Dave Edwards
David Leonard Edwards
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 177 lb.

Born: February 24, 1954 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Jefferson (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 7th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1978
Final Game: October 2, 1982
Relatives: Brother of Marshall Edwards and Brother of Mike Edwards
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Standard Batting

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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 Awards
1978 24 MIN AL 15 53 44 7 11 3 0 1 3 1 1 7 13 .250 .377 .386 .764 114 17 0 2 0 0 0 7/8
1979 25 MIN AL 96 257 229 42 57 8 0 8 35 6 3 24 45 .249 .323 .389 .711 89 89 5 1 3 0 1 789/D
1980 26 MIN AL 81 215 200 26 50 9 1 2 20 2 1 12 51 .250 .294 .335 .629 67 67 6 1 1 1 1 87/D9
1981 27 SDP NL 58 125 112 13 24 4 1 2 13 3 1 11 24 .214 .282 .321 .604 77 36 3 0 1 1 0 97/8
1982 28 SDP NL 71 56 55 7 10 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 14 .182 .196 .273 .469 33 15 2 0 0 0 0 87/93
5 Seasons 321 706 640 95 152 26 2 14 73 12 6 55 147 .238 .301 .350 .651 77 224 16 4 5 2 2
162 Game Avg. 162 356 323 48 77 13 1 7 37 6 3 28 74 .238 .301 .350 .651 77 113 8 2 3 1 1
MIN (3 yrs) 192 525 473 75 118 20 1 11 58 9 5 43 109 .249 .317 .366 .682 82 173 11 4 4 1 2
SDP (2 yrs) 129 181 167 20 34 6 1 3 15 3 1 12 38 .204 .256 .305 .561 63 51 5 0 1 1 0
AL (3 yrs) 192 525 473 75 118 20 1 11 58 9 5 43 109 .249 .317 .366 .682 82 173 11 4 4 1 2
NL (2 yrs) 129 181 167 20 34 6 1 3 15 3 1 12 38 .204 .256 .305 .561 63 51 5 0 1 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1978 24 MIN AL 53 34 7 5.5 95 .333 .250 .263 .377 .329 .386 .388 .764 .717 114 .609 1.3 0.1 .765 .295 .136 1.0
1979 25 MIN AL 257 183 29 4.2 105 .278 .249 .274 .323 .340 .389 .415 .711 .755 89 .450 -4.3 -0.4 .650 .258 .140 6.9
1980 26 MIN AL 215 159 19 3.2 105 .324 .250 .278 .294 .342 .335 .413 .629 .755 67 .342 -9.7 -1.0 .516 .150 .085 2.0
1981 27 SDP NL 125 94 10 2.9 86 .253 .214 .254 .282 .318 .321 .364 .604 .682 77 .342 -3.3 -0.3 .533 .223 .107 2.4
1982 28 SDP NL 56 47 2 1.2 91 .225 .182 .261 .196 .323 .273 .379 .469 .702 33 .084 -5.1 -0.5 .340 .109 .091 .0
5 Seasons 706 517 67 3.5 100 .287 .238 .270 .301 .334 .350 .401 .651 .735 77 .385 -21.2 -2.1 .567 .208 .113 12.9
162 Game Avg. 356 261 34 3.5 100 .287 .238 .270 .301 .334 .350 .401 .651 .735 77 .385 -21.2 -2.1 .567 .208 .113 7
MIN (3 yrs) 525 376 55 3.9 104 .302 .249 .275 .317 .339 .366 .412 .682 .751 82 .425 -12.7 -1.3 .604 .216 .116 9.9
SDP (2 yrs) 181 141 12 2.3 88 .244 .204 .256 .256 .320 .305 .369 .561 .689 63 .254 -8.4 -0.8 .468 .186 .102 3.0
AL (3 yrs) 525 376 55 3.9 104 .302 .249 .275 .317 .339 .366 .412 .682 .751 82 .425 -12.7 -1.3 .604 .216 .116 9.9
NL (2 yrs) 181 141 12 2.3 88 .244 .204 .256 .256 .320 .305 .369 .561 .689 63 .254 -8.4 -0.8 .468 .186 .102 3.0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1978 24 MIN AL 53 1.9% 24.5% 13.2% 7.6% 36% 1.86 3.4 44.0 14.7 2.33 57%
1979 25 MIN AL 257 3.1% 17.5% 9.3% 6.2% 28% 1.88 5.1 28.6 6.5 1.08 68%
1980 26 MIN AL 215 0.9% 23.7% 5.6% 5.6% 24% 4.25 3.9 100.0 10.0 0.96 69%
1981 27 SDP NL 125 1.6% 19.2% 8.8% 5.6% 29% 2.18 4.7 56.0 8.6 1.52 70%
1982 28 SDP NL 56 1.8% 25.0% 1.8% 5.4% 30% 14.00 3.9 55.0 27.5 0.84 71%
5 Seasons 706 2.0% 20.8% 7.8% 6.0% 28% 2.67 4.4 45.7 8.8 1.13 68%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1978 24 MIN AL 0 0 32% 21 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 44% 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 4
1979 25 MIN AL 1 0 46% 103 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 4 1 4 8 62% 21 12 9 2 0 2 11 1 10
1980 26 MIN AL 2 0 39% 90 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 61% 20 8 12 3 1 2 5 2 3
1981 27 SDP NL 1 0 33% 43 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 3 33% 5 3 2 4 2 1 3 2 1
1982 28 SDP NL 0 0 60% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 44% 6 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 2
5 Seasons 4 0 41% 280 12 6 67% 10 6 2 0 0 0 9 3 10 21 54% 55 30 25 9 3 5 28 7 20
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1978 24 MIN AL 53 58% 11 1 0 0 0 0.29 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 32 2 6% 3 0 0% 5 1 20% 0
1979 25 MIN AL 257 58% 57 8 0 0 0 0.95 8 1 13 4 4 5 3 0 3 3 100% 45 5 11% 25 7 28% 189 28 15% 18 6 33% 20 1 5% 0
1980 26 MIN AL 215 84% 50 5 2 1 2 0.98 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 100% 37 6 16% 15 4 27% 125 19 15% 5 5 100% 20 10 50% 0
1981 27 SDP NL 125 82% 24 17 4 0 3 1.75 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 100% 21 3 14% 16 4 25% 82 12 15% 9 4 44% 12 4 33% 0
1982 28 SDP NL 56 63% 10 20 3 1 1 1.49 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 2 15% 5 0 0% 34 1 3% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
5 Seasons 706 71% 152 51 9 2 6 1.42 14 1 19 4 10 8 6 0 5 5 100% 120 16 13% 61 15 25% 462 62 13% 37 15 41% 59 16 27% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 24 15 53 44 7 11 3 0 1 3 1 1 7 13 .250 .377 .386 .764 114 17 0 2 0 0 0
1979 25 111 310 273 49 68 11 0 9 38 7 4 31 58 .249 .332 .388 .721 93 106 5 3 3 0 1
1980 26 192 525 473 75 118 20 1 11 58 9 5 43 109 .249 .317 .366 .682 82 173 11 4 4 1 2
1981 27 250 650 585 88 142 24 2 13 71 12 6 54 133 .243 .310 .357 .667 81 209 14 4 5 2 2
1982 28 321 706 640 95 152 26 2 14 73 12 6 55 147 .238 .301 .350 .651 77 224 16 4 5 2 2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1978 24 15 56 46 8 13 4 0 1 3 1 8 13 .283 .411 .435 .845 8 15
1979 25 97 255 230 41 57 8 0 8 34 6 24 45 .248 .322 .387 .709 28 96
1980 26 81 212 198 25 48 9 1 2 19 2 12 51 .242 .288 .328 .616 18 81
1981 27 88 196 175 25 42 7 2 4 25 5 19 36 .240 .311 .371 .683 20 58
1982 28 71 56 55 9 10 2 0 1 2 0 1 14 .182 .196 .273 .469 3 71
5 Seasons 352 775 704 108 170 30 3 16 83 14 64 159 .241 .307 .361 .668 77 321
162 Game Avg. 162 357 324 50 78 14 1 7 38 6 29 73 .241 .307 .361 .668 35 321

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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