489 .937
High Leverage   23 6 0 1 0 9 2 1 2 0 0 0 .261 .292 .348 .639
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 Houston - MLB 23 29 61 14 2 0 2 12 7 6 1 0 15 0 1 .230 .309 .361 .669 92 94 -0.1
1970 Houston - MLB 24 140 483 143 31 3 10 63 88 109 6 5 98 2 5 .296 .428 .435 .863 142 150 4.8
1971 Houston - MLB 25 154 575 160 37 3 14 79 83 94 2 3 75 1 6 .278 .380 .426 .806 133 136 5.7
1972 Houston - MLB 26 151 554 140 18 2 13 54 74 63 4 2 72 5 6 .253 .332 .363 .695 114 114 3.6
1973 Houston - MLB 27 154 546 142 28 2 13 73 55 65 4 3 82 2 10 .260 .341 .390 .732 107 108 2.6
1974 Houston - MLB 28 159 527 131 21 2 13 63 61 78 5 5 64 4 6 .249 .348 .370 .718 111 110 1.6
1975 Houston - MLB 29 156 553 139 18 4 12 74 78 91 5 2 82 11 8 .251 .361 .363 .724 106 105 2.5
1976 Houston - MLB 30 38 128 33 6 2 2 20 17 16 4 1 14 3 1 .258 .356 .383 .739 114 123 1.0
Total MLB 981 3427 902 161 18 79 438 463 522 31 21 502 28 43 .263 .364 .390 .754 118 120 21.6
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
1968 Total - 22 46 196 60 9 1 6 44 48 32 5 0 21 22 5 .306 .416 .454 .870 100 100 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
1970 Houston - MLB 24 7 26 5 2 0 0 4 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 .192 .267 .269 .536 50 44 0.2
1973 Houston - MLB 27 16 57 13 0 0 3 10 7 6 1 0 8 0 0 .228 .312 .386 .698 97 97 1.0
1974 Houston - MLB 28 16 54 16 3 0 2 11 3 5 1 1 6 0 1 .296 .361 .463 .824 141 144 -0.0
1975 Houston - MLB 29 12 46 15 8 0 2 11 8 4 0 2 8 3 0 .326 .365 .630 .996 179 169 0.3
Total MLB 51 183 49 13 0 7 36 21 18 2 4 24 3 1 .268 .333 .454 .787 124 122
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1969 Houston - MLB 1B 5 0 14 1 2 15 0 1.000 10.0 13.50 +0.2 1.047
1969 Houston - MLB 2B 12 12 25 37 7 63 1 .984 97.2 5.71 -1.0 .964
1969 Houston - MLB 3B 2 2 2 5 1 8 1 .875 15.0 4.20 -0.0 1.051
1969 Houston - MLB SS 7 0 1 5 2 7 1 .857 12.2 4.26 -0.4 .788
1970 Houston - MLB 2B 135 134 306 405 110 726 15 .979 1163.1 5.50 +0.6 .997
1970 Houston - MLB 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 7.0 1.29 +0.0 1.050
1970 Houston - MLB SS 11 0 2 14 2 16 0 1.000 26.2 5.40 -0.5 .902
1971 Houston - MLB 1B 8 6 59 9 5 68 0 1.000 54.0 11.33 +0.6 .978
1971 Houston - MLB 2B 144 141 317 437 127 776 22 .972 1249.2 5.43 +10.5 1.026
1971 Houston - MLB 3B 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 .667 16.0 1.12 -0.6 .695
1971 Houston - MLB SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Houston - MLB 1B 4 0 17 1 4 18 0 1.000 15.0 10.80 +0.1 1.027
1972 Houston - MLB 2B 146 140 309 395 91 724 20 .972 1225.2 5.17 +1.6 1.016
1972 Houston - MLB 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Houston - MLB SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Houston - MLB 1B 4 0 13 0 4 13 0 1.000 11.0 10.64 +0.0 1.037
1973 Houston - MLB 2B 148 147 354 420 114 786 12 .985 1257.0 5.54 +5.1 1.025
1973 Houston - MLB SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 Houston - MLB 2B 153 148 362 375 98 760 23 .970 1304.1 5.09 -7.3 .974
1974 Houston - MLB 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 Houston - MLB SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 Houston - MLB 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 Houston - MLB 2B 153 148 376 402 125 794 16 .980 1307.2 5.35 -7.2 .962
1976 Houston - MLB 2B 37 37 82 81 19 167 4 .976 316.2 4.63 -2.1 .951
TOTAL 1B 21 6 103 11 15 114 0 1.000 90.0 11.40 +0.9 .993
TOTAL 2B 928 907 2131 2552 691 4796 113 .976 7922.0 5.32 +0.2 .998
TOTAL 3B 5 5 4 6 1 12 2 .833 38.0 2.37 -0.5 .944
TOTAL SS 18 0 3 19 4 23 1 .957 39.1 5.03 -0.8 .878
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1968 Drafted in the 1968 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 20, 20th overall pick) by the Houston Drillers, out of college Buffalo
10/31/1968 Named the #30 prospect in the MLB
11/19/1968 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $22,200.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (55); Power: 45 (55); Eye: 50 (70).
04/08/1969 Named the #32 prospect in the MLB
07/03/1969 Named the #18 prospect in the MLB
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: 45 (55); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 60 (70).
07/05/1970 Was selected to the 1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
08/26/1970 Goes 5-5 against the Baltimore Lords, with 1 2B, 2 RBI and 2 R.
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: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 70 (70).
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: 50 (50); Eye: 70 (70).
01/14/1972 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $1,280,000 with the Houston Drillers organization.
03/19/1972 Successfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Houston Drillers development complex.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 60 (65).
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 65 (65).
10/27/1974 Wins the 1974 World Series with the Houston Drillers.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 65 (65).
10/05/1975 Wins the 1975 MLB ABL Divisional Round MVP Award.
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 65 (65).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year PA Rank
1971 674 3
Year 2B Rank
1971 37 4
Year BB Rank
1970 109 4
1971 94 6
Year HP Rank
1970 6 10
Year OBP Rank
1970 .428 2
Year RC/27 Rank
1970 7.35 8
Year wOBA Rank
1970 .395 8
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