Johnny Edwards

John Alban Edwards

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 Batting

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Minors
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- Postseason
- 1961
- 1968
- 1962
- 1969
- 1963
- 1970
- 1964
- 1971
- 1965
- 1972
- 1966
- 1973
- 1967
- 1974
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- Career
- 1961
- 1968
- 1962
- 1969
- 1963
- 1970
- 1964
- 1971
- 1965
- 1972
- 1966
- 1973
- 1967
- 1974
HR Log
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Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
1961	23	CIN	NL	52	165	145	14	27	5	0	2	14	1	0	18	28	.186	.279	.262	.541	44	38	3	1	0	1	4	2
1962	24	CIN	NL	133	502	452	47	115	28	5	8	50	1	1	45	70	.254	.322	.392	.714	88	177	5	1	2	2	9	*2
1963	25	CIN	NL	148	551	495	46	128	19	4	11	67	1	5	45	93	.259	.322	.380	.702	100	188	8	4	2	5	5	*2	AS,GG
1964	26	CIN	NL	126	468	423	47	119	23	1	7	55	1	2	34	65	.281	.331	.390	.721	100	165	5	1	3	7	9	*2	AS,GG
1965	27	CIN	NL	114	427	371	47	99	22	2	17	51	0	0	50	45	.267	.353	.474	.827	125	176	5	1	2	3	16	*2	AS
1966	28	CIN	NL	98	319	282	24	54	8	0	6	39	1	3	31	42	.191	.269	.284	.553	48	80	6	0	3	3	8	2
1967	29	CIN	NL	80	231	209	10	43	6	0	2	20	1	4	16	28	.206	.261	.263	.524	44	55	3	0	5	1	8	2
1968	30	STL	NL	85	252	230	14	55	9	1	3	29	1	1	16	20	.239	.287	.326	.613	85	75	6	1	1	4	0	2
1969	31	HOU	NL	151	559	496	52	115	20	6	6	50	2	1	53	69	.232	.306	.333	.639	81	165	17	2	4	4	12	*2	MVP-36
1970	32	HOU	NL	140	515	458	46	101	16	4	7	49	1	0	51	63	.221	.299	.319	.618	69	146	9	1	3	2	16	*2
1971	33	HOU	NL	106	345	317	18	74	13	4	1	23	1	1	26	38	.233	.291	.309	.600	72	98	0	0	1	1	9	2
1972	34	HOU	NL	108	392	332	33	89	16	2	5	40	2	4	50	39	.268	.358	.373	.732	111	124	5	1	1	8	12	*2
1973	35	HOU	NL	79	276	250	24	61	10	2	5	27	1	0	19	23	.244	.301	.360	.661	84	90	4	2	4	1	7	2
1974	36	HOU	NL	50	130	117	8	26	7	1	1	10	1	1	11	12	.222	.292	.325	.617	76	38	1	1	0	1	3	2
14 Seasons				1470	5132	4577	430	1106	202	32	81	524	15	23	465	635	.242	.311	.353	.664	85	1615	77	16	31	43	118
162 Game Avg.				162	566	504	47	122	22	4	9	58	2	3	51	70	.242	.311	.353	.664	85	178	8	2	3	5	13

CIN (7 yrs)				751	2663	2377	235	585	111	12	53	296	6	15	239	371	.246	.314	.370	.684	87	879	35	8	17	22	59
HOU (6 yrs)				634	2217	1970	181	466	82	19	25	199	8	7	210	244	.237	.310	.336	.645	82	661	36	7	13	17	59
STL (1 yr)				85	252	230	14	55	9	1	3	29	1	1	16	20	.239	.287	.326	.613	85	75	6	1	1	4	0

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1961	23	CIN	NL	WS	NYY	L	3	11	11	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.545	.909	6	0	0	0	0	0

1968	30	STL	NL	WS	DET	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (2 Series)							4	12	12	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.500	.833	6	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							4	12	12	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.500	.833	6	0	0	0	0	0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame 1980 BBWAA ()	All-Star Games 1963 * 1964 * 1965	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1969 NL (36, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1684th)	Gold Gloves 1963 NL (C) 1964 NL (C) All multiple winners
Doubles s c a p y 1962 NL 28 (10th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1964 NL 7 (2nd) 1972 NL 8 (5th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1962 NL 9 (9th) 1965 NL 16 (4th) 1970 NL 16 (3rd) 1972 NL 12 (10th) Career 118 (79th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1969 NL 17 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 28 (617), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 23 (574), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1959 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent.

February 8, 1968: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Pat Corrales and Jimy Williams.

October 11, 1968: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Tommy Smith (minors) to the Houston Astros for Dave Adlesh and Dave Giusti.

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Uniforms

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Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 28 (617), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 23 (574), Average HOFer ≈ 50