Doc Edwards

Howard Rodney Edwards

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 10, 1936 in Red Jacket, WV
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1962
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Indians/Yankees/Phillies 1962-1970

Final Game: August 29, 1970
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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
1958	21	CLE-min	D-	42	131	131		47	6	1	3						.359	.359	.489	.847		64							NPL · NESL
1959	22	CLE-min	D	90	303	303		102	15	1	4						.337	.337	.432	.769		131							SEL · ALFL
1960	23	CLE-min	B	128	458	458		128	11	1	8						.279	.279	.360	.640		165							BRL · CARL
1961	24	CLE-min	AAA	120	431	402	51	133	14	5	5	54	1	1	29	43	.331	.376	.428	.804		172							SLC · PCL
1962	25	CLE	AL	53	154	143	13	39	6	0	3	9	0	0	9	14	.273	.325	.378	.702	91	54	2	2	0	0	0	2
1963	26	TOT	AL	81	288	271	22	68	14	0	6	35	0	1	13	29	.251	.289	.369	.658	80	100	5	2	1	1	8	2
1963	26	CLE	AL	10	33	31	6	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.258	.303	.323	.626	77	10	0	0	0	0	2	2
1963	26	KCA	AL	71	255	240	16	60	12	0	6	35	0	1	11	23	.250	.287	.375	.662	80	90	5	2	1	1	6	2
1964	27	KCA	AL	97	310	294	25	66	10	0	5	28	0	1	13	40	.224	.265	.310	.574	57	91	12	3	0	0	0	2/3
1965	28	NYY-min	AAA	20	70	63	5	20	5	0	0	7	0	0	6	6	.317	.386	.397	.783		25		1	0	0			TOL · IL
1965	28	TOT	AL	51	135	120	4	22	3	0	1	9	1	2	14	16	.183	.274	.233	.507	47	28	8	1	0	0	6	2
1965	28	KCA	AL	6	21	20	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.150	.190	.150	.340	-1	3	2	0	0	0	0	/2
1965	28	NYY	AL	45	114	100	3	19	3	0	1	9	1	2	13	14	.190	.289	.250	.539	56	25	6	1	0	0	6	2

1966	29	CLE-min	AAA	116	393	376	28	98	3	0	4	38	1	0	13	46	.261	.289	.301	.590		113		2	2	0			POR · PCL
1967	30	HOU-min	AAA	95	311	288	23	63	9	2	2	25	0	0	21	34	.219	.271	.285	.556		82		0	1	1			OKC · PCL
1968	31	PHI-min	AAA	83	287	270	17	70	6	0	0	20	0	2	15	36	.259	.296	.281	.578		76		0	0	2			SDG · PCL
1969	32	PHI-min	AAA	73	252	237	16	63	13	0	2	31	0	0	13	25	.266	.302	.346	.648		82		0	0	2			EUG · PCL
1970	33	PHI	NL	35	86	78	5	21	0	0	0	6	0	0	4	10	.269	.313	.269	.582	60	21	4	1	3	0	3	2
5 Yrs				317	973	906	69	216	33	0	15	87	1	4	53	109	.238	.287	.325	.611	68	294	31	9	4	1	17
162 Game Avg.				162	497	463	35	110	17	0	8	44	1	2	27	56	.238	.287	.325	.611	68	150	16	5	2	1	9

KCA (3 yrs)				174	586	554	42	129	22	0	11	63	0	2	25	65	.233	.272	.332	.604	65	184	19	5	1	1	6
CLE (2 yrs)				63	187	174	19	47	8	0	3	9	0	0	11	20	.270	.321	.368	.689	89	64	2	2	0	0	2
PHI (1 yr)				35	86	78	5	21	0	0	0	6	0	0	4	10	.269	.313	.269	.582	60	21	4	1	3	0	3
NYY (1 yr)				45	114	100	3	19	3	0	1	9	1	2	13	14	.190	.289	.250	.539	56	25	6	1	0	0	6

AL (4 yrs)				282	887	828	64	195	33	0	15	81	1	4	49	99	.236	.284	.330	.614	69	273	27	8	1	1	14
NL (1 yr)				35	86	78	5	21	0	0	0	6	0	0	4	10	.269	.313	.269	.582	60	21	4	1	3	0	3

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
1962	25	CLE	AL	53	154	1	0	-0	2	2	5	0.5	4	9	0.9	.510	.503	0.7	0.4	7	$	2
1963	26	CLE	AL	10	33	-2	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.480	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	2
1963	26	KCA	AL	71	255	-9	-2	-0	-3	3	-11	-1.3	7	-4	-0.6	.483	.492	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	2
1964	27	KCA	AL	97	310	-15	-1	-1	-2	4	-15	-1.8	9	-6	-1.0	.483	.490	-0.7	0.1	-5	$11,000	2/3
1965	28	KCA	AL	6	21	-3	-0	-0	0	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.447	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$12,500	/2
1965	28	NYY	AL	45	114	-6	-2	-0	-1	2	-8	-1.0	3	-5	-0.7	.478	.494	-0.5	0.1	-4	$	2

1970	33	PHI	NL	35	86	-5	-1	-1	-2	2	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.5	.478	.495	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$	2
5 Seasons				317	973	-38	-6	-3	-6	13	-41	-4.9	27	-14	-2.3	.485	.496	-1.3	0.5	-7	$23,500

KCA (3 yrs)				174	586	-26	-4	-2	-4	7	-28	-3.5	16	-12	-1.9	.481	.493	-1.2	0.2	-8	$23,500
CLE (2 yrs)				63	187	-1	0	0	1	2	3	0.3	5	8	0.8	.505	.501	0.7	0.3	7	$
PHI (1 yr)				35	86	-5	-1	-1	-2	2	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.5	.478	.495	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$
NYY (1 yr)				45	114	-6	-2	-0	-1	2	-8	-1.0	3	-5	-0.7	.478	.494	-0.5	0.1	-4	$

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
1962	25	CLE	AL	154	106	18	4.6	100	.286	.273	.259	.325	.331	.378	.404	.702	.736	91	.501	-1.9	-0.2	.613	.168	.105	.0
1963	26	TOT	AL	288	211	27	3.5	99	.262	.251	.261	.289	.328	.369	.403	.658	.731	80	.412	-8.0	-0.8	.545	.162	.118	.0
1963	26	CLE	AL	33	23	3	3.5	94	.320	.258	.254	.303	.320	.323	.393	.626	.713	77	.420	-0.9	-0.1	.522	.129	.065
1963	26	KCA	AL	255	188	24	3.4	99	.255	.250	.262	.287	.329	.375	.405	.662	.734	80	.411	-7.0	-0.7	.548	.167	.125	.0
1964	27	KCA	AL	310	241	21	2.4	99	.245	.224	.260	.265	.329	.310	.404	.574	.734	57	.254	-18.1	-1.9	.440	.126	.085	.0
1965	28	TOT	AL	135	108	6	1.5	91	.204	.183	.250	.274	.319	.233	.382	.507	.702	47	.141	-8.2	-0.9	.389	.158	.050	1.0
1965	28	KCA	AL	21	19	0	0.0	91	.167	.150	.250	.190	.319	.150	.382	.340	.702	-1	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.211	.050	.000
1965	28	NYY	AL	114	89	6	1.8	91	.212	.190	.250	.289	.319	.250	.382	.539	.702	56	.189	-5.5	-0.6	.427	.180	.060	1.0

1970	33	PHI	NL	86	64	6	2.5	101	.309	.269	.263	.313	.336	.269	.402	.582	.738	60	.246	-4.4	-0.4	.426	.051	.000
5 Yrs				973	730	78	2.9	98	.257	.238	.259	.287	.328	.325	.401	.611	.729	68	.325	-40.6	-4.2	.487	.141	.086	1.9
162 Game Avg.				497	373	40	2.9	98	.257	.238	.259	.287	.328	.325	.401	.611	.729	68	.325	-40.6	-4.2	.487	.141	.086	1

KCA (3 yrs)				586	448	45	2.7	99	.246	.233	.261	.272	.329	.332	.404	.604	.732	65	.308	-27.9	-2.9	.475	.141	.099	.0
CLE (2 yrs)				187	129	21	4.4	99	.291	.270	.259	.321	.329	.368	.402	.689	.732	89	.488	-2.8	-0.3	.597	.161	.098	.0
PHI (1 yr)				86	64	6	2.5	101	.309	.269	.263	.313	.336	.269	.402	.582	.738	60	.246	-4.4	-0.4	.426	.051	.000
NYY (1 yr)				114	89	6	1.8	91	.212	.190	.250	.289	.319	.250	.382	.539	.702	56	.188	-5.5	-0.6	.427	.180	.060	1.0

AL (4 yrs)				887	666	72	2.9	98	.252	.236	.259	.284	.328	.330	.401	.614	.729	69	.334	-36.2	-3.8	.492	.150	.094	1.9
NL (1 yr)				86	64	6	2.5	101	.309	.269	.263	.313	.336	.269	.402	.582	.738	60	.246	-4.4	-0.4	.426	.051	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	25	CLE	AL	154	2.0%	9.1%	5.8%	5.8%	23%	1.56	10.2	47.7	15.9	1.29	82%
1963	26	TOT	AL	288	2.1%	10.1%	4.5%	6.9%	29%	2.23	9.3	45.2	7.7	1.03	82%
1963	26	CLE	AL	33	0.0%	18.2%	6.1%	6.1%	25%	3.00	5.2			0.80	76%
1963	26	KCA	AL	255	2.4%	9.0%	4.3%	7.1%	30%	2.09	10.4	40.0	6.9	1.06	83%
1964	27	KCA	AL	310	1.6%	12.9%	4.2%	4.8%	23%	3.08	7.4	58.8	10.5	1.03	80%
1965	28	TOT	AL	135	0.7%	11.9%	10.4%	3.0%	18%	1.14	7.5	120.0	13.3	2.14	76%
1965	28	KCA	AL	21	0.0%	9.5%	4.8%	0.0%	0%	2.00	10.0			3.25	86%
1965	28	NYY	AL	114	0.9%	12.3%	11.4%	3.5%	21%	1.08	7.1	100.0	11.1	1.96	75%

1970	33	PHI	NL	86	0.0%	11.6%	4.7%	0.0%	0%	2.50	7.8		13.0	1.52	79%
5 Yrs				973	1.5%	11.2%	5.5%	4.9%	22%	2.06	8.3	60.4	10.4	1.22	80%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.3%	8.3%	6.2%	28%	1.85	5.8	41.7	9.1	1.10	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1962	25	CLE	AL	-1.9	-0.2	155	0.7	3.1	-2.3	.98	-0.0	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.89	-0.3	1.73	12
1963	26	TOT	AL	-8.0	-0.8	290	-0.7	5.3	-6.1	1.11	-0.7	0.1	-4.5	-0.5	0.98	-7.1	2.16	11
1963	26	CLE	AL	-1.0	-0.1	33	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	.68	-0.1	0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.90	-1.5		0
1963	26	KCA	AL	-7.0	-0.7	257	-0.7	5.0	-5.7	1.16	-0.6	-0.0	-3.1	-0.3	0.99	-5.6	2.16	11
1964	27	KCA	AL	-18.1	-1.9	317	-2.2	4.4	-6.6	1.06	-1.3	-0.7	-14.0	-1.4	0.98	-13.8	1.66	13
1965	28	TOT	AL	-8.2	-0.9	139	-0.4	1.7	-2.1	.85	-0.8	0.3	-7.2	-0.8	0.94	-9.1	0.51	2
1965	28	KCA	AL	-2.7	-0.3	21	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.84	-0.3	-0.0	-3.1	-0.3	0.86	-3.0		0
1965	28	NYY	AL	-5.5	-0.6	118	-0.2	1.5	-1.7	.85	-0.5	0.4	-4.1	-0.4	0.95	-6.1	0.51	2

1970	33	PHI	NL	-4.5	-0.4	87	-0.0	1.7	-1.8	1.15	-0.4	0.4	-4.1	-0.4	0.98	-4.7	2.13	1
5 Yrs				-40.7	-4.2	988	-2.6	16.2	-18.9	1.04	-3.3	0.8	-29.3	-3.0	0.96	-35.1	1.78	39

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	25	CLE	AL	5	0	21%	56	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	67%	6	2	4	2	1	1	4	1	3
1963	26	TOT	AL	2	0	21%	92	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	25%	15	13	2	3	2	1	6	3	3
1963	26	CLE	AL	0	0	60%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75%	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
1963	26	KCA	AL	2	0	15%	79	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	15%	12	12	0	3	2	1	5	3	2
1964	27	KCA	AL	5	0	26%	85	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	27%	11	10	1	6	4	2	5	2	3
1965	28	TOT	AL	2	0	8%	44	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	14%	2	2	0	2	2	0	3	2	1
1965	28	KCA	AL	0	0	25%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	28	NYY	AL	2	0	6%	33	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	17%	1	1	0	2	2	0	3	2	1

1970	33	PHI	NL	1	0	19%	28	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	43%	4	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	2
5 Yrs				15	0	21%	305	1	4	20%	1	2	0	1	0	1	4	0	7	11	33%	38	30	8	13	9	4	21	8	12

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
1962	25	CLE	AL	154	29%	39			12	2	0	1	1.73	3	0	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		20	2	10%	9	1	11%	76	6	8%	5	2	40%	1	1	100%	0
1963	26	TOT	AL	288	51%	68			11	1	0	2	2.16	6	0	6	3	3	4	2	0	1	1	100%	50	5	10%	26	7	27%	201	29	14%	16	6	38%	9	3	33%	0
1963	26	CLE	AL	33	52%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	3	1	33%	15	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1963	26	KCA	AL	255	51%	60			11	1	0	2	2.16	6	0	6	3	3	4	2	0	1	1	100%	45	5	11%	23	6	26%	186	29	16%	15	6	40%	7	2	29%	0
1964	27	KCA	AL	310	52%	66			13	4	0	2	1.66	5	0	14	2	3	2	3	0	0	0		65	12	18%	29	9	31%	207	26	13%	14	9	64%	9	4	44%	0
1965	28	TOT	AL	135	42%	22			2	0	0	0	0.51	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		23	8	35%	12	4	33%	75	8	11%	9	2	22%	5	4	80%	0
1965	28	KCA	AL	21	81%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	67%	3	2	67%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1965	28	NYY	AL	114	35%	19			2	0	0	0	0.51	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		20	6	30%	9	2	22%	65	8	12%	8	2	25%	3	3	100%	0

1970	33	PHI	NL	86	27%	21			1	0	0	0	2.13	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	18	4	22%	10	2	20%	51	6	12%	3	1	33%	3	3	100%	0
5 Yrs				973	44%	216			39	7	0	5	1.78	15	0	25	8	7	8	7	0	4	4	100%	176	31	18%	86	23	27%	610	75	12%	47	20	43%	27	15	56%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1962	25	53	154	143	13	39	6	3	9	0	0	9	14	.273	.325	.378	.702	91	54	2	2	0	0	0
1963	26	134	442	414	35	107	20	9	44	0	1	22	43	.258	.302	.372	.674	84	154	7	4	1	1	8
1964	27	231	752	708	60	173	30	14	72	0	2	35	83	.244	.286	.346	.632	73	245	19	7	1	1	8
1965	28	282	887	828	64	195	33	15	81	1	4	49	99	.236	.284	.330	.614	69	273	27	8	1	1	14
1966	29	282	887	828	64	195	33	15	81	1	4	49	99	.236	.284	.330	.614	69	273	27	8	1	1	14
1967	30	282	887	828	64	195	33	15	81	1	4	49	99	.236	.284	.330	.614	69	273	27	8	1	1	14
1968	31	282	887	828	64	195	33	15	81	1	4	49	99	.236	.284	.330	.614	69	273	27	8	1	1	14
1969	32	282	887	828	64	195	33	15	81	1	4	49	99	.236	.284	.330	.614	69	273	27	8	1	1	14
1970	33	317	973	906	69	216	33	15	87	1	4	53	109	.238	.287	.325	.611	68	294	31	9	4	1	17

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
1962	25	53	155	144	14	40	6	0	3	10	0	9	14	.278	.329	.382	.711	18	53
1963	26	81	289	272	22	69	14	0	6	36	0	13	29	.254	.292	.371	.663	29	81
1964	27	96	311	295	27	68	10	0	5	30	0	13	40	.231	.270	.315	.585	25	97
1965	28	51	138	122	5	24	3	0	1	11	1	15	16	.197	.290	.246	.536	9	51

1970	33	35	85	77	5	20	0	0	0	6	0	4	10	.260	.305	.260	.565	6	35
5 Yrs		316	978	910	73	221	33	0	15	93	1	54	109	.243	.292	.329	.620	87	317
162 Game Avg.		162	501	467	37	113	17	0	8	48	1	28	56	.243	.292	.329	.620	45	317

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