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Gary Ward Gary Ward

Full name: Gary Lamell Ward Born: December 6, 1953, Los Angeles, California First Game: September 3, 1979; Final Game: October 3, 1990 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 195 Father of Daryle Ward Gary Ward Collectibles! Gary Ward Memorabilia! Gary Ward Cards! Gary Ward Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week! Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1979 MIN A Daily Splits   10    14    2    4   0   0   0    1    3   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   1  .286  .412  .286   0.0 1979 MIN A
1980 MIN A Daily Splits   13    41   11   19   6   2   1   10    3   1    6   0   1   1   0   1   0    0   0  .463  .489  .780   0.5 1980 MIN A
1981 MIN A Daily Splits   85   295   42   78   7   6   3   29   28   4   48   0   0   3   0   6  10    5   2  .264  .325  .359  -0.2 1981 MIN A
1982 MIN A Daily Splits  152   570   85  165  33   7  28   91   37   4  105   1   1   7   0  11  16   13   1  .289  .330  .519   2.5 1982 MIN A
1983 MIN A Daily Splits  157   623   76  173  34   5  19   88   44   2   98   3   1   5   0   8  24    8   1  .278  .326  .440   1.7 1983 MIN A
1984 TEX A Daily Splits  155   602   97  171  21   7  21   79   55   3   95   0   1   1   0   9  22    7   5  .284  .343  .447   1.0 1984 TEX A
1985 TEX A Daily Splits  154   593   77  170  28   7  15   70   39   3   97   1   0   5   0   9  19   26   7  .287  .329  .433  -0.1 1985 TEX A
1986 TEX A Daily Splits  105   380   54  120  15   2   5   51   31   3   72   4   1   2   0   2  10   12   8  .316  .372  .405   1.1 1986 TEX A
1987 NY  A Daily Splits  146   529   65  131  22   1  16   78   33   2  101   1   2   4   0  10  20    9   1  .248  .291  .384  -2.0 1987 NY  A
1988 NY  A Daily Splits   91   231   26   52   8   0   4   24   24   4   41   2   4   1   0   3   8    0   1  .225  .302  .312  -1.1 1988 NY  A
1989 NY  A Daily Splits    8    17    3    5   1   0   0    1    3   1    5   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .294  .400  .353  -0.1 1989 NY  A
1989 DET A Daily Splits  105   275   24   69  10   2   9   29   21   1   54   0   1   4   0   1  10    1   3  .251  .300  .400  -0.1 1989 DET A
1989 TOT A               113   292   27   74  11   2   9   30   24   2   59   0   1   4   0   1  11    1   3  .253  .306  .397  -0.2 1989 TOT A
1990 DET A Daily Splits  106   309   32   79  11   2   9   46   30   0   50   1   2   2   0   6  12    2   0  .256  .322  .392  -0.5 1990 DET A
Total            Splits 1287  4479  594 1236 196  41 130  597  351  28  775  13  14  35   0  66 152   83  30  .276  .328  .425   2.7 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1983 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1983 AL   
1985 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1985 AL   
Total            Splits    2     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1979 MIN A Daily  OF    5    2    2    24       8    0    0    0   0 1.000     1    0    4 
1979 MIN A        RF    4    2    2    22       6    0    0    0   0 1.000
1979 MIN A        DH    4    0    0                                      -
1979 MIN A        LF    1    0    0     2       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1980 MIN A Daily  OF   12   10    5    84      14    0    0    0   0 1.000    12    0    0 
1980 MIN A        LF   12   10    5    84      15    0    0    0   0 1.000
1981 MIN A Daily  OF   81   73   69   668     185    8    5    4   0  .975    62   19    1 
1981 MIN A        LF   62   56   52   509.2   137    4    4    1   0  .972
1981 MIN A        CF   19   17   17   157.1    46    4    1    3   0  .980
1981 MIN A        DH    3    1    1                                      -
1981 MIN A        RF    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1982 MIN A Daily  OF  150  143  136  1279.2   343   13    4    3   0  .989   127    4   25 
1982 MIN A        LF  127  123  117  1082.2   285   12    3    2   0  .990
1982 MIN A        RF   25   20   19   192      62    1    1    1   0  .984
1982 MIN A        CF    4    0    0     5       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1982 MIN A        DH    2    2    2                                      -
1983 MIN A Daily  OF  152  152  145  1334.1   374   24    9    6   0  .978   152    0    0 
1983 MIN A        LF  152  152  145  1334.1   370   24    9    6   0  .978
1983 MIN A        DH    2    1    1                                      -
1984 TEX A Daily  OF  148  146  138  1304     376   11    5    1   0  .987    58   59   36 
1984 TEX A        CF   59   59   55   519.2   178    4    1    1   0  .995
1984 TEX A        LF   58   54   51   495.2   141    5    2    1   0  .986
1984 TEX A        RF   36   33   32   288.2    70    3    2    0   0  .973
1984 TEX A        DH    5    5    5                                      -
1985 TEX A Daily  OF  153  150  134  1305.2   304   11   10    2   0  .969   138   21    1 
1985 TEX A        LF  138  131  124  1140.2   255    9   10    2   0  .964
1985 TEX A        CF   21   19   10   157      40    1    0    0   0 1.000
1985 TEX A        RF    1    0    0     8       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1985 TEX A        DH    1    1    1                                      -
1986 TEX A Daily  OF  104  101   85   857.2   237    8    1    3   0  .996   102    4    0 
1986 TEX A        LF  102   97   85   836.2   233    5    1    3   0  .996
1986 TEX A        CF    4    4    0    21       8    0    0    0   0 1.000
1986 TEX A        DH    1    1    1                                      -
1987 NY  A Daily  OF   94   83   61   739.1   200    2    3    0   0  .985    69   30    5 
1987 NY  A        LF   69   53   42   483.1   108    1    2    0   0  .982
1987 NY  A        DH   36   33   32                                      -
1987 NY  A        CF   30   25   15   214      81    1    1    0   0  .988
1987 NY  A        1B   15   13   10   114.2   118    8    0   11   0 1.000
1987 NY  A        RF    5    5    4    42       8    0    0    0   0 1.000
1988 NY  A Daily  OF   54   45   30   395     130    0    1    0   0  .992    17   39    3 
1988 NY  A        CF   39   34   22   277.2    94    0    1    0   0  .989
1988 NY  A        LF   17   10    8   104.1    35    0    0    0   0 1.000
1988 NY  A        1B   11   10   10    97.2    90    4    1    9   0  .989
1988 NY  A        DH    9    5    5                                      -
1988 NY  A        RF    3    1    0    13       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1988 NY  A        3B    2    0    0     2       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1989 NY  A Daily  OF    6    6    1    44       7    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    0    6 
1989 NY  A        RF    6    6    1    44       7    0    0    0   0 1.000
1989 NY  A        DH    1    1    0                                      -
1989 DET A Daily  OF   52   36   29   345.2   101    2    1    1   0  .990    35    5   14 
1989 DET A        LF   35   22   19   212      64    1    0    1   0 1.000
1989 DET A        1B   26   12    3   130.2   126   14    2   14   0  .986
1989 DET A        DH   25   16    7                                      -
1989 DET A        RF   14   11    9   102.2    25    1    1    0   0  .963
1989 DET A        CF    5    3    1    31      12    0    0    0   0 1.000
1989 TOT A        RF   20   17   10   146.2    32    1    1    0   0  .971
1989 TOT A        DH   26   17    7                                      -
1989 TOT A        OF   58   42   30   389.2   108    2    1    1   0  .991    35    5   20 
1990 DET A Daily  OF   85   77   46   643     157    2    2    1   0  .988    75    0   16 
1990 DET A        LF   75   67   38   546     139    1    2    1   0  .986
1990 DET A        RF   16   10    8    97      21    1    0    0   0 1.000
1990 DET A        DH   13    7    6                                      -
1990 DET A        1B    2    0    0     4       7    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             OF 1096 1024  881  9024.1  2436   81   41   21   0  .984   848  181  111 
Total             LF  848  775  686  6831.1  1783   62   33   17   0  .982
Total             CF  181  161  120  1382.2   460   10    4    4   0  .992
Total             RF  111   88   75   810.1   204    6    4    1   0  .981
Total             DH  102   73   61                                      -
Total             1B   54   35   23   347     341   26    3   34   0  .992
Total             3B    2    0    0     2       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

TransactionsTransactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Minnesota Twins (August 29, 1972).

Traded by Minnesota Twins with Sam Sorce to Texas Rangers in exchange for Mike
Smithson and John Butcher (December 7, 1983).

Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).

Signed by New York Yankees (December 24, 1986).

Released by New York Yankees (April 16, 1989).

Signed by Detroit Tigers (April 23, 1989).

Granted free agency (November 5, 1990).

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