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 Batting

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Minors
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- Postseason
- 1962
- 1966
- 1963
- 1967
- 1964
- 1968
- 1965
- 1969
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1962
- 1966
- 1963
- 1967
- 1964
- 1968
- 1965
- 1969
HR Log
vs. Pitcher
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
1962	29	KCA	AL	147	604	535	81	154	24	7	17	74	20	4	54	70	.288	.356	.454	.811	114	243	11	4	9	2	0	*5/4
1963	30	KCA	AL	158	679	603	82	161	28	2	15	79	15	8	58	79	.267	.332	.395	.727	99	238	21	5	5	8	7	*5
1964	31	KCA	AL	150	634	557	69	134	25	2	16	63	12	7	64	92	.241	.321	.379	.700	91	211	20	4	5	4	2	*5
1965	32	KCA	AL	134	535	480	55	129	19	7	8	56	13	4	44	72	.269	.332	.388	.720	105	186	10	4	2	5	0	*5/46
1966	33	KCA	AL	118	420	385	52	110	18	8	9	42	12	5	30	53	.286	.337	.444	.781	126	171	9	0	4	1	2	5/37
1967	34	TOT	MLB	120	439	384	37	92	14	2	3	36	5	1	36	71	.240	.313	.310	.623	82	119	7	8	5	6	2	5
1967	34	KCA	AL	19	74	61	5	15	1	0	0	5	1	0	12	13	.246	.378	.262	.641	96	16	2	1	0	0	1	5
1967	34	NYM	NL	101	365	323	32	77	13	2	3	31	4	1	24	58	.238	.300	.319	.619	79	103	5	7	5	6	1	5
1968	35	NYM	NL	117	409	369	41	102	11	1	15	53	5	4	28	57	.276	.328	.434	.761	128	160	7	2	6	4	4	5/3
1969	36	NYM	NL	61	189	169	21	35	8	1	3	18	4	2	18	31	.207	.286	.320	.605	68	54	6	1	0	1	3	5
8 Seasons				1005	3909	3482	438	917	147	30	86	421	86	35	332	525	.263	.330	.397	.727	103	1382	91	28	36	31	20
162 Game Avg.				162	630	561	71	148	24	5	14	68	14	6	54	85	.263	.330	.397	.727	103	223	15	5	6	5	3

KCA (6 yrs)				726	2946	2621	344	703	115	26	65	319	73	28	262	379	.268	.337	.406	.743	105	1065	73	18	25	20	12
NYM (3 yrs)				279	963	861	94	214	32	4	21	102	13	7	70	146	.249	.309	.368	.677	97	317	18	10	11	11	8

AL (6 yrs)				726	2946	2621	344	703	115	26	65	319	73	28	262	379	.268	.337	.406	.743	105	1065	73	18	25	20	12
NL (3 yrs)				279	963	861	94	214	32	4	21	102	13	7	70	146	.249	.309	.368	.677	97	317	18	10	11	11	8

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
1969	36	NYM	NL	WS	BAL	W	4	15	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.133	.133	.200	.333	3	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							4	15	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.133	.133	.200	.333	3	0	0	0	0	0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1963 AL 158 (4th)	At Bats s c a p y 1963 AL 603 (4th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1963 AL 679 (3rd)	Triples s c a p y 1962 AL 7 (9th) 1965 AL 7 (7th) 1966 AL 8 (4th)
Stolen Bases s c a p y 1962 AL 20 (4th) 1963 AL 15 (7th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1963 AL 224 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1967 NL 7 (5th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1963 AL 8 (2nd) 1967 NL 6 (7th)
Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1963 AL 21 (3rd) 1964 AL 20 (4th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1963 AL 8 (3rd) 1964 AL 7 (3rd)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1962 AL 18.4 (2nd) 1963 AL 15.0 (2nd) 1964 AL 13.7 (7th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1963 AL 484 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 12 (1438), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1952 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

December 15, 1961: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Joe Azcue and Manny Jimenez to the Kansas City Athletics for Lou Klimchock and Bob Shaw.

May 10, 1967: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the New York Mets for Larry Elliot and $50,000.

October 28, 1969: Released by the New York Mets.

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Gray Ink	Batting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1438), Average HOFer ≈ 50