Kevin Ward (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1961
Place of Birth: Lansdale, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 09-Mar-2019
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Kevin Ward (baseball)
- Kevin Michael Ward (September 28, 1961 – March 9, 2019) was an American professional baseball outfielder for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB).
- Born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, on September 28, 1961, Kevin Ward was the youngest of four children to parents Robert and Paula.
- Ward was raised in Chalfont and attended Central Bucks High School West in Doylestown, where he was an American football quarterback and baseball pitcher.
- He played football and baseball at the University of Arizona from 1979 to 1983.
- Ward's first year of college football was played under coach Tony Mason.
- In his sophomore season, Ward started three games at quarterback for coach Larry Smith before Smith moved Ward to receiver.
- Ward played collegiate baseball under coach Jerry Kindall between 1981 and 1983.
- In 1982, Ward hit for a .403 batting average, 46 runs batted in, and fourteen stolen bases.
- All three were team-leading totals, and Ward was named to the All-Pac-10 South team.Ward was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the sixth round of the 1983 Major League Baseball draft.
- He spent time the Oakland Athletics organization before making his major league debut with the San Diego Padres in 1991.
- Over two seasons with the team, Ward played in a total of 125 games, and hit for a .217 average, with five career home runs alongside twenty runs batted in.Ward was diagnosed with brain cancer in December 2018, and died of the disease on March 9, 2019, aged 57.
- He was married to Christy, with whom he had two children.
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