Ed Armbrister
Edison Rosanda Armbrister
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 4, 1948 in Nassau, Bahamas
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 1973
Final Game: October 2, 1977
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1973 24 CIN NL 18 41 37 5 8 3 1 1 5 0 0 2 8 .216 .250 .432 .682 90 16 0 0 1 1 0 /987
1974 25 CIN NL 9 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 .375 .286 .661 88 2 0 0 0 0 0 /79
1975 26 CIN NL 59 72 65 9 12 1 0 0 2 3 1 5 19 .185 .254 .200 .454 27 13 1 1 1 0 0 7/98
1976 27 CIN NL 73 90 78 20 23 3 2 2 7 7 3 6 22 .295 .341 .462 .803 125 36 0 0 5 1 0 79
1977 28 CIN NL 65 91 78 12 20 4 3 1 5 5 6 10 21 .256 .337 .423 .760 101 33 3 0 2 1 0 7/9
5 Seasons 224 302 265 46 65 11 6 4 19 15 10 24 71 .245 .307 .377 .685 88 100 4 1 9 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 218 192 33 47 8 4 3 14 11 7 17 51 .245 .307 .377 .685 88 72 3 1 7 2 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1973 24 CIN NL 41 31 4 3.5 92 .241 .216 .257 .250 .325 .432 .382 .682 .706 90 .405 -0.6 -0.1 .621 .270 .216 .0
1974 25 CIN NL 8 5 1 5.4 94 .333 .286 .261 .375 .333 .286 .377 .661 .710 88 .607 -0.1 0.0 .600 .143 .000
1975 26 CIN NL 72 56 4 1.9 98 .261 .185 .268 .254 .339 .200 .387 .454 .725 27 .186 -6.6 -0.7 .382 .123 .015 .0
1976 27 CIN NL 90 64 13 5.5 93 .382 .295 .265 .341 .332 .462 .378 .803 .709 125 .630 2.2 0.2 .793 .295 .167 3.1
1977 28 CIN NL 91 70 9 3.5 105 .333 .256 .272 .337 .340 .423 .414 .760 .753 101 .371 0.1 0.0 .627 .282 .167 1.7
5 Seasons 302 226 31 3.7 98 .316 .245 .266 .307 .335 .377 .391 .685 .726 88 .428 -5.0 -0.6 .607 .242 .132 6.3
162 Game Avg. 218 163 22 3.7 98 .316 .245 .266 .307 .335 .377 .391 .685 .726 88 .428 -5.0 -0.6 .607 .242 .132 5

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1973 24 CIN NL NLCS NYM L 3 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
1975 26 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 26 CIN NL WS BOS W 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .667 .000 .667 0 0 0 1 0 0
1976 27 CIN NL NLCS PHI W 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 10 12 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .143 .300 .143 .443 1 0 0 2 1 0
3 NLCS 6 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .167 .143 .167 .310 1 0 0 1 1 0
1 WS 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .667 .000 .667 0 0 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1973 24 CIN NL 41 2.4% 19.5% 4.9% 12.2% 63% 4.00 4.6 37.0 7.4 1.00 71%
1974 25 CIN NL 8 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 1.00 7.0 3.00 75%
1975 26 CIN NL 72 0.0% 26.4% 6.9% 1.4% 8% 3.80 3.4 32.5 1.69 64%
1976 27 CIN NL 90 2.2% 24.4% 6.7% 7.8% 30% 3.67 3.5 39.0 11.1 1.50 61%
1977 28 CIN NL 91 1.1% 23.1% 11.0% 8.8% 40% 2.10 3.7 78.0 15.6 2.50 63%
5 Seasons 302 1.3% 23.5% 8.0% 7.0% 32% 2.96 3.7 66.3 13.9 1.70 64%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1973 24 CIN NL 1 0 44% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 75% 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
1974 25 CIN NL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 26 CIN NL 1 0 50% 28 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 7 5 2 0 0 0 3 0 3
1976 27 CIN NL 0 0 67% 43 7 3 70% 6 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 40% 9 7 2 1 0 0 5 1 4
1977 28 CIN NL 1 0 38% 57 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 40% 7 5 2 0 0 0 3 1 2
5 Seasons 3 0 49% 150 15 10 60% 14 10 0 0 1 0 3 2 4 8 46% 25 18 7 2 0 1 12 2 10
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1973 24 CIN NL 41 83% 8 5 1 0 2 1.44 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 2 2 100% 24 4 17% 2 2 100% 3 1 33% 0
1974 25 CIN NL 8 50% 2 6 2 0 0 0.74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1975 26 CIN NL 72 60% 12 28 7 0 2 1.44 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 12 1 8% 3 0 0% 43 2 5% 3 2 67% 4 2 50% 0
1976 27 CIN NL 90 69% 23 27 7 0 0 1.32 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 6 5 83% 17 0 0% 13 6 46% 59 5 8% 3 1 33% 4 1 25% 0
1977 28 CIN NL 91 87% 20 23 4 0 1 1.09 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 100% 11 3 27% 8 4 50% 52 4 8% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0
5 Seasons 302 74% 65 89 21 0 5 1.26 4 0 10 0 4 2 2 0 10 9 90% 48 4 8% 28 12 43% 185 15 8% 11 6 55% 14 4 29% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1973 24 18 41 37 5 8 3 1 1 5 0 0 2 8 .216 .250 .432 .682 90 16 0 0 1 1 0
1974 25 27 49 44 5 10 3 1 1 5 0 0 3 9 .227 .271 .409 .680 90 18 0 0 1 1 0
1975 26 86 121 109 14 22 4 1 1 7 3 1 8 28 .202 .261 .284 .545 52 31 1 1 2 1 0
1976 27 159 211 187 34 45 7 3 3 14 10 4 14 50 .241 .294 .358 .652 82 67 1 1 7 2 0
1977 28 224 302 265 46 65 11 6 4 19 15 10 24 71 .245 .307 .377 .685 88 100 4 1 9 3 0

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1973 24 18 41 38 6 9 3 1 1 6 0 2 8 .237 .268 .447 .716 5 18
1974 25 9 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 .375 .286 .661 1 9
1975 26 59 74 67 10 14 1 0 0 2 4 6 19 .209 .284 .224 .508 4 59
1976 27 73 88 80 22 25 3 2 2 8 8 7 22 .313 .364 .475 .839 14 73
1977 28 65 86 76 12 18 4 3 1 5 4 9 21 .237 .314 .408 .722 9 65
5 Seasons 224 297 268 50 68 11 6 4 21 16 25 71 .254 .316 .384 .701 33 224
162 Game Avg. 162 215 194 36 49 8 4 3 15 12 18 51 .254 .316 .384 .701 24 224

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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