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Bruce Edwards
Charles Bruce Edwards (Bull)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 194 lb.

Debut June 23, 1946
Final Game September 13, 1956
Born July 15, 1923 in Quincy, IL
Died April 25, 1975 in Sacramento, CA

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 22 BRO NL  92  292   24   78  13  5   1   25   1     34  20  .267  .348  .356   99  104  10           2   9 MVP-14
 1947 23 BRO NL 130  471   53  139  15  8   9   80   2     49  55  .295  .364  .418  104  197   6           2  10 MVP-4,AS
 1948 24 BRO NL  96  286   36   79  17  2   8   54   4     26  28  .276  .341  .434  106  124   4           2  10
 1949 25 BRO NL  64  148   24   31   3  0   8   25   0     25  15  .209  .324  .392   88   58   0           0   6
 1950 26 BRO NL  50  142   16   26   4  1   8   16   1     13  22  .183  .256  .394   67   56   0           1   6
 1951 27 TOT NL  68  177   25   42  11  2   4   25   1  2  17  17  .237  .308  .390   85   69   0           1   5 AS
         BRO NL  17   36    6    9   2  0   1    8   0  0   1   3  .250  .270  .389   74   14   0           0   1
         CHC NL  51  141   19   33   9  2   3   17   1  2  16  14  .234  .316  .390   87   55   0           1   4
 1952 28 CHC NL  50   94    7   23   2  2   1   12   0  0   8  12  .245  .304  .340   78   32   1           0   4
 1954 30 CHC NL   4    3    1    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   2  .000  .400  .000   15    0   0   0       0   0
 1955 31 WSH AL  30   57    5   10   2  0   0    3   0  1  16   6  .175  .356  .211   58   12   0   0   0   0   3
 1956 32 CIN NL   7    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .200  .200  .200    6    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     591 1675  191  429  67 20  39  241   9  3 190 179  .256  .335  .390   93  653  21   0   0   8  53
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        459   52  118  18  5  11   66   2  1  52  49  .256  .335  .390   93  179   6   0   0   2  15
 Career High    130  471   53  139  17  8   9   80   4  2  49  55  .295  .364  .434  106  197  10   0   0   2  10
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 22 BRO NL  338  233   36   4.1    93| .267  .263| .348  .339| .356  .369| .704  .708|  99  .511   0.0   0.0     
 1947 23 BRO NL  528  348   71   5.4   109| .295  .279| .364  .355| .418  .413| .782  .768| 104  .571   1.9   0.2     
 1948 24 BRO NL  318  221   42   5.0   104| .276  .272| .341  .347| .434  .403| .775  .750| 106  .557   1.9   0.2     
 1949 25 BRO NL  173  123   19   4.1   107| .209  .275| .324  .349| .392  .412| .716  .761|  88  .453  -2.8  -0.3     
 1950 26 BRO NL  156  122   14   3.1   110| .183  .272| .256  .349| .394  .422| .650  .771|  67  .312  -8.0  -0.8     
 1951 27 TOT NL  195  142   21   4.0   105| .237  .270| .308  .344| .390  .409| .698  .753|  85  .442  -4.1  -0.5  33%
         BRO NL   37   28    4   3.8   105| .250  .270| .270  .344| .389  .409| .659  .753|  74  .426  -1.5  -0.2   0%
         CHC NL  158  114   17   4.0   105| .234  .270| .316  .344| .390  .409| .706  .753|  87  .445  -2.6  -0.3  33%
 1952 28 CHC NL  103   76   10   3.5    98| .245  .263| .304  .336| .340  .391| .644  .727|  78  .425  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1954 30 CHC NL    5    3    0   0.0   110| .000  .275| .400  .347| .000  .425| .400  .772|  15  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1955 31 WSH AL   73   51    5   2.6   100| .175  .263| .356  .342| .211  .391| .567  .733|  58  .265  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1956 32 CIN NL    5    4    0   0.0   107| .200  .270| .200  .337| .200  .426| .400  .763|   6  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     1894 1323  218   4.4   104| .256  .272| .335  .347| .390  .402| .725  .749|  93  .493 -17.6  -1.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1946 22 BRO NL C 91 431 53 9 9 .982 .980 5.32 4.24 7 1947 23 BRO NL C 128 592 58 11 11 .983 .981 5.08 4.37 11 AS 1948 24 BRO NL C 48 223 21 4 1 .984 .980 5.08 4.41 6 OF 21 31 2 4 1 .892 .979 1.57 2.20 21 0 0 3B 14 8 20 4 0 .875 .940 2.00 2.81 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.90 1949 25 BRO NL C 41 184 13 2 0 .990 .982 4.80 4.39 4 OF 4 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 1.50 2.25 4 0 0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1950 26 BRO NL C 38 176 19 4 3 .980 .982 5.13 4.53 2 1B 2 18 0 0 3 1.000 .989 9.00 9.00 1951 27 TOT NL C 37 150 17 5 4 .971 .981 4.51 4.43 4 AS BRO NL C 9 37 3 0 0 1.000 .980 4.44 4.43 0 CHC NL C 28 113 14 5 4 .962 .981 4.54 4.43 4 1B 9 69 8 4 5 .951 .988 8.56 9.29 AS 1952 28 CHC NL C 22 82 8 1 2 .989 .984 4.09 4.84 1 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 1955 31 WSH AL C 22 88 11 2 2 .980 .988 4.50 4.73 3 3B 5 5 8 1 3 .929 .949 2.60 2.72 1956 32 CIN NL C 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 5.00 0.00 5.85 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.70 12.86 5.14 0 0.7 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.00 0 0.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 24 BRO NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.90 1950 26 BRO NL 1B 2 18 0 0 3 1.000 .989 9.00 9.00 1951 27 CHC NL 1B 9 69 8 4 5 .951 .988 8.56 9.29 1952 28 CHC NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 1956 32 CIN NL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.70 12.86 5.14 0 0.7 1948 24 BRO NL 3B 14 8 20 4 0 .875 .940 2.00 2.81 1949 25 BRO NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1955 31 WSH AL 3B 5 5 8 1 3 .929 .949 2.60 2.72 1956 32 CIN NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1946 22 BRO NL C 91 431 53 9 9 .982 .980 5.32 4.24 7 1947 23 BRO NL C 128 592 58 11 11 .983 .981 5.08 4.37 11 1948 24 BRO NL C 48 223 21 4 1 .984 .980 5.08 4.41 6 1949 25 BRO NL C 41 184 13 2 0 .990 .982 4.80 4.39 4 1950 26 BRO NL C 38 176 19 4 3 .980 .982 5.13 4.53 2 1951 27 TOT NL C 37 150 17 5 4 .971 .981 4.51 4.43 4 BRO NL C 9 37 3 0 0 1.000 .980 4.44 4.43 0 CHC NL C 28 113 14 5 4 .962 .981 4.54 4.43 4 1952 28 CHC NL C 22 82 8 1 2 .989 .984 4.09 4.84 1 1955 31 WSH AL C 22 88 11 2 2 .980 .988 4.50 4.73 3 1956 32 CIN NL C 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 5.00 0.00 5.85 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1948 24 BRO NL OF 21 31 2 4 1 .892 .979 1.57 2.20 21 0 0 1949 25 BRO NL OF 4 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 1.50 2.25 4 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C* 429 1926 200 39 32 .982 .981 4.96 4.41 0 2.0 38 0 0 0 OF 25 37 2 5 1 .886 .980 1.56 2.21 25 0 0 3B* 21 13 28 5 3 .891 .943 1.95 2.79 0 0.3 1B 12 89 8 4 8 .960 .989 8.08 9.21 2B* 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.85 0 0.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 489 2065 239 53 44 .978 .981 4.71 4.35
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1947   WS    BRO NYY     L   7  27   3   6  1  0  0   2   2   7  .222  .276  .259   0  0   0   0   0 
 1949   WS    BRO NYY     L   2   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   9  29   3   7  1  0  0   2   2   8  .241  .290  .276   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1947   BRO NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1951   CHC NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1947 *
1951

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1946-NL-14-0.06
1947-NL-4-0.42
Car-441-0.48 shares

Triples
1947 NL-8-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2307) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2273) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 11.0 (1059) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1951: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Joe Hatten, Gene Hermanski, and Eddie Miksis to the Chicago Cubs for Johnny Schmitz, Rube Walker, Andy Pafko, and Wayne Terwilliger.

December 11, 1954: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Chicago Cubs for $15,000.

February 22, 1956: Released by the Washington Senators.

July 18, 1956: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Redlegs.

January 18, 1957: Released by the Cincinnati Redlegs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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Name and misspellings: Charles Charley Charlie Charly Chuck Bruce Bull Edwards

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