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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 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 Awards
1978 MIN AL 24 OF 15 13 8 110.0 40 35 3 2 1 .950 3 28 3.11 2.53 .979 2.47 2.45
1978 MIN AL 24 LF 10 7 3 62.0 17 15 1 1 0 .941 0 8 2.32 1.60 .974 2.21 2.19
1978 MIN AL 24 CF 7 6 5 48.0 23 20 2 1 1 .957 2 55 4.12 3.14 .984 2.96 2.94
1979 MIN AL 25 OF 86 60 45 588.1 175 165 7 3 0 .983 6 12 2.63 2.00 .981 2.46 2.43
1979 MIN AL 25 LF 36 20 20 223.1 67 61 5 1 0 .985 5 27 2.66 1.83 .980 2.22 2.20
1979 MIN AL 25 CF 31 25 14 221.0 73 71 0 2 0 .973 0 1 2.89 2.29 .983 2.92 2.88
1979 MIN AL 25 RF 24 15 11 144.0 37 35 2 0 0 1.000 1 7 2.31 1.54 .980 2.25 2.22
1979 MIN AL 25 DH 4 0
1980 MIN AL 26 OF 72 54 33 513.0 162 144 7 11 1 .932 -1 -1 2.65 2.10 .979 2.47 2.46
1980 MIN AL 26 CF 48 36 24 340.0 106 97 2 7 0 .934 -4 -13 2.62 2.06 .983 2.92 2.91
1980 MIN AL 26 LF 28 17 8 162.0 53 45 5 3 1 .943 3 21 2.78 1.79 .980 2.35 2.35
1980 MIN AL 26 DH 8 0
1980 MIN AL 26 RF 2 1 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 33 1.64 1.00 .975 2.13 2.10
1981 SDP NL 27 OF 49 25 12 256.1 67 59 6 2 2 .970 0 2 2.28 1.33 .980 2.33 2.34
1981 SDP NL 27 RF 40 23 11 205.1 61 54 6 1 2 .984 3 16 2.63 1.50 .978 2.08 2.08
1981 SDP NL 27 LF 11 2 1 46.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -2 -52 0.59 0.27 .975 2.11 2.13
1981 SDP NL 27 CF 2 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -72 1.80 0.50 .990 2.88 2.80
1982 SDP NL 28 OF 45 6 3 116.1 36 34 0 2 0 .944 1 13 2.63 0.76 .978 2.25 2.26
1982 SDP NL 28 CF 24 5 2 76.1 23 22 0 1 0 .957 0 8 2.59 0.92 .983 2.66 2.67
1982 SDP NL 28 LF 19 1 1 38.0 12 11 0 1 0 .917 1 28 2.61 0.58 .973 2.08 2.08
1982 SDP NL 28 RF 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1982 SDP NL 28 1B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 9.90 10.30
5 Seasons OF 267 158 101 1584.0 480 437 23 20 4 .958 10 7 2.61 1.72 .980 2.43 2.39
5 Seasons CF 112 72 45 690.1 226 211 4 11 1 .951 -1 -2 2.80 1.92 .983 2.89 2.85
5 Seasons LF 104 47 33 531.1 153 135 11 7 1 .954 7 16 2.47 1.40 .979 2.24 2.21
4 Seasons RF 68 39 23 362.1 100 91 8 1 2 .990 4 13 2.46 1.46 .979 2.15 2.13
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 9.90 10.30
5 Seasons TOT 268 158 101 1585.0 480 437 23 20 4 .958 10 7 2.61 1.72 .980 2.43 2.42
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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
1978 MIN AL 24 LF 0 8 0 0 0 0
1978 MIN AL 24 CF 2 55 2 1 1 0
1979 MIN AL 25 LF 5 27 3 0 2 2
1979 MIN AL 25 CF 0 1 0 -1 1 0
1979 MIN AL 25 RF 1 7 -0 -1 1 1
1980 MIN AL 26 CF -4 -13 -3 0 -3 -1
1980 MIN AL 26 LF 3 21 1 1 0 2
1980 MIN AL 26 RF 0 33 0 0 0 0
1981 SDP NL 27 RF 3 16 2 0 2 1
1981 SDP NL 27 LF -2 -52 -2 -1 -1 0
1981 SDP NL 27 CF -0 -72 -0 0 -0 0
1982 SDP NL 28 CF 0 8 0 -0 1 0
1982 SDP NL 28 LF 1 28 1 1 0 0
1982 SDP NL 28 RF -0 -60 -0 -0 0
1982 SDP NL 28 1B -0 -120 -0 -0 0
5 Seasons CF -1 -2 -0 1 -1 -1
5 Seasons LF 7 16 3 1 2 4
4 Seasons RF 4 13 2 -0 2 2
1 Season 1B -0 -120 -0 -0 0
5 Seasons TOT 10 7 5 1 4 5

Appearances

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 17 0 1 0
1979 MIN AL 25 96 60 96 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 31 24 91 4 9 15
1980 MIN AL 26 81 54 81 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 48 2 78 8 5 12
1981 SDP NL 27 58 25 58 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 40 53 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 68 284 12 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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% 2 192 65% 90% 30% 32 63%
1979 MIN AL 25 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 6 1 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 9 5 0 31 16 51.6% 15 0 0.0% 0 948 61% 86% 25% 129 55%
1980 MIN AL 26 7 0 6 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 18 11 0 13 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 8 4 0 44 16 36.4% 28 0 0.0% 2 1454 64% 85% 25% 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 27 67% 78% 11% 2 50%
1982 SDP NL 28 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 322 61% 78% 24% 37 59%
5 Seasons 11 0 10 1 2 4 1 2 0 0 33 23 0 26 2 0 7 2 0 6 1 0 18 10 0 90 38 42.2% 52 0 0.0% 4 2943 63% 85% 25% 389 55%
MLB Averages 44.1% 2.4% 60% 83% 27% 57%

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%
1978 MIN AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 11 6 54.5% 5 0 0.0% 1 257 62% 83% 25% 32 50%
1979 MIN AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 12 10 0 9 3 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 30 20 66.7% 10 0 0.0% 5 953 61% 81% 25% 122 54%
1980 MIN AL 26 3 0 3 0 0 5 0 3 0 1 14 11 0 8 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 29 17 58.6% 10 1 3.4% 4 712 63% 81% 24% 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% 0 202 69% 79% 28% 17 18%
1982 SDP NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 165 63% 86% 28% 22 50%
5 Seasons 7 0 6 1 0 11 0 9 0 1 35 27 0 22 6 1 10 9 0 6 1 0 8 8 0 81 51 63.0% 28 1 1.2% 10 2289 63% 82% 25% 293 50%
MLB Averages 59.5% 2.8% 60% 83% 27% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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 16 8 0 7 2 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 31 14 45.2% 16 1 3.2% 1 608 61% 84% 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 36 58% 92% 33% 6 33%
1981 SDP NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 2 0 3 15 5 1 10 2 0 1 0 1 5 2 1 5 3 0 36 12 33.3% 21 3 8.3% 3 853 65% 84% 26% 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 31 13 1 17 4 1 3 1 1 8 3 1 8 5 0 67 26 38.8% 37 4 6.0% 4 1505 63% 84% 26% 187 52%
MLB Averages 41.9% 3.1% 60% 83% 27% 51%

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%
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 60% 83% 28% 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 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

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1980 AL  7 (4th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 NL  6 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1980 AL  11 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 NL  3 (5th)

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