Player

John Ward HOF 1964

Player Info
Full Name
John Montgomery
Born
March 3, 1860
Bellefonte, PA, USA
Died
March 4, 1925
Size
5'9" / 165 lbs
B/T
L / R
Debut
July 15, 1878
Final Game
September 29, 1894
Career
17 years
Teams
Career Batting
1,827
G
.275
AVG
2,107
H
26
HR
869
RBI
.654
OPS
96
OPS vs Lg
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Career Pitching
164-103
W-L
2.10
ERA
293
G
920
SO
3
SV
1.04
WHIP
Pitching Season by Season
Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP SO BB
1884 New York Gothams 3 3 3.41 9 5 0 60.1 23 18
1883 New York Gothams 16 13 2.70 34 25 0 277.0 121 31
1882 Providence Grays 19 13 2.55 34 33 1 286.0 72 36
1881 Providence Grays 18 18 2.13 39 35 0 330.0 119 53
1880 Providence Grays 39 24 1.74 70 67 1 595.0 230 45
1879 Providence Grays 47 19 2.15 70 60 1 587.0 239 36
1878 Providence Grays 22 13 1.51 37 37 0 334.0 116 34
Advanced Pitching About these stats
Year Lg IP K/9 BB/9 WHIP Qual
1884 NL 60.7 3.41 2.67 1.484
1883 NL 277.0 3.93 1.01 1.116 ✓
1882 NL 286.0 2.27 1.13 1.063 ✓
1881 NL 330.0 3.25 1.45 1.148 ✓
1880 NL 595.0 3.48 0.68 0.918 ✓
1879 NL 587.0 3.66 0.55 1.034 ✓
1878 NL 334.0 3.13 0.92 1.024 ✓
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1894 New York Giants 138 549 146 12 5 0 102 .266
1893 New York Giants 135 588 193 27 9 2 129 .328
1892 Brooklyn Grooms 148 614 163 13 3 1 109 .265
1891 Brooklyn Grooms 105 441 122 13 5 0 85 .277
1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders 128 561 188 15 12 4 134 .335
1889 New York Giants 114 479 143 13 4 1 87 .299
1888 New York Giants 122 510 128 14 5 2 70 .251
1887 New York Giants 129 545 184 16 5 1 114 .338
1886 New York Giants 122 491 134 17 5 2 82 .273
1885 New York Giants 111 446 101 8 9 0 72 .226
1884 New York Gothams 113 482 122 11 8 2 98 .253
1883 New York Gothams 88 380 97 18 7 7 76 .255
1882 Providence Grays 83 355 87 10 3 1 58 .245
1881 Providence Grays 85 357 87 18 6 0 56 .244
1880 Providence Grays 86 356 81 12 2 0 53 .228
1879 Providence Grays 83 364 104 9 4 2 71 .286
1878 Providence Grays 37 138 27 5 4 1 14 .196
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1894 NL 605 .040 .269 5.8 1.0 52 0.0 ✓
1893 NL 636 .087 .329 7.4 0.8 116 2.4 ✓
1892 NL 699 .036 .273 11.7 2.7 104 1.0 ✓
1891 NL 480 .052 .283 7.5 2.1 99 0.0 ✓
1890 PL 614 .091 .344 8.3 3.6 124 4.9 ✓
1889 NL 508 .050 .302 5.3 1.4 97 1.2 ✓
1888 NL 520 .059 .255 1.7 2.5 88 2.4 ✓
1887 NL 578 .053 .344 5.0 2.1 117 1.3 ✓
1886 NL 510 .067 .298 3.7 9.0 99 2.6 ✓
1885 NL 463 .058 .248 3.7 8.4 77 0.0 ✓
1884 NL 510 .069 .277 5.5 9.2 94 2.8 ✓
1883 NL 388 .140 .259 2.1 6.4 102 11.6 ✓
1882 NL 368 .054 .259 3.5 6.0 84 1.9 ✓
1881 NL 362 .084 .251 1.4 2.8 85 0.0 ✓
1880 NL 362 .045 .238 1.7 4.4 75 0.0 ✓
1879 NL 371 .063 .293 1.9 3.8 117 3.8 ✓
1878 NL 140 .116 .210 1.4 9.3 72 2.6
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
SS 826 1,522 2,641 530 294 .887
2B 493 1,226 1,646 263 167 .916
P 293 169 574 54 20 .932
OF 214 355 77 78 7 .847
3B 46 53 112 27 6 .859
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1894 New York Giants 2B 138 333 453 66 53 .923
1893 New York Giants 2B 134 348 464 73 41 .918
1892 Brooklyn Grooms 2B 148 377 472 74 48 .920
1891 Brooklyn Grooms 2B 18 55 56 6 8 .949
1891 Brooklyn Grooms SS 87 180 296 66 28 .878
1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders SS 128 303 450 105 59 .878
1889 New York Giants 2B 7 16 20 8 0 .818
1889 New York Giants SS 108 229 319 68 38 .890
1888 New York Giants SS 122 185 331 86 39 .857
1887 New York Giants SS 129 226 469 61 53 .919
1886 New York Giants SS 122 191 369 69 36 .890
1885 New York Giants SS 111 167 350 55 36 .904
1884 New York Gothams 2B 47 95 177 35 17 .886
1884 New York Gothams OF 59 103 13 21 2 .847
1884 New York Gothams P 9 3 16 2 0 .905
1883 New York Gothams 2B 1 2 4 1 0 .857
1883 New York Gothams 3B 5 6 11 6 0 .739
1883 New York Gothams OF 56 118 28 24 2 .859
1883 New York Gothams P 34 25 67 10 2 .902
1883 New York Gothams SS 2 3 6 1 0 .900
1882 Providence Grays OF 49 69 20 19 3 .824
1882 Providence Grays P 34 18 73 6 4 .938
1882 Providence Grays SS 4 18 12 6 1 .833
1881 Providence Grays OF 40 57 14 9 0 .888
1881 Providence Grays P 39 26 77 7 7 .936
1881 Providence Grays SS 13 20 39 13 4 .819
1880 Providence Grays 3B 25 30 69 12 4 .892
1880 Providence Grays OF 2 1 1 2 0 .500
1880 Providence Grays P 70 43 133 3 1 .983
1879 Providence Grays 3B 16 17 32 9 2 .845
1879 Providence Grays OF 8 7 1 3 0 .727
1879 Providence Grays P 70 31 134 11 2 .938
1878 Providence Grays P 37 23 74 15 4 .866
Postseason Batting
Year Round Team G AB H HR RBI AVG
Career 17 65 26 0 13 .400
1889 World Series New York Giants 9 36 15 0 7 .417
1888 World Series New York Giants 8 29 11 0 6 .379
Managerial record: 412-320 (.563) Full Managerial Record
Year Team League G W L PCT Finish
1894 New York Giants NL 139 88 44 .667 2 Player-Mgr
1893 New York Giants NL 136 68 64 .515 5 Player-Mgr
1892 Brooklyn Grooms NL 158 95 59 .617 2 Player-Mgr
1891 Brooklyn Grooms NL 137 61 76 .445 6 Player-Mgr
1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders PL 133 76 56 .576 2 Player-Mgr
1884 New York Gothams NL 16 6 8 .429 4 Player-Mgr
1880 Providence Grays NL 32 18 13 .581 2 Player-Mgr