RF Lew Ward #33
Pittsburgh Industrials MLB
Age: 26 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Great
09/20/1974
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RF LEW WARD #33 - AGE: 26 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
142 527 153 34 13 9 51 37 50 .290 .339 .455 34 5.5
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 55 55 55 55
Gap 55 55 50 55
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 50 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
09/19/1974 @ PHI Win, 6-3 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/17/1974 @ PHI Win, 5-3 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/16/1974 @ PHI Win, 5-1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
09/15/1974 @ WAS Win, 1-0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/15/1974 @ WAS Loss, 2-7 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/13/1974 @ WAS Win, 5-4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/11/1974 CHI Win, 2-0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/10/1974 CHI Loss, 2-3 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 2
09/08/1974 CIN Win, 4-3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/07/1974 CIN Win, 9-3 4 2 3 2 0 1 1 1
PERSONALITY
Ward is considered a born leader.
High: Leader, Adaptability
Birthday:07/04/1948
Born in:New York, NY
Nationality:American
Height:6' 3"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$65,000
Signed Through:1974 Season
Major Service:5 Years, 66 Days
Service This Yr:164 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Eligible, but possibly free agent after season!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1966, 23rd Pick in Round 4
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1974 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 142 527 153 34 13 9 51 77 37 50 .290 .339 .455 .794 .349 .165 130
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 134 583 6 6 0 14 4 9 240 56 34 9 79.1 81.3 5.36 5.5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   105 27 11 1 1 9 12 11 15 0 1 0 .257 .328 .410 .737
Versus Right   422 126 23 12 8 42 65 26 35 9 3 6 .299 .341 .467 .808
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   11 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 .091 .214 .273 .487
Last Week   21 7 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .318 .524 .842
April   76 16 8 1 1 7 9 3 6 1 2 0 .211 .237 .382 .619
May   109 29 6 3 2 9 17 10 7 2 0 0 .266 .322 .431 .754
June   96 33 5 2 2 13 17 8 5 1 1 2 .344 .402 .500 .902
July   95 26 4 4 1 7 4 5 17 2 0 2 .274 .317 .432 .749
August   90 33 5 0 3 10 20 8 5 0 0 2 .367 .430 .522 .952
September   61 16 6 3 0 5 10 3 10 3 1 0 .262 .284 .459 .743
Spring Training   58 19 4 2 0 7 7 3 8 0 0 0 .328 .361 .466 .826
Last Year   571 155 26 5 15 89 83 50 62 9 1 2 .271 .328 .413 .741
2 Years Ago   129 31 4 1 1 11 9 5 15 2 0 2 .240 .275 .310 .585
Career   1381 376 73 22 26 161 193 102 144 20 6 16 .272 .325 .413 .739
Home   253 74 17 2 5 24 47 22 17 4 1 2 .292 .349 .435 .784
Road   274 79 17 11 4 27 30 15 33 5 3 4 .288 .329 .474 .803
Grass   527 153 34 13 9 51 77 37 50 9 4 6 .290 .339 .455 .794
Day   318 86 19 8 4 23 50 23 30 4 3 5 .270 .326 .418 .744
Night   209 67 15 5 5 28 27 14 20 5 1 1 .321 .358 .512 .870
As Starter   520 152 34 13 9 51 77 35 50 9 4 6 .292 .339 .460 .798
As Reliever / Substitution   7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .143 .333 .143 .476
Pinch Hitting   5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .429 .200 .629
Close/Late   109 32 4 2 2 14 14 9 10 4 2 3 .294 .352 .422 .774
Inning 1-3   191 49 9 2 5 17 21 13 23 2 2 1 .257 .304 .403 .707
Inning 4-6   182 59 16 7 2 12 36 13 13 3 0 2 .324 .370 .522 .892
Inning 7-9   145 41 8 4 2 20 18 10 13 4 2 3 .283 .333 .434 .768
Extra Innings   9 4 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 .444 .500 .556 1.056
0 Outs   208 56 14 4 4 13 39 15 22 4 4 2 .269 .319 .433 .751
1 Outs   157 43 9 2 1 16 20 10 14 5 0 1 .274 .312 .376 .688
2 Outs   162 54 11 7 4 22 18 12 14 0 0 3 .333 .390 .562 .952
Scoring Position   126 28 4 1 1 37 11 16 11 9 4 2 .222 .301 .294 .594
Bases Empty   314 101 25 11 7 7 54 16 32 0 0 2 .322 .358 .538 .897
Runner on 1st   87 24 5 1 1 7 12 5 7 0 0 2 .276 .330 .391 .721
Runner on 2nd   41 8 1 0 1 6 5 6 3 0 3 0 .195 .298 .293 .591
Runner on 3rd   16 2 0 0 0 4 2 6 2 1 0 0 .125 .348 .125 .473
Runner on 1st & 2nd   30 8 1 1 0 7 3 1 2 0 1 1 .267 .312 .367 .679
Runner on 1st & 3rd   15 3 1 0 0 6 1 1 3 2 0 1 .200 .263 .267 .530
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   11 4 1 0 0 7 0 2 0 3 0 0 .364 .375 .455 .830
Bases Loaded   13 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 .231 .188 .231 .418
Two Strikes   184 40 5 2 1 13 18 15 50 4 0 2 .217 .278 .283 .561
First Pitch   101 32 9 3 5 12 17 6 0 0 2 1 .317 .361 .614 .975
Count 0-1   49 15 3 4 1 7 7 0 0 1 2 1 .306 .314 .592 .906
Count 0-2   24 5 0 0 1 2 3 0 8 0 0 0 .208 .208 .333 .542
Count 1-0   65 14 3 1 1 5 9 0 0 1 0 1 .215 .224 .338 .562
Count 1-1   55 22 6 1 0 6 14 0 0 2 0 0 .400 .386 .545 .931
Count 1-2   69 16 3 0 0 7 4 0 24 3 0 1 .232 .233 .275 .508
Count 2-0   20 7 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 .350 .381 .400 .781
Count 2-1   38 15 4 2 1 6 4 0 0 1 0 0 .395 .385 .684 1.069
Count 2-2   48 8 1 2 0 0 3 0 12 0 0 1 .167 .184 .271 .455
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   15 8 3 0 0 1 5 7 0 0 0 0 .533 .682 .733 1.415
Full Count   43 11 1 0 0 4 8 15 6 1 0 0 .256 .441 .279 .720
Behind in Count   142 36 6 4 2 16 14 0 32 4 2 2 .254 .257 .394 .651
Ahead in Count   138 44 11 3 2 13 21 16 0 2 0 2 .319 .392 .486 .878
Batting Leadoff   126 34 10 3 3 12 21 4 17 4 1 2 .270 .294 .468 .762
Batting 2nd   84 19 6 2 1 10 10 3 7 1 3 0 .226 .250 .381 .631
Batting 3rd   24 10 1 1 0 2 6 3 1 0 0 1 .417 .500 .542 1.042
Batting 4th   111 35 5 2 3 11 12 11 13 2 0 2 .315 .381 .477 .858
Batting 5th   115 37 7 3 2 11 20 7 4 2 0 1 .322 .360 .487 .847
Batting 6th   10 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 .100 .182 .100 .282
Batting 7th   54 17 5 2 0 5 6 6 7 0 0 0 .315 .383 .481 .865
Batting 9th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .400 .000 .400
Low Leverage   216 72 22 9 4 19 30 13 18 3 0 1 .333 .369 .574 .943
Medium Leverage   230 54 11 4 5 18 32 15 24 5 3 3 .235 .285 .383 .667
High Leverage   79 26 1 0 0 14 15 9 8 1 1 2 .329 .407 .342 .748
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 25 142 527 153 34 13 9 51 77 37 6 9 50 34 9 .290 .339 .455 .794 126 130 5.5
Total MLB 463 1381 376 73 22 26 161 193 102 16 20 144 61 22 .272 .325 .413 .739 109 106 9.2
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
Total MLB 17 57 18 3 0 4 13 13 3 0 0 5 2 0 .316 .350 .579 .929 156 148
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 7 0 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 16.1 3.31 -1.0 .861
1974 Pittsburgh - MLB RF 134 134 243 7 0 255 5 .980 1159.2 1.94 +11.2 1.067
TOTAL LF 36 26 54 0 0 57 3 .947 227.0 2.14 +3.5 1.084
TOTAL CF 51 25 73 3 0 76 0 1.000 267.0 2.56 -5.5 .915
TOTAL RF 309 287 536 13 0 561 12 .979 2526.1 1.96 +27.5 1.067
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.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year IBB Rank
1973 20 3
Year SF Rank
1973 9 2
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