Ed Charles
Edwin Douglas Charles (Ez, The Poet or The Glider)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 29, 1933 in Daytona Beach, FL
High School: Gibbs (St. Petersburg, FL)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1962
Final Game: October 1, 1969
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1962 KCA AL 29 3B 140 138 1201.2 446 145 285 16 27 .964 6.6 6.6 6.6 2.5 4.1 0 3.22 3.07 .951 3.08 2.79
1962 KCA AL 29 2B 2 0 3.2 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -98.2 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 9.82 2.00 .975 5.40 4.85
1963 KCA AL 30 3B 158 158 1414.0 488 153 310 25 19 .949 3.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 -0.5 0 2.95 2.93 .947 3.02 2.85
1964 KCA AL 31 3B 147 144 1293.2 416 138 259 19 25 .954 -10.9 -10.1 -10.9 -6.0 -4.8 0 2.76 2.70 .955 3.03 2.76
1965 KCA AL 32 3B 128 127 1108.1 413 150 251 12 28 .971 4.8 5.2 3.8 1.4 2.4 1 3.26 3.13 .960 3.13 2.87
1965 KCA AL 32 2B 1 0 1.0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.00 4.00 .975 5.40 4.40
1965 KCA AL 32 SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 4.80 4.40
1966 KCA AL 33 3B 104 98 882.1 297 85 201 11 21 .963 10.2 13.9 9.2 2.1 7.1 1 2.92 2.75 .954 3.03 2.80
1966 KCA AL 33 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.20
1966 KCA AL 33 LF 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -80.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.40
1966 KCA AL 33 OF 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -80.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
1967 TOT MLB 34 3B 107 103 911.2 362 102 241 19 17 .948 -1.1 -1.4 -0.1 -1.3 1.1 -1 3.39 3.21 .951 2.99 2.75
1967 KCA AL 34 3B 18 17 148.0 59 17 40 2 1 .966 -0.6 -4.9 -0.6 0.5 -1.2 0 3.47 3.17 .954 3.13 2.72
1967 NYM NL 34 3B 89 86 763.2 303 85 201 17 16 .944 -0.5 -0.8 0.5 -1.8 2.3 -1 3.37 3.21 .950 2.96 2.75
1968 NYM NL 35 3B 106 90 850.0 282 69 200 13 19 .954 2.9 4.1 2.9 1.9 1.0 0 2.85 2.54 .954 2.93 2.72
1968 NYM NL 35 1B 2 2 18.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 20.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 5.50 5.50 .991 10.10 8.90
1969 NYM NL 36 3B 52 45 387.0 130 37 86 7 9 .946 3.0 9.3 2.0 0.6 1.4 1 2.86 2.37 .946 2.92 2.63
8 Seasons 3B 942 903 8048.2 2834 879 1833 122 165 .957 19.0 2.8 17.0 5.2 11.8 2 3.03 2.88 .953 3.03 2.79
2 Seasons 1B 3 2 19.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 18.9 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 5.68 4.00 .992 10.09 8.67
2 Seasons 2B 3 0 4.2 8 4 4 0 2 1.000 -0.3 -77.1 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 15.43 2.67 .975 5.40 4.70
1 Season LF 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -80.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.40
1 Season OF 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -80.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
1 Season SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -120.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 4.80 4.40
8 Seasons TOT 950 906 8081.1 2854 894 1838 122 167 .957 18.3 2.7 16.3 4.9 11.4 0 2 3.04 2.88 .910 3.05 2.81
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1962 KCA AL 29 147 138 147 147 0 0 0 2 140 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1963 KCA AL 30 158 158 158 158 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 KCA AL 31 150 144 150 150 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1965 KCA AL 32 134 127 134 134 0 0 0 1 128 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1966 KCA AL 33 118 99 118 118 0 0 1 0 104 0 1 0 0 1 14 1
1967 NYM NL 34 101 86 101 101 0 0 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 12 2
1967 KCA AL 34 19 17 19 19 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1968 NYM NL 35 117 92 117 117 0 0 2 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1969 NYM NL 36 61 45 61 61 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
8 Seasons 1005 906 1005 1005 0 0 3 3 942 1 1 0 0 1 79 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1962 KCA AL 29 5263 56% 77% 25% 409 92% 4 136 111 9 16 278 202 53 5 15 15 1 11 3 12 26 18 0 21 5 5 0 12 58%
1963 KCA AL 30 6204 56% 77% 25% 465 92% 2 149 115 14 19 307 260 40 3 12 25 1 20 4 20 19 15 1 17 1 0 1 11 64%
1964 KCA AL 31 5919 59% 75% 24% 407 90% 6 138 110 9 19 264 209 38 4 10 19 0 18 1 15 25 17 2 19 3 1 0 16 75%
1965 KCA AL 32 4996 56% 77% 23% 399 94% 2 150 122 11 18 259 200 45 4 8 12 0 11 1 11 30 18 3 25 4 2 0 12 75%
1966 KCA AL 33 3848 55% 75% 25% 294 93% 2 88 70 5 13 204 161 34 4 9 11 1 9 1 10 21 16 1 18 2 1 0 10 80%
1967 NYM NL 34 3360 61% 78% 26% 298 89% 2 85 71 3 11 202 166 25 3 7 17 0 14 3 11 16 8 1 10 4 3 1 14 57%
1967 KCA AL 34 692 57% 71% 22% 51 94% 0 17 12 2 3 37 29 4 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1968 NYM NL 35 3573 65% 77% 29% 265 92% 1 69 49 12 8 195 151 40 2 3 13 0 12 1 11 20 14 2 18 2 1 1 7 71%
1969 NYM NL 36 1673 61% 73% 25% 118 93% 1 35 25 3 7 87 68 14 1 1 7 0 6 1 6 10 7 1 9 1 1 0 4 50%
8 Seasons 35528 58% 76% 25% 2706 92% 20 867 685 68 114 1833 1446 293 26 68 121 3 103 15 98 168 114 11 138 22 14 3 88 68%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1962 KCA AL 29 19 68% 84% 21% 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1965 KCA AL 32 3 100% 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 22 73% 82% 18% 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1966 KCA AL 33 3 67% 67% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 NYM NL 35 80 76% 65% 11% 4 100% 0 8 1 7 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2 Seasons 83 76% 65% 11% 5 100% 0 9 2 7 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1965 KCA AL 32 14 57% 64% 21% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 14 57% 64% 21% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1966 KCA AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 87% 77% 29% 1 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 87% 77% 29% 1 100%
MLB Averages 57.0% 2.5% 61% 77% 26% 48%

* 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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Name and misspellings: Ez The Poet The Edwin Glider ep eddy eddie Ed Douglas Chuck Charly Charlie Charley Charles

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