Joe Edelen
Benny Joe Edelen
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 16, 1955 in Durant, OK
High School: Gracemont (Gracemont, OK)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1981
Final Game: May 15, 1982
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1981 25 TOT NL 2 0 1.000 5.70 18 0 6 0 0 0 30.0 34 19 19 3 3 1 15 1 1 1 125 62 1.233 10.2 0.9 0.9 4.5 5.00
1981 25 STL NL 1 0 1.000 9.35 13 0 4 0 0 0 17.1 29 18 18 2 3 1 10 1 1 1 85 38 1.846 15.1 1.0 1.6 5.2 3.33
1981 25 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 0.71 5 0 2 0 0 0 12.2 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 40 501 0.395 3.6 0.7 0.0 3.6
1982 26 CIN NL 0 0 8.80 9 0 2 0 0 0 15.1 22 15 15 2 8 3 11 0 0 0 74 42 1.957 12.9 1.2 4.7 6.5 1.38
2 Seasons 2 0 1.000 6.75 27 0 8 0 0 0 45.1 56 34 34 5 11 4 26 1 1 1 199 53 1.478 11.1 1.0 2.2 5.2 2.36
162 Game Avg. 5 0 1.000 6.75 68 0 20 0 0 0 114 141 86 86 13 28 10 65 3 3 3 501 53 1.478 11.1 1.0 2.2 5.2 2.36
CIN (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 5.14 14 0 4 0 0 0 28.0 27 16 16 3 8 3 16 0 0 0 114 71 1.250 8.7 1.0 2.6 5.1 2.00
STL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 9.35 13 0 4 0 0 0 17.1 29 18 18 2 3 1 10 1 1 1 85 38 1.846 15.1 1.0 1.6 5.2 3.33

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 25 CIN NL 5 40 39 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 .128 .128 .231 .359 .121 9 2 0 1 0 0
1981 25 STL NL 13 85 79 18 29 3 1 2 1 0 3 10 .367 .393 .506 .899 .397 40 1 1 1 1 1
1981 25 TOT NL 18 125 118 19 34 4 1 3 1 0 3 15 .288 .309 .415 .724 .307 49 3 1 2 1 1
1982 26 CIN NL 9 74 64 15 22 6 1 2 0 1 8 11 .344 .411 .563 .973 .385 36 1 0 1 1 3
2 Seasons 27 199 182 34 56 10 2 5 1 1 11 26 .308 .347 .467 .814 .333 85 4 1 3 2 4
162 Game Avg. 68 501 458 86 141 25 5 13 3 3 28 65 .308 .347 .467 .814 .333 214 10 3 8 5 10
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1981 25 TOT NL 18 18 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 6 43% 0.617 3 2 12 4 2 12 7 11 10 5 11 2 5.0
1981 25 STL NL 13 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 8 0.653 2 2 8 3 2 8 4 9 6 4 7 1 4.0
1981 25 CIN NL 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 6 0.541 1 0 4 1 0 4 3 2 4 1 4 1 7.6
1982 26 CIN NL 9 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 55% 3 0.428 2 3 4 0 1 8 5 4 6 3 6 2 5.1
2 Seasons 27 27 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 12 48% 0.547 5 5 16 4 3 20 12 15 16 8 17 4 5.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1981 25 TOT NL 125 42% 2.4% 12.0% 2.4% 6.4% 24% 1.55 81% 24 3 13%
1981 25 STL NL 85 34% 2.4% 11.8% 3.5% 7.1% 21% 1.21 80% 17 1 6%
1981 25 CIN NL 40 58% 2.5% 12.5% 0.0% 5.0% 40% 2.20 83% 7 2 29%
1982 26 CIN NL 74 39% 2.7% 14.9% 10.8% 12.2% 41% 1.13 70% 15 1 7%
2 Seasons 199 41% 2.5% 13.1% 5.5% 8.5% 30% 1.40 77% 39 4 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1981 25 TOT NL 125 34 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 8 4 1 50% 1 1 0 37 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1981 25 STL NL 85 29 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 5 3 0 60% 1 1 0 29 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1981 25 CIN NL 40 5 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 26 CIN NL 74 22 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 6 5 0 83% 0 0 0 34 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Seasons 199 56 5 0 9 4 1 3 2 14 9 1 64% 1 1 0 71 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1981 25 2 0 1.000 5.70 18 0 6 0 0 0 30.0 34 19 19 3 3 1 15 1 1 1 125 62 1.233 10.2 0.9 0.9 4.5 5.00 62
1982 26 2 0 1.000 6.75 27 0 8 0 0 0 45.1 56 34 34 5 11 4 26 1 1 1 199 53 1.478 11.1 1.0 2.2 5.2 2.36 53

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1981 25 1 3 .250 6.49 43.0 54 34 31 5 5 22 2 1.372 11.3 1.0 4.6 4.40 1.0 18
1982 26 0 1 .000 10.29 14.0 23 18 16 2 8 10 0 2.214 14.8 5.1 6.4 1.25 1.3 9
2 Seasons 1 4 .200 7.42 57.0 77 52 47 7 13 32 2 1.579 12.2 5.1 2.46 1.1 27

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