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John Ward

Birthdate:

3/3/1860

Died:

3/4/1925

Height / Weight:

5' 9" / 165 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Bellefonte, PA, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Monte Ward won 108 Major League games before his 21st. birthday! This great Hall of Famer pitched a perfect game in 1880 and pitched the longest complete game shutout in baseball history; a 18 inning 1-0 win over Detroit in 1882. John Monte Ward won 47 games in 1879. Monte Ward pitched so often that his arm gave out and he was traded to the New York Giants at the end of the 1882 season. At the start of the 1883 season he gave up pitching and he was appointed player manager. Monte Ward appointed himself team shortstop. As a pitcher than a shortstop, Ward pounded out 2,151 hits and had a lifetime batting average of .275, and scored over 1400 runs.

John Montgomery Ward

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1878	PRO (NL)	37	37	22	13	0	37	6	334.0	308	151	56	3	34	0	116	26	0	0	1.51
1879	PRO (NL)	70	60	47	19	1	58	2	587.0	571	270	140	5	36	0	239	29	0	0	2.15
1880	PRO (NL)	70	67	39	24	1	59	8	595.0	501	230	115	5	45	0	230	19	0	0	1.74
1881	PRO (NL)	39	35	18	18	0	32	3	330.0	326	183	78	2	53	0	119	32	0	0	2.13
1882	PRO (NL)	33	32	19	12	1	29	4	278.0	261	141	80	6	36	0	72	13	0	0	2.59
1883	NYG (NL)	34	25	16	13	0	24	1	277.0	278	165	83	3	31	0	121	19	0	0	2.70
1884	NYG (NL)	9	5	3	3	0	5	0	60.2	72	43	23	2	18	0	23	6	0	0	3.41
17 years		292	261	164	102	3	244	24	2461.2	2317	1183	575	26	253	0	920	144	0	0	2.10

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1878	PRO (NL)	37	138	14	27	5	4	1	15	2	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.207	SLG
1879	PRO (NL)	83	364	71	104	9	4	2	41	7	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.299	SLG
1880	PRO (NL)	86	356	53	81	12	2	0	27	6	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.240	SLG
1881	PRO (NL)	85	357	56	87	18	6	0	53	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.254	SLG
1882	PRO (NL)	83	355	58	87	10	3	1	39	13	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.272	SLG
1883	NYG (NL)	88	380	76	97	18	7	7	54	8	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.271	SLG
1884	NYG (NL)	113	482	98	122	11	8	2	51	28	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.294	SLG
1885	NYG (NL)	111	446	72	101	8	9	0	37	17	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.255	SLG
1886	NYG (NL)	122	491	82	134	17	5	2	81	19	46	36	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.300	SLG
1887	NYG (NL)	129	545	114	184	16	5	1	53	29	12	111	0	0	4	0	0	.338	.375	SLG
1888	NYG (NL)	122	510	70	128	14	5	2	49	9	13	38	0	0	1	0	0	.251	.265	SLG
1889	NYG (NL)	114	479	87	143	13	4	1	67	27	7	62	0	0	2	0	0	.299	.339	SLG
1890	BWW (PL)	128	561	134	188	15	12	4	60	51	22	63	0	0	2	0	0	.335	.393	SLG
1891	BRO (NL)	105	441	85	122	13	5	0	39	36	10	57	0	0	3	0	0	.277	.335	SLG
1892	BRO (NL)	148	614	109	163	13	3	1	47	82	19	88	0	0	3	0	0	.265	.355	SLG
1893	NYG (NL)	135	588	129	193	27	9	2	77	47	5	46	0	0	1	0	0	.328	.379	SLG
1894	NYG (NL)	136	540	100	143	12	5	0	77	34	6	39	0	0	1	0	0	.265	.310	SLG
17 years		1825	7647	1408	2104	231	96	26	867	420	326	540	0	0	17	0	0	.275	.314	.SLG

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