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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1977	PIT	NL	24	2B	4	2	1	22.0	15	7	8	0	2	1.000	0	11	6.14	3.75	.977	5.24	5.25
1978	OAK	AL	25	2B	133	118	74	984.1	557	228	309	20	71	.964	-4	-5	4.91	4.04	.980	5.47	5.42
1978	OAK	AL	25	SS	9	0	0	29.0	16	5	9	2	1	.875	-2	-70	4.34	1.56	.964	4.93	4.87
1978	OAK	AL	25	DH	4	0
1979	OAK	AL	26	2B	113	106	100	935.0	580	244	314	22	54	.962	-10	-13	5.37	4.94	.978	5.50	5.43
1979	OAK	AL	26	SS	3	0	0	6.1	6	2	4	0	0	1.000	0	76	8.53	2.00	.965	4.97	4.93
1979	OAK	AL	26	DH	2	2
1980	OAK	AL	27	2B	23	12	9	124.1	69	19	48	2	7	.971	2	18	4.85	2.91	.981	5.60	5.58
1980	OAK	AL	27	DH	6	5
1980	OAK	AL	27	OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.50
1980	OAK	AL	27	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.10
	4 Seasons			2B	273	238	184	2065.2	1221	498	679	44	134	.964	-12	-7	5.13	4.31	.979	5.49	5.44
	2 Seasons			SS	12	0	0	35.1	22	7	13	2	1	.909	-1	-44	5.09	1.67	.964	4.94	4.88
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.10
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.50
	4 Seasons			TOT	286	238	184	2102.0	1243	505	692	46	135	.963	-13	-7	5.13	4.19	.979	5.48	5.40

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp
1977	PIT	NL	24	2B	0	11	0	0	0	0
1978	OAK	AL	25	2B	-4	-5	-4	-2	-2	0
1978	OAK	AL	25	SS	-2	-70	-2	-1	-0	0
1979	OAK	AL	26	2B	-10	-13	-5	1	-6	-5
1979	OAK	AL	26	SS	0	76	0	-0	1	0
1980	OAK	AL	27	2B	2	18	2	2	-0	0
1980	OAK	AL	27	RF	0	0	0	0	0
	4 Seasons			2B	-12	-7	-7	1	-8	-5
	2 Seasons			SS	-1	-44	-1	-2	0	0
	1 Season			RF	0	0	0	0	0
	4 Seasons			TOT	-13	-7	-8	-0	-8	-5

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	SS	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1977	PIT	NL	24	7	2	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
1978	OAK	AL	25	142	118	142	133	133	9	0	0	4	0	14
1979	OAK	AL	26	122	108	122	115	113	3	0	0	2	3	6
1980	OAK	AL	27	46	17	46	24	23	0	1	1	6	2	18
	4 Seasons			317	245	317	276	273	12	1	1	12	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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											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	86	52%	85%	44%	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	4216	52%	82%	25%	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	4224	56%	83%	25%	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	523	45%	85%	30%	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			9049	54%	83%	25%	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				60%	82%	28%		94%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											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	127	57%	84%	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	32	66%	69%	19%	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			159	58%	81%	24%	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				60%	82%	28%		91%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				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																														41.4%			3.0%			60%	82%	27%		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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1978 AL 20 (1st) 1979 AL 22 (1st)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1978 AL 20 (1st)
1979 AL 22 (1st)

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