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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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1941 22 CLE AL 16 72 68 10 15 1 1 1 6 0 0 2 4 .221 .243 .309 .552 48 21 0 0 2 O9/7
1942 23 CLE AL 13 53 48 6 12 2 1 0 7 2 1 5 8 .250 .321 .333 .654 89 16 0 0 0 8O
1943 24 CLE AL 92 329 297 38 82 18 6 3 28 4 8 30 34 .276 .343 .407 .750 126 121 5 0 2 8O
1946 27 CLE AL 124 502 458 62 138 33 16 10 54 1 3 43 48 .301 .361 .509 .870 149 233 3 0 1 *O9/8
1947 28 CLE AL 108 427 393 54 102 12 3 15 59 1 3 31 55 .260 .315 .420 .735 105 165 4 1 2 O97
1948 29 CLE AL 55 179 160 27 43 9 2 3 18 1 1 18 18 .269 .346 .406 .753 102 65 2 1 0 O9
1949 30 TOT MLB 63 212 191 28 55 8 4 8 22 0 0 20 24 .288 .355 .497 .853 129 95 5 0 1 O97
1949 30 CLE AL 5 16 15 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .267 .313 .467 .779 107 7 1 0 0 /O9
1949 30 CHC NL 58 196 176 25 51 8 4 7 21 0 19 22 .290 .359 .500 .859 131 88 4 0 1 O97
1950 31 CHC NL 41 120 110 13 40 11 1 2 21 0 10 13 .364 .417 .536 .953 150 59 2 0 0 O9
1951 32 TOT NL 76 175 158 15 47 12 1 3 23 0 2 17 26 .297 .366 .443 .809 115 70 5 0 0 7/9
1951 32 BRO NL 35 35 31 1 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 4 9 .226 .314 .323 .637 70 10 2 0 0
1951 32 CIN NL 41 140 127 14 40 9 1 3 20 0 2 13 17 .315 .379 .472 .851 127 60 3 0 0 O7/9
1952 33 TOT MLB 82 221 202 26 58 7 6 6 29 0 3 19 24 .287 .348 .470 .819 126 95 3 0 0 79
1952 33 CIN NL 74 203 184 24 52 7 6 6 28 0 3 19 22 .283 .350 .484 .833 130 89 2 0 0 O79
1952 33 CHW AL 8 18 18 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 85 6 1 0 0 /7O
1953 34 SLB AL 65 119 106 6 21 3 0 0 9 0 1 13 10 .198 .286 .226 .512 39 24 1 0 0 O7/98
11 Seasons 735 2409 2191 285 613 116 41 51 276 9 22 208 264 .280 .343 .440 .783 118 964 30 2 8
162 Game Avg. 162 531 483 63 135 26 9 11 61 2 46 58 .280 .343 .440 .783 118 212 7 0 2
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
CLE (7 yrs) 413 1578 1439 200 396 75 29 33 173 9 16 130 169 .275 .336 .436 .773 119 628 15 2 7
CIN (2 yrs) 115 343 311 38 92 16 7 9 48 0 5 32 39 .296 .362 .479 .841 128 149 5 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 99 316 286 38 91 19 5 9 42 0 29 35 .318 .381 .514 .895 138 147 6 0 1
BRO (1 yr) 35 35 31 1 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 4 9 .226 .314 .323 .637 70 10 2 0 0
SLB (1 yr) 65 119 106 6 21 3 0 0 9 0 1 13 10 .198 .286 .226 .512 39 24 1 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 8 18 18 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 85 6 1 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 486 1715 1563 208 423 78 29 33 183 9 17 143 181 .271 .333 .421 .754 113 658 17 2 7
NL (4 yrs) 249 694 628 77 190 38 12 18 93 0 5 65 83 .303 .368 .487 .855 130 306 13 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1941 22 CLE AL 72 -5 1 0 0 -2 -1 2 -5 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ O9/7
1942 23 CLE AL 53 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 8O
1943 24 CLE AL 329 8 -2 0 0 -2 0 7 11 1.2 13 1.4 -0.2 $ 8O
1946 27 CLE AL 502 19 1 0 0 2 -6 13 29 3.2 27 3.0 0.2 $ *O9/8
1947 28 CLE AL 427 3 0 0 0 5 -5 12 15 1.5 10 1.0 0.5 $ O97
1948 29 CLE AL 179 0 1 0 0 4 -2 5 8 0.8 4 0.4 0.4 $ O9
1949 30 CLE AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O9
1949 30 CHC NL 196 6 0 0 0 -3 -2 7 8 0.8 11 1.2 -0.4 $ O97
1950 31 CHC NL 120 6 -1 0 0 -2 -1 4 6 0.6 8 0.8 -0.2 $ O9
1951 32 BRO NL 35 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
1951 32 CIN NL 140 4 -1 0 0 0 -2 5 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ O7/9
1952 33 CIN NL 203 6 -1 0 0 -1 -2 7 9 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $ O79
1952 33 CHW AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /7O
1953 34 SLB AL 119 -9 -1 0 0 0 -1 3 -8 -0.8 -8 -0.9 0.1 $ O7/98
11 Seasons 2409 36 -3 0 0 1 -22 68 80 8.5 79 8.3 0.2 $
CLE (7 yrs) 1578 24 1 0 0 7 -14 40 58 6.2 51 5.5 0.7 $
CIN (2 yrs) 343 10 -2 0 0 -1 -4 12 15 1.6 16 1.6 0.0 $
CHC (2 yrs) 316 12 -1 0 0 -5 -3 11 14 1.4 19 2.0 -0.6 $
BRO (1 yr) 35 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
SLB (1 yr) 119 -9 -1 0 0 0 -1 3 -8 -0.8 -8 -0.9 0.1 $
CHW (1 yr) 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% 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 2.16
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 71 67 4 0 2 1.000 1.61 .978 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 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 .978 2.12
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 65 61 4 0 2 1.000 1.67 .978 2.08
1949 CHC NL 30 LF 12 11 8 20 19 0 1 0 .950 1.58 .974 2.47
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 1.86 1.84
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 2.33 2.32
1951 CIN NL 32 RF 9 9 9 80.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.01 1.00 .981 2.02 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 2.03
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 2.30
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 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 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 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 3.00 1.75 .984 2.96 2.95
11 Seasons OF 560 529 434 1052.2 1094 1039 34 21 3 .981 1.98 1.92 .978 2.37 2.41
9 Seasons RF 342 317 266 479.0 610 574 24 12 3 .980 1.65 1.75 .974 1.97 2.08
6 Seasons LF 133 124 86 552.2 268 260 4 4 0 .985 2.31 1.98 .977 2.17 2.26
4 Seasons CF 92 88 82 21.0 221 211 5 5 0 .977 3.00 2.35 .979 2.96 2.80
11 Seasons TOT 560 529 434 1052.2 1094 1039 34 21 3 .981 1.98 1.92 .978 2.37 2.41
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% 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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1960 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

Batting Average s c a p y
1946 AL  .301 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1946 AL  .509 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1946 AL  .870 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1946 AL  33 (6th)

Triples s c a p y
1946 AL  16 (1st)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1946 AL  149 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1946 AL  27 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1946 AL  2.8 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1946 AL  59 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1946 AL  .710 (5th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1943 AL  8 (9th)

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 10 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1725), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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