Not to be confused withJohn Ward (OF · 1884).

Also in other sports:nflJohn Ward (C · 1975–1976).

SSSFMLB🏛 Hall of Fame · 1964 🌅 Early Bloomer · 1880

John Ward

5'9" · 165 lbsBorn March 3, 18601878–1894MLB.com ↗

MLB Stats

Career Snapshot

Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.

MLB profile

Peak 3Y VAL

13.7

1879, 1880, 1883 avg

Career VAL

101.8

Value Above League

Games

1,825

Hits

2,104

Home Runs

Runs Batted In

867

Batting Avg

.275

ERA

2.10

Strikeouts

All-time standings

Career boards only, within MLB

On the MLB Career Dominance board — top-25 in more than one all-time category at once.

Cross-sport prominence: 97.6th percentile among MLB careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.

Historical franchise

2 clubs that no longer exist

No continuous modern successor — attributed to the franchise itself, never folded into a modern club.

Providence Grays19th-Century Majors · 1878–1882 Brooklyn Wonders19th-Century Majors · 1890

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On the boards· Appears on 3 boards

Boards that rank MLB careers

MLB Advanced — ERA+ & OPS+ Leaders MLB Age Milestones — Youngest to 1,000 Hits, 100 HR, 100 Wins and 1,000 K MLB Breakout Seasons — Biggest Career-High Leaps MLB Career Arc Types MLB Career Dominance — top-25 in multiple all-time categories MLB Clutch Delta — Who Rises in October

Similar careers

Players whose careers had the same shape — total value, peak, best three-season stretch, length and when the value came — measured with VAL against their own leagues.

Where this data comes from

Bio, rosters, and year-by-year/career stat splits come directly from MLB's own official public StatsAPI.

MLB StatsAPI — Official public API, keyless — no stated open licence

Methodology · Trust Center

Season	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VAL
1878	17–18	Providence Grays	37	138	14	27	5	4	1	15	—	2	13	.196	—	.312	—	8.4
1879	18–19	Providence Grays	83	364	71	104	9	4	2	41	—	7	14	.286	—	.349	—	13.5
1880	19–20	Providence Grays	86	356	53	81	12	2	0	27	—	6	16	.228	—	.272	—	16.4
1881	20–21	Providence Grays	85	357	56	87	18	6	0	53	—	5	10	.244	—	.328	—	10.3
1882	21–22	Providence Grays	83	355	58	87	10	3	1	39	—	13	22	.245	—	.299	—	7.6
1883	22–23	SF	88	380	76	97	18	7	7	54	—	8	25	.255	—	.395	—	11.2
1884	23–24	SF	113	482	98	122	11	8	2	51	—	28	47	.253	—	.322	—	1.7
1885	24–25	SF	111	446	72	101	8	9	0	37	—	17	39	.226	—	.285	—	1
1886	25–26	SF	122	491	82	134	17	5	2	81	36	19	46	.273	—	.340	—	4
1887	26–27	SF	129	545	114	184	16	5	1	53	111	29	12	.338	.375	.391	.766	4.7
1888	27–28	SF	122	510	70	128	14	5	2	49	38	9	13	.251	.265	.310	.575	2.2
1889	28–29	SF	114	479	87	143	13	4	1	67	62	27	7	.299	.339	.349	.688	2.9
1890	29–30	Brooklyn Wonders	128	561	134	188	15	12	4	60	63	51	22	.335	.393	.426	.819	7.6
1891	30–31	LAD	105	441	85	122	13	5	0	39	57	36	10	.277	.335	.329	.664	2.1
1892	31–32	LAD	148	614	109	163	13	3	1	47	88	82	19	.265	.355	.301	.656	4.1
1893	32–33	SF	135	588	129	193	27	9	2	77	46	47	5	.328	.379	.415	.794	4.1
1894	33–34	SF	136	540	100	143	12	5	0	77	39	34	6	.265	.310	.306	.616	0

John Ward

MLB Stats

Career Snapshot

All-time standings

2 clubs that no longer exist

On the boards· Appears on 3 boards

Boards that rank MLB careers

Similar careers

Where this data comes from

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Intelligence

Rate Stats vs League (OPS+ / ERA+)

Cross-Sport Era-Adjusted Standing