Pete Ward
1962–1970 · bats L / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees
973G
.254AVG
.339OBP
.405SLG
More career statistics
776H
98HR
427RBI
20SB
2Rare feats
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 · Plate appearances | 3,511 | 3,512 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 973 | 3,511 | 3,060 | 345 | 776 | 136 | 17 | 98 | 427 | 371 | 539 | 20 | 17 | 40 | 28 | 1,240 | .254 | .339 | .405 | .744 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1963-06-07 to 1963-06-24
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1967-09-13 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1965-07-24 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1963-04-11 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 479 | 1724 | 377 | 47 | 217 | 181 | 248 | .252 | .324 | .393 |
| Away | 494 | 1788 | 399 | 51 | 210 | 190 | 291 | .255 | .329 | .417 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 96 | 342 | 73 | 9 | 50 | 40 | 53 | .247 | .330 | .399 |
| May | 176 | 645 | 151 | 21 | 83 | 82 | 103 | .274 | .361 | .448 |
| June | 158 | 586 | 127 | 15 | 59 | 66 | 87 | .250 | .329 | .396 |
| July | 172 | 619 | 130 | 14 | 71 | 54 | 100 | .239 | .297 | .368 |
| August | 201 | 730 | 170 | 21 | 94 | 66 | 107 | .264 | .323 | .416 |
| September | 162 | 559 | 117 | 17 | 65 | 62 | 83 | .240 | .320 | .394 |
| October | 8 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | .267 | .290 | .467 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 116 | 415 | 96 | 15 | 65 | 38 | 77 | .260 | .323 | .434 |
| minnesota-twins | 107 | 388 | 97 | 8 | 44 | 25 | 69 | .273 | .314 | .386 |
| cleveland-guardians | 106 | 410 | 87 | 12 | 44 | 44 | 57 | .244 | .320 | .387 |
| baltimore-orioles | 102 | 345 | 67 | 9 | 39 | 44 | 50 | .226 | .322 | .374 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 99 | 358 | 73 | 7 | 39 | 38 | 44 | .236 | .310 | .350 |
| new-york-yankees | 98 | 380 | 88 | 10 | 32 | 40 | 63 | .267 | .337 | .421 |
| boston-red-sox | 90 | 331 | 63 | 14 | 45 | 42 | 49 | .224 | .317 | .413 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 78 | 329 | 85 | 14 | 59 | 31 | 49 | .293 | .353 | .521 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 |  Baltimore Orioles | 8 | 21 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .143 | – | – |
| 1963 |  Chicago White Sox | 157 | 600 | 177 | 22 | 84 | 7 | .295 | – | – |
| 1964 | Chicago White Sox | 144 | 539 | 152 | 23 | 94 | 1 | .282 | – | – |
| 1965 | Chicago White Sox | 138 | 507 | 125 | 10 | 57 | 2 | .247 | – | – |
| 1966 | Chicago White Sox | 84 | 251 | 55 | 3 | 28 | 3 | .219 | – | – |
| 1967 | Chicago White Sox | 146 | 467 | 109 | 18 | 62 | 3 | .233 | – | – |
| 1968 | Chicago White Sox | 125 | 399 | 86 | 15 | 50 | 4 | .216 | – | – |
| 1969 | Chicago White Sox | 105 | 199 | 49 | 6 | 32 | – | .246 | – | – |
| 1970 |  New York Yankees | 66 | 77 | 20 | 1 | 18 | – | .260 | – | – |