Preston Ward
1948–1959 · bats L / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates
744G
.253AVG
.326OBP
.380SLG
More career statistics
522H
50HR
262RBI
7SB
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 · Caught stealing | 6 | 11 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 315 | 316 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,346 | 2,349 |
| Batting · Walks | 231 | 234 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 744 | 2,346 | 2,067 | 219 | 522 | 83 | 15 | 50 | 262 | 231 | 315 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 785 | .253 | .326 | .380 | .706 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1958-05-18 to 1958-05-28
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1958-09-09 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1953-09-02 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1954-06-13 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 377 | 1167 | 270 | 29 | 148 | 119 | 153 | .264 | .333 | .420 |
| Away | 367 | 1182 | 252 | 21 | 114 | 115 | 163 | .241 | .310 | .341 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 73 | 214 | 48 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 33 | .257 | .336 | .428 |
| May | 160 | 527 | 131 | 12 | 66 | 43 | 80 | .275 | .330 | .412 |
| June | 139 | 416 | 80 | 4 | 33 | 38 | 61 | .219 | .284 | .301 |
| July | 135 | 371 | 82 | 5 | 36 | 42 | 45 | .252 | .334 | .345 |
| August | 144 | 474 | 111 | 11 | 53 | 49 | 56 | .270 | .338 | .409 |
| September | 92 | 342 | 69 | 12 | 39 | 38 | 41 | .232 | .313 | .397 |
| October | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 68 | 259 | 51 | 4 | 24 | 29 | 31 | .227 | .309 | .338 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 68 | 239 | 56 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 42 | .265 | .335 | .398 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 66 | 242 | 60 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 34 | .276 | .343 | .429 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 66 | 211 | 49 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 31 | .274 | .360 | .441 |
| cincinnati-reds | 53 | 170 | 32 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 26 | .216 | .294 | .324 |
| milwaukee-braves | 47 | 141 | 27 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 21 | .231 | .348 | .393 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 47 | 134 | 37 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 17 | .311 | .366 | .479 |
| boston-red-sox | 46 | 108 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 8 | .258 | .278 | .371 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 42 | 146 | 38 | 1 | 21 | – | .260 | – | – |
| 1950 |  Chicago Cubs | 80 | 285 | 72 | 6 | 33 | 3 | .253 | – | – |
| 1953 | Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates | 121 | 381 | 82 | 12 | 39 | 4 | .215 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 117 | 360 | 97 | 7 | 48 | – | .269 | – | – |
| 1955 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 179 | 38 | 5 | 25 | – | .212 | – | – |
| 1956 | Cleveland Guardians, Pittsburgh Pirates | 103 | 180 | 48 | 7 | 32 | – | .267 | – | – |
| 1957 |  Cleveland Guardians | 10 | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | .182 | – | – |
| 1958 | Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics | 129 | 416 | 118 | 10 | 45 | – | .284 | – | – |
| 1959 |  Kansas City Athletics | 58 | 109 | 27 | 2 | 19 | – | .248 | – | – |