Bruce Edwards
Charles Bruce Edwards (Bull)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7" , Weight: 194 lb.

Born: July 15, 1923 in Quincy, IL
High School: Sacramento (Sacramento, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1946
Final Game: September 13, 1956
Died: April 25, 1975 in Sacramento, CA
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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 Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1946 BRO NL 22 C 91 493 431 53 9 9 .982 5.32 .980 4.24 7 MVP-14
1947 BRO NL 23 C 128 661 592 58 11 11 .983 5.08 .981 4.37 11 AS,MVP-4
1948 BRO NL 24 C 48 248 223 21 4 1 .984 5.08 .980 4.41 6
1948 BRO NL 24 OF 21 37 31 2 4 1 .892 1.57 .981 2.20 21-0-0
1948 BRO NL 24 3B 14 32 8 20 4 0 .875 2.00 .944 2.81
1948 BRO NL 24 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 8.90
1949 BRO NL 25 C 41 199 184 13 2 0 .990 4.80 .982 4.39 4
1949 BRO NL 25 OF 4 7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.50 .986 2.25 4-0-0
1949 BRO NL 25 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
1950 BRO NL 26 C 38 199 176 19 4 3 .980 5.13 .982 4.53 2
1950 BRO NL 26 1B 2 18 18 0 0 3 1.000 9.00 .989 9.00
1951 TOT NL 27 C 37 172 150 17 5 4 .971 4.51 .981 4.43 4 AS
1951 BRO NL 27 C 9 40 37 3 0 0 1.000 4.44 .980 4.43 0
1951 CHC NL 27 C 28 132 113 14 5 4 .962 4.54 .981 4.43 4
1951 CHC NL 27 1B 9 81 69 8 4 5 .951 8.56 .989 9.29 AS
1952 CHC NL 28 C 22 91 82 8 1 2 .989 4.09 .984 4.84 1
1952 CHC NL 28 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00
1955 WSH AL 31 C 22 17 145.1 101 88 11 2 2 .980 -1.0 -8.3 -1 6.13 4.50 .988 5.58 4.73 3 6 10 6 38%
1955 WSH AL 31 3B 5 4 33.1 14 5 8 1 3 .929 1.0 36.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0 3.51 2.60 .950 3.16 2.72
1956 CIN NL 32 C 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 5.85 5.00 0 0 0 0
1956 CIN NL 32 2B 1 0 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 540.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 13.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.70
1956 CIN NL 32 3B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
9 Seasons C 429 17 147.1 2165 1926 200 39 32 .982 -1.0 -8.1 -1 129.87 4.96 .981 5.58 4.41 38 6 10 6 38%
2 Seasons OF 25 44 37 2 5 1 .886 1.56 .982 2.21 25-0-0
4 Seasons 3B 21 4 33.2 46 13 28 5 3 .891 1.0 35.6 1.0 1.0 0.0 0 10.96 1.95 .946 3.15 2.79
3 Seasons 1B 12 101 89 8 4 8 .960 8.08 .989 9.21
2 Seasons 2B 2 0 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 540.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 13.50 0.50 1.000 5.40 4.85
10 Seasons TOT 489 21 181.2 2357 2065 239 53 44 .978 0.3 2.0 1.3 1.3 0.0 0 -1 114.14 4.71 .958 5.13 4.35 25-0-0 38 6 10 6 38%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% 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
1946 BRO NL 22 92 92 92 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 BRO NL 23 130 130 130 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BRO NL 24 96 96 96 0 48 1 0 14 0 21 0 0 21
1949 BRO NL 25 64 64 64 0 41 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 4
1950 BRO NL 26 50 50 50 0 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CHC NL 27 51 51 51 0 28 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BRO NL 27 17 17 17 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CHC NL 28 50 50 50 0 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHC NL 30 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1955 WSH AL 31 30 21 30 30 0 22 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1956 CIN NL 32 7 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
10 Seasons 591 21 591 591 0 429 12 2 21 0 25 0 0 25 12 0
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1955 WSH AL 31 657 3.59 4.03 11 91% 1 0 91 5 3 5 78 10 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 50%
1956 CIN NL 32 10 0.00 0.00 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 667 3.54 3.97 12 83% 1 0 91 5 3 5 78 10 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 50%
MLB Averages 3.99 4.51 96% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1955 WSH AL 31 3 6 250 10 6 6 38% 9 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 23 9 0.94 1.44
1956 CIN NL 32 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 Seasons 3 6 254 10 6 6 38% 9 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 23 10 0.94 1.44
MLB Averages 45% 1.15 1.13

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%
1955 WSH AL 31 151 60% 74% 25% 19 74% 0 5 4 1 0 9 5 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 0%
1956 CIN NL 32 1 0% 100% 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 152 60% 74% 25% 19 74% 0 5 4 1 0 9 5 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 0%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 62%

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
1956 CIN NL 32 2 100% 50% 50% 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
1 Season 2 100% 50% 50% 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
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 93%

* 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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