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Hank Edwards

Henry Albert Edwards

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 29, 1919 in Elmwood Place, OH
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1941
Teams (by GP): Indians/Reds/Cubs/Browns/Dodgers/... 1941-1953

Final Game: September 26, 1953
Died: June 22, 1988 in Anaheim, CA
Buried: Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, CA
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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
1941 CLE AL 22 OF 16 16 16 28 23 3 2 0 .929 1.63 .973 2.41
1941 CLE AL 22 RF 14 14 14 28 23 3 2 0 .929 1.86 .969 2.14
1941 CLE AL 22 LF 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
1942 CLE AL 23 CF 12 11 10 31 30 0 1 0 .968 2.50 .981 2.80
1942 CLE AL 23 OF 12 11 10 31 30 0 1 0 .968 2.50 .976 2.38
1943 CLE AL 24 CF 74 72 69 180 173 4 3 0 .983 2.39 .978 2.79
1943 CLE AL 24 OF 74 72 69 180 173 4 3 0 .983 2.39 .977 2.47
1946 CLE AL 27 OF 123 118 109 247 226 13 8 1 .968 1.94 .977 2.36
1946 CLE AL 27 RF 121 116 107 244 224 13 7 1 .971 1.96 .972 2.10
1946 CLE AL 27 CF 2 2 2 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00 .983 2.75
1947 CLE AL 28 OF 100 96 81 204 199 3 2 0 .990 2.02 .979 2.47
1947 CLE AL 28 RF 59 52 47 100 97 2 1 0 .990 1.68 .977 2.11
1947 CLE AL 28 LF 47 44 34 104 102 1 1 0 .990 2.19 .976 2.36
1948 CLE AL 29 OF 41 39 22 78 76 1 1 0 .987 1.88 .975 2.51
1948 CLE AL 29 RF 41 39 22 78 76 1 1 0 .987 1.88 .971 2.14
1949 TOT MLB 30 OF 56 51 41 91 86 4 1 2 .989 1.61 .977 2.48
1949 TOT MLB 30 RF 44 40 33 73 69 4 0 2 1.000 1.66 .977 2.08
1949 CLE AL 30 OF 5 4 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 .980 2.44
1949 CLE AL 30 RF 5 4 3 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.40 .979 2.08
1949 CHC NL 30 OF 51 47 38 85 80 4 1 2 .988 1.65 .977 2.48
1949 CHC NL 30 RF 39 36 30 66 62 4 0 2 1.000 1.69 .977 2.08
1949 CHC NL 30 LF 12 11 8 20 19 0 1 0 .950 1.58 .974 2.41
1950 CHC NL 31 OF 29 26 21 218.0 41 38 2 1 0 .976 1.65 1.38 .978 2.34 2.31
1950 CHC NL 31 RF 29 26 21 218.0 42 40 1 1 0 .976 1.69 1.41 .976 1.87 1.85
1951 CIN NL 32 OF 34 33 23 281.0 65 64 0 1 0 .985 2.05 1.88 .981 2.42 2.41
1951 CIN NL 32 LF 25 24 14 201.0 58 57 0 1 0 .983 2.55 2.28 .977 2.32 2.32
1951 CIN NL 32 RF 9 9 9 80.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.01 1.00 .981 2.04 2.03
1952 TOT MLB 33 OF 54 51 30 402.2 91 88 2 1 0 .989 2.01 1.67 .981 2.32 2.30
1952 TOT MLB 33 LF 36 35 22 273.2 66 63 2 1 0 .985 2.14 1.81 .979 2.05 2.02
1952 CIN NL 33 OF 51 48 27 372.2 83 80 2 1 0 .988 1.98 1.61 .981 2.31 2.29
1952 CIN NL 33 LF 33 32 19 243.2 57 54 2 1 0 .982 2.07 1.70 .979 2.02 2.00
1952 CIN NL 33 RF 18 16 8 129.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 1.50 .980 2.07 2.05
1952 CHW AL 33 LF 3 3 3 30.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 3.00 .979 2.28 2.27
1952 CHW AL 33 OF 3 3 3 30.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 2.67 .980 2.40 2.40
1953 SLB AL 34 OF 21 16 12 151.0 38 36 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -8 2.26 1.81 .981 2.43 2.41
1953 SLB AL 34 LF 11 8 6 78.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -15 2.31 1.82 .973 2.22 2.21
1953 SLB AL 34 RF 7 5 5 52.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.90 1.57 .984 2.09 2.09
1953 SLB AL 34 CF 4 3 1 21.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 1.75 .984 2.96 2.95
11 Seasons OF 560 529 434 1052.2 1094 1039 34 21 3 .981 -1 -1 1.98 1.92 .978 2.37 2.41
9 Seasons RF 342 317 266 479.0 612 576 24 12 3 .980 0 0 1.65 1.75 .974 1.98 2.08
6 Seasons LF 133 124 86 552.2 268 260 4 4 0 .985 -1 -2 2.31 1.98 .977 2.17 2.25
4 Seasons CF 92 88 82 21.0 221 211 5 5 0 .977 0 0 3.00 2.35 .979 2.96 2.80
11 Seasons TOT 560 529 434 1052.2 1094 1039 34 21 3 .981 -1 -1 1.98 1.92 .978 2.37 2.41
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
1941 CLE AL 22 RF
1941 CLE AL 22 LF
1942 CLE AL 23 CF
1943 CLE AL 24 CF
1946 CLE AL 27 RF
1946 CLE AL 27 CF
1947 CLE AL 28 RF
1947 CLE AL 28 LF
1948 CLE AL 29 RF
1949 CLE AL 30 RF
1949 CHC NL 30 RF
1949 CHC NL 30 LF
1950 CHC NL 31 RF
1951 CIN NL 32 LF
1951 CIN NL 32 RF
1952 CIN NL 33 LF
1952 CIN NL 33 RF
1952 CHW AL 33 LF
1953 SLB AL 34 LF -1 -15 -1 -1 1 0
1953 SLB AL 34 RF 0 0 0 1 0 0
1953 SLB AL 34 CF 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons RF 0 0 0 1 0 0
6 Seasons LF -1 -2 -1 -1 1 0
4 Seasons CF 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons TOT -1 -1 -1 0 1
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1941 CLE AL 22 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 16 0 0 0
1942 CLE AL 23 13 11 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 0 1 0
1943 CLE AL 24 92 72 92 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 74 0 17 1
1946 CLE AL 27 124 118 124 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 121 123 0 5 0
1947 CLE AL 28 108 96 108 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 59 100 0 10 0
1948 CLE AL 29 55 39 55 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 41 0 15 0
1949 CHC NL 30 58 47 58 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 39 51 0 8 0
1949 CLE AL 30 5 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0
1950 CHC NL 31 41 26 41 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 29 0 13 0
1951 CIN NL 32 41 33 41 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 9 34 0 7 0
1951 BRO NL 32 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
1952 CIN NL 33 74 48 74 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 18 51 0 26 0
1952 CHW AL 33 8 3 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 5 0
1953 SLB AL 34 65 16 65 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 7 21 0 48 0
11 Seasons 735 529 735 560 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 92 342 560 0 190 1
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 -- 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%
1948 CLE AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 5 1 9 2 0 6 4 0 4 1 0 2 2 0 33 14 42.4% 18 1 3.0% 0 1278 61% 81% 28% 134 57%
1949 CHC NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 12 6 0 7 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 4 4 0 27 12 44.4% 13 2 7.4% 2 658 68% 81% 31% 65 58%
1949 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 155 59% 75% 23% 13 54%
1950 CHC NL 31 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 2 0 6 1 0 3 3 0 5 2 0 4 4 0 26 12 46.2% 14 0 0.0% 1 865 66% 83% 28% 69 57%
1951 CIN NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 193 63% 81% 22% 9 56%
1952 CIN NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 525 71% 77% 29% 33 76%
1953 SLB AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 232 50% 77% 26% 18 61%
6 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 2 36 14 1 25 5 1 13 8 1 15 4 0 14 14 0 103 45 43.7% 55 3 2.9% 3 3906 64% 80% 28% 341 59%
MLB Averages 43.6% 3.2% 62% 82% 31% 54%

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%
1949 CHC NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 6 60.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 175 74% 85% 30% 20 35%
1951 CIN NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 12 8 66.7% 4 0 0.0% 0 498 67% 86% 32% 49 65%
1952 CIN NL 33 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 16 11 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 26 17 65.4% 8 1 3.8% 1 972 62% 83% 32% 93 53%
1952 CHW AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 118 58% 82% 31% 16 56%
1953 SLB AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 4 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 18 11 61.1% 7 0 0.0% 0 292 71% 86% 30% 43 42%
4 Seasons 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 33 27 1 11 2 0 8 3 0 8 3 0 11 11 0 71 46 64.8% 24 1 1.4% 1 2055 65% 84% 31% 221 52%
MLB Averages 57.4% 2.7% 62% 82% 31% 51%

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%
1953 SLB AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 1 94 73% 76% 28% 9 78%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 1 94 73% 76% 28% 9 78%
MLB Averages 44.9% 3.0% 62% 82% 31% 60%

* 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

Hall of Fame
1960 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 AL  121 (2nd)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 AL  224 (3rd)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 AL  13 (2nd)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 AL  7 (2nd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1946 AL  13 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 AL  1.96 (5th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 AL  .971 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1947 AL  .990 (3rd)

                                         

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