Dave Edwards

David Leonard Edwards

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 24, 1954 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Jefferson HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 7th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1978
Teams (by GP): Twins/Padres 1978-1982

Final Game: October 2, 1982
Relatives: Brother of Marshall Edwards and Brother of Mike Edwards
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Standard Batting

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
1971	17	MIN-min	Rk	29	96	96		19	1	2	0						.198	.198	.250	.448		24							TWN · GULF
1972	18	MIN-min	Rk,A	96	360	335	19	91	8	3	4	3	3	2	16	31	.272	.318	.349	.667		117		7	1	1			MBT,ORL · FECR,FLOR
1973	19	NYY-min	A	137	457	457		132	17	4	10						.289	.289	.409	.698		187							FTL · FLOR
1974	20	MIN-min	A	124	500	417	77	102	19	6	3	34	24	8	66	72	.245	.359	.341	.699		142	6	10	4	3	0		LBG · CARL
1975	21	REN	A	137	594	481	103	147	21	9	7	75	23	11	96	75	.306	.428	.430	.859		207	9	11	1	5	3		REN · CALL
1976	22	MIN-min	AA	55	244	209	32	61	10	5	3	26	1	2	26	30	.292	.384	.431	.815		90	4	6	2	1	4		ORL · SOUL
1977	23	MIN-min	AAA	122	512	453	61	122	25	2	11	80	13	6	46	68	.269	.338	.406	.744		184		3	6	4			TAC · PCL
1978	24	MIN-min	AAA	139	532	458	66	120	22	6	16	70	16	6	58	114	.262	.344	.441	.785		202		2	8	6			TOL · IL
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	68	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	76	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
1983	29	MTY	AAA																										MTY · MEX
1984	30	MTY	AAA																										MTY · MEX
5 Yrs				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	62	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	62	51	5	0	1	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1978	24	MIN	AL	15	53	1	-0	0	3	-0	3	0.3	2	4	0.5	.519	.502	0.2	0.2	2	$	7/8
1979	25	MIN	AL	96	257	-5	0	-0	6	-4	-2	-0.2	8	6	0.6	.498	.499	0.0	0.3	-0	$	789/D
1980	26	MIN	AL	81	215	-9	2	-0	-1	-2	-11	-1.1	7	-5	-0.5	.485	.493	-0.4	-0.2	-4	$	87/D9
1981	27	SDP	NL	58	125	-3	-2	-0	0	-2	-7	-0.7	4	-3	-0.3	.486	.495	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$	97/8
1982	28	SDP	NL	71	56	-5	-0	-0	1	-1	-5	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.492	.496	-0.6	0.1	-5	$	87/93
5 Seasons				321	706	-22	-1	-1	10	-9	-23	-2.3	22	-1	-0.1	.492	.497	-1.2	0.4	-11	$

MIN (3 yrs)				192	525	-13	2	-1	8	-6	-11	-1.0	17	5	0.6	.494	.498	-0.2	0.4	-3	$
SDP (2 yrs)				129	181	-8	-2	-1	2	-3	-12	-1.3	6	-6	-0.7	.489	.496	-1.0	0.0	-8	$

Advanced Batting

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	.610	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	.451	-4.3	-0.4	.650	.258	.140	6.9
1980	26	MIN	AL	215	159	19	3.2	104	.324	.250	.277	.294	.340	.335	.411	.629	.752	68	.342	-9.5	-0.9	.516	.150	.085	2.0
1981	27	SDP	NL	125	94	10	2.9	87	.253	.214	.255	.282	.320	.321	.366	.604	.686	76	.342	-3.5	-0.4	.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 Yrs				706	517	67	3.5	100	.287	.238	.270	.301	.334	.350	.400	.651	.735	77	.384	-21.1	-2.1	.567	.208	.113	12.9
162 Game Avg.				356	261	34	3.5	100	.287	.238	.270	.301	.334	.350	.400	.651	.735	77	.384	-21.1	-2.1	.567	.208	.113	7

MIN (3 yrs)				525	376	55	3.9	104	.302	.249	.275	.317	.339	.366	.411	.682	.750	82	.425	-12.5	-1.2	.604	.216	.116	9.9
SDP (2 yrs)				181	141	12	2.3	88	.244	.204	.257	.256	.321	.305	.370	.561	.691	62	.254	-8.6	-0.9	.468	.186	.102	3.0

AL (3 yrs)				525	376	55	3.9	104	.302	.249	.275	.317	.339	.366	.411	.682	.750	82	.425	-12.5	-1.2	.604	.216	.116	9.9
NL (2 yrs)				181	141	12	2.3	88	.244	.204	.257	.256	.321	.305	.370	.561	.691	62	.254	-8.6	-0.9	.468	.186	.102	3.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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 Yrs				706	2.0%	20.8%	7.8%	6.0%	28%	2.67	4.4	45.7	8.8	1.13	68%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.7%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.52	7.0	45.6	8.5	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	24	MIN	AL	1.3	0.1	57	-0.1	0.8	-0.9	.91	0.0	-0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.98	0.6	0.23	1
1979	25	MIN	AL	-4.3	-0.4	275	0.1	5.3	-5.2	1.06	-0.3	0.4	-5.6	-0.5	0.98	-6.3	0.95	8
1980	26	MIN	AL	-9.7	-1.0	220	-1.4	2.7	-4.1	.96	-1.0	-0.5	-8.2	-0.8	0.92	-11.4	0.96	5
1981	27	SDP	NL	-3.4	-0.4	131	0.3	2.9	-2.7	1.19	0.1	0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.99	0.4	1.64	17
1982	28	SDP	NL	-5.1	-0.5	58	-0.8	0.7	-1.4	1.14	-0.7	0.0	-8.6	-0.9	1.07	-6.5	1.39	20
5 Yrs				-21.1	-2.1	741	-1.9	12.4	-14.3	1.05	-1.9	0.0	-25.4	-2.5	0.97	-23.2	1.34	51

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

Situational Hitting*

						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	0.23	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		32	2	6%	3	0	0%	0	0		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%	11	2	18%	0
1980	26	MIN	AL	215	84%	50			5	2	1	2	0.96	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	100%	37	6	16%	15	4	27%	125	19	15%	5	5	100%	10	7	70%	0
1981	27	SDP	NL	125	82%	24			17	4	0	3	1.64	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	100%	21	3	14%	16	4	25%	82	12	15%	9	4	44%	8	3	38%	0
1982	28	SDP	NL	56	63%	10			20	3	1	1	1.39	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 Yrs				706	71%	152			51	9	2	6	1.34	14	1	19	4	10	8	6	0	5	5	100%	120	16	13%	61	15	25%	462	62	13%	37	15	41%	31	12	39%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			80%			11%			36%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

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	55	45	8	12	3	0	1	4	1	8	13	.267	.400	.400	.800	7	15
1979	25	97	258	230	42	57	8	0	8	35	6	24	45	.248	.322	.387	.709	28	96
1980	26	81	214	199	25	49	9	1	2	19	2	12	51	.246	.291	.332	.623	19	81
1981	27	88	195	173	23	40	7	2	3	23	5	18	36	.231	.301	.347	.647	18	58
1982	28	71	56	55	7	10	2	0	1	2	0	1	14	.182	.196	.273	.469	3	71
5 Yrs		352	778	702	105	168	29	3	15	83	14	63	159	.239	.304	.353	.658	75	321
162 Game Avg.		162	358	323	48	77	13	1	7	38	6	29	73	.239	.304	.353	.658	35	321

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