Doc Edwards
Howard Rodney Edwards
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
Final Game: August 29, 1970
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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 Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1962 CLE AL 25 C 39 34 316.1 241 223 16 2 2 .992 2.0 7.6 2 6.80 6.13 .989 6.30 5.57 1 9 8 9 53%
1963 TOT AL 26 C 73 68 626.1 460 421 33 6 5 .987 -4.0 -7.7 -4 6.52 6.22 .989 6.64 5.78 5 26 35 11 24%
1963 CLE AL 26 C 10 10 84.0 84 80 3 1 1 .988 -1.0 -14.3 -1 8.89 8.30 .989 6.64 5.78 1 6 2 1 33%
1963 KCA AL 26 C 63 58 542.1 376 341 30 5 4 .987 -3.0 -6.6 -3 6.16 5.89 .989 6.64 5.78 4 20 33 10 23%
1964 KCA AL 27 C 79 71 595.0 507 469 31 7 5 .986 -3.0 -6.1 -3 7.56 6.33 .990 7.07 6.07 6 20 37 15 29%
1964 KCA AL 27 1B 7 7 65.0 60 53 6 1 2 .983 1.5 27.7 1.5 0.0 1.5 0 8.17 8.43 .992 9.43 8.11
1965 TOT AL 28 C 49 38 334.0 251 230 18 3 6 .988 -1.0 -3.6 -1 6.68 5.06 .988 6.96 5.67 5 12 13 6 32%
1965 KCA AL 28 C 6 6 50.0 34 32 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.12 5.67 .988 6.97 5.67 0 3 1 1 50%
1965 NYY AL 28 C 43 32 284.0 217 198 16 3 5 .986 -1.0 -4.2 -1 6.78 4.98 .988 6.96 5.67 5 9 12 5 29%
1970 PHI NL 33 C 34 23 222.1 202 177 19 6 6 .970 -2.0 -10.8 -2 7.93 5.76 .987 6.85 5.94 3 10 29 12 29%
5 Seasons C 274 234 2094.0 1661 1520 117 24 24 .986 -8.0 -4.6 -8 7.04 5.97 .989 6.78 5.83 20 77 122 53 30%
1 Season 1B 7 7 65.0 60 53 6 1 2 .983 1.5 27.7 1.5 0.0 1.5 0 8.17 8.43 .992 9.43 8.11
5 Seasons TOT 281 241 2159.0 1721 1573 123 25 26 .985 -6.5 -3.6 1.5 0.0 1.5 0 -8 7.07 6.04 .974 6.86 5.89 20 77 122 53 30%

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
1962 CLE AL 25 53 34 53 53 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1963 KCA AL 26 71 58 71 71 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1963 CLE AL 26 10 10 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 KCA AL 27 97 78 97 97 0 79 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1965 NYY AL 28 45 32 45 45 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1965 KCA AL 28 6 6 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 PHI NL 33 35 23 35 35 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Seasons 317 241 317 317 0 274 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1962 CLE AL 25 1411 4.24 4.78 24 92% 0 0 222 17 0 8 197 16 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1963 KCA AL 26 2410 4.51 4.84 34 88% 0 1 342 23 8 8 303 32 7 0 0 9 5 1 2 2 0 4 0 2 3 2 100%
1963 CLE AL 26 359 2.57 2.79 5 100% 0 0 76 5 1 0 70 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
1964 KCA AL 27 2680 4.46 4.79 39 97% 0 0 458 19 4 21 414 30 9 0 0 3 7 1 2 4 0 6 0 2 2 4 75%
1965 NYY AL 28 1219 3.42 3.68 23 96% 0 0 197 11 0 4 182 18 5 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 1 5 2 1 3 6 83%
1965 KCA AL 28 208 3.42 3.42 2 100% 0 0 32 0 1 2 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
1970 PHI NL 33 1006 4.05 4.66 12 92% 0 0 179 10 0 2 167 19 2 0 0 1 6 1 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 3 67%
5 Seasons 9293 4.15 4.52 139 94% 0 1 1506 85 14 45 1362 121 28 3 0 19 24 3 10 11 2 25 2 7 10 17 82%
MLB Averages 3.55 4.03 95% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1962 CLE AL 25 2 9 504 8 9 9 53% 8 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 12 0.87 1.05
1963 KCA AL 26 3 20 878 33 10 10 23% 30 9 2 1 1 0 3 0 71 22 1.44 1.23
1963 CLE AL 26 1 6 115 2 1 1 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 1.74 1.57
1964 KCA AL 27 6 20 950 37 15 15 29% 33 13 4 2 0 0 1 0 91 19 1.18 1.17
1965 NYY AL 28 5 9 425 12 5 5 29% 12 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 35 10 0.66 1.56
1965 KCA AL 28 0 3 59 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0.99 0.91
1970 PHI NL 33 3 10 366 29 12 12 29% 26 10 3 2 0 0 1 0 58 14 1.13 1.36
5 Seasons 20 77 3297 122 53 53 30% 112 47 9 6 1 0 7 0 300 80 1.18 1.24
MLB Averages 38% 1.26 1.22

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%
1964 KCA AL 27 298 53% 73% 23% 14 86% 0 57 1 53 3 6 6 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1 Season 298 53% 73% 23% 14 86% 0 57 1 53 3 6 6 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100%
MLB Averages 61% 76% 27% 94% 86%

* 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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