1B Eric Ward #24
Age: 26 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Great    
12/31/2026
1B ERIC WARD #24 - AGE: 26 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
85 292 84 19 1 13 43 46 62 .288 .386 .493 3 2.3
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 5 4 5 5
Gap 5 4 5 5
Power 6 4 6 6
Eye 6 4 6 6
Avoid K's 4 3 4 4
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 3 1
Errors: - 3 1
Arm: 1 4 3
Turn DP: - 1 -
Ability: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: 4 Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 4
Stealing Ability: 10
Baserunning Inst.: 6
Sacrifice Bunt: 2
Bunt for Hit: 2
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/25/2026 CHG Loss, 3-9 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
09/24/2026 @ GRE Win, 3-0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/23/2026 @ GRE Win, 16-1 5 2 2 1 0 1 1 0
09/22/2026 @ GRE Win, 6-5 5 1 1 3 1 0 0 0
09/21/2026 KT Win, 8-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/20/2026 KT Loss, 5-8 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
09/19/2026 KT Win, 6-0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/17/2026 CD Win, 7-0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0
09/16/2026 CD Loss, 4-8 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
09/13/2026 @ MON Loss, 2-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Leader Ability:Very High
Loyalty:Very Low
Desire f. Win:High
Greed:Very High
Intelligence:Normal
Work Ethic:Normal
Birthday:02/17/2000
Born in:Schuylkill Haven, PA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:225 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$550,000
Signed Through:2027 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 81 Days
Service This Yr:149 Days
40-Man Service:5 Years, 9 Days
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:1 option year left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:2020, 26th Pick in Round 1
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MENARD'S THIRD LEAGUE 2026 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 85 292 84 19 1 13 43 41 46 62 .288 .386 .493 .879 .391 .205 147
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 80 342 2 3 0 5 0 2 144 33 3 0 100.0 58.8 7.38 2.3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   66 21 6 0 2 11 10 5 11 1 0 1 .318 .370 .500 .870
Versus Right   226 63 13 1 11 32 31 41 51 1 0 1 .279 .390 .491 .881
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   75 26 7 0 2 10 15 15 14 0 0 1 .347 .462 .520 .982
June   77 24 6 1 5 9 10 11 21 1 0 1 .312 .400 .610 1.010
July   84 20 5 0 3 13 8 9 15 1 0 0 .238 .309 .405 .713
August   15 6 0 0 1 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 .400 .500 .600 1.100
September   41 8 1 0 2 8 5 8 9 0 0 0 .195 .327 .366 .692
Spring Training   26 10 1 0 3 8 6 3 4 0 0 0 .385 .448 .769 1.218
Postseason   8 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 .125 .125 .250 .375
Career   292 84 19 1 13 43 41 46 62 2 0 2 .288 .386 .493 .879
Home   140 38 6 0 7 23 18 25 28 2 0 0 .271 .377 .464 .842
Road   152 46 13 1 6 20 23 21 34 0 0 2 .303 .394 .520 .914
Grass   130 42 12 1 6 20 22 17 26 0 0 1 .323 .405 .569 .975
Turf   162 42 7 0 7 23 19 29 36 2 0 1 .259 .371 .432 .803
Day   95 34 12 0 4 17 14 18 19 0 0 0 .358 .460 .611 1.071
Night   197 50 7 1 9 26 27 28 43 2 0 2 .254 .349 .437 .786
As Starter   288 81 19 1 11 38 39 45 62 2 0 2 .281 .380 .469 .849
As Reliever / Substitution   4 3 0 0 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .800 2.250 3.050
Pinch Hitting   4 3 0 0 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .800 2.250 3.050
Close/Late   58 20 2 0 4 8 7 13 15 0 0 1 .345 .472 .586 1.058
Inning 1-3   90 20 5 0 3 13 12 15 19 1 0 0 .222 .330 .378 .708
Inning 4-6   107 31 7 1 5 15 15 13 21 1 0 1 .290 .369 .514 .883
Inning 7-9   91 32 7 0 5 15 14 17 21 0 0 1 .352 .459 .593 1.052
Extra Innings   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
0 Outs   89 27 6 0 4 7 17 14 18 0 0 0 .303 .398 .506 .904
1 Outs   108 30 7 0 4 14 16 22 28 2 0 2 .278 .403 .454 .857
2 Outs   95 27 6 1 5 22 8 10 16 0 0 0 .284 .352 .526 .879
Scoring Position   73 22 9 0 3 30 13 12 14 2 0 0 .301 .391 .548 .939
Bases Empty   150 43 9 1 8 8 22 21 33 0 0 1 .287 .378 .520 .898
Runner on 1st   69 19 1 0 2 5 6 13 15 0 0 1 .275 .398 .377 .774
Runner on 2nd   18 5 3 0 1 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 .278 .381 .611 .992
Runner on 3rd   8 3 2 0 0 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 .375 .545 .625 1.170
Runner on 1st & 2nd   28 9 3 0 1 11 5 2 8 0 0 0 .321 .367 .536 .902
Runner on 1st & 3rd   10 4 1 0 1 8 2 0 2 2 0 0 .400 .333 .800 1.133
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   7 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 .000 .364 .000 .364
Bases Loaded   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Two Strikes   134 25 7 1 5 17 14 23 62 2 0 1 .187 .306 .366 .672
First Pitch   45 15 4 0 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .489 .822
Count 0-1   15 5 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .375 .600 .975
Count 0-2   14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   27 16 3 0 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 .593 .593 .926 1.519
Count 1-1   36 12 2 0 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .556 .889
Count 1-2   41 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 24 0 0 1 .122 .143 .171 .314
Count 2-0   12 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Count 2-1   14 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .357 .643
Count 2-2   51 12 3 1 3 11 6 0 20 0 0 0 .235 .235 .510 .745
Count 3-0   1 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 0 0 0 .000 .929 .000 .929
Count 3-1   8 4 1 0 1 2 5 10 0 0 0 0 .500 .778 1.000 1.778
Full Count   28 8 2 0 2 4 7 23 10 1 0 0 .286 .596 .571 1.168
Behind in Count   70 10 3 0 1 5 3 0 32 1 0 2 .143 .164 .229 .393
Ahead in Count   62 27 5 0 4 13 15 23 0 0 0 0 .435 .588 .710 1.298
Batting 4th   9 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 .222 .364 .667 1.030
Batting 5th   226 65 16 1 10 31 33 36 54 1 0 1 .288 .386 .500 .886
Batting 6th   51 16 2 0 2 9 6 8 6 1 0 1 .314 .410 .471 .880
Batting 7th   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 8th   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Low Leverage   122 36 6 1 4 9 13 20 26 0 0 1 .295 .399 .459 .858
Medium Leverage   119 34 11 0 5 20 18 16 18 1 0 0 .286 .368 .504 .872
High Leverage   49 14 2 0 4 14 10 10 16 1 0 1 .286 .410 .571 .981
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2022 New Amsterdam - SL 22 51 175 36 8 0 8 24 26 24 2 0 55 1 2 .206 .308 .389 .697 100 102 0.5
2023 New Amsterdam - SL 23 65 204 45 11 0 11 29 27 24 2 0 60 5 1 .221 .309 .436 .745 106 110 0.8
2024 New Amsterdam - SL 24 108 385 71 15 0 14 47 51 68 4 2 111 2 1 .184 .312 .332 .644 78 79 -0.5
2025 New Amsterdam - SL 25 97 330 64 9 0 6 22 27 37 5 1 99 2 2 .194 .284 .276 .560 60 64 -1.0
2026 New Amsterdam - 3L 26 85 292 84 19 1 13 43 41 46 2 2 62 3 0 .288 .386 .493 .879 147 147 2.3
Total M3L 78 293 65 9 0 7 27 30 23 3 2 85 2 6 .222 .283 .324 .608 87 88 0.1
Total SL 321 1094 216 43 0 39 122 131 153 13 3 325 10 6 .197 .302 .344 .646 81 84 -0.2
Total 3L 85 292 84 19 1 13 43 41 46 2 2 62 3 0 .288 .386 .493 .879 147 147 2.3
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2019 Total - 19 25 103 49 12 2 7 35 46 15 3 3 7 11 3 .476 .540 .835 1.375 100 100 0.0
2020 Connetquot - A 20 78 293 65 9 0 7 27 30 23 3 2 85 2 6 .222 .283 .324 .608 87 88 0.0
2020 Long Island - AA 20 24 94 28 3 0 3 17 16 11 2 1 28 1 1 .298 .380 .426 .805 126 132 0.0
2021 Long Island - AA 21 12 44 15 3 2 1 11 9 3 1 1 8 4 0 .341 .388 .568 .956 167 166 0.0
2021 Tremont - AAA 21 90 368 123 22 0 19 67 69 47 4 0 83 4 4 .334 .415 .549 .964 154 159 0.0
2022 Tremont - AAA 22 42 160 46 8 0 8 32 41 33 2 3 52 5 2 .287 .409 .487 .897 140 139 0.0
2023 Tremont - AAA 23 30 109 29 7 0 5 18 18 25 1 1 31 3 0 .266 .404 .468 .872 131 135 0.0
Total SAAA 162 637 198 37 0 32 117 128 105 7 4 166 12 6 .311 .412 .520 .931 146 149
Total SAA 36 138 43 6 2 4 28 25 14 3 2 36 5 1 .312 .382 .471 .853 139 143
Total SA 78 293 65 9 0 7 27 30 23 3 2 85 2 6 .222 .283 .324 .608 87 88
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2022 New Amsterdam - PL 22 2 7 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661 0 0 0.0
2023 New Amsterdam - SL 23 6 21 3 0 0 2 3 3 3 0 0 9 0 0 .143 .250 .429 .679 0 0 0.0
2023 New Amsterdam - PL 23 2 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 0 0 0.0
2023 Total - PL 23 8 29 4 0 0 2 5 3 3 0 0 11 0 0 .138 .219 .345 .564 0 0 0.0
2024 New Amsterdam - 3L 24 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 .143 .333 .143 .476 0 0 0.0
2024 New Amsterdam - SL 24 5 18 4 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 .222 .263 .556 .819 0 0 0.0
2024 New Amsterdam - PL 24 2 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .714 1.250 1.964 0 0 0.0
2024 Total - PL 24 9 29 7 0 0 3 4 4 6 0 0 11 0 0 .241 .371 .552 .923 0 0 0.0
2025 New Amsterdam - SL 25 13 49 7 1 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 15 1 0 .143 .208 .224 .432 0 0 0.0
2025 New Amsterdam - PL 25 2 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833 0 0 0.0
2025 Total - PL 25 15 55 9 2 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 16 1 0 .164 .220 .255 .475 0 0 0.0
2026 New Amsterdam - 3L 26 2 8 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .125 .125 .250 .375 0 0 0.0
2026 New Amsterdam - SL 26 4 14 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 5 1 0 .143 .250 .357 .607 0 0 0.0
2026 New Amsterdam - PL 26 2 8 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625 0 0 0.0
2026 Total - PL 26 8 30 5 2 0 1 4 3 2 0 0 7 1 0 .167 .219 .333 .552 0 0 0.0
Total PL 10 33 9 2 0 1 5 2 4 0 0 7 0 0 .273 .351 .424 .776 140 138
Total SL 28 102 16 1 0 6 10 9 10 0 0 35 2 0 .157 .232 .343 .575 61 54
Total 3L 4 15 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 6 0 0 .133 .235 .200 .435 19 1
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2020 Long Island - AA 1B 24 24 218 11 31 232 3 .987 219.1 9.40 -1.7 .875
2020 Connetquot - A 1B 78 78 611 29 63 642 2 .997 692.1 8.32 +2.6 1.056
2021 Tremont - AAA 1B 90 90 843 41 93 888 4 .995 807.1 9.85 +3.0 1.054
2021 Long Island - AA 1B 11 11 96 7 16 103 0 1.000 97.0 9.56 -0.4 .950
2022 New Amsterdam - ML 1B 51 51 411 25 33 436 0 1.000 422.2 9.28 +1.8 1.066
2022 Tremont - AAA 1B 42 42 381 23 59 406 2 .995 374.2 9.70 -0.4 .980
2023 New Amsterdam - ML 1B 57 54 470 24 49 496 2 .996 483.0 9.20 +0.5 1.013
2023 Tremont - AAA 1B 30 30 265 19 29 286 2 .993 268.0 9.54 +1.5 1.074
2024 New Amsterdam - ML 1B 80 79 653 47 71 707 7 .990 681.2 9.24 +0.4 1.002
2025 New Amsterdam - ML 1B 90 90 741 47 78 794 6 .992 782.2 9.06 +0.2 .999
2026 New Amsterdam - ML 1B 81 79 662 41 69 708 5 .993 705.2 8.97 -1.7 .965
TOTAL 1B 634 628 5351 314 591 5698 33 .994 5534.1 9.21 +5.8 1.011
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 3 (7); Power: 3 (7); Eye: 2 (6).
03/01/2020 Drafted in the 2020 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 26, 26th overall pick) by the New Amsterdam Republics, out of high school (Shenandoah Valley; Shenandoah, PA).
05/01/2020 Named the #63 prospect in the SL
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (6); Power: 4 (6); Eye: 4 (6).
05/01/2021 Injured (bruised forearm), day-to-day for 3 days.
05/10/2021 Wins the SAA SAA Player of the Week Award.
07/26/2021 Wins the SAAA SAAA Player of the Week Award.
08/01/2021 Wins the SAAA SAAA Batter of the Month Award.
10/05/2021 Wins the 2021 SAAA SAAA Glove Wizard Award at 1B.
10/07/2021 Wins the 2021 SAAA SAAA Outstanding Hitter Award.
12/31/2021 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $280,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 6 (7); Eye: 5 (5).
09/03/2022 Injured (sprained knee), out for 4 weeks.
12/31/2022 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $280,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 6 (6).
05/15/2023 Wins the SL SL Player of the Week Award.
12/31/2023 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $280,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 6 (6).
11/06/2024 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $430,000 through arbitration.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 6 (6).
08/28/2025 Injured (sprained ankle), day-to-day for one week.
11/13/2025 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $480,000 through arbitration.
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 6 (6).
06/15/2026 Wins the 3L 3L Player of the Week Award.
08/07/2026 Injured (latissimus dorsi strain), out for 2-3 weeks.
11/11/2026 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $550,000 through arbitration.
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