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Daryle Ward 1BAstros

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
17 2462 .263 .320 .447 95 0.6
Birth Date6-27-1975
Height6' 2"
Weight240 lbs
Age48 years, 9 months, 28 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1998 HOU 23 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 80 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 HOU 24 64 161 41 6 0 8 9 31 0 0 0 .273 .311 .473 93 -0.8 -1.4 -3.3 -0.2
2000 HOU 25 119 281 68 10 2 20 15 61 0 0 0 .258 .295 .538 102 2.6 -0.3 -2.6 0.6
2001 HOU 26 95 235 56 15 0 9 19 48 1 0 0 .263 .323 .460 92 -1.4 -1.1 -1.4 0.1
2002 HOU 27 136 491 125 31 0 12 33 82 1 1 3 .276 .324 .424 89 -4.8 -3.4 -8.5 -0.6
2003 LAN 28 52 114 20 1 0 0 3 19 1 0 0 .183 .211 .193 48 -7.0 0.4 -0.5 -0.5
2004 PIT 29 79 321 73 17 2 15 22 45 3 0 0 .249 .305 .474 100 0.6 -2.4 -2.0 0.0
2005 PIT 30 133 453 106 21 1 12 37 60 1 0 2 .260 .318 .405 94 -3.2 -7.2 3.1 -0.2
2006 ATL 31 20 27 8 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 .308 .333 .462 120 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.2
2006 WAS 31 78 123 32 9 0 6 14 21 2 0 1 .308 .390 .567 121 4.0 0.1 -0.6 0.6
2007 CHN 32 79 133 36 13 0 3 22 23 0 0 0 .327 .436 .527 118 3.7 0.0 0.7 0.7
2008 CHN 33 89 119 22 7 0 4 16 24 0 0 0 .216 .319 .402 93 -0.8 -1.4 -0.7 0.0
Career9482462588131590192422916.263.320.44795-6.4-16.6-15.50.6

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1994 BRI Rk APL 48 182 .000 .000 .000 .306 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 FAY A SAL 137 582 .000 .000 .000 .338 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 LAK A+ FSL 128 531 .000 .000 .000 .332 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 TOL AAA INT 6 23 .000 .000 .000 .200 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 JAC AA TXS 0 471 .000 .000 .000 .358 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 NWO AAA AA 0 55 .000 .000 .000 .410 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 HOU MLB NL 4 4 .243 .306 .364 1.000 99 0.2 0.1 0 80 6 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0
1998 NWO AAA PCL 0 506 .000 .000 .000 .326 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 HOU MLB NL 64 161 .271 .344 .433 .292 97 -0.8 4.4 -1.4 93 14 -3.3 -1.4 -0.8 -0.2
1999 NWO AAA PCL 0 267 .000 .000 .000 .335 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 HOU MLB NL 119 281 .264 .339 .424 .259 116 -6 8.9 -2.3 102 11 -2.6 -0.3 2.6 0.6
2001 HOU MLB NL 95 235 .269 .334 .442 .297 107 0.3 7.0 -1.9 92 14 -1.4 -1.1 -1.4 0.1
2002 HOU MLB NL 136 491 .258 .327 .410 .311 105 -5.2 14.2 -3.3 89 5 -8.5 -3.4 -4.8 -0.6
2003 LAN MLB NL 52 114 .254 .319 .402 .220 91 -13.2 3.0 -1.1 48 15 -0.5 0.4 -7.0 -0.5
2003 JAX AA SOU 4 16 .000 .000 .000 .154 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 LVG AAA PCL 34 140 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 PIT MLB NL 79 321 .260 .327 .419 .246 95 1.9 9.6 -5.7 100 15 -2.0 -2.4 0.6 0.0
2004 NAS AAA PCL 28 101 .000 .000 .000 .274 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 PIT MLB NL 133 453 .266 .331 .425 .274 103 -7.1 13.0 -7.9 94 10 3.1 -7.2 -3.2 -0.2
2006 ATL MLB NL 20 27 .247 .315 .406 .368 96 0.8 0.8 -0.2 120 15 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.2
2006 WAS MLB NL 78 123 .271 .338 .440 .325 92 8.6 3.7 -0.9 121 15 -0.6 0.1 4.0 0.6
2007 CHN MLB NL 79 133 .256 .323 .402 .388 102 8.6 3.9 -1.2 118 12 0.7 0.0 3.7 0.7
2007 IOW AAA PCL 4 13 .288 .347 .456 .091 120 -1.8 0.4 -0.3 29 0 0.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.1
2008 CHN MLB NL 89 119 .260 .332 .413 .240 105 -1.9 3.4 -0.8 93 12 -0.7 -1.4 -0.8 0.0
2008 IOW AAA PCL 3 11 .304 .388 .493 .556 145 0.6 0.3 -0.2 113 0 -0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0
2009 CHR AAA INT 69 283 .263 .329 .395 .289 109 -3.7 8.2 -5.2 110 0 -2.1 -2.7 4.9 0.3
2009 SYR AAA INT 30 109 .257 .319 .384 .261 108 -1.1 3.1 -2 112 0 -0.5 0.1 5.7 0.6
2011 MOB AA SOU 28 110 .258 .337 .389 .325 109 4.5 3.2 -2 132 0 0.1 -0.2 4.1 0.5
2011 GSV Wnt LMP 25 103 .000 .000 .000 .276 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1994 BRI Rk APL 182 161 17 43 6 0 5 64 30 19 33 4 1 .267 .343 .398 .130 1 1
1995 FAY A SAL 582 524 75 149 32 0 14 223 106 46 111 1 2 .284 .348 .426 .141 0 0
1996 TOL AAA INT 23 23 1 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 .174 .174 .174 .000 0 0
1996 LAK A+ FSL 531 464 65 135 29 4 10 202 68 57 77 1 1 .291 .376 .435 .144 0 0
1997 NWO AAA AA 55 48 4 18 1 0 2 25 8 7 7 0 0 .375 .455 .521 .146 0 0
1997 JAC AA TXS 471 422 72 139 25 0 19 221 90 46 68 4 2 .329 .399 .524 .194 0 0
1998 HOU MLB NL 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .000 0 0
1998 NWO AAA PCL 506 463 78 141 31 1 23 243 96 41 78 2 0 .305 .364 .525 .220 0 0
1999 NWO AAA PCL 267 241 56 85 15 1 28 186 65 23 43 1 1 .353 .416 .772 .419 0 0
1999 HOU MLB NL 161 150 11 41 6 0 8 71 30 9 31 0 0 .273 .311 .473 .200 2 0
2000 HOU MLB NL 281 264 36 68 10 2 20 142 47 15 61 0 0 .258 .295 .538 .280 2 0
2001 HOU MLB NL 235 213 21 56 15 0 9 98 39 19 48 0 0 .263 .323 .460 .197 2 0
2002 HOU MLB NL 491 453 41 125 31 0 12 192 72 33 82 1 3 .276 .324 .424 .148 4 0
2003 LAN MLB NL 114 109 6 20 1 0 0 21 9 3 19 0 0 .183 .211 .193 .009 1 0
2003 LVG AAA PCL 140 128 16 38 9 0 4 59 24 10 22 0 0 .297 .348 .461 .164 0 0
2003 JAX AA SOU 16 16 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .000 0 0
2004 NAS AAA PCL 101 96 14 27 7 0 7 55 17 5 16 0 0 .281 .317 .573 .292 0 0
2004 PIT MLB NL 321 293 39 73 17 2 15 139 57 22 45 0 0 .249 .305 .474 .225 3 0
2005 PIT MLB NL 453 407 46 106 21 1 12 165 63 37 60 0 2 .260 .318 .405 .145 8 0
2006 ATL MLB NL 27 26 2 8 1 0 1 12 7 1 6 0 0 .308 .333 .462 .154 0 0
2006 WAS MLB NL 123 104 15 32 9 0 6 59 19 14 21 0 1 .308 .390 .567 .260 3 0
2007 IOW AAA PCL 13 13 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 .077 .077 .154 .077 0 0
2007 CHN MLB NL 133 110 16 36 13 0 3 58 19 22 23 0 0 .327 .436 .527 .200 1 0
2008 IOW AAA PCL 11 10 3 5 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 .500 .545 .500 .000 0 0
2008 CHN MLB NL 119 102 8 22 7 0 4 41 17 16 24 0 0 .216 .319 .402 .186 1 0
2009 SYR AAA INT 109 94 10 23 2 0 5 40 13 12 20 0 0 .245 .336 .426 .181 0 0
2009 CHR AAA INT 283 247 31 63 11 0 8 98 36 31 49 2 1 .255 .343 .397 .142 0 0
2011 GSV Wnt LMP 103 89 6 22 3 0 1 28 8 10 15 0 0 .247 .320 .315 .067 3 0
2011 MOB AA SOU 110 85 12 27 7 0 2 40 18 22 9 1 0 .318 .445 .471 .153 3 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 457 0.4967 0.4398 0.8010 0.5903 0.2913 0.9030 0.5970 0.1990 0.0000
Career4570.49670.43980.80100.59030.29130.90300.59700.19900.0000

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2009-05-11 2009-05-21 Minors 10 0 Low Back Cartilage Injury Herniated Disc -
2008-05-14 2008-06-24 15-DL 41 37 Low Back Cartilage Injury Bulging Disc -
2007-07-20 2007-08-12 15-DL 23 22 Right Lower Leg Strain Calf -
2007-06-03 2007-06-19 15-DL 16 15 Right Hip Strain Hip Flexor -
2004-06-26 2004-08-15 15-DL 50 44 Right Hand Sprain -
2003-05-29 2003-06-17 15-DL 19 16 Right Wrist Inflammation -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2008 CHN $1,200,000
2007 CHN $1,000,000
2006 WAS, ATL $700,000
2005 PIT $950,000
2003 LAN $1,350,000
2002 HOU $375,000
2001 HOU $287,500
2000 HOU $237,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
8 yrPrevious$6,100,000
8 yrTotal$6,100,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
9 y 44 d

Details
  • acquired in trade from CHW 8/6/09 signed as a free agent from CIN 5/2/09 (minor-league contract)
  • released 3/23/09 signed as a free agent from CHC 2/5/09 (minor-league contract)
  • CHC exercised $1.2M 08 option 11/3/07
  • signed as a free agent from ATL 12/06, 1 year/$1.05M (07)+$1.2M 08 club option
  • 07:$1M, 08:$1.2M club option $50K buyout
  • 08 option vests with 225 plate appearances 07
  • if 08 option vests or is exercised, Ward may void & forfeit opt
  • performance bonus:$50K 125 plate appearances, $75K each 175,225 plate appearances, $0.1M 275 plate appearances
  • award bonus:$0.3M each MVP,WSMVP, $0.2M LCSMVP, $75K All-Star,SS
  • acquired in trade from WAS 8/06 signed as a free agent from PIT 1/06, 1 year/$0.7M (06) (minor-league contract)
  • 1 year/$0.95M (05)
  • contract purchased 5/04 sent to minor-league camp 3/04 signed as a free agent from LA 1/04 (minor-league contract)
  • acquired in trade from HOU 1/03 avoided arbitration 1/03, 1 year/$1.35M (03)

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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