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Hank Edwards
Henry Albert Edwards

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 10, 1941
Final Game September 26, 1953
Born January 29, 1919 in Elmwood Place, OH
Died June 22, 1988 in Anaheim, CA

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 22 CLE AL  16   68   10   15   1  1   1    6   0  0   2   4  .221  .243  .309   48   21   2           0   0
 1942 23 CLE AL  13   48    6   12   2  1   0    7   2  1   5   8  .250  .321  .333   89   16   0           0   0
 1943 24 CLE AL  92  297   38   82  18  6   3   28   4  8  30  34  .276  .343  .407  125  121   2           0   5
 1946 27 CLE AL 124  458   62  138  33 16  10   54   1  3  43  48  .301  .361  .509  147  233   1           0   3
 1947 28 CLE AL 108  393   54  102  12  3  15   59   1  3  31  55  .260  .315  .420  106  165   2           1   4
 1948 29 CLE AL  55  160   27   43   9  2   3   18   1  1  18  18  .269  .346  .406  101   65   0           1   2
 1949 30 TOT     63  191   28   55   8  4   8   22   0  0  20  24  .288  .355  .497  129   95   1           0   5
         CLE AL   5   15    3    4   0  0   1    1   0  0   1   2  .267  .313  .467  107    7   0           0   1
         CHC NL  58  176   25   51   8  4   7   21   0     19  22  .290  .359  .500  131   88   1           0   4
 1950 31 CHC NL  41  110   13   40  11  1   2   21   0     10  13  .364  .417  .536  150   59   0           0   2
 1951 32 TOT NL  76  158   15   47  12  1   3   23   0  2  17  26  .297  .366  .443  115   70   0           0   5
         BRO NL  35   31    1    7   3  0   0    3   0  0   4   9  .226  .314  .323   70   10   0           0   2
         CIN NL  41  127   14   40   9  1   3   20   0  2  13  17  .315  .379  .472  126   60   0           0   3
 1952 33 TOT     82  202   26   58   7  6   6   29   0  3  19  24  .287  .348  .470  125   95   0           0   3
         CIN NL  74  184   24   52   7  6   6   28   0  3  19  22  .283  .350  .484  129   89   0           0   2
         CHW AL   8   18    2    6   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .333  .333  .333   85    6   0           0   1
 1953 34 SLB AL  65  106    6   21   3  0   0    9   0  1  13  10  .198  .286  .226   39   24   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     735 2191  285  613 116 41  51  276   9 22 208 264  .280  .343  .440  118  964   8   0   0   2  30
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        483   63  135  26  9  11   61   2  5  46  58  .280  .343  .440  118  212   2   0   0   0   7
 Career High    124  458   62  138  33 16  15   59   4  8  43  55  .301  .361  .509  147  233   2   0   0   1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 22 CLE AL   72   55    5   2.4   102| .221  .269| .243  .345| .309  .397| .552  .742|  48  .228  -5.4  -0.5   0%
 1942 23 CLE AL   53   37    5   3.6    89| .250  .258| .321  .332| .333  .362| .654  .693|  89  .442  -0.7  -0.1  66%
 1943 24 CLE AL  329  230   39   4.6    82| .276  .249| .343  .322| .407  .344| .750  .666| 125  .589   8.7   0.9  33%
 1946 27 CLE AL  502  327   83   6.8    91| .301  .256| .361  .330| .509  .369| .870  .699| 147  .710  26.6   2.7  25%
 1947 28 CLE AL  427  300   51   4.5    94| .260  .259| .315  .338| .420  .372| .735  .711| 106  .538   0.7   0.1  25%
 1948 29 CLE AL  179  120   22   4.9   104| .269  .270| .346  .355| .406  .391| .752  .746| 101  .526   0.1   0.0  50%
 1949 30 TOT     212  142   34   6.4   102| .288  .267| .355  .341| .497  .398| .852  .740| 129  .649   7.0   0.7   0%
         CLE AL   16   12    2   4.4   105| .267  .268| .313  .360| .467  .390| .780  .750| 107  .485  -0.1   0.0   0%
         CHC NL  196  130   32   6.6   101| .290  .267| .359  .340| .500  .399| .859  .739| 131  .661   7.0   0.7     
 1950 31 CHC NL  120   72   25   9.3   107| .364  .268| .417  .345| .536  .416| .953  .761| 150  .774   8.3   0.8     
 1951 32 TOT NL  175  118   25   5.7   105| .297  .270| .366  .344| .443  .409| .809  .753| 115  .605   3.7   0.4   0%
         BRO NL   35   26    3   3.1   105| .226  .270| .314  .344| .323  .409| .637  .753|  70  .334  -1.1  -0.1   0%
         CIN NL  140   92   22   6.4   105| .315  .270| .379  .344| .472  .409| .851  .753| 126  .656   4.8   0.5   0%
 1952 33 TOT     221  150   32   5.7    97| .287  .261| .348  .335| .470  .389| .818  .724| 125  .642   5.9   0.7   0%
         CIN NL  203  137   30   5.9    97| .283  .262| .350  .335| .484  .389| .834  .724| 129  .653   6.3   0.7   0%
         CHW AL   18   13    2   4.2    97| .333  .261| .333  .341| .333  .381| .666  .723|  85  .500  -0.5   0.0   0%
 1953 34 SLB AL  119   87    7   2.2   104| .198  .272| .286  .348| .226  .400| .512  .749|  39  .210  -9.1  -0.9   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2409 1638  328   5.4    95| .280  .261| .343  .337| .440  .380| .783  .717| 118  .603  45.8   4.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1941 22 CLE AL  OF   16     23    3    2    0  .929  .974  1.62  2.33                2    0   14
 1942 23 CLE AL  OF   12     30    0    1    0  .968  .977  2.50  2.31                0   12    0
 1943 24 CLE AL  OF   74    173    4    3    0  .983  .977  2.39  2.39                0   74    0
 1946 27 CLE AL  OF  123    226   13    8    1  .968  .977  1.94  2.24                0    1  122
 1947 28 CLE AL  OF  100    199    3    2    0  .990  .979  2.02  2.35               39    0   67
 1948 29 CLE AL  OF   41     76    1    1    0  .987  .975  1.88  2.36                0    0   41
 1949 30 TOT     OF   56     86    4    1    2  .989  .977  1.61  2.25               18    0   39
         CLE AL  OF    5      6    0    0    0 1.000  .984  1.20  2.28                0    0    5
         CHC NL  OF   51     80    4    1    2  .988  .977  1.65  2.25               18    0   34
 1950 31 CHC NL  OF   29     38    2    1    0  .976  .978  1.38  2.14                0    0   29
 1951 32 CIN NL  OF   34     64    0    1    0  .985  .982  1.88  2.23               26    0    8
 1952 33 TOT     OF   54     88    2    1    0  .989  .980  1.67  2.10               36    0   18
         CIN NL  OF   51     80    2    1    0  .988  .981  1.61  2.10               33    0   18
         CHW AL  OF    3      8    0    0    0 1.000  .976  2.67  2.17                3    0    0
 1953 34 SLB AL  OF   21     36    2    0    0 1.000  .982  1.81  2.18               11    4    7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1941 22 CLE AL  OF   16     23    3    2    0  .929  .974  1.62  2.33                2    0   14
 1942 23 CLE AL  OF   12     30    0    1    0  .968  .977  2.50  2.31                0   12    0
 1943 24 CLE AL  OF   74    173    4    3    0  .983  .977  2.39  2.39                0   74    0
 1946 27 CLE AL  OF  123    226   13    8    1  .968  .977  1.94  2.24                0    1  122
 1947 28 CLE AL  OF  100    199    3    2    0  .990  .979  2.02  2.35               39    0   67
 1948 29 CLE AL  OF   41     76    1    1    0  .987  .975  1.88  2.36                0    0   41
 1949 30 TOT     OF   56     86    4    1    2  .989  .977  1.61  2.25               18    0   39
         CLE AL  OF    5      6    0    0    0 1.000  .984  1.20  2.28                0    0    5
         CHC NL  OF   51     80    4    1    2  .988  .977  1.65  2.25               18    0   34
 1950 31 CHC NL  OF   29     38    2    1    0  .976  .978  1.38  2.14                0    0   29
 1951 32 CIN NL  OF   34     64    0    1    0  .985  .982  1.88  2.23               26    0    8
 1952 33 TOT     OF   54     88    2    1    0  .989  .980  1.67  2.10               36    0   18
         CIN NL  OF   51     80    2    1    0  .988  .981  1.61  2.10               33    0   18
         CHW AL  OF    3      8    0    0    0 1.000  .976  2.67  2.17                3    0    0
 1953 34 SLB AL  OF   21     36    2    0    0 1.000  .982  1.81  2.18               11    4    7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF  560   1039   34   21    3  .981  .978  1.92  2.27              132   91  345
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       560   1039   34   21    3  .981  .978  1.92  2.27

An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Batting Average
1946 AL-.301-8

Slugging %
1946 AL-.509-5

OPS
1946 AL-.870-6

Doubles
1946 AL-33-6

Triples
1946 AL-16-1

Adjusted OPS+
1946 AL-147-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1946 AL-27-8

Batting Wins
1946 AL-2.7-7

Extra-Base Hits
1946 AL-59-7

Offensive Win%
1946 AL-.710-5

Caught Stealing
1943 AL-8-9

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 10 (1361) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1781) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.5 (1648) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1939 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.
May 7, 1949: Selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the Cleveland Indians.
October 10, 1950: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with cash to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Chuck Connors and Dee Fondy.
July 21, 1951: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Brooklyn Dodgers.
September 1, 1952: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later. The Chicago White Sox sent Howie Judson (December 9, 1952) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.
October 16, 1952: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Willy Miranda to the St. Louis Browns for Joe DeMaestri and Tommy Byrne.
February 3, 1954: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.
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Uniforms
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Batting Average 1946 AL-.301-8	Slugging % 1946 AL-.509-5	OPS 1946 AL-.870-6	Doubles 1946 AL-33-6	Triples 1946 AL-16-1	Adjusted OPS+ 1946 AL-147-5
Adjusted Batting Runs 1946 AL-27-8	Batting Wins 1946 AL-2.7-7	Extra-Base Hits 1946 AL-59-7	Offensive Win% 1946 AL-.710-5	Caught Stealing 1943 AL-8-9