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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 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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1962 CLE AL 25 C 39 34 32 316.1 241 223 16 2 2 .992 2 8 6.80 6.13 .989 6.30 6.28 1 9 8 9 53% 36% 1
1963 TOT AL 26 C 73 68 63 626.1 460 421 33 6 5 .987 -4 -8 6.52 6.22 .989 6.64 6.64 5 26 35 11 24% 33% 3
1963 CLE AL 26 C 10 10 7 84.0 84 80 3 1 1 .988 -1 -14 8.89 8.30 .989 6.64 6.64 1 6 2 1 33% 33% 0
1963 KCA AL 26 C 63 58 56 542.1 376 341 30 5 4 .987 -3 -7 6.16 5.89 .989 6.64 6.64 4 20 33 10 23% 33% 3
1964 KCA AL 27 C 79 71 50 595.0 507 469 31 7 5 .986 -3 -6 7.56 6.33 .990 7.07 7.06 6 20 37 15 29% 37% 1
1964 KCA AL 27 1B 7 7 6 65.0 60 53 6 1 2 .983 2 28 8.17 8.43 .991 9.43 9.41
1965 TOT AL 28 C 49 38 28 334.0 251 230 18 3 6 .988 -1 -4 6.68 5.06 .988 6.96 6.94 5 12 13 6 32% 34% 1
1965 KCA AL 28 C 6 6 5 50.0 34 32 2 0 1 1.000 0 0 6.12 5.67 .988 6.97 6.93 0 3 1 1 50% 34% 0
1965 NYY AL 28 C 43 32 23 284.0 217 198 16 3 5 .986 -1 -4 6.78 4.98 .988 6.96 6.94 5 9 12 5 29% 34% 1
1970 PHI NL 33 C 34 23 18 222.1 202 177 19 6 6 .970 -2 -11 7.93 5.76 .987 6.85 6.82 3 10 29 12 29% 33% 1
5 Seasons C 274 234 191 2094.0 1661 1520 117 24 24 .986 -8 -5 7.04 5.97 .989 6.78 6.79 20 77 122 53 30% 35% 7
1 Season 1B 7 7 6 65.0 60 53 6 1 2 .983 2 28 8.17 8.43 .991 9.43 9.41
5 Seasons TOT 281 241 197 2159.0 1721 1573 123 25 26 .985 -6 -4 7.07 6.04 .989 6.86 6.85 20 77 122 53 30% 35% 7
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
1962 CLE AL 25 C 2 8 2
1963 CLE AL 26 C -1 -14 -1
1963 KCA AL 26 C -3 -7 -3
1964 KCA AL 27 C -3 -6 -3
1964 KCA AL 27 1B 2 28 2 2 0 0
1965 KCA AL 28 C 0 0 0
1965 NYY AL 28 C -1 -4 -1
1970 PHI NL 33 C -2 -11 -2
5 Seasons C -8 -5 -8
1 Season 1B 2 28 2 2 0 0
5 Seasons TOT -6 -4 2 2 0 0 -8

Appearances

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 39 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1963 KCA AL 26 71 58 71 63 0 63 0 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 0
1964 KCA AL 27 97 78 97 86 0 78 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1965 NYY AL 28 45 32 45 43 0 43 0 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 0
1970 PHI NL 33 35 23 35 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Seasons 317 241 317 281 0 273 8 0 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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 1378 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 2344 4.48 4.81 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 26 347 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 2593 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 1183 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 28 203 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 33 959 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 9007 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*

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 0.85 1.04
1963 KCA AL 26 3 20 884 33 10 10 23% 30 9 2 1 1 0 3 0 71 21 1.43 1.23
1963 CLE AL 26 1 6 115 2 1 1 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 1.89 1.69
1964 KCA AL 27 6 20 950 37 15 15 29% 33 13 4 2 0 0 1 0 91 19 1.17 1.17
1965 NYY AL 28 5 9 425 12 5 5 29% 12 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 35 10 0.61 1.57
1965 KCA AL 28 0 3 59 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1.00 0.92
1970 PHI NL 33 3 10 366 29 12 12 29% 26 10 3 2 0 0 1 0 58 14 1.13 1.34
5 Seasons 20 77 3303 122 53 53 30% 112 47 9 6 1 0 7 0 300 79 1.17 1.24
MLB Averages 37% 1.27 1.22

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%
1964 KCA AL 27 285 56% 76% 25% 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 285 56% 76% 25% 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 63% 79% 28% 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 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

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1963 AL  35 (4th)
1964 AL  37 (2nd)

                                         

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