Mike Edwards
Michael Lewis Edwards
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 154 lb.

Born: August 27, 1952 in Fort Lewis, WA
High School: Jefferson (Los Angeles, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1977
Final Game: September 28, 1980
Relatives: Brother of Dave Edwards and Brother of Marshall Edwards
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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 Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 PIT NL 24 2B 4 2 22.0 15 7 8 0 2 1.000 0.2 10.9 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 6.14 3.75 .973 5.24 4.47
1978 OAK AL 25 2B 133 118 984.1 557 228 309 20 71 .964 -3.8 -4.6 -3.8 -1.7 -2.1 0 4.91 4.04 .980 5.47 4.74
1978 OAK AL 25 SS 9 0 29.0 16 5 9 2 1 .875 -1.7 -70.3 -1.7 -0.5 -1.2 0 4.34 1.56 .969 4.93 4.19
1978 OAK AL 25 DH 4
1979 OAK AL 26 2B 113 106 935.0 580 244 314 22 54 .962 -10.1 -13.0 -5.1 -6.3 1.2 -5 5.37 4.94 .978 5.50 4.80
1979 OAK AL 26 SS 3 0 6.1 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.4 75.8 0.4 0.7 -0.3 0 8.53 2.00 .967 4.97 4.10
1979 OAK AL 26 DH 2
1980 OAK AL 27 2B 23 12 124.1 69 19 48 2 7 .971 1.9 18.3 1.9 -0.1 1.9 0 4.85 2.91 .981 5.60 4.91
1980 OAK AL 27 DH 5
1980 OAK AL 27 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1980 OAK AL 27 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
4 Seasons 2B 273 238 2065.2 1221 498 679 44 134 .964 -11.8 -6.9 -6.8 -8.1 1.2 -5 5.13 4.31 .979 5.49 4.78
2 Seasons SS 12 0 35.1 22 7 13 2 1 .909 -1.3 -44.2 -1.3 0.2 -1.5 0 5.09 1.67 .968 4.94 4.17
3 Seasons DH 11
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1 Season RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
4 Seasons TOT 286 238 2102.0 1243 505 692 46 135 .963 -13.1 -7.5 -8.1 -7.9 -0.3 -5 5.13 4.19 .942 5.48 4.74

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
1977 PIT NL 24 7 2 7 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1978 OAK AL 25 142 118 142 133 0 0 0 133 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
1979 OAK AL 26 122 108 122 115 0 0 0 113 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 6
1980 OAK AL 27 46 17 46 24 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 18
4 Seasons 317 245 317 276 0 0 0 273 0 12 0 0 1 1 7 5 42
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 -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1977 PIT NL 24 88 51% 83% 43% 8 100% 0 7 2 4 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1978 OAK AL 25 4382 50% 79% 24% 390 92% 3 226 76 102 48 316 267 40 1 3 20 1 18 1 16 70 14 11 22 6 59 28 29 7 4 3
1979 OAK AL 26 4427 54% 79% 24% 380 92% 5 248 70 122 56 313 260 43 3 4 22 1 17 4 15 56 19 9 19 4 51 23 28 3 3 0
1980 OAK AL 27 541 44% 82% 29% 53 92% 0 19 5 9 5 49 37 12 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 7 3 1 3 0 7 3 4 0 0 0
4 Seasons 9438 51% 79% 24% 831 92% 8 500 153 237 110 686 572 95 4 8 44 2 37 5 33 135 37 22 44 10 119 54 63 10 7 3
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1978 OAK AL 25 129 56% 83% 25% 14 79% 0 6 3 3 0 8 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1979 OAK AL 26 34 62% 65% 18% 4 100% 0 2 0 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 163 57% 79% 23% 18 83% 0 8 3 4 1 12 9 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1980 OAK AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 100% 67% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 100% 67% 0
MLB Averages 42.5% 2.9% 58% 79% 26% 51%

* 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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