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Hank Aaron League
4-1-2201
Ward Smith Left Field
Retired (2004, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .251 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .658 Status Deceased (2046) Option Years 0  
H 88 Age at Death 76 Date of Birth 03-30-1970
HR 7 Drafted Round 3, Pick 48
(1993)		 Majors Svc Time 6 years
(67 games)
RBI 50
SB 4
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L C  Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L C  Velocity F    Mentor vR A+
Speed B  Bunt D- Control F    Mentor vL F 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B F  (0.3%) CF D+ (22.4%)   Health B- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A- (77.1%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1997 PHI
6
16
1
4
2
0
0
0
0
 1 0 0
0
 0 0
.625
.250
.375
.125
.250
1998 PHI
12
15
3
6
1
1
0
2
0
 2 1 0
0
 0 0
1.038
.438
.600
.200
.400
1999 PHI
44
68
12
17
1
0
4
14
5
 18 0 1
1
 0 1
.738
.297
.441
.191
.250
2000 PHI-CIN
44
96
12
22
3
0
0
10
12
 15 2 1
1
 1 3
.585
.324
.260
.031
.229
2001 CIN
33
79
8
19
1
0
2
12
5
 24 0 2
1
 1 2
.608
.279
.329
.089
.241
2002 CIN
13
33
4
10
4
0
0
5
0
 6 0 0
0
 0 0
.727
.303
.424
.121
.303
2003 CIN
4
13
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
 3 0 0
0
 0 2
.308
.154
.154
.000
.154
2004 KC
21
31
2
8
2
0
1
6
3
 10 0 1
1
 0 0
.734
.314
.419
.161
.258
Total
177
351
42
88
14
1
7
50
25
 79 3 5
4
 2 8
.658
.302
.356
.105
.251
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2004-11-01Ward Smith has retired from the Kansas City Monarchs
2004-04-02The Kansas City Monarchs have acquired Ward Smith from the waiver wire.
2003-10-06The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have designated Ward Smith for assignment. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have designated Bud Pendleton for assignment.
2003-09-18The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have promoted Bud Pendleton to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have promoted Ward Smith to the major league team.
2003-03-30The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have promoted Willie Roberts to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have designated Ward Smith for assignment.
2002-08-25The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have promoted Ward Smith to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have sent Willie Roberts to the minors.
2002-07-04The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have promoted John Reis to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have designated Ward Smith for assignment.
2000-05-23The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have promoted Ward Smith to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have designated Terry Frye for assignment.
2000-05-02The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have promoted Larry Graham to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have designated Ward Smith for assignment.
2000-04-09The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have acquired Ward Smith from the waiver wire.
2000-04-09The Cincinnati Big Red Machine have demoted Larry Graham to the minor leagues.
2000-03-30The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Joe Jackson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Bill Moore to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have designated Ward Smith for assignment. The Philadelphia Doilies have sent Herb Rios to the minors.
2000-03-30The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Ward Smith to the major league team.
1999-09-13The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Stigs McGuire to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Lionel Boon to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Dana Compton to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have designated Bungie McCord for assignment. The Philadelphia Doilies have designated Ward Smith for assignment. The Philadelphia Doilies have sent Herb Rios to the minors.
1999-08-15The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Ward Smith to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have sent Joe Jackson to the minors.
1999-08-05The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Jeff Lee to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have designated Ward Smith for assignment.
1998-04-11The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Ward Smith to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have sent Dana Compton to the minors.
1997-10-03The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Rip Devlin to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have sent Ward Smith to the minors.
1997-04-02The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Ward Smith to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Tommy Collins to the major league team.
1996-04-01The Philadelphia Doilies have sent Ward Smith down to the minors.
1996-04-01The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Ward Smith to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Tommy Collins to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Easie Streetmeir to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have promoted Al Tolson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Doilies have sent Rip Devlin to the minors.