Johnny Edwards
John Alban Edwards
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: June 10, 1938 in Columbus, OH
High School: West (Columbus, OH)
School: Ohio State University
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1961
Final Game: October 2, 1974
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1961 CIN NL 23 C 52 39 384.0 277 257 15 5 2 .982 -4.0 -12.5 -4 6.38 5.23 .985 6.39 5.17 11 13 18 8 31%
1962 CIN NL 24 C 130 124 1115.0 911 807 92 12 11 .987 6.0 6.5 6 7.26 6.92 .987 6.72 5.50 16 25 51 31 38%
1963 CIN NL 25 C 148 141 1241.2 1101 1008 87 6 16 .995 3.0 2.9 3 7.94 7.40 .986 7.07 6.02 10 53 51 44 46% AS,GG
1964 CIN NL 26 C 120 116 1020.2 971 890 73 8 17 .992 -1.0 -1.2 -1 8.49 8.03 .988 6.81 5.91 11 41 47 31 40% AS,GG
1965 CIN NL 27 C 110 98 900.2 830 761 61 8 9 .990 0.0 0.0 0 8.21 7.47 .988 6.96 5.80 5 55 46 34 43% AS
1966 CIN NL 28 C 98 84 737.1 662 617 40 5 3 .992 -2.0 -3.3 -2 8.02 6.70 .987 6.84 5.81 7 30 50 25 33%
1967 CIN NL 29 C 73 57 518.2 489 454 30 5 4 .990 2.0 4.6 2 8.40 6.63 .990 6.89 5.85 4 14 25 18 42%
1968 STL NL 30 C 54 52 486.2 378 350 25 3 2 .992 5.0 12.3 5 6.93 6.94 .990 6.87 6.12 1 9 11 14 56%
1969 HOU NL 31 C 151 140 1241.2 1221 1135 79 7 9 .994 3.0 2.9 3 8.80 8.04 .989 7.06 6.25 10 63 53 49 48% MVP-36
1970 HOU NL 32 C 139 134 1177.0 933 854 74 5 11 .995 5.0 5.1 5 7.10 6.68 .987 6.85 5.94 6 69 59 49 45%
1971 HOU NL 33 C 104 91 816.1 606 555 48 3 7 .995 3.0 4.4 3 6.65 5.80 .988 6.34 5.63 9 31 33 24 42%
1972 HOU NL 34 C 105 96 859.2 694 645 41 8 8 .988 -6.0 -8.4 -6 7.18 6.53 .987 6.61 5.87 9 33 60 24 29%
1973 HOU NL 35 C 76 69 611.2 462 435 22 5 3 .989 -4.0 -7.8 -4 6.72 6.01 .987 6.34 5.58 2 19 48 16 25%
1974 HOU NL 36 C 32 27 240.2 175 157 16 2 3 .989 -4.0 -19.9 -4 6.47 5.41 .985 6.12 5.37 1 9 27 6 18%
14 Seasons C 1392 1268 11351.2 9710 8925 703 82 105 .992 6.0 0.6 6 7.63 6.92 .988 6.78 5.83 102 464 579 373 39%
14 Seasons TOT 1392 1268 11351.2 9710 8925 703 82 105 .992 6.0 0.6 6 7.63 6.92 .979 6.78 5.83 102 464 579 373 39%

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
1961 CIN NL 23 52 39 52 52 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1962 CIN NL 24 133 124 133 133 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1963 CIN NL 25 148 141 148 148 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1964 CIN NL 26 126 116 126 126 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1965 CIN NL 27 114 98 114 114 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1966 CIN NL 28 98 84 98 98 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 CIN NL 29 80 57 80 80 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1968 STL NL 30 85 52 85 85 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
1969 HOU NL 31 151 140 151 151 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1970 HOU NL 32 140 134 140 140 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1971 HOU NL 33 106 91 106 106 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1972 HOU NL 34 108 96 108 108 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1973 HOU NL 35 79 69 79 79 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1974 HOU NL 36 50 27 50 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
14 Seasons 1470 1268 1470 1453 0 1393 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 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%
1961 CIN NL 23 1675 3.73 4.24 27 93% 0 0 255 23 0 8 224 15 2 0 0 4 5 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0
1962 CIN NL 24 4865 3.49 3.94 98 96% 0 0 807 74 8 20 701 82 15 0 2 17 12 1 2 9 1 13 0 4 7 11 82%
1963 CIN NL 25 5302 3.19 3.60 106 98% 0 0 1009 87 7 19 894 83 16 1 1 8 6 0 4 2 0 16 0 2 4 13 100%
1964 CIN NL 26 4362 3.21 3.57 86 97% 1 0 884 63 4 19 798 71 14 0 0 12 9 0 4 5 0 15 0 0 1 9 89%
1965 CIN NL 27 4029 4.10 4.65 73 100% 0 0 760 64 9 12 675 59 9 1 1 6 8 1 1 6 0 9 0 3 3 5 100%
1966 CIN NL 28 3280 4.20 4.55 65 98% 0 1 617 38 1 24 554 41 7 0 0 5 5 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 8 88%
1967 CIN NL 29 2271 3.16 3.59 59 97% 0 0 457 35 1 19 402 31 9 1 0 3 5 0 2 3 2 4 0 1 1 4 100%
1968 STL NL 30 2030 2.48 2.96 37 95% 0 0 352 27 2 3 319 23 8 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 8 100%
1969 HOU NL 31 5181 3.95 4.51 72 99% 1 0 1131 53 9 21 1047 65 11 1 1 11 7 1 2 4 0 8 0 1 2 4 75%
1970 HOU NL 32 5102 4.32 4.82 74 97% 0 0 849 54 4 26 765 61 13 0 1 3 5 1 2 2 1 6 0 1 2 4 75%
1971 HOU NL 33 3333 3.29 3.54 53 98% 0 0 531 30 4 17 480 46 14 1 1 5 3 0 2 1 1 7 0 1 2 9 89%
1972 HOU NL 34 3732 3.53 3.80 54 98% 0 0 647 36 1 13 597 39 11 0 1 2 8 0 1 7 1 8 0 0 2 9 89%
1973 HOU NL 35 2662 3.24 3.67 42 95% 0 0 431 28 1 11 391 22 8 0 0 2 5 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 5 100%
1974 HOU NL 36 1072 2.95 3.29 21 100% 0 0 160 14 2 4 140 15 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
14 Seasons 48896 3.57 4.00 867 97% 2 1 8890 626 53 216 7987 653 143 5 8 81 83 4 26 53 8 100 0 13 24 91 91%
MLB Averages 3.57 4.05 95% 90%

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
1961 CIN NL 23 11 13 590 18 8 7 31% 13 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 58 9 1.08 1.02
1962 CIN NL 24 16 25 1820 51 31 31 38% 49 27 2 2 0 2 2 0 112 47 1.17 1.05
1963 CIN NL 25 10 53 1878 51 44 39 46% 45 41 6 1 0 2 6 0 136 57 1.10 1.22
1964 CIN NL 26 11 41 1502 47 31 30 40% 43 26 4 2 0 3 5 0 130 45 1.20 1.18
1965 CIN NL 27 5 55 1450 46 34 33 43% 37 31 9 3 0 0 6 0 138 41 1.07 1.15
1966 CIN NL 28 7 30 1192 50 25 23 33% 43 23 7 1 0 1 3 0 107 29 1.18 0.82
1967 CIN NL 29 4 14 826 25 18 16 42% 24 15 0 2 1 1 2 1 54 20 1.34 1.26
1968 STL NL 30 1 9 702 11 14 11 56% 8 11 3 1 0 2 3 1 30 17 0.98 1.51
1969 HOU NL 31 10 63 1860 53 49 37 48% 46 42 5 2 2 5 0 0 158 58 1.39 1.16
1970 HOU NL 32 7 69 1907 59 49 37 45% 54 46 5 1 0 2 1 0 177 53 1.32 1.24
1971 HOU NL 33 8 31 1199 33 24 19 42% 31 19 2 1 0 4 3 0 90 30 1.11 1.45
1972 HOU NL 34 9 33 1358 60 24 19 29% 56 20 3 2 1 2 1 1 127 29 1.45 1.33
1973 HOU NL 35 2 19 922 48 16 12 25% 43 15 5 1 0 0 0 0 86 16 1.50 0.96
1974 HOU NL 36 1 9 383 27 6 6 18% 25 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 49 8 1.07 1.72
14 Seasons 102 464 17589 579 373 320 39% 517 328 57 20 5 25 32 3 1452 459 1.24 1.19
MLB Averages 37% 1.26 1.22

* 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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