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Doc Edwards
Howard Rodney Edwards

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 215 lb.

Debut April 21, 1962
  vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 29, 1970
Born December 10, 1936 in Red Jacket, WV

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1962 25 CLE AL  53  143   13   39   6  0   3    9   0  0   9  14  .273  .325  .378   91   54   0   0   0   2   2
 1963 26 TOT AL  81  271   22   68  14  0   6   35   0  1  13  29  .251  .289  .369   80  100   1   1   8   2   5
         CLE AL  10   31    6    8   2  0   0    0   0  0   2   6  .258  .303  .323   76   10   0   0   2   0   0
         KCA AL  71  240   16   60  12  0   6   35   0  1  11  23  .250  .287  .375   80   90   1   1   6   2   5
 1964 27 KCA AL  97  294   25   66  10  0   5   28   0  1  13  40  .224  .265  .310   57   91   0   0   0   3  12
 1965 28 TOT AL  51  120    4   22   3  0   1    9   1  2  14  16  .183  .274  .233   47   28   0   0   6   1   8
         KCA AL   6   20    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .150  .190  .150   -1    3   0   0   0   0   2
         NYY AL  45  100    3   19   3  0   1    9   1  2  13  14  .190  .289  .250   56   25   0   0   6   1   6
 1970 33 PHI NL  35   78    5   21   0  0   0    6   0  0   4  10  .269  .313  .269   60   21   3   0   3   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      317  906   69  216  33  0  15   87   1  4  53 109  .238  .287  .325   68  294   4   1  17   9  31
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        463   35  110  17  0   8   44   1  2  27  56  .238  .287  .325   68  150   2   1   9   5  16
 Career High     97  294   25   68  14  0   6   35   1  2  14  40  .251  .289  .369   80  100   3   1   8   3  12
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1962 25 CLE AL  154  106   18   4.6   100| .273  .259| .325  .331| .378  .404| .703  .736|  91  .501  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1963 26 TOT AL  288  211   27   3.5    99| .251  .261| .289  .328| .369  .403| .658  .732|  80  .412  -8.0  -0.8   0%
         CLE AL   33   23    3   3.5    95| .258  .255| .303  .322| .323  .394| .626  .716|  76  .420  -1.0  -0.1   0%
         KCA AL  255  188   24   3.4    99| .250  .262| .287  .329| .375  .404| .662  .734|  80  .411  -7.0  -0.7   0%
 1964 27 KCA AL  310  241   21   2.4    99| .224  .260| .265  .329| .310  .404| .575  .733|  57  .254 -18.1  -1.9   0%
 1965 28 TOT AL  135  108    6   1.5    91| .183  .250| .274  .319| .233  .382| .507  .702|  47  .141  -8.2  -0.9  33%
         KCA AL   21   19    0   0.0    91| .150  .250| .190  .319| .150  .382| .340  .702|  -1  .000  -2.7  -0.3   0%
         NYY AL  114   89    6   1.8    91| .190  .250| .289  .319| .250  .382| .539  .702|  56  .188  -5.5  -0.6  33%
 1970 33 PHI NL   86   64    6   2.5   102| .269  .265| .313  .337| .269  .404| .582  .741|  60  .246  -4.5  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       973  730   78   2.9    98| .238  .259| .287  .329| .325  .401| .612  .730|  68  .325 -40.7  -4.2  20%

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1962 25 CLE AL C 39 223 16 2 2 .992 .989 6.13 5.57 6.80 6.30 34 316.3 1 9 8 9 1963 26 TOT AL C 73 421 33 6 5 .987 .989 6.22 5.78 6.52 6.64 68 626.3 5 26 35 11 CLE AL C 10 80 3 1 1 .988 .989 8.30 5.78 8.89 6.64 10 84.0 1 6 2 1 KCA AL C 63 341 30 5 4 .987 .989 5.89 5.78 6.16 6.64 58 542.3 4 20 33 10 1964 27 KCA AL C 79 469 31 7 5 .986 .990 6.33 6.07 7.56 7.07 71 595.0 6 20 37 15 1B 7 53 6 1 2 .983 .992 8.43 8.11 8.17 9.43 7 65.0 1965 28 TOT AL C 49 230 18 3 6 .988 .988 5.06 5.67 6.68 6.96 38 334.0 5 12 13 6 KCA AL C 6 32 2 0 1 1.000 .988 5.67 5.67 6.12 6.97 6 50.0 0 3 1 1 NYY AL C 43 198 16 3 5 .986 .988 4.98 5.67 6.78 6.96 32 284.0 5 9 12 5 1970 33 PHI NL C 34 177 19 6 6 .970 .987 5.76 5.94 7.94 6.85 23 222.3 3 10 29 12
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1964 27 KCA AL 1B 7 53 6 1 2 .983 .992 8.43 8.11 8.17 9.43 7 65.0 1962 25 CLE AL C 39 223 16 2 2 .992 .989 6.13 5.57 6.80 6.30 34 316.3 1 9 8 9 1963 26 TOT AL C 73 421 33 6 5 .987 .989 6.22 5.78 6.52 6.64 68 626.3 5 26 35 11 CLE AL C 10 80 3 1 1 .988 .989 8.30 5.78 8.89 6.64 10 84.0 1 6 2 1 KCA AL C 63 341 30 5 4 .987 .989 5.89 5.78 6.16 6.64 58 542.3 4 20 33 10 1964 27 KCA AL C 79 469 31 7 5 .986 .990 6.33 6.07 7.56 7.07 71 595.0 6 20 37 15 1965 28 TOT AL C 49 230 18 3 6 .988 .988 5.06 5.67 6.68 6.96 38 334.0 5 12 13 6 KCA AL C 6 32 2 0 1 1.000 .988 5.67 5.67 6.12 6.97 6 50.0 0 3 1 1 NYY AL C 43 198 16 3 5 .986 .988 4.98 5.67 6.78 6.96 32 284.0 5 9 12 5 1970 33 PHI NL C 34 177 19 6 6 .970 .987 5.76 5.94 7.94 6.85 23 222.3 3 10 29 12
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 274 1520 117 24 24 .986 .989 5.97 5.83 7.04 6.78 234 2094.0 20 77 122 53 1B* 7 53 6 1 2 .983 .992 8.43 8.11 8.17 9.43 7 65.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 281 1573 123 25 26 .985 .989 6.04 5.89 7.07 6.86 241 2159
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Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Intentional Walks
1963 AL-8-6

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Transactions 

Before 1958 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

May 25, 1963: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with $100,000 to the Kansas City Athletics for Joe Azcue and Dick Howser.

May 3, 1965: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the New York Yankees for Johnny Blanchard and Rollie Sheldon.

January 14, 1966: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Cleveland Indians for Lou Clinton.

January 4, 1967: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Jim Landis and Jim Weaver to the Houston Astros for Lee Maye and Ken Retzer.

November 28, 1967: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Houston Astros in the 1967 minor league draft.

Before 1970 Season: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

June 6, 1970: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 7, 1970: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


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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