Pinky Ward
Indianapolis ABCs 1924; Chicago American Giants 1924; Memphis Red Sox 1924–1925; Birmingham Black Barons 1927; Memphis Red Sox 1927–1929; Chicago Columbia Giants 1931; Louisville Black Caps 1932
Percentile snapshot
1929 season — qualified batters
of 165 qualified 1929 batters (min 226 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 60 | 249 | 218 | 26 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .239 | .314 | .280 | .594 | 70.8 | 63.9 | .293 | -0.3 |
| 1925 | 45 | 165 | 142 | 26 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .289 | .369 | .408 | .777 | 109.0 | 108.6 | .359 | 0.6 |
| 1927 | 89 | 366 | 310 | 37 | 84 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 38 | 0 | 13 | 0 | .271 | .367 | .374 | .741 | 103.7 | 99.8 | .351 | 1.6 |
| 1928 | 69 | 274 | 225 | 42 | 65 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .289 | .394 | .400 | .794 | 120.0 | 117.1 | .375 | 1.8 |
| 1929 | 67 | 276 | 222 | 37 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 44 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .252 | .381 | .347 | .727 | 98.7 | 91.1 | .350 | 0.8 |
| 1931 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .385 | .273 | .657 | 95.4 | 84.4 | .338 | 0.0 |
| 1932 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 23.6 | -21.2 | .191 | 0.0 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931-07-04 | CAG @ SLS Gameday | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1931-06-22 | IND @ CAG Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1931-05-02 | CAG @ IND Gameday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931-05-03 | CAG @ IND Gameday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931-05-03 | CAG @ IND Gameday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931-05-02 | CAG @ IND Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931-05-03 | CAG @ IND Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931-05-03 | CAG @ IND Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931-05-04 | CAG @ IND Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931-05-16 | CAG @ DTS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.