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Aaron
Ward		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: August 28, 1896 in Usa, AR, BOONEVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1921   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1917 20 NYA AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 1 1 1 8 8 8
1918 21 NYA AL     7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8
1919 22 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1920 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1921 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1922 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1923 26 NYA AL $ 1,542,857   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1924 27 NYA AL $ 1,542,857   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1925 28 NYA AL $ 1,542,857   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1926 29 NYA AL $ 2,790,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1927 30 NYA AL $ 2,790,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1928 31 NYA AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1929 32 NYA AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,790,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1917 20 A   94 353 45 94 15 2 11 44 4 9 43 26 .266 .346 .414 .760 49.3  
1918 21 AAA   47 192 26 49 8 1 0 12 5 4 10 23 .255 .292 .307 .599 16.1  
    AA   69 285 30 82 10 2 7 26 4 6 21 27 .288 .337 .411 .747 37.3  
    A   15 61 9 16 1 0 2 8 1 3 7 5 .262 .338 .377 .715 7.4  
1919 22 NYA AL 47 191 19 47 6 1 1 9 0 0 7 13 .246 .270 .304 .574 15.3 1.6
    AAA   88 360 46 110 23 1 3 61 8 7 41 33 .306 .377 .400 .777 52.6  
1920 23 NYA AL 140 567 68 167 31 9 2 54 1 0 29 35 .295 .327 .392 .719 67.6 9.9
1921 24 NYA AL 139 598 87 190 35 12 4 66 2 2 28 42 .318 .349 .436 .785 83.0 12.7
1922 25 NYA AL 132 522 60 136 20 9 8 53 0 0 29 38 .261 .298 .379 .677 55.2 5.8
1923 26 NYA AL 119 396 52 114 19 4 2 55 1 0 25 14 .288 .329 .371 .700 44.4 6.8
1924 27 NYA AL 62 148 17 48 9 2 1 28 0 0 8 9 .324 .357 .432 .789 21.0 4.5
1925 28 NYA AL 55 80 12 25 3 0 0 14 0 0 10 6 .313 .389 .350 .739 11.2 2.3
1926 29 NYA AL 111 320 42 89 17 2 1 32 0 0 25 19 .278 .329 .353 .683 35.4 6.2
1927 30 NYA AL 115 346 41 107 15 3 3 39 0 1 22 27 .309 .350 .396 .746 41.9 8.1
1928 31 NYA AL 116 312 29 71 13 4 1 28 0 0 25 20 .228 .287 .304 .591 24.7 1.2
1929 32 NYA AL 80 205 27 51 11 2 1 22 1 0 20 20 .249 .313 .337 .649 22.9 2.9
11 Years Sim 1116 3685 454 1045 179 48 24 400 5 3 228 243 .284 .324 .378 .702 422.7 61.9
2 Years AAA 135 552 72 159 31 2 3 73 13 11 51 56 .288 .347 .368 .715 68.7  
1 Years AA 69 285 30 82 10 2 7 26 4 6 21 27 .288 .336 .411 .746 37.3  
2 Years A 109 414 54 110 16 2 13 52 5 12 50 31 .266 .343 .408 .752 56.7  
5 Years Minors 313 1251 156 351 57 6 23 151 22 29 122 114 .281 .343 .391 .734 162.7  
162 Game Average 534 65 151 25 6 3 58 0 0 33 35 .284 .324 .378 .702 61.4  
Career Highs 140 598 87 190 35 12 8 66 2 2 29 42 .324 .389 .436 .789 83.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2692 343 781 134 36 16 310 4 1 170 167 .290 .331 .384 .715 329.2
vs LH   993 111 264 45 12 8 90 1 2 58 76 .266 .306 .360 .666 105.2
Home 567 1871 232 540 92 19 17 219 3 1 121 128 .289 .330 .385 .716 230.1
Away 549 1814 222 505 87 29 7 181 2 2 107 115 .278 .318 .370 .688 204.3
RISP   934 0 281 50 17 7 356 0 0 64 60 .301 .339 .413 .752 126.3
Pinch Hitting   87 14 25 4 1 0 17 0 0 6 5 .287 .333 .356 .690 10.0
Close/Late   394 49 115 24 7 2 44 0 0 26 20 .292 .336 .404 .739 50.5
Mar/Apr 119 363 51 101 12 5 3 41 1 0 22 28 .278 .318 .364 .682 41.2
May 197 634 65 181 34 10 3 68 0 0 40 41 .285 .327 .385 .712 76.3
June 193 655 70 178 32 6 3 59 1 0 40 53 .272 .313 .353 .665 70.1
July 208 699 100 200 36 11 12 90 2 0 39 51 .286 .324 .421 .744 90.9
August 198 685 87 206 41 6 3 70 1 1 41 27 .301 .340 .391 .731 85.9
Sep/Oct 201 649 81 179 24 10 0 72 0 2 46 43 .276 .321 .344 .665 70.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1919 22 NYA AL 3B 46 46 409.3 29 102 5 11 .963 2.88   0.7
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1920 23 NYA AL 3B 138 138 1225.7 73 326 18 22 .957 2.93   4.7
1921 24 NYA AL 3B 139 138 1245.0 98 339 13 21 .971 3.16   5.7
1922 25 NYA AL 2B 107 107 911.3 262 423 15 84 .979 6.76   4.1
    SS 20 14 133.3 29 62 2 14 .978 6.14   0.9
    3B 3 2 25.7 4 5 0 0 1.000 3.16   0.1
1923 26 NYA AL 2B 103 100 874.3 247 394 15 84 .977 6.60   2.9
    SS 9 0 20.7 7 12 0 3 1.000 8.28   0.3
1924 27 NYA AL 2B 26 12 141.7 40 64 5 14 .954 6.61   0.3
    3B 13 12 107.0 6 26 0 2 1.000 2.69   0.6
    SS 16 10 96.7 16 43 3 8 .952 5.49   0.4
1925 28 NYA AL 3B 12 11 93.0 9 36 2 1 .957 4.35   0.9
    2B 11 1 28.0 5 14 0 1 1.000 6.11   0.0
    SS 2 1 9.0 4 5 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
1926 29 NYA AL 2B 64 56 472.7 127 207 7 34 .979 6.36   0.8
    3B 23 21 174.7 11 38 4 7 .925 2.52   0.5
    SS 11 9 78.0 12 31 2 7 .956 4.96   0.4
1927 30 NYA AL SS 79 66 586.3 128 261 10 43 .975 5.97   3.4
    2B 20 18 151.0 35 57 1 10 .989 5.48   0.3
    3B 10 9 78.0 12 25 1 3 .974 4.27   0.6
1928 31 NYA AL 2B 69 57 497.7 122 233 12 37 .967 6.42   1.6
    3B 24 23 182.3 12 42 1 2 .982 2.67   0.7
    SS 15 8 93.3 17 43 6 9 .909 5.79   0.3
1929 32 NYA AL SS 33 27 242.0 46 88 8 21 .944 4.98   0.7
    3B 23 17 145.7 10 40 2 4 .962 3.09   0.6
    2B 22 15 143.0 38 64 3 12 .971 6.42   0.5
  3B 431 417 3686.3 264 979 46 73 .964 3.03   15.2
  2B 422 366 3219.6 876 1456 58 276 .976 6.52   10.6
  SS 186 135 1261.3 259 545 31 106 .963 5.74   6.5
Career Totals   1039 918 8167.3 1399 2980 135 455 .970 4.83   32.2
Career Highs   139 138 1245.0 295 490 19 98 .979 6.64    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
XR
1921-10-83.0
 Games
1921-8-139
 At-Bats
1920-7-567
1921-1-598
 Hits
1920-10-167
1921-5-190
 Total Bases
1921-9-261
 Singles
1921-3-139
Doubles
1920-6-31
1921-5-35
 Homeruns
1922-8-8
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  1. Everett Scott (950)
  2. Joe Sewell (944)
  3. George Perring (944)
  4. Specs Toporczer (938)
  5. Pie Traynor (934)
  6. Gene Paulette (925)
  7. Kid Elberfeld (923)
  8. Whitey Witt (920)
  9. Dick Padden (919)
  10. Shad Barry (919)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1917
Injured on 7/8/1917 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Had first career hit on 7/31/1919, off Dutch Ruether (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 8/29/1919, off Jeff Pfeffer (SLA)
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1921
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 7/25/1922
2/11/1923: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 6/21/1923
2/16/1924: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/13/1924 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
6/1/1925: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $2,790,000 per year, for 2 years
7/1/1927: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $2,000,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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