John Ward Essentials Positions: Bats: L Throws: R Weight: 165 Born: Year: 1860 in Bellefonte, PA USA Died: 3 4 1925 in Augusta, GA USA Debut: 1878-07-15 Last Game: 1894-09-29 Hall of Fame: Inducted as a Player in 1964 by Veterans Full Name: John Montgomery Ward
John Ward Essentials Positions: Bats: Throws: Weight: Born: , 1862 in East St. Louis, IL USA Died: 8 2 1899 in East St. Louis, IL USA Debut: 1885-09-19 Last Game: 1885-09-19 Full Name: John T. Ward
John Ward Essentials Positions: Bats: Throws: Height: Weight: Born: #NUM! in Washington, DC USA Died: in , Debut: 1884-05-23 Last Game: 1884-05-23 Full Name: John E. Ward
In the New York Evening Journalâ 80s player-manager Sam Crane picks his all-time listâ in response to a list that Charles Comiskey compiled. Crane graciously faults Comiskey for not including himselfâ as well as for not going back far enough. He lists 20 in chronological order: G. Wrightâ Ross Barnesâ C. Ansonâ M. Kellyâ C. Radbourne F. Dunlapâ B. Ewingâ J. Wardâ C. Comiskeyâ B. Langeâ J. McGrawâ L. Lajoieâ F. Clarkeâ H. Wagnerâ W. Keelerâ J. Collinsâ C. Mathewsonâ H. Chaseâ T. Cobbâ and E. Collins.
John Montgomery Ward organizes the Playersâ League
1889 – John Ward arrives in New York, having left the world tour early, and states that he might consent to play with the Washington Nationals if he receives a major portion of the $12,000 sale price. On April 2nd he will kill the deal with the Giants by refusing to play for Washington.
June 1 1888 game at the South End Grounds between the Boston Nationals and the New York Giants. The artist used reproductions from original images to depict the players on the field, in foul ground, and some of the spectators, presumably prominent people. The players on the field are identified as follows: William Nash, second…
1887 – New York Giants shortstop and team captain John Ward thinks that the open sale of players has gone too far. “I wouldn’t play in Kansas City under any circumstances,” he says, but a club could force him to play there or not play at all.
On July 15, 1878, 18-year old John Ward made his Major League debut for Providence. He lost 13-to-9, but continued to pitch every inning of every game for the rest of the 1878 season.