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Bruce Edwards

Charles Bruce Edwards (Bull)

Positions: Catcher, Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 15, 1923 in Quincy, IL
High School: Sacramento HS (Sacramento, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1946
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cubs/Senators/Redlegs 1946-1956

Final Game: September 13, 1956
Died: April 25, 1975 in Sacramento, CA
Buried: Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Sacramento, CA
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1946 BRO NL 22 C 91 87 79 493 431 53 9 9 .982 5.32 .980 5.01 7 19 25 57% 43% MVP-14
1947 BRO NL 23 C 128 127 114 661 592 58 11 11 .983 5.08 .981 4.96 11 36 27 43% 44% AS,MVP-4
1948 BRO NL 24 C 48 46 40 248 223 21 4 1 .984 5.08 .980 5.15 6 11 19 11 37% 40% 1
1948 BRO NL 24 LF 21 16 6 37 31 2 4 1 .892 1.57 .970 2.31
1948 BRO NL 24 OF 21 16 6 37 31 2 4 1 .892 1.57 .978 2.39
1948 BRO NL 24 3B 14 14 3 32 8 20 4 0 .875 2.00 .941 3.10
1948 BRO NL 24 1B 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .990 9.60
1949 BRO NL 25 C 41 34 29 199 184 13 2 0 .990 4.80 .982 4.98 4 5 7 6 46% 43% 0
1949 BRO NL 25 LF 4 4 3 6 5 0 1 0 .833 1.25 .973 2.40
1949 BRO NL 25 OF 4 4 3 7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.50 .977 2.48
1949 BRO NL 25 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20
1950 BRO NL 26 C 38 33 31 302.1 199 176 19 4 3 .980 5.80 5.13 .982 5.38 5.33 2 6 11 9 45% 38% 1
1950 BRO NL 26 1B 2 2 2 17.0 18 18 0 0 3 1.000 9.53 9.00 .990 9.69 9.60
1951 TOT NL 27 C 37 35 28 298.1 172 150 17 5 4 .971 5.04 4.51 .981 5.18 5.16 4 4 28 16 36% 41% 1 AS
1951 BRO NL 27 C 9 7 5 62.0 40 37 3 0 0 1.000 5.81 4.44 .981 5.18 5.16 0 0 0 2 100% 42% 1
1951 CHC NL 27 C 28 28 23 236.1 132 113 14 5 4 .962 4.84 4.54 .981 5.18 5.16 4 4 28 14 33% 41% 0
1951 CHC NL 27 1B 9 8 7 78.2 81 69 8 4 5 .951 8.81 8.56 .989 9.76 9.72 AS
1952 CHC NL 28 C 22 19 14 168.0 91 82 8 1 2 .989 4.82 4.09 .984 5.52 5.47 1 8 11 3 21% 44% 0
1952 CHC NL 28 2B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.40
1955 WSH AL 31 C 22 17 8 145.1 101 88 11 2 2 .980 -1 -8 6.13 4.50 .988 5.58 5.54 3 6 10 6 38% 47% 1
1955 WSH AL 31 3B 5 4 3 33.1 14 5 8 1 3 .929 1 36 3.51 2.60 .950 3.16 3.14
1956 CIN NL 32 C 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0.00 0.00 .980 5.85 5.75 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CIN NL 32 2B 1 0 0 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 540 13.50 1.00 .980 5.40 5.30
1956 CIN NL 32 3B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.00
9 Seasons C 429 398 343 916.0 2165 1926 200 39 32 .982 -1 -1 5.41 4.96 .981 5.37 5.10 38 40 141 103 42% 43% 4
2 Seasons LF 25 20 9 43 36 2 5 1 .884 1.52 .970 2.32
2 Seasons OF 25 20 9 44 37 2 5 1 .886 1.56 .978 2.40
4 Seasons 3B 21 18 6 33.2 46 13 28 5 3 .891 1 36 3.48 1.95 .944 3.15 3.11
3 Seasons 1B 12 10 9 95.2 101 89 8 4 8 .960 8.94 8.08 .989 9.75 9.69
2 Seasons 2B 2 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 360 9.00 0.50 .980 5.40 5.35
10 Seasons TOT 489 446 367 1046.1 2357 2065 239 53 44 .978 0 0 5.68 4.71 .981 5.70 4.99 38 40 141 103 42% 43% 4
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1946 BRO NL 22 C
1947 BRO NL 23 C
1948 BRO NL 24 C
1948 BRO NL 24 LF
1948 BRO NL 24 3B
1948 BRO NL 24 1B
1949 BRO NL 25 C
1949 BRO NL 25 LF
1949 BRO NL 25 3B
1950 BRO NL 26 C
1950 BRO NL 26 1B
1951 BRO NL 27 C
1951 CHC NL 27 C
1951 CHC NL 27 1B
1952 CHC NL 28 C
1952 CHC NL 28 2B
1955 WSH AL 31 C -1 -8 -1
1955 WSH AL 31 3B 1 36 1 0 1 0
1956 CIN NL 32 C 0 0 0
1956 CIN NL 32 2B 0 540 0 0 0 0
1956 CIN NL 32 3B 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons C -1 -1 -1
2 Seasons LF
4 Seasons 3B 1 36 1 0 1 0
3 Seasons 1B
2 Seasons 2B 0 360 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons TOT 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 87 92 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1947 BRO NL 23 130 127 130 128 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1948 BRO NL 24 96 76 96 84 0 48 1 0 14 0 21 0 0 21 0 18 1
1949 BRO NL 25 64 38 64 45 0 41 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 4 0 20 1
1950 BRO NL 26 50 35 50 40 0 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1951 CHC NL 27 51 36 51 37 0 28 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1951 BRO NL 27 17 7 17 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1952 CHC NL 28 50 19 50 23 0 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
1954 CHC NL 30 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1955 WSH AL 31 30 21 30 27 0 22 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1956 CIN NL 32 7 0 7 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
10 Seasons 591 446 591 486 0 429 12 2 21 0 25 0 0 25 0 114 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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%
1948 BRO NL 24 1718 4.50 5.04 40 95% 0 0 229 32 3 9 185 19 3 1 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 60%
1949 BRO NL 25 1347 4.82 5.08 30 97% 0 0 184 22 1 4 157 13 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 100%
1950 BRO NL 26 1294 4.02 4.44 24 100% 0 0 176 14 1 6 155 19 4 2 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 100%
1951 CHC NL 27 779 4.32 4.81 17 100% 0 0 92 13 1 6 72 14 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 1 2 100%
1951 BRO NL 27 266 4.35 4.79 6 100% 0 0 37 5 1 1 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CHC NL 28 570 3.54 3.67 6 100% 0 0 70 4 0 5 61 9 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1955 WSH AL 31 629 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 8 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
7 Seasons 6611 4.26 4.66 135 96% 1 0 879 95 10 36 738 86 17 3 2 5 18 4 8 6 1 12 0 2 2 21 86%
MLB Averages 4.08 4.60 95% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1948 BRO NL 24 6 11 701 18 15 14 45% 16 12 1 0 1 3 1 0 48 17 1.06 0.94
1949 BRO NL 25 4 5 513 9 7 7 44% 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 8 0.85 1.14
1950 BRO NL 26 2 6 473 11 9 8 45% 9 7 0 1 2 1 1 0 28 10 0.98 1.14
1951 CHC NL 27 2 4 294 20 13 12 39% 16 10 3 2 1 1 0 0 32 12 1.29 1.24
1951 BRO NL 27 0 0 88 0 2 2 100% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 1.02
1952 CHC NL 28 1 8 204 10 2 2 17% 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 4 0.44 0.14
1955 WSH AL 31 3 6 250 10 6 6 38% 9 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 23 9 0.88 1.38
1956 CIN NL 32 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 18 40 2527 78 54 51 41% 68 44 6 5 4 5 4 1 180 65 0.98 1.09
MLB Averages 45% 1.19 1.16

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1948 BRO NL 24 4 0 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 5 4 0 6 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16 7 43.8% 7 2 12.5% 0 498 65% 80% 40% 65 49%
1949 BRO NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 158 61% 73% 31% 14 36%
2 Seasons 5 0 5 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 7 5 0 7 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 22 10 45.5% 10 2 9.1% 0 656 64% 78% 38% 79 47%
MLB Averages 57.8% 2.6% 63% 81% 31% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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%
1948 BRO NL 24 438 63% 78% 28% 32 78% 1 7 4 1 2 19 18 1 0 0 4 0 2 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 80%
1949 BRO NL 25 9 67% 78% 22% 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
1955 WSH AL 31 147 62% 76% 26% 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
4 Seasons 595 63% 78% 27% 52 77% 1 13 9 2 2 28 23 5 0 0 5 0 3 2 5 4 3 1 4 0 0 0 7 57%
MLB Averages 63% 81% 26% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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%
1948 BRO NL 24 7 57% 71% 29% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BRO NL 26 63 49% 78% 30% 2 100% 0 17 2 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CHC NL 27 171 58% 80% 19% 13 77% 0 26 1 25 0 6 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 100%
3 Seasons 241 56% 79% 22% 15 80% 0 45 3 41 1 6 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 63% 81% 26% 93% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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
1952 CHC NL 28 1 100% 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 0 0 0 0
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
2 Seasons 3 100% 33% 33% 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% 81% 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1947 *
1951

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1946 NL (14, 6%)
1947 NL (4, 42%)
0.48 Career Shares (461st)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1946 NL  91 (4th)
1947 NL  128 (2nd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1946 NL  431 (3rd)
1947 NL  592 (1st)

Assists as C s c a p y
1946 NL  53 (4th)
1947 NL  58 (2nd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1946 NL  9 (4th)
1947 NL  11 (2nd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1946 NL  7 (2nd)
1947 NL  11 (3rd)
1948 NL  6 (4th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1947 NL  36 (2nd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1946 NL  25 (4th)
1947 NL  27 (2nd)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1946 NL  56.8 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1946 NL  5.32 (1st)
1947 NL  5.08 (2nd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1946 NL  .982 (3rd)
1947 NL  .983 (4th)

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