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James
Ward		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 31, 1987 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2008 21 CIN NL     0 0 0 0 5 5 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4
2009 22 OAK AL     0 2 3 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 9 9 9
2010 23 OAK AL     2 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9
2011 24 OAK AL     3 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9
2012 25 OAK AL $ 100,000   4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8
2013 26 OAK AL $ 100,000   4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
2014 27 OAK AL     5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 0 0 5 5 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 100,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 28 OAK AL $ 100,000 7 7 7 7 5 6 5 7 7 7
2016 29 OAK AL $ 257,143 7 7 7 7 5 6 5 7 7 7
2017 30 OAK AL $ 257,143 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
2018 31 SDG NL   6 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
2019 32 BOS AL   6 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 257,143 7 7 7 7 5 6 5 8 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2008 21 CIN NL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2009 22 OAK AL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 23 OAK AL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2011 24 OAK AL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2012 25 OAK AL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2013 26 OAK AL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2014 27 OAK AL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 28 OAK AL $ 100,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2016 29 OAK AL $ 257,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2017 30 OAK AL $ 257,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2018 31 SDG NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2019 32 BOS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 257,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2008 21 A   3 7 .300 11 11 3 0 0 80.3 95 43 13 26 61 4.82 .301 .354 .478 .832  
2009 22 AA   3 4 .429 10 10 0 0 0 65.7 70 30 10 37 109 4.11 .269 .360 .450 .810  
    A   6 5 .545 15 15 5 1 0 110.3 102 55 11 38 111 4.49 .242 .305 .399 .704  
2010 23 AA   12 6 .667 26 26 2 1 0 174.0 158 55 12 38 329 2.84 .234 .275 .337 .612  
2011 24 AAA   9 6 .600 20 20 4 2 0 137.0 110 33 12 44 201 2.17 .214 .275 .317 .592  
2012 25 OAK AL 6 11 .353 26 26 1 0 0 147.3 155 77 26 45 104 4.70 .268 .323 .463 .786 6.0
2013 26 OAK AL 12 13 .480 32 32 1 0 0 191.0 190 91 31 63 166 4.29 .256 .317 .436 .753 10.5
2014 27 AAA   13 5 .722 24 24 0 0 0 141.7 167 79 10 49 205 5.02 .287 .343 .399 .742  
2015 28 OAK AL 13 10 .565 31 31 0 0 0 174.0 190 103 32 76 120 5.33 .273 .344 .463 .807 7.6
2016 29 AAA   10 8 .556 29 29 0 0 0 183.0 182 98 29 79 166 4.82 .256 .331 .427 .758  
2017 30 AAA   15 4 .789 31 31 1 1 0 204.0 180 69 25 78 185 3.04 .233 .304 .373 .677  
2018 31 PHI NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 4 5 0 4 0 27.11 .444 .615 .444 1.060 0.0
  SDG NL 0 1 .000 20 0 0 0 3 19.0 21 13 3 13 14 6.16 .280 .382 .427 .809 0.0
  TOT   0 1 .000 22 0 0 0 3 20.7 25 18 3 17 14 7.84 .298 .412 .429 .840 0.0
2019 32 AAA   5 1 .833 41 0 0 0 3 80.7 82 43 9 56 63 4.80 .268 .381 .405 .786  
    AA   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 10 0.00 .143 .143 .143 .286  
2020 33 AAA   0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 10.7 14 5 2 4 13 4.22 .311 .367 .533 .901  
4 Years Sim 31 35 .470 111 89 2 0 3 533.0 560 289 92 201 404 4.88 .267 .332 .452 .784 24.1
6 Years AAA 52 24 .684 152 104 5 3 3 757.0 735 327 87 310 833 3.89 .251 .323 .387 .710  
3 Years AA 15 10 .600 39 36 2 1 0 247.7 232 85 22 75 448 3.09 .241 .296 .362 .658  
2 Years A 9 12 .429 26 26 8 1 0 190.7 197 98 24 64 172 4.63 .267 .326 .433 .759  
11 Years Minors 76 46 .623 217 166 15 5 3 1195.3 1164 510 133 449 1453 3.84 .252 .318 .389 .707  
Season Average 7 8 .467 27 22 0 0 0 133.2 140 72 23 50 101 4.88 .267 .332 .452 .784  
Career Highs 13 13 .565 32 32 1 0 3 191.0 190 103 32 76 166 7.84 .298 .412 .463 .840  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   297 149 47 116 230   .248 .315 .419 .733
vs LH   263 140 45 85 174   .292 .353 .497 .849
Home 17 13 .567 57 46 1 0 1 285.0 283 138 47 113 205 4.36 .257 .326 .433 .759
Away 14 22 .389 54 43 1 0 2 248.0 277 151 45 88 199 5.48 .278 .337 .473 .810
Mar/Apr 5 4 .556 16 11 0 0 0 70.7 64 34 17 27 57 4.33 .235 .304 .460 .764
May 4 7 .364 28 17 0 0 2 95.7 111 68 19 43 63 6.40 .283 .354 .510 .864
June 2 10 .167 22 16 0 0 1 85.0 99 54 15 36 74 5.72 .289 .357 .459 .816
July 5 3 .625 11 11 0 0 0 63.7 67 34 13 18 50 4.81 .269 .318 .474 .792
August 7 5 .583 16 16 2 0 0 112.7 109 47 12 37 76 3.75 .252 .311 .379 .689
Sep/Oct 8 6 .571 18 18 0 0 0 105.3 110 52 16 40 84 4.44 .268 .333 .450 .783
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2011 24 AAA   5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2012 25 OAK AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2013 26 OAK AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2015 28 OAK AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0
3 Years Sim 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0
1 Years AAA 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 202 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 81 .000 .167 .000 .167 -5.1  
Career Highs 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
vs LH   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1
Away 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2012 25 OAK AL P 26 26 147.3 6 17 2 2 .920 1.41    
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2013 26 OAK AL P 32 32 191.0 6 26 1 4 .970 1.51    
2015 28 OAK AL P 31 31 174.0 7 24 3 2 .912 1.60    
2018 31 PHI NL P 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  SDG NL P 20 0 19.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.37    
  P 111 89 533.0 22 69 6 8 .938 1.54    
  CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   112 89 536.0 22 69 6 8 .938 1.53    
Career Highs   32 32 191.0 7 26 3 4 1.000 2.18    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Homeruns Allowed
2012-7-26
2015-6-32
 Strikeouts per 9IP
2013-9-7.8
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 34)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 134)
 
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  6. Robert Byington (965)
  7. Paul Abbott (965)
  8. Wilson Alvarez (964)
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 118th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 2008
Traded from Cincinnati to Oakland on 2/3/2009 (Going to OAK: P J. Ward, 1B E. Peralta. Going to CIN: 3B C. Jones, P B. Zito)
Injured on 5/6/2009 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/16/2009 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/4/2009 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/2/2010 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 4/26/2011 with a Broken Finger, out for 5-6 weeks
Earned first career win on 4/13/2012
Injured on 6/27/2012 with a Inflamed Tricep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 7/31/2012 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
 
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