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Gary Ward played 12 major-league seasons (1979-1990) as a OF (1,094), 1B (54), 3B (2). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 12 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 26 | MIN | 10 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .286 | .697 | 93 |
| 1980 | 27 | MIN | 13 | 41 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .463 | 1.269 | 243 |
| 1981 | 28 | MIN | 85 | 295 | 42 | 78 | 3 | 29 | 5 | 28 | 48 | .264 | .684 | 98 |
| 1982 | 29 | MIN | 152 | 570 | 85 | 165 | 28 | 91 | 13 | 37 | 105 | .289 | .849 | 130 |
| 1983 | 30 | MIN | 157 | 623 | 76 | 173 | 19 | 88 | 8 | 44 | 98 | .278 | .766 | 109 |
| 1984 | 31 | TEX | 155 | 602 | 97 | 171 | 21 | 79 | 7 | 55 | 95 | .284 | .790 | 118 |
| 1985 | 32 | TEX | 154 | 593 | 77 | 170 | 15 | 70 | 26 | 39 | 97 | .287 | .763 | 107 |
| 1986 | 33 | TEX | 105 | 380 | 54 | 120 | 5 | 51 | 12 | 31 | 72 | .316 | .777 | 112 |
| 1987 | 34 | NYA | 146 | 529 | 65 | 131 | 16 | 78 | 9 | 33 | 101 | .248 | .675 | 77 |
| 1988 | 35 | NYA | 91 | 231 | 26 | 52 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 41 | .225 | .614 | 73 |
| 1989 | 36 | NYA|DET | 113 | 292 | 27 | 74 | 9 | 30 | 1 | 24 | 59 | .253 | .704 | 98 |
| 1990 | 37 | DET | 106 | 309 | 32 | 79 | 9 | 46 | 2 | 30 | 50 | .256 | .713 | 99 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | OF | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | OF | 12 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | OF | 80 | 73 | 185 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 1982 | OF | 150 | 143 | 343 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
| 1983 | OF | 152 | 152 | 374 | 24 | 9 | 6 |
| 1984 | OF | 148 | 146 | 376 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 1985 | OF | 153 | 151 | 304 | 11 | 10 | 2 |
| 1986 | OF | 104 | 101 | 237 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| 1987 | OF | 94 | 83 | 200 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1B | 15 | 13 | 118 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 1988 | OF | 54 | 45 | 130 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1B | 11 | 10 | 90 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 1988 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | OF | 57 | 42 | 108 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1989 | 1B | 26 | 12 | 126 | 14 | 2 | 14 |
| 1990 | OF | 85 | 77 | 157 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1990 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1982, 1981.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 10 | 1 / 140 | 0 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 34 | 1 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.