Mike Edwards

Michael Lewis Edwards

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 154 lb.

Born: August 27, 1952 in Fort Lewis, WA
High School: Jefferson HS (Los Angeles, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1977
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Pirates 1977-1980
Agents: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: September 28, 1980
Relatives: Brother of Dave Edwards and Brother of Marshall Edwards
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Standard Batting

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
1974	21	PIT-min	A-	69	305	275	43	86	11	7	3	28	25	10	24	23	.313	.362	.436	.798		120	5	0	1	5	1		NFL · NYPL
1975	22	PIT-min	AA,AAA	124	550	500	68	149	32	4	4	56	30	11	39	61	.298	.350	.402	.752		201	7	2	7	2	0		SHV,CHL · TL,IL
1976	23	PIT-min	AAA,AA	115	466	432	52	113	15	4	7	44	24	14	24	51	.262	.302	.363	.665		157		2	5	3			CHL,SHV · IL,TL
1977	24	PIT-min	AAA	133	575	531	77	157	13	7	4	61	62	11	23	59	.296	.322	.369	.691		196		2	10	9			CLB · IL
1977	24	PIT	NL	7	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	1	0	0	0	/4
1978	25	OAK	AL	142	446	414	48	113	16	2	1	23	27	21	16	32	.273	.303	.329	.632	83	136	7	2	14	0	0	*4/6D
1979	26	OAK	AL	122	422	400	35	93	12	2	1	23	10	6	15	37	.233	.263	.280	.543	51	112	11	2	4	1	0	*4/6D
1980	27	OAK	AL	46	63	59	10	14	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	5	.237	.250	.237	.487	40	14	1	0	3	0	0	4/D9
1982	29	PZR,MXD	AAA																										PZR,MXD · MEX
1983	30	KSU	Fgn																										KSU · JPPL
1984	31	MTY	AAA																										MTY · MEX
4 Yrs				317	938	879	94	220	28	4	2	49	38	30	32	77	.250	.280	.298	.578	64	262	19	5	21	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	479	449	48	112	14	2	1	25	19	15	16	39	.250	.280	.298	.578	64	134	10	3	11	1	0

OAK (3 yrs)				310	931	873	93	220	28	4	2	49	38	28	32	74	.252	.281	.300	.581	65	262	19	4	21	1	0
PIT (1 yr)				7	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	1	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				310	931	873	93	220	28	4	2	49	38	28	32	74	.252	.281	.300	.581	65	262	19	4	21	1	0
NL (1 yr)				7	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	1	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1977	24	PIT	NL	7	7	-1	-1	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.474	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/4
1978	25	OAK	AL	142	446	-6	-5	-1	-6	3	-14	-1.4	14	0	-0.1	.489	.491	0.6	-0.1	6	$	*4/6D
1979	26	OAK	AL	122	422	-24	0	1	-10	3	-30	-2.9	14	-16	-1.7	.475	.481	-0.6	-0.6	-7	$	*4/6D
1980	27	OAK	AL	46	63	-4	-3	0	2	-0	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.491	.497	-0.4	0.2	-4	$	4/D9
4 Seasons				317	938	-35	-8	0	-13	6	-50	-4.9	30	-20	-2.2	.484	.492	-0.6	-0.4	-6	$

OAK (3 yrs)				310	931	-33	-7	0	-13	6	-48	-4.7	30	-18	-2.0	.484	.490	-0.4	-0.5	-5	$
PIT (1 yr)				7	7	-1	-1	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.474	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1977	24	PIT	NL	7	8	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.272	.143	.340	.000	.414	.143	.754	-58	.000	-1.4	-0.1	-.125	-.333	.000
1978	25	OAK	AL	446	343	37	2.9	89	.294	.273	.254	.303	.318	.329	.374	.632	.692	83	.323	-9.8	-1.0	.486	.109	.056	1.9
1979	26	OAK	AL	422	329	27	2.2	97	.253	.233	.262	.263	.326	.280	.397	.543	.724	51	.198	-27.4	-2.7	.410	.095	.048	1.8
1980	27	OAK	AL	63	50	3	1.6	92	.259	.237	.259	.250	.320	.237	.385	.487	.705	40	.129	-4.8	-0.5	.319	.017	.000	.0
4 Yrs				938	730	67	2.4	93	.272	.250	.258	.280	.322	.298	.386	.578	.708	64	.246	-43.5	-4.3	.434	.093	.048	3.8
162 Game Avg.				479	373	34	2.4	93	.272	.250	.258	.280	.322	.298	.386	.578	.708	64	.246	-43.5	-4.3	.434	.093	.048	2

OAK (3 yrs)				931	722	67	2.5	93	.273	.252	.258	.281	.322	.300	.386	.581	.708	65	.250	-42.1	-4.2	.440	.096	.048	3.8
PIT (1 yr)				7	8	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.272	.143	.340	.000	.414	.143	.754	-58	.000	-1.4	-0.1	-.125	-.333	.000

AL (3 yrs)				931	722	67	2.5	93	.273	.252	.258	.281	.322	.300	.386	.581	.708	65	.250	-42.1	-4.2	.440	.096	.048	3.8
NL (1 yr)				7	8	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.272	.143	.340	.000	.414	.143	.754	-58	.000	-1.4	-0.1	-.125	-.333	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1977	24	PIT	NL	7	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				43%
1978	25	OAK	AL	446	0.2%	7.2%	3.6%	4.3%	17%	2.00	12.9	414.0	18.0	1.62	85%
1979	26	OAK	AL	422	0.2%	8.8%	3.6%	3.6%	16%	2.47	10.8	400.0	17.4	1.28	86%
1980	27	OAK	AL	63	0.0%	7.9%	1.6%	0.0%	0%	5.00	11.8		19.7	2.08	86%
4 Yrs				938	0.2%	8.2%	3.4%	3.6%	16%	2.41	11.4	439.5	17.9	1.49	85%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.8%	8.4%	6.7%	28%	1.52	7.0	43.6	8.4	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1977	24	PIT	NL	-1.4	-0.1	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.76	-0.2	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.93	-1.6		0
1978	25	OAK	AL	-9.8	-1.0	500	-2.6	6.3	-8.9	.97	-1.8	-0.9	-17.3	-1.8	0.94	-16.7		0
1979	26	OAK	AL	-27.4	-2.7	441	-3.1	5.6	-8.7	1.04	-3.1	0.2	-30.9	-3.1	0.92	-34.9	1.64	3
1980	27	OAK	AL	-4.9	-0.5	66	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	.81	-0.3	-0.1	-1.4	-0.1	0.93	-3.8	0.13	2
4 Yrs				-43.6	-4.3	1017	-6.2	12.5	-18.7	.99	-5.4	-0.9	-51.1	-5.3	0.93	-57.1	1.04	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1977	24	PIT	NL	0	100%	2	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	25	OAK	AL	9	36%	161	27	21	56%	27	21	6	3	7	9	63%	19	8	11	3	0	3	21	6	13
1979	26	OAK	AL	7	31%	147	10	6	63%	10	6	1	0	7	8	54%	14	8	6	6	3	3	6	1	5
1980	27	OAK	AL	2	67%	52	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	6	1	23%	8	5	0	1	1	0	4	1	3
4 Yrs				18	36%	362	38	30	56%	38	30	7	3	20	19	53%	42	22	17	10	4	6	31	8	21

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1977	24	PIT	NL	7	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1978	25	OAK	AL	446	35%	113			0	0	0	0		1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	17	14	82%	57	7	12%	31	12	39%	216	23	11%	10	4	40%	17	9	53%	0
1979	26	OAK	AL	422	39%	93			3	1	0	0	1.64	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	9	4	44%	71	11	15%	24	9	38%	244	25	10%	16	8	50%	12	7	58%	0
1980	27	OAK	AL	63	57%	14			2	1	0	0	0.13	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	14	1	7%	5	3	60%	42	4	10%	4	2	50%	3	3	100%	0
4 Yrs				938	38%	220			5	2	0	0	1.04	2	0	10	2	0	2	0	0	29	21	72%	142	19	13%	60	24	40%	506	52	10%	30	14	47%	32	19	59%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1977	24	7	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	1	0	0
1978	25	149	453	420	49	113	16	2	1	23	27	23	16	35	.269	.301	.324	.624	81	136	7	3	14	0
1979	26	271	875	820	84	206	28	4	2	46	37	29	31	72	.251	.282	.302	.585	66	248	18	5	18	1
1980	27	317	938	879	94	220	28	4	2	49	38	30	32	77	.250	.280	.298	.578	64	262	19	5	21	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1977	24	7	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	7
1978	25	142	461	427	58	126	18	2	1	28	30	18	32	.295	.327	.354	.680	49	142
1979	26	123	429	406	37	97	13	2	1	25	10	16	37	.239	.271	.288	.559	31	122
1980	27	46	64	60	11	15	0	0	0	3	1	1	5	.250	.262	.250	.512	4	46
4 Yrs		318	961	899	107	238	31	4	2	56	41	35	77	.265	.296	.315	.611	84	317
162 Game Avg.		162	490	458	55	121	16	2	1	29	21	18	39	.265	.296	.315	.611	43	317

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1978 AL 14 (10th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1978 AL 21 (3rd)

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1978 AL 14 (10th)

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1978 AL 21 (3rd)

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