Jim Ward (baseball)
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James "Jim" Ward was a Major League Baseball
player. Ward played for the Philadelphia Athletics in .
Ward was born and died in Boston, Massachusetts.
He was one of the first five Boston natives to play Major League Baseball. This included John Morrill
(1876), George Fair
(1876), Ward (1876), John Bergh
(1876), and Chub Sullivan
(1877).
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
player. Ward played for the Philadelphia Athletics in .
Ward was born and died in Boston, Massachusetts.
He was one of the first five Boston natives to play Major League Baseball. This included John Morrill
John Morrill
John Francis Morrill , nicknamed "Honest John," was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who played from 1876-1890. Over the years he played all positions. Although he pitched a couple of games each season, he was primarily an infielder, and had a career batting average of...
(1876), George Fair
George Fair
George T. Fair was a Major League Baseball second baseman, playing one game for the New York Mutuals in . The twenty-year-old Fair failed to get a hit in four at-bats in his lone big-league contest, then faded into obscurity...
(1876), Ward (1876), John Bergh
John Bergh
John Baptist Bergh was an American professional baseball player from Boston, Massachusetts. He played one game in the outfield for the Philadelphia Athletics and 11 games as a catcher for the Boston Red Caps...
(1876), and Chub Sullivan
Chub Sullivan
John Frank "Chub" Sullivan , was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who played for three seasons; two with the Cincinnati Reds and one with the Worcester Ruby Legs . He was nicknamed "Chub", but was 6 feet tall and weighed a mere 164 pounds...
(1877).