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Gary Ward
Gary Lamell Ward

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 202 lb.

MLB Debut September 3, 1979
Final Game October 3, 1990
Born December 6, 1953 in Los Angeles, CA (age 71)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1980 26 MNA AL   14   35    4   10   4   0   0    3   0   0    0    9  .286  .286  .400  .686    93    14   0   0   0   0   2  
 1981 27 MNA AL  120  439   46  114   6   7   7   42   5   3   26   74  .260  .299  .353  .652    89   155   3   3   0   0  14  
 1982 28 MNA AL  149  573   85  152  36   4  28  108   2   1   39  126  .265  .310  .489  .798   105   280   0   5   2   0  18  
 1983 29 TEA AL  159  647  100  186  31   5  22  102   4   1   55  106  .287  .343  .453  .796   106   293   0   6   5   3  19  MVP-10
 1984 30 TEA AL  160  625   85  206  24   4  25  100   3   2   61   94  .330  .388  .501  .888   119   313   0   3   1   0  23  MVP-7
 1985 31 TEA AL  156  617   80  183  29   5  18   83  25   7   41  107  .297  .339  .447  .787   105   276   0   2   0   0  21  
 1986 32 TEA AL  105  388   72  135  13   1   6   58  13   3   35   86  .348  .401  .433  .834   113   168   0   2   7   1   9  
 1987 33 SFN NL   18   27    2    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .259  .355  .333  .688    92     9   0   0   0   0   1  
 1988 34 MON NL   68  212   18   56  17   0   6   27   0   0   14   43  .264  .319  .429  .748   108    91   3   0   0   3   3  
 1989 35 NYA AL   51  144   18   37   6   2   5   22   1   2   14   33  .257  .319  .431  .749   106    62   0   2   0   0   4  
         CIN NL   16   58   10   14   4   0   0    9   0   1    6    9  .241  .312  .310  .623    90    18   0   0   0   0   0  
         TOT      67  202   28   51  10   2   5   31   1   3   20   42  .252  .317  .396  .713          80   0   2   0   0   4 
 1990 36 CIN NL   81  231   29   67  10   3   7   36   0   1   20   45  .290  .348  .450  .798   107   104   0   1   3   1   8  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     1097 3996  549 1167 182  31 124  593  53  21  315  736  .292  .343  .446  .789        1783   6  24  18   8 122
 Per 600 PA           551   76  161  25   4  17   82   7   3   43  102                                 246   1   3   2   1  17
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With TEA      580 2277  337  710  97  15  71  343  45  13  192  393  .312  .364  .461  .826        1050   0  13  13   4  72
   With MNA      283 1047  135  276  46  11  35  153   7   4   65  209  .264  .304  .429  .733         449   3   8   2   0  34
   With CIN       97  289   39   81  14   3   7   45   0   2   26   54  .280  .341  .422  .763         122   0   1   3   1   8
   With MON       68  212   18   56  17   0   6   27   0   0   14   43  .264  .319  .429  .748          91   3   0   0   3   3
   With NYA       51  144   18   37   6   2   5   22   1   2   14   33  .257  .319  .431  .749          62   0   2   0   0   4
   With SFN       18   27    2    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    4  .259  .355  .333  .688           9   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1287 4479  594 1236 196  41 130  597  83  30  351  775  .276  .328  .425  .753        1904  14  35  28  13 152
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1980 26 MNA AL  63    3   3.2   7   4   0  .571   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e13 -584   
 1981 27 MNA AL  38   43   3.4   5   2   0  .400   4   36   19  .528    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e10  -32   
 1982 28 MNA AL  30   81   5.0   3   1   0  .333   0   53   46  .868    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e4    -51   
 1983 29 TEA AL  30   98   5.4   0   0   0  .000   9   66   43  .652    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e10    30   
 1984 30 TEA AL  28  116   7.0   0   0   0  .000   5   67   45  .672    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e6     98   
 1985 31 TEA AL  33   89   5.2   0   0   0  .000   7   42   19  .452    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e11    24   
 1986 32 TEA AL  56   68   6.9  12   4   0  .333   1   32   20  .625    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e2    57   
 1987 33 SFN NL  65    3   4.2   8   0   0  .000   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e6     13   
 1988 34 MON NL  75   29   4.9   2   0   0  .000   3   19   10  .526    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e4   134   
 1989 35 NYA AL  72   18   4.4  10   3   1  .300   1   10    6  .600    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e4    46   
         CIN NL  75    5   3.5   2   1   0  .500   0    4    2  .500    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e4   -81   
         TOT                    12   4   1  .333   1   14    8  .571    0    0  .000
 1990 36 CIN NL  39   34   5.3  23   9   0  .391   1   22   13  .591    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e4    85   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 11 Seasons          592   5.3  72  24   1  .333  31  352  223  .634    0    0  .000                  26   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 23.8 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 28.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1980 26 MNA AL  LF     8     7     0    0    0  1.000     5    48.0   1.31
 1981 27 MNA AL  RF    60   110     2    1    1   .991    56   499.2   2.02
                 LF    34    67     4    2    1   .973    33   289.0   2.21
                 CF     5    11     0    1    0   .917     5    41.0   2.41
                 3B     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
 1982 28 MNA AL  RF   120   228    13    0    1  1.000   116  1035.1   2.09
                 LF    29    50     3    0    0  1.000    27   238.0   2.00
 1983 29 TEA AL  LF   159   296    18    9    4   .972   159  1443.1   1.96
 1984 30 TEA AL  RF   158   292    13    4    3   .987   157  1389.1   1.98
                 LF     6     3     0    1    0   .750     2    24.0   1.12
                 CF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1985 31 TEA AL  RF    78   120     2    5    0   .961    75   620.0   1.77
                 LF    39    55     0    2    0   .965    37   314.1   1.57
                 CF    13    25     1    0    0  1.000    13   112.0   2.09
 1986 32 TEA AL  LF    71   111     6    1    0   .992    63   578.2   1.82
                 RF    24    28     0    0    0  1.000    24   207.0   1.22
                 CF     3     4     0    0    0  1.000     2    16.0   2.25
 1987 33 SFN NL  LF     4     4     0    0    0  1.000     3    28.0   1.29
                 RF     5     8     0    0    0  1.000     2    23.1   3.09
 1988 34 MON NL  LF    50    68     4    1    0   .986    50   417.0   1.55
                 RF    10    10     1    0    0  1.000     0    34.0   2.91
                 CF     9    12     1    0    0  1.000     2    27.1   4.28
                 1B     2    19     1    1    1   .952     2    17.1  10.38
                 3B     2     0     1    1    0   .500     1     9.0   1.00
 1989 35 NYA AL  LF    29    43     3    1    1   .979    24   201.0   2.06
                 CF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
                 RF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
         CIN NL  LF    14    27     1    0    0  1.000    14   121.0   2.08
 1990 36 CIN NL  LF    51    78     2    1    0   .988    44   398.1   1.81
                 RF     5     5     1    0    0  1.000     3    23.0   2.35
                 1B     3    23     3    0    1  1.000     3    22.0  10.64
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 LF   494   809    41   18    6   .979   461  4100.2   1.87
                 RF   462   801    32   10    5   .988   433  3834.2   1.96
                 CF    34    54     2    1    0   .982    22   202.1   2.49
                 1B     5    42     4    1    2   .979     5    39.1  10.53
                 3B     4     1     1    1    0   .667     1    12.0   1.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1986 ALCS  TEA BOA   L    1   4  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .500  0
 1989 WS    CIN TOA   W    4  14  2  2  0  0  1   2  0  2  .143  .143  .357  0
 1990 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    2   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  .250  .400  .250  0
      WS    CIN SEA   W    4  13  4  4  0  1  0   1  3  4  .308  .438  .462  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1980  MNA   74-88   Tom Austad
 1981  MNA   50-112  Tom Austad
 1982  MNA   63-99   Tom Austad
 1983  TEA   88-74   John Storer
 1984  TEA   74-88   John Storer
 1985  TEA   75-87   John Storer
 1986  TEA   98-64   John Storer
 1987  SFN   82-80   Pat Carr
 1988  MON   68-94   Steve Bivens
 1989  NYA   74-88   Robert Rescigno
 1989  CIN   96-66   Alan Boodman
 1990  CIN   97-65   Alan Boodman

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