Pete Ward
Canadian baseball player (1937–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people named Peter Ward, see Peter Ward (disambiguation).
Peter Thomas Ward (July 26, 1937 – March 16, 2022) was a Canadian-born professional baseball player who appeared in 973 games over nine seasons in Major League Baseball as a third baseman, outfielder and first baseman for the Baltimore Orioles (1962), Chicago White Sox (1963–1969) and New York Yankees (1970).
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Pete Ward | |
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Third baseman / Left Fielder / First baseman | |
Born: (1937-07-26)July 26, 1937 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
Died: March 16, 2022(2022-03-16) (aged 84) Lake Oswego, Oregon, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 21, 1962, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 25, 1970, for the New York Yankees | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .254 |
Home runs | 98 |
Runs batted in | 427 |
Teams | |
Member of the Canadian | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 1991 |
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Ward was the runner-up for the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year Award (to pitcher and teammate Gary Peters) in 1963,[1] but was named that season's AL Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News.[2] He finished in the Top 10 in the AL's Most Valuable Player poll in both 1963 (ninth) and 1964 (sixth).[3]