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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

John WardWWikipedia↗

Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1860-03-03 · Played 1878–1894 · College: Pennsylvania State University (1875) · Career WAR 62.4 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1878	PRO	NL	37		138	14	27	5	4	1	15			2	13	.196	.207	.312	.519	0.1
1879	PRO	NL	83		364	71	104	9	4	2	41			7	14	.286	.299	.349	.648	1.9
1880	PRO	NL	86		356	53	81	12	2	0	27			6	16	.228	.240	.272	.512	1.0
1881	PRO	NL	85		357	56	87	18	6	0	53			5	10	.244	.254	.328	.582	0.0
1882	PRO	NL	83		355	58	87	10	3	1	39			13	22	.245	.272	.299	.571	0.0
1883	NY1	NL	88		380	76	97	18	7	7	54			8	25	.255	.271	.395	.666	1.1
1884	NY1	NL	113		482	98	122	11	8	2	51			28	47	.253	.294	.322	.616	1.4
1885	NY1	NL	111		446	72	101	8	9	0	37			17	39	.226	.255	.285	.540	2.4
1886	NY1	NL	122		491	82	134	17	5	2	81	36		19	46	.273	.300	.340	.640	2.6
1887	NY1	NL	129		545	114	184	16	5	1	53	111		29	12	.338	.375	.391	.766	6.6
1888	NY1	NL	122		510	70	128	14	5	2	49	38		9	13	.251	.265	.310	.575	2.1
1889	NY1	NL	114		479	87	143	13	4	1	67	62		27	7	.299	.339	.349	.688	2.1
1890	BRP	PL	128		561	134	188	15	12	4	60	63		51	22	.335	.393	.426	.819	2.9
1891	BRO	NL	105		441	85	122	13	5	0	39	57		36	10	.277	.335	.329	.664	2.4
1892	BRO	NL	148		614	109	163	13	3	1	47	88		82	19	.265	.355	.301	.656	4.2
1893	NY1	NL	135		588	129	193	27	9	2	77	46		47	5	.328	.379	.415	.794	3.7
1894	NY1	NL	138		549	102	146	12	5	0	79	39		35	6	.266	.311	.306	.617	-0.2
Total			1827		7656	1410	2107	231	96	26	869	540		421	326	.275	.313	.341	.654	34.3

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1878	PRO	NL	22	13	37	37	37	6	0	334.0	308	56	3	34	116	1.51	1.024	4.6
1879	PRO	NL	47	19	70	60	58	2	1	587.0	571	140	5	36	239	2.15	1.034	7.3
1880	PRO	NL	39	24	70	67	59	8	1	595.0	501	115	5	45	230	1.74	.918	6.7
1881	PRO	NL	18	18	39	35	32	3	0	330.0	326	78	2	53	119	2.13	1.148	2.7
1882	PRO	NL	19	13	34	33	30	4	1	286.0	268	81	6	36	72	2.55	1.063	3.3
1883	NY1	NL	16	13	34	25	24	1	0	277.0	278	83	3	31	121	2.70	1.116	3.4
1884	NY1	NL	3	3	9	5	5	0	0	60.2	72	23	2	18	23	3.41	1.484	0.1
Total			164	103	293	262	245	24	3	2469.2	2324	576	26	253	920	2.10	1.043	28.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1878	PRO	NL	P	37		334.0	23	74	15	4
1879	PRO	NL	3B	16		125.0	17	32	9	2
1879	PRO	NL	OF	8		69.0	7	1	3	0
1879	PRO	NL	P	70		587.0	31	134	11	2
1880	PRO	NL	3B	25		199.0	30	69	12	4
1880	PRO	NL	OF	2		20.0	1	1	2	0
1880	PRO	NL	P	70		595.0	43	133	3	1
1881	PRO	NL	OF	40		370.0	57	14	9	0
1881	PRO	NL	P	39		330.0	26	77	7	7
1881	PRO	NL	SS	13		123.0	20	39	13	4
1882	PRO	NL	OF	49		457.0	69	20	19	3
1882	PRO	NL	P	34		286.0	18	73	6	4
1882	PRO	NL	SS	4		52.0	18	12	6	1
1883	NY1	NL	2B	1		9.0	2	4	1	0
1883	NY1	NL	3B	5		50.0	6	11	6	0
1883	NY1	NL	OF	56		546.0	118	28	24	2
1883	NY1	NL	P	34		277.0	25	67	10	2
1883	NY1	NL	SS	2		17.0	3	6	1	0
1884	NY1	NL	2B	47		393.0	95	177	35	17
1884	NY1	NL	OF	59		536.0	103	13	21	2
1884	NY1	NL	P	9		61.0	3	16	2	0
1885	NY1	NL	SS	111		992.0	167	350	55	36
1886	NY1	NL	SS	122		1044.0	191	369	69	36
1887	NY1	NL	SS	129		1105.0	226	469	61	53
1888	NY1	NL	SS	122		1078.0	185	331	86	39
1889	NY1	NL	2B	7		60.0	16	20	8	0
1889	NY1	NL	SS	108		931.0	229	319	68	38
1890	BRP	PL	SS	128		1142.0	303	450	105	59
1891	BRO	NL	2B	18		168.0	55	56	6	8
1891	BRO	NL	SS	87		756.0	180	296	66	28
1892	BRO	NL	2B	148		1324.0	377	472	74	48
1893	NY1	NL	2B	134		1199.0	348	464	73	41
1894	NY1	NL	2B	138		1201.0	333	453	66	53
Total				1872		16436.0	3325	5050	952	494

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1936	Veterans	3	59	No
1953	Veterans			No
1955	Veterans			No
1957	Veterans			No
1959	Veterans			No
1961	Veterans			No
1962	Veterans			No
1963	Veterans			No
1964	Veterans			Yes