Aaron Ward
1917–1928 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees
1,062G
.268AVG
.335OBP
.383SLG
More career statistics
966H
50HR
446RBI
36SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 3,611 | 3,625 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 38 | 44 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 25 | 26 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 457 | 460 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,127 | 4,143 |
| Batting · Runs | 457 | 455 |
| Batting · RBI | 446 | 443 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 36 | 39 |
| Batting · Walks | 339 | 336 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,062 | 4,127 | 3,611 | 457 | 966 | 158 | 54 | 50 | 446 | 339 | 457 | 36 | 38 | 25 | 0 | 1,382 | .268 | .335 | .383 | .718 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1923-07-21 to 1923-08-07
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1921-07-09 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1920-05-07 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1921-08-31 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 537 | 2056 | 476 | 29 | 232 | 158 | 211 | .264 | .308 | .387 |
| Away | 525 | 2087 | 490 | 21 | 211 | 178 | 249 | .269 | .320 | .375 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 84 | 340 | 64 | 1 | 29 | 31 | 47 | .216 | .279 | .280 |
| May | 188 | 759 | 196 | 10 | 80 | 67 | 67 | .297 | .347 | .420 |
| June | 167 | 640 | 151 | 5 | 71 | 38 | 90 | .265 | .295 | .358 |
| July | 224 | 898 | 233 | 16 | 108 | 74 | 94 | .296 | .342 | .452 |
| August | 177 | 676 | 154 | 7 | 61 | 49 | 84 | .256 | .300 | .353 |
| September | 208 | 782 | 160 | 11 | 93 | 75 | 73 | .240 | .301 | .360 |
| October | 14 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .174 | .208 | .239 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 158 | 628 | 144 | 10 | 73 | 58 | 79 | .268 | .322 | .413 |
| cleveland-guardians | 156 | 600 | 130 | 3 | 61 | 37 | 66 | .241 | .278 | .343 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 155 | 602 | 146 | 9 | 65 | 55 | 62 | .280 | .334 | .393 |
| detroit-tigers | 151 | 589 | 137 | 8 | 65 | 48 | 62 | .272 | .314 | .408 |
| boston-red-sox | 146 | 568 | 129 | 5 | 63 | 45 | 64 | .261 | .306 | .366 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 142 | 553 | 134 | 5 | 53 | 42 | 66 | .269 | .318 | .355 |
| chicago-white-sox | 133 | 528 | 129 | 9 | 59 | 47 | 54 | .279 | .333 | .402 |
| new-york-yankees | 21 | 75 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | .258 | .280 | .318 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 |  New York Yankees | 8 | 26 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .115 | – | – |
| 1918 | New York Yankees | 21 | 32 | 4 | – | – | 1 | .125 | – | – |
| 1919 | New York Yankees | 29 | 34 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .206 | – | – |
| 1920 | New York Yankees | 127 | 497 | 127 | 11 | 56 | 7 | .256 | – | – |
| 1921 | New York Yankees | 153 | 556 | 170 | 5 | 76 | 8 | .306 | – | – |
| 1922 | New York Yankees | 154 | 558 | 149 | 7 | 68 | 7 | .267 | – | – |
| 1923 | New York Yankees | 152 | 569 | 161 | 10 | 81 | 8 | .283 | – | – |
| 1924 | New York Yankees | 120 | 410 | 101 | 8 | 63 | 1 | .246 | – | – |
| 1925 | New York Yankees | 125 | 440 | 108 | 4 | 38 | 1 | .245 | – | – |
| 1926 | New York Yankees | 22 | 31 | 10 | – | 3 | – | .323 | – | – |
| 1927 |  Chicago White Sox | 145 | 463 | 125 | 5 | 55 | 6 | .270 | – | – |
| 1928 |  Cleveland Guardians | 6 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | .111 | – | – |