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 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 Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 MIN AL 24 OF 15 13 110.0 40 35 3 2 1 .950 2.6 28.4 2.6 1.5 1.1 0 3.11 2.53 .980 2.47 2.13
1978 MIN AL 24 LF 10 7 62.0 17 15 1 1 0 .941 0.4 7.7 0.4 0.3 0.1 0 2.32 1.60 .976 2.21 1.78
1978 MIN AL 24 CF 7 6 48.0 23 20 2 1 1 .957 2.2 55.0 2.2 1.2 1.0 0 4.12 3.14 .983 2.96 2.64
1979 MIN AL 25 OF 86 60 588.1 175 165 7 3 0 .983 6.1 12.4 3.1 4.2 -1.1 3 2.63 2.00 .981 2.46 2.13
1979 MIN AL 25 LF 36 20 223.1 67 61 5 1 0 .985 5.0 26.9 3.0 2.5 0.5 2 2.66 1.83 .981 2.22 1.80
1979 MIN AL 25 CF 31 25 221.0 73 71 0 2 0 .973 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.8 -0.6 0 2.89 2.29 .984 2.92 2.62
1979 MIN AL 25 RF 24 15 144.0 37 35 2 0 0 1.000 0.9 7.5 -0.1 0.9 -1.0 1 2.31 1.54 .978 2.25 1.88
1979 MIN AL 25 DH 3
1980 MIN AL 26 OF 72 54 513.0 162 144 7 11 1 .932 -0.6 -1.4 -1.6 -3.0 1.4 1 2.65 2.10 .980 2.47 2.15
1980 MIN AL 26 CF 48 36 340.0 106 97 2 7 0 .934 -3.7 -13.1 -2.7 -3.2 0.5 -1 2.62 2.06 .984 2.92 2.65
1980 MIN AL 26 LF 28 17 162.0 53 45 5 3 1 .943 2.8 20.7 0.8 0.2 0.6 2 2.78 1.79 .981 2.35 1.92
1980 MIN AL 26 DH 3
1980 MIN AL 26 RF 2 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 32.7 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 1.64 1.00 .950 2.13 1.75
1981 SDP NL 27 OF 49 25 256.1 67 59 6 2 2 .970 0.5 2.3 -0.5 0.5 -0.9 1 2.28 1.33 .981 2.33 2.02
1981 SDP NL 27 RF 40 23 205.1 61 54 6 1 2 .984 2.8 16.4 1.8 1.5 0.4 1 2.63 1.50 .979 2.08 1.65
1981 SDP NL 27 LF 11 2 46.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -2.0 -52.2 -2.0 -0.7 -1.3 0 0.59 0.27 .975 2.11 1.79
1981 SDP NL 27 CF 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 2.88 2.55
1982 SDP NL 28 OF 45 6 116.1 36 34 0 2 0 .944 1.3 13.4 1.3 0.8 0.6 0 2.63 0.76 .978 2.25 1.91
1982 SDP NL 28 CF 24 5 76.1 23 22 0 1 0 .957 0.5 7.9 0.5 0.8 -0.3 0 2.59 0.92 .983 2.66 2.30
1982 SDP NL 28 LF 19 1 38.0 12 11 0 1 0 .917 0.9 28.4 0.9 0.0 1.0 0 2.61 0.58 .975 2.08 1.60
1982 SDP NL 28 RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.65
1982 SDP NL 28 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.90
5 Seasons OF 267 158 1584.0 480 437 23 20 4 .958 9.9 7.5 4.9 4.0 1.1 5 2.61 1.72 .980 2.43 2.08
5 Seasons CF 112 72 690.1 226 211 4 11 1 .951 -1.1 -1.9 -0.1 -0.7 0.6 -1 2.80 1.92 .984 2.89 2.56
5 Seasons LF 104 47 531.1 153 135 11 7 1 .954 7.1 16.0 3.1 2.3 0.9 4 2.47 1.40 .980 2.24 1.79
4 Seasons RF 68 39 362.1 100 91 8 1 2 .990 3.9 12.9 1.9 2.4 -0.4 2 2.46 1.46 .978 2.15 1.73
2 Seasons DH 6
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.90
5 Seasons TOT 268 158 1585.0 480 437 23 20 4 .958 9.8 7.4 4.8 4.0 1.0 5 2.61 1.72 .939 2.43 2.10
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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
1978 MIN AL 24 15 13 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 0 15 0 1 0
1979 MIN AL 25 96 60 96 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 31 24 86 0 9 15
1980 MIN AL 26 81 54 81 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 48 2 72 0 5 12
1981 SDP NL 27 58 25 58 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 40 49 0 20 3
1982 SDP NL 28 71 6 71 46 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 24 2 45 0 21 10
5 Seasons 321 158 321 268 0 0 1 0 0 0 104 112 68 267 0 56 40
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 -- CF*

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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%
1978 MIN AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 2 207 60% 83% 28% 32 63%
1979 MIN AL 25 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 0 6 1 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 8 5 0 28 15 53.6% 13 0 0.0% 0 990 59% 83% 24% 129 55%
1980 MIN AL 26 7 0 6 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 14 10 0 13 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 7 4 0 39 15 38.5% 24 0 0.0% 2 1500 62% 82% 24% 189 52%
1981 SDP NL 27 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 0 28 64% 75% 11% 2 50%
1982 SDP NL 28 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 328 59% 76% 23% 37 59%
5 Seasons 11 0 10 1 2 4 1 2 0 0 26 20 0 26 2 0 7 2 0 6 1 0 16 10 0 81 35 43.2% 46 0 0.0% 4 3053 61% 82% 24% 389 55%
MLB Averages 42.8% 2.2% 57% 79% 26% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1978 MIN AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 10 6 60.0% 4 0 0.0% 1 267 60% 80% 24% 32 50%
1979 MIN AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 8 6 0 9 3 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 26 16 61.5% 10 0 0.0% 5 979 59% 79% 24% 122 54%
1980 MIN AL 26 3 0 3 0 0 5 0 3 0 1 11 9 0 8 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 25 14 56.0% 9 1 4.0% 4 728 62% 79% 23% 100 50%
1981 SDP NL 27 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 208 67% 77% 27% 17 18%
1982 SDP NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 170 61% 84% 28% 22 50%
5 Seasons 7 0 6 1 0 11 0 9 0 1 26 20 0 22 6 1 10 9 0 6 1 0 7 7 0 71 43 60.6% 26 1 1.4% 10 2352 61% 79% 24% 293 50%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.6% 57% 79% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1979 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 14 7 0 7 2 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 29 13 44.8% 15 1 3.4% 1 625 59% 82% 25% 78 47%
1980 MIN AL 26 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 0 38 55% 87% 32% 6 33%
1981 SDP NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 2 0 3 9 5 0 10 2 0 1 0 1 5 2 1 4 3 0 29 12 41.4% 15 2 6.9% 4 897 61% 80% 25% 103 56%
1982 SDP NL 28 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 0 8 63% 63% 38% 0
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 2 0 5 23 12 0 17 4 1 3 1 1 8 3 1 7 5 0 58 25 43.1% 30 3 5.2% 5 1568 60% 81% 25% 187 52%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.0% 57% 79% 26% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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%
1982 SDP NL 28 6 67% 67% 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
1 Season 6 67% 67% 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
MLB Averages 57% 79% 27% 94% 88%

* 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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