Gary Ward

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gary Ward
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 6, 1953(1953-12-06)
Age	71
Birthplace	Los Angeles
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Gary Ward Biography

Gary Ward is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on December 6, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Gary Lamell Ward (born December 6 1953) is an ex- American professional baseball player who played outfield in Major League Baseball from 1979 until 1990 with the Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, and Detroit Tigers. Ward is also the dad of former Major League player Daryle Ward.

Ward has been an instructor for Minor League Baseball for several teams of the Chicago White Sox organization; the Charlotte Knights (1999-2001 and 2009-2010), Winston-Salem Dash (2011-2012 and 2014), Birmingham Barons (2013) along with Arizona League White Sox (2015-2017).

Ward was a two-time AL All-Star—1983 and 1985. For his career, he had a .276 batting average, 130 home runs, 1,236 hits, 597 RBI, 594 runs, 196 doubles, 41 triples, and 83 stolen bases in 1,287 games played.

In his debut season in Texas, Ward hit .284 with 21 HR and 79 RBI as well as setting the club record for season with seven triples, as well as a personal record of 97 runs that he scored. He was the top hitter for the Rangers with his bat in both 1985 and in the year 1986 (.287 and .316 respectively) Then, he was signed by the Yankees as an unrestricted free agent. He was a star in the beginning of 1987, but then slowed severely in the latter portion in the course of his season. The next two seasons it was a part-time player. his release was announced by the Yankees at the midpoint of 1989, and hired by Detroit within a short time. He concluded his playing career with Detroit in the year 1990.

Gary Ward Net Worth

Gary Ward is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gary Ward 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ward was accepted to Minnesota to become an amateur free agent 1972 . He made his debut in the major leagues during the season of 1979, when he was a part of 10-games for the Twins. Also, he played 13 matches for the Twins at the end of the season of 1980. On the 18th of September in the 18th of September, 1980 Ward made history as the sixth Twins player to reach the cycle in the opening match of the doubleheader with Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee Brewers at Milwaukee County Stadium. Ward’s record-breaking cycle occurred from his fourteenth professional game which is his Major League record for fewest games played before hitting the cycle. On the 13th of May 2007 while being a player for the San Francisco Giants, Fred Lewis hit for the record at the end of 16th of his Major League career, narrowly just short of Ward’s record.

Ward received the honor of being awarded the American League Rookie of the Year by Baseball Digest in 1981, and was also awarded the Twins Players of the Year as well as the Most Improved player in 1982. In that season, he hit .289 and had 28 home runs as well as 91 runs batted into as well as an .519 Slugging average. In 1983 the year he was averaging .278 which included 19 hits and the tally of 88 RBI and was the top performer of all outfielders with 24 assists, which was the most of the average American League outfielder since 1944. The Rangers traded him to Rangers at the close in the year.

On May 26, 2004, Ward’s son Daryle hit for the cycle; the Wards were the first father-son combination in major league history to hit for the cycle. They were later joined by Craig and Cavan Biggio on September 17, 2019 as the only 2 father and son duos to hit for the cycle in MLB history.

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Facts & Trivia

Gary Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Gary Ward celebrates birthday on December 6 of every year.