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Monte Ward

Full name John Montgomery Ward
Born March 3, 1860, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Died March 4, 1925, Augusta, Georgia
Buried at Greenfield Cemetery, Uniondale, New York (Section 2- Lot 185- Grave 2)
First Game: July 15, 1878; Final Game: September 29, 1894
Managed First Game: June 1, 1880; Managed Final Game: September 29, 1894
Umpired First Game: September 21, 1888; Umpired Final Game: September 21, 1888
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 9" Weight: 165
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1964
Ejections as manager: 1890 (1), 1891 (1), 1894 (1). Total: 3
SABR Biography
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1878 PRO N                   37   138   14   27   5   4   1   15    2   13               .196  .207  .312   0.0 1878 PRO N
1879 PRO N                   83   364   71  104   9   4   2   41    7   14               .286  .299  .349   0.3 1879 PRO N
1880 PRO N                   86   356   53   81  12   2   0   27    6   16               .228  .240  .272   0.9 1880 PRO N
1881 PRO N                   85   357   56   87  18   6   0   53    5   10               .244  .254  .328  -0.3 1881 PRO N
1882 PRO N                   83   355   58   87  10   3   1   39   13   22               .245  .272  .299  -0.1 1882 PRO N
1883 NY  N                   88   380   76   97  18   7   7   54    8   25               .255  .271  .395   0.9 1883 NY  N
1884 NY  N                  113   482   98  122  11   8   2   51   28   47               .253  .294  .322   0.4 1884 NY  N
1885 NY  N                  111   446   72  101   8   9   0   37   17   39               .226  .255  .285  -0.6 1885 NY  N
1886 NY  N                  122   491   82  134  17   5   2   81   19   46           36  .273  .300  .340   0.9 1886 NY  N
1887 NY  N                  129   545  114  184  16   5   1   53   29   12   4      111  .338  .375  .391   4.3 1887 NY  N
1888 NY  N                  122   510   70  128  14   5   2   49    9   13   1       38  .251  .265  .310  -1.1 1888 NY  N
1889 NY  N                  114   479   87  143  13   4   1   67   27    7   2       62  .299  .339  .349   0.4 1889 NY  N
1890 BRO P                  128   561  134  188  15  12   4   60   51   22   2       63  .335  .393  .426   2.2 1890 BRO P
1891 BRO N                  105   441   85  122  13   5   0   39   36   10   3       57  .277  .335  .329   0.2 1891 BRO N
1892 BRO N                  148   614  109  163  13   3   1   47   82   19   3       88  .265  .355  .301   1.0 1892 BRO N
1893 NY  N                  135   588  129  193  27   9   2   77   47    5   1       46  .328  .379  .415   1.4 1893 NY  N
1894 NY  N                  138   549  102  146  12   5   0   79   35    6   1  20   39  .266  .311  .306  -3.1 1894 NY  N
Total NL (16 Years)        1699  7095 1276 1919 216  84  22  809  370  304  15i 20i 477i .270  .308  .334   5.5 Total NL
Total PL ( 1 Year )         128   561  134  188  15  12   4   60   51   22   2       63  .335  .393  .426   2.2 Total PL
Total    (17 Years)        1827  7656 1410 2107 231  96  26  869  421  326  17i 20i 540i .275  .314  .341   7.7 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  WP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1878 PRO N                   37  37  37   6   0   0  334    308  1365   3  151   56   34  116  26      22  13   1.51  4.81   2.2 1878 PRO N
1879 PRO N                   70  60  58   2  10   1  587    571  2425   5  270  140   36  239  29      47  19   2.15  7.43   2.7 1879 PRO N
1880 PRO N                   70  67  59   8   4   1  595    501  2351   5  230  115   45  230  19      39  24   1.74  4.91   3.5 1880 PRO N
1881 PRO N                   39  35  32   3   5   0  330    326  1398   2  183   78   53  119  32   0  18  18   2.13  4.60   1.9 1881 PRO N
1882 PRO N                   34  33  30   4   1   1  286    268  1191   6  143   81   36   72  13   0  19  13   2.55  5.06   1.2 1882 PRO N
1883 NY  N                   34  25  24   1   9   0  277    278  1159   3  165   83   31  121  19   0  16  13   2.70  5.32   1.7 1883 NY  N
1884 NY  N                    9   5   5   0   3   0   60.2   72   275   2   43   23   18   23   6   0   3   3   3.41  9.00  -0.2 1884 NY  N
Total    ( 7 Years)         293 262 245  24  32   3 2469.2 2324 10164  26 1185  576  253  920 144   0 164 103   2.10  5.57  13.0 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  WP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1878 PRO N                P   37    23   74   15    4      .866
1879 PRO N                P   70    31  134   11    2      .938
1879 PRO N               3B   16    17   32    9    2   0  .845
1879 PRO N               OF    8     7    1    3    0      .727     4    0    4 
1880 PRO N                P   70    43  133    3    1      .983
1880 PRO N               3B   25    30   69   12    4   0  .892
1880 PRO N               OF    2     1    1    2    0   0  .500     0    0    2 
1881 PRO N               OF   40    57   14    9    0      .888     0    4   36 
1881 PRO N                P   39    26   77    7    7      .936
1881 PRO N               SS   13    20   39   13    4      .819
1882 PRO N               OF   49    69   20   19    3      .824     0    2   47 
1882 PRO N                P   34    18   73    6    4   0  .938
1882 PRO N               SS    4    18   12    6    1   0  .833
1883 NY  N               OF   56   118   28   24    2      .859     0   45   11 
1883 NY  N                P   34    25   67   10    2      .902
1883 NY  N               3B    5     6   11    6    0      .739
1883 NY  N               SS    2     3    6    1    0      .900
1883 NY  N               2B    1     2    4    1    0      .857
1884 NY  N               OF   59   103   13   21    2   0  .847     0   59    0 
1884 NY  N               2B   47    95  177   35   17   1  .886
1884 NY  N                P    9     3   16    2    0      .905
1885 NY  N               SS  111   167  350   55   36   1  .904
1886 NY  N               SS  122   191  369   69   36   0  .890
1887 NY  N               SS  129   226  469   61   53   0  .919
1888 NY  N               SS  122   185  331   86   39   0  .857
1889 NY  N               SS  108   229  319   68   38   0  .890
1889 NY  N               2B    7    16   20    8    0   0  .818
1890 BRO P               SS  128   303  450  105   59   1  .878
1891 BRO N               SS   87   180  296   66   28   0  .878
1891 BRO N               2B   18    55   56    6    8   0  .949
1892 BRO N               2B  148   377  472   74   48      .920
1893 NY  N               2B  134   348  464   73   41   0  .918
1894 NY  N               2B  138   333  453   66   53   1  .923
Total (10 Years) Splits  SS  826  1522 2641  530  294   2i .887
Total ( 7 Years)         2B  493  1226 1646  263  167   2i .916
Total ( 7 Years)          P  293   169  574   54   20   0i .932
Total ( 6 Years)         OF  214   355   77   78    7   0i .847     4  110  100 
Total ( 3 Years)         3B   46    53  112   27    6   0i .859
Year Team               POS    G    PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1880 PRO N         32   18   13  .581   151   110   6- 1   7-24    4  3  2
1884 NY  N         16    6    8  .429    80   102   9-23           4  4
1890 BRO P        133   76   56  .576   962   893                  2
1891 BRO N        137   61   76  .445   765   821                  6
1892 BRO N        158   95   59  .617   935   733                  3
1893 NY  N        136   68   64  .515   940   846                  5
1894 NY  N        139   88   44  .667   962   799                  2
Total ( 7 Years)  751  412  320  .563  4795  4304
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

                           Umpiring Record
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF
1888 NL Daily       1    1    0    0    0    0    0 
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7-28-1890          BRO P  Pop Snyder          Interference non-call
 7-16-1891(1)       BRO N  Tim Hurst           Call at 1B
 6-22-1894          NY  N  Billy Stage         Call at 2B

Transaction Information

Signed by New York Gothams (1883).

Signed by Brooklyn Bridegrooms (February 5, 1891).

Sold by Brooklyn Bridegrooms to New York Giants for $6000 (February 15, 1893).
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