2B Kid 'Little Joe' Ward #21
Age: 48 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
11/01/1974
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2B KID 'LITTLE JOE' WARD #21 - AGE: 48 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:07/14/1926
Born in:Montreal, QC
Nationality:Canadian
Height:5' 8"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:1 Year, 59 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:3 Years, 75 Days
Pro Service:15 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1947, 3rd Pick in Round 6
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1949 Brooklyn - FABL 22 26 39 10 2 0 0 5 2 4 0 1 3 0 0 .256 .318 .308 .626 72 70 0.0
1951 Brooklyn - FABL 24 50 130 28 3 0 3 19 16 7 1 1 9 0 0 .215 .259 .308 .567 53 49 -0.9
1955 Kansas City - FABL 28 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 173 194 0.0
1956 Kansas City - FABL 29 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 187 208 0.0
Total FABL 81 173 40 5 0 3 25 18 11 1 2 12 0 0 .231 .278 .312 .590 60 58 -0.8
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1947 Tampa - A 20 7 27 10 1 0 0 1 8 4 0 0 3 0 0 .370 .452 .407 .859 113 114 0.1
1947 Springfield - A 20 49 119 34 5 3 1 22 13 6 1 2 14 0 0 .286 .320 .403 .724 95 89 0.2
1948 Matanzas - DL 21 38 129 37 11 0 0 9 16 22 1 0 13 0 1 .287 .395 .372 .767 99 99 0.4
1948 Knoxville - AA 21 114 370 126 15 10 0 56 47 42 3 5 23 0 0 .341 .407 .435 .842 115 114 2.1
1948 Jersey City - AAA 21 14 49 14 1 1 0 9 6 8 0 1 5 0 0 .286 .379 .347 .726 98 102 0.2
1949 Matanzas - DL 22 27 51 16 1 0 2 14 6 13 2 0 3 0 0 .314 .470 .451 .921 134 142 0.5
1949 Jersey City - AAA 22 89 337 99 21 1 4 38 43 40 2 1 32 0 1 .294 .371 .398 .769 109 114 1.9
1950 Camagüey - DL 23 42 147 41 14 1 6 23 26 27 3 2 10 0 0 .279 .397 .510 .907 121 119 0.9
1950 Jersey City - AAA 23 122 435 123 23 1 3 65 48 37 5 1 32 1 0 .283 .345 .361 .706 92 96 0.1
1951 Jersey City - AAA 24 32 93 35 8 0 2 20 19 8 0 1 7 0 0 .376 .422 .527 .948 156 146 0.9
1952 Jersey City - AAA 25 105 387 111 24 4 6 64 56 57 3 5 17 0 0 .287 .378 .416 .794 115 120 2.2
1953 Knoxville - AA 26 45 70 23 5 1 0 14 10 7 1 0 8 0 0 .329 .397 .429 .826 109 116 0.1
1953 Jersey City - AAA 26 51 162 52 19 0 1 30 27 11 1 3 8 0 0 .321 .362 .457 .818 121 122 1.2
1954 Jersey City - AAA 27 110 292 86 21 1 4 32 41 20 2 4 13 0 0 .295 .340 .414 .754 104 105 1.4
1955 Knoxville - AA 28 13 49 16 4 0 1 9 8 5 0 0 3 0 0 .327 .389 .469 .858 115 120 0.2
1955 Jersey City - AAA 28 82 235 81 19 0 5 40 39 26 4 4 13 0 0 .345 .413 .489 .902 144 148 2.7
1956 Jersey City - AAA 29 100 339 97 27 0 5 56 53 50 3 3 26 2 0 .286 .380 .410 .790 114 122 2.9
1957 Jersey City - AAA 30 103 269 71 25 0 2 31 30 37 3 3 25 0 1 .264 .356 .379 .735 99 104 1.2
1958 Knoxville - AA 31 28 48 10 1 1 1 6 9 7 1 0 4 0 0 .208 .321 .333 .655 79 73 -0.1
1958 Jersey City - AAA 31 63 129 29 8 0 0 13 14 13 2 1 11 1 0 .225 .303 .287 .590 61 63 0.1
1959 Knoxville - AA 32 24 73 17 4 1 2 16 12 14 5 3 2 0 0 .233 .379 .397 .776 110 109 0.4
1959 Jersey City - AAA 32 73 159 29 9 0 1 21 13 16 5 0 14 2 0 .182 .278 .258 .536 46 44 -0.6
1960 Knoxville - AA 33 58 172 48 8 0 6 30 19 28 7 3 13 0 0 .279 .395 .430 .825 118 119 0.6
1960 Jersey City - AAA 33 58 150 42 7 0 1 4 16 12 4 0 16 0 0 .280 .349 .347 .696 89 99 0.7
1961 Knoxville - AA 34 9 14 5 1 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 .357 .500 .643 1.143 205 201 0.3
1961 Jersey City - AAA 34 78 171 37 11 1 4 23 20 15 11 1 18 0 0 .216 .318 .363 .681 84 86 0.3
Total DIX 291 796 245 38 13 11 132 108 103 21 11 55 0 0 .308 .396 .430 .826 114 115
Total HL 49 119 34 5 3 1 22 13 6 1 2 14 0 0 .286 .320 .403 .724 95 89
Total SEL 7 27 10 1 0 0 1 8 4 0 0 3 0 0 .370 .452 .407 .859 113 114
Total CL 1080 3207 906 223 9 38 446 425 350 45 28 237 6 2 .283 .358 .393 .752 104 108
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1947 Springfield - A 2B 28 20 49 67 23 118 2 .983 188.0 5.55 -1.7 .957
1947 Tampa - A 2B 7 7 23 17 5 41 1 .976 60.0 6.00 -1.0 .905
1947 Springfield - A SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1947 Springfield - A LF 9 4 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 43.2 2.47 -0.5 .928
1948 Knoxville - AA 1B 9 9 89 6 9 95 0 1.000 79.0 10.82 -0.3 1.033
1948 Knoxville - AA 2B 62 46 109 141 35 255 5 .980 429.1 5.24 -3.0 .957
1948 Matanzas - DL 2B 33 32 71 85 20 162 6 .963 283.0 4.96 -5.1 .867
1948 Jersey City - AAA 3B 14 14 6 19 2 29 4 .862 130.0 1.73 -0.8 .741
1948 Matanzas - DL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1948 Knoxville - AA SS 11 5 5 14 0 20 1 .950 52.2 3.25 -1.9 .816
1948 Matanzas - DL SS 3 0 2 3 0 5 0 1.000 8.0 5.62 +0.0 1.037
1948 Knoxville - AA LF 13 12 18 1 0 19 0 1.000 104.2 1.63 -1.2 .897
1948 Knoxville - AA CF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 9.0 1.00 -0.0 1.035
1948 Knoxville - AA RF 18 18 44 0 0 46 2 .957 148.1 2.67 -1.4 .925
1949 Brooklyn - MLB 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1949 Jersey City - AAA 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1949 Matanzas - DL 1B 4 2 29 2 2 31 0 1.000 24.0 11.62 +0.1 1.025
1949 Brooklyn - MLB 2B 15 5 19 27 7 48 2 .958 68.1 6.06 -0.7 .913
1949 Jersey City - AAA 2B 11 2 6 6 2 12 0 1.000 28.1 3.81 -1.1 .857
1949 Matanzas - DL 2B 16 8 19 22 6 43 2 .953 86.2 4.26 -1.5 .885
1949 Brooklyn - MLB 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 5.1 0.00 -1.2 .000
1949 Jersey City - AAA 3B 86 86 43 139 17 190 8 .958 738.0 2.22 -1.4 .846
1949 Matanzas - DL 3B 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 +0.0 1.049
1949 Brooklyn - MLB SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1949 Jersey City - AAA SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1949 Matanzas - DL SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1949 Brooklyn - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1950 Jersey City - AAA 1B 5 3 30 0 2 30 0 1.000 29.0 9.31 +0.2 1.000
1950 Jersey City - AAA 2B 82 74 164 214 73 391 13 .967 684.2 4.97 -11.4 .831
1950 Jersey City - AAA 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1950 Camagüey - DL 3B 42 42 21 102 10 130 7 .946 363.2 3.04 -1.1 .933
1950 Jersey City - AAA SS 6 2 6 8 2 14 0 1.000 33.0 3.82 -0.8 .667
1950 Jersey City - AAA LF 13 13 24 0 0 24 0 1.000 109.0 1.98 -0.2 1.000
1950 Jersey City - AAA CF 4 4 6 0 0 9 3 .667 32.0 1.69 -0.2 1.000
1950 Jersey City - AAA RF 11 11 26 1 0 27 0 1.000 92.0 2.64 -1.6 1.000
1951 Jersey City - AAA 1B 11 10 91 6 10 97 0 1.000 87.1 10.00 +0.7 1.000
1951 Brooklyn - MLB 2B 28 15 57 48 16 106 1 .991 165.1 5.72 -3.9 .853
1951 Jersey City - AAA 2B 12 4 13 12 6 25 0 1.000 50.0 4.50 -0.8 1.000
1951 Brooklyn - MLB 3B 6 6 9 10 1 20 1 .950 54.2 3.13 +0.1 .980
1951 Brooklyn - MLB SS 5 5 13 9 4 26 4 .846 46.0 4.30 -2.3 .686
1951 Jersey City - AAA SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1951 Brooklyn - MLB LF 4 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 22.0 1.23 +0.2 .986
1951 Jersey City - AAA LF 5 5 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 42.0 1.50 +0.6 .875
1951 Jersey City - AAA CF 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 18.0 1.00 -0.1 1.000
1952 Jersey City - AAA 1B 62 62 543 39 45 586 4 .993 526.1 9.95 +4.2 .976
1952 Jersey City - AAA 2B 37 36 95 97 35 201 9 .955 321.2 5.37 -4.8 .871
1952 Jersey City - AAA 3B 6 1 2 6 1 8 0 1.000 18.1 3.93 -0.1 .857
1953 Jersey City - AAA 1B 2 0 4 0 1 4 0 1.000 3.0 12.00 0.0 .000
1953 Knoxville - AA 1B 6 3 35 2 5 37 0 1.000 32.2 10.19 +0.0 1.035
1953 Jersey City - AAA 2B 7 4 16 18 2 34 0 1.000 41.0 7.46 +0.8 .864
1953 Knoxville - AA 2B 15 5 17 19 8 37 1 .973 69.2 4.65 -3.5 .749
1953 Jersey City - AAA 3B 34 32 25 60 6 89 4 .955 275.2 2.78 +0.6 .895
1953 Knoxville - AA 3B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 1.040
1953 Jersey City - AAA RF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 -0.1 1.000
1954 Jersey City - AAA 1B 28 26 222 13 15 236 1 .996 210.2 10.04 +1.2 1.000
1954 Jersey City - AAA 2B 16 9 23 34 12 57 0 1.000 99.0 5.18 -0.1 .971
1954 Jersey City - AAA 3B 47 23 22 58 8 85 5 .941 251.2 2.86 +1.2 .892
1955 Jersey City - AAA 1B 13 13 106 6 10 112 0 1.000 101.0 9.98 +0.3 1.000
1955 Knoxville - AA 1B 7 7 57 1 4 58 0 1.000 58.0 9.00 -0.0 1.033
1955 Kansas City - MLB 2B 2 0 1 3 1 4 0 1.000 4.1 8.31 +0.1 .980
1955 Jersey City - AAA 2B 22 9 37 31 11 69 1 .986 97.1 6.29 +1.0 .897
1955 Knoxville - AA 2B 5 5 13 18 6 31 0 1.000 47.0 5.94 -0.5 .861
1955 Kansas City - MLB 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1955 Jersey City - AAA 3B 42 31 19 65 7 87 3 .966 302.1 2.50 +1.5 .881
1956 Kansas City - MLB 1B 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 1.000 2.0 13.50 0.0 .000
1956 Jersey City - AAA 1B 4 4 33 2 5 35 0 1.000 32.0 9.84 +0.3 1.000
1956 Jersey City - AAA 2B 7 0 3 1 1 4 0 1.000 10.2 3.38 +0.2 1.000
1956 Jersey City - AAA 3B 83 80 72 131 17 217 14 .935 714.2 2.56 +3.3 .870
1957 Jersey City - AAA 1B 2 2 15 1 1 16 0 1.000 14.0 10.29 +0.1 1.000
1957 Jersey City - AAA 2B 56 41 113 108 37 222 1 .995 386.0 5.15 -3.2 .926
1957 Jersey City - AAA 3B 32 23 23 55 7 80 2 .975 220.0 3.19 +2.6 .984
1958 Jersey City - AAA 1B 11 10 86 9 10 95 0 1.000 79.0 10.82 +1.5 1.053
1958 Knoxville - AA 1B 6 5 47 4 7 51 0 1.000 45.0 10.20 -0.2 1.027
1958 Jersey City - AAA 2B 5 2 4 8 3 13 1 .923 22.2 4.76 -0.5 .818
1958 Knoxville - AA 2B 8 3 14 10 3 25 1 .960 34.0 6.35 -0.8 .811
1958 Jersey City - AAA 3B 31 12 18 41 5 61 2 .967 160.1 3.31 +2.1 .980
1958 Knoxville - AA 3B 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 2.0 13.50 +0.1 1.055
1959 Jersey City - AAA 1B 8 5 50 4 5 54 0 1.000 43.0 11.30 +0.6 1.000
1959 Knoxville - AA 1B 19 19 153 9 11 162 0 1.000 163.0 8.94 +0.6 1.043
1959 Jersey City - AAA 2B 28 15 52 60 12 114 2 .982 162.0 6.22 -1.1 .938
1959 Knoxville - AA 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 +0.0 .000
1959 Jersey City - AAA 3B 18 13 5 28 3 33 0 1.000 130.1 2.28 -0.1 .966
1959 Knoxville - AA 3B 1 1 1 5 1 6 0 1.000 9.0 6.00 +0.2 1.048
1959 Jersey City - AAA SS 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 8.2 3.12 -0.4 1.000
1960 Jersey City - AAA 1B 6 1 14 0 1 14 0 1.000 13.0 9.69 +0.0 .000
1960 Knoxville - AA 1B 43 43 323 25 27 350 2 .994 339.2 9.22 -1.1 .958
1960 Jersey City - AAA 2B 20 9 38 36 12 76 2 .974 114.1 5.83 -1.0 .919
1960 Knoxville - AA 2B 12 2 9 10 2 19 0 1.000 38.0 4.50 -0.7 .839
1960 Jersey City - AAA 3B 26 23 21 44 3 66 1 .985 212.2 2.75 +2.2 .945
1960 Knoxville - AA 3B 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 .667 8.1 2.16 -0.7 .530
1961 Jersey City - AAA 1B 6 2 24 1 5 25 0 1.000 26.2 8.44 -0.2 .750
1961 Knoxville - AA 1B 3 3 21 3 3 24 0 1.000 23.0 9.39 +0.6 1.290
1961 Jersey City - AAA 2B 26 7 20 34 10 54 0 1.000 101.0 4.81 -2.1 .853
1961 Knoxville - AA 2B 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 +0.1 1.037
1961 Jersey City - AAA 3B 32 26 29 54 9 87 4 .954 251.0 2.98 +1.8 .896
TOTAL 1B 258 229 1975 133 179 2115 7 .997 1933.1 9.81 +8.7 .995
TOTAL 2B 563 360 988 1126 348 2164 50 .977 3596.1 5.29 -46.2 .890
TOTAL 3B 513 414 318 822 97 1198 58 .952 3853.0 2.66 +10.3 .896
TOTAL SS 29 13 28 35 6 68 5 .926 148.2 3.81 -5.3 .771
TOTAL LF 45 36 64 1 0 65 0 1.000 322.1 1.81 -1.1 .939
TOTAL CF 7 7 9 0 0 12 3 .750 59.0 1.37 -0.3 1.004
TOTAL RF 30 29 71 1 0 74 2 .973 244.1 2.65 -3.2 .953
PLAYER HISTORY
07/14/1926 Son of Joe Ward.
01/01/1947 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
06/24/1947 Drafted in the 1947 first-year player draft (Round 6, Pick 3, 83rd overall pick) by the Brooklyn Kings, out of college Redwood University
07/06/1947 Signed a minor league contract with the Brooklyn Kings organization with a signing bonus of $695.
01/01/1948 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
09/13/1948 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 3 days.
09/20/1948 Wins the 1948 Championship with the Jersey City Uniforms!
11/23/1948 Named to the 1948 Cuban Winter League for the Matanzas Buccaneers.
01/01/1949 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
05/22/1949 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 5 days.
05/30/1949 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for one week.
06/02/1949 Injured (mild shoulder strain),day-to-day for one week.
07/09/1949 Injured (migraine),day-to-day for 1 day.
11/22/1949 Named to the 1949 Cuban Winter League for the Matanzas Buccaneers.
01/01/1950 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
11/21/1950 Named to the 1950 Cuban Winter League for the Camagüey Coyotes.
06/23/1952 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for one week.
03/05/1953 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his strength and conditioning at the Kansas City Kings development complex.
06/03/1953 Injured (quadriceps soreness),day-to-day for 2 days.
06/01/1954 Injured (bruised calf),day-to-day for 4 days.
11/18/1954 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at second base at the Kansas City Kings development complex.
05/19/1955 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 5 days.
07/22/1955 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 4 days.
07/02/1956 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for one week.
07/07/1956 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
04/16/1957 Added to the secondary (40-man) roster for the Kansas City Kings.
05/09/1959 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 1-2 weeks.
08/16/1959 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 4 days.
05/02/1961 Injured (bruised toe),day-to-day for 2 days.
04/16/1962 Released by the Kansas City organization.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 2; Eye: 3.
10/09/1963 Retired from professional baseball.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year 2B Rank
1948 11 8
1950 14 2
Year IBB Rank
1948 2 10
1949 1 8
Year HP Rank
1948 1 3
1949 2 5
1950 3 3
Year SF Rank
1950 2 5
Year EBH Rank
1950 21 6
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