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Whitey Ford League
4-1-2070
Bill Ward Shortstop
Retired (1983, Age 45)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .266 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .730 Status Deceased (2030) Option Years 0  
H 3431 Age at Death 92 Date of Birth 09-28-1938
HR 290 Drafted Round 2, Pick 24
(1958)
Majors Svc Time 23 years
(16 games)
RBI 1277
SB 479
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R Power vs. L D+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR
Speed D+ Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm WS Appearances 1
2B C+ (50.3%) CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 2
3B A+ (98.3%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 7
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1958 Minors 20 41.00 5 / 5 6 / 6 4 / 5 3 / 9 5 / 8 2 / 5 3 / 3 28 / 41
1959 Minors 21 72.00 10 / 11 5 / 7 5 / 10 9 / 10 4 / 7 7 / 12 12 / 15 52 / 72
1960 Majors 22 69.97 162 156 0 6 / 9 5 / 13 4 / 7 4 / 12 5 / 10 2 / 6 6 / 12 32 / 69
1961 Majors 23 69.73 162 156 0 9 / 13 7 / 8 4 / 11 1 / 9 2 / 6 5 / 12 6 / 10 34 / 69
1962 Majors 24 63.69 160 155 2 4 / 7 3 / 10 5 / 11 4 / 8 2 / 10 7 / 9 5 / 8 30 / 63
1963 Majors 25 64.25 162 156 0 5 / 10 6 / 9 2 / 12 2 / 7 3 / 7 1 / 9 2 / 10 21 / 64
1964 Majors 26 64.34 162 156 0 2 / 8 2 / 9 2 / 8 2 / 12 1 / 8 3 / 13 1 / 6 13 / 64
1965 Majors 27 64.41 162 156 0 2 / 8 1 / 8 1 / 10 1 / 11 2 / 10 3 / 10 0 / 7 10 / 64
1966 Majors 28 65.03 162 156 0 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 65
1967 Majors 29 64.92 162 156 0 1 / 7 1 / 8 1 / 13 1 / 4 0 / 8 1 / 14 1 / 10 6 / 64
1968 Majors 30 64.92 162 156 0 1 / 12 0 / 9 1 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 10 1 / 10 1 / 9 4 / 64
1969 Majors 31 64.92 162 156 0 0 / 8 1 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 5 1 / 18 0 / 6 2 / 64
1970 Majors 32 57.44 143 138 19 0 / 13 1 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 8 1 / 57
1971 Majors 33 64.92 162 156 0 0 / 13 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 64
1972 Majors 34 64.92 162 156 0 -4 / 13 -2 / 7 -4 / 9 -1 / 7 -9 / 10 0 / 13 -1 / 5 -21 / 64
1973 Majors 35 64.94 162 156 0 -4 / 6 -3 / 10 -3 / 8 -4 / 13 -4 / 12 -3 / 10 -3 / 5 -24 / 64
1974 Majors 36 64.93 162 155 0 0 / 5 -1 / 12 -4 / 16 -6 / 9 -9 / 11 -4 / 9 -4 / 2 -28 / 64
1975 Majors 37 65.33 162 155 0 0 / 7 -6 / 10 -3 / 8 -3 / 11 -1 / 12 -1 / 8 1 / 9 -13 / 65
1976 Majors 38 65.33 162 153 0 -3 / 15 0 / 9 -1 / 7 -3 / 5 -4 / 9 -3 / 9 -2 / 11 -16 / 65
1977 Majors 39 61.44 152 142 10 -1 / 11 -1 / 9 0 / 5 -5 / 10 -10 / 7 -3 / 9 -1 / 10 -21 / 61
1978 Majors 40 64.08 162 151 0 -1 / 12 -6 / 10 0 / 10 -5 / 8 -1 / 7 0 / 9 -1 / 8 -14 / 64
1979 Majors 41 39.32 162 50 0 -2 / 4 -3 / 8 -1 / 4 -6 / 5 -8 / 6 -2 / 9 0 / 3 -22 / 39
1980 Majors 42 40.60 162 54 0 -2 / 3 -6 / 4 -3 / 6 -7 / 6 -7 / 5 -1 / 8 -1 / 8 -27 / 40
1981 Majors 43 43.21 162 66 0 -1 / 7 0 / 8 -4 / 3 -6 / 5 -9 / 7 -4 / 7 -1 / 6 -25 / 43
1982 Majors 44 43.13 123 74 39 -3 / 5 -2 / 6 -1 / 3 -3 / 7 -2 / 13 -2 / 4 -2 / 5 -15 / 43
1983 Minors 45 23.00 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 7 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 8 1 / 23
Total 3656 3165 70 24 / 222 8 / 215 5 / 211 -21 / 211 -40 / 220 10 / 242 22 / 198 8 / 1519
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1983-11-01Bill Ward has retired from the Montreal Dawsons
1983-04-01The Montreal Dawsons have promoted Mike Matheny to the major league team. The Montreal Dawsons have promoted Vern Scanlon to the major league team. The Montreal Dawsons have promoted Craig Muir to the major league team. The Montreal Dawsons have promoted Harvey Lush to the major league team. The Montreal Dawsons have designated Bill Ward for assignment. The Montreal Dawsons have designated Gene Grabowski for assignment. The Montreal Dawsons have designated Willie Oster for assignment. The Montreal Dawsons have designated Bill Reichert for assignment.
1982-07-30Bill Ward of the Montreal Dawsons is injured and is expected to be out 44 days.
1977-06-06Bill Ward of the Montreal Inhumanoids is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1977-06-04Bill Ward collected his 3000th career hit.
1970-08-08Bill Ward of the Montreal Inhumanoids is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1962-04-15Bill Ward of the Montreal Inhumanoids is injured and is expected to be out 3 days.
1960-04-01The Montreal Inhumanoids have promoted Bill Ward to the major league team. The Montreal Inhumanoids have designated Rogers Hornsby for assignment.