Turner Ward
| Turner Ward | |||
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| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 12 | |||
| Outfielder / Hitting coach | |||
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Born: April 11, 1965 Orlando, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 10, 1990, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 27, 2001, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .251 | ||
| Home runs | 39 | ||
| Runs batted in | 219 | ||
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Turner Max Ward (born April 11, 1965), is a former professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1990–2001 for the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Arizona Diamondbacks and Philadelphia Phillies.
Along with Rick Crawford, John Mitchell, and Joe Whitt, Ward was inducted into the Mobile Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.
Ward was originally drafted by the New York Yankees in the 18th round of the 1986 MLB draft, however, on March 19, 1989, the Yankees traded Ward and Joel Skinner to the Cleveland Indians for Mel Hall.
Ward made his Major League Baseball debut with the Indians on September 10, 1990, as he went 0 for 4 while playing in right field in a 6–2 loss to the Chicago White Sox. On September 12, Ward earned his first career hit off of Steve Rosenberg of the White Sox. In his third career game on September 15, Ward went 3 for 5 with a triple, home run and six RBI in a 14–6 win over the Kansas City Royals. Ward hit his first career home run off of Andy McGaffigan. Ward finished the season with a .348 batting average with 1 HR and 10 RBI in 14 games with Cleveland.
Ward began the 1991 season as the Indians starting right fielder, however, he got off to a slow start, batting .230 with 0 HR and 5 RBI in 40 games. On June 27, the Indians traded Ward and Tom Candiotti to the Toronto Blue Jays for Denis Boucher, Glenallen Hill, Mark Whiten, and cash.
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