Johnny Edwards

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 220lb (193cm, 99kg)

Born: June 10, 1938 in Columbus, OH us

High School: West HS (Columbus, OH)

School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)

Debut: June 27, 1961 (Age 23-017d, 11,861st in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1974 (Age 36-114d)
vs. LAD 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: John Alban Edwards

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.7

4577

1106

.242

430

RBI

524

OBP

.311

SLG

.353

OPS

.664

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 81 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 11 tying, 22 go ahead

3 Tms
CIN	53
HOU	25
STL	3

Platoon
vs RHP	65
vs LHP	16

Home/Road
Away	41
Home	40

Outs
1	35
0	25
2	21

12 Opps
CHC	15
STL	13
SFG	11
ATL/MLN	10
NYM	7
PHI	7
HOU	6
LAD	5
PIT	4
SDP	1
CIN	1
MON	1

55 Pitchers
Milt Pappas	4
Bob Bruce	3
Art Mahaffey	3
Fergie Jenkins	3
Warren Spahn	3
Bob Gibson	3
Ray Washburn	2
Glen Hobbie	2
Jim Umbricht	2
Al Jackson	2
Carl Willey	2
Ray Culp	2
Bob Anderson	2
Larry Jackson	2
Jack Sanford	2
Ken Johnson	2
Don Drysdale	2
Bob Shaw	2
Juan Marichal	2
Chris Short	1
Cal Koonce	1
Clay Carroll	1
Bobby Shantz	1
Ron Bryant	1
Dave Giusti	1
Billy Pierce	1
Lew Burdette	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Bob Hendley	1
Roy Face	1
Jim Brewer	1
Cecil Upshaw	1
Pete Richert	1
Don Cardwell	1
Clay Kirby	1
Billy Hoeft	1
Bob Buhl	1
Don McMahon	1
Harvey Haddix	1
Jim Willoughby	1
Mudcat Grant	1
Tom Bradley	1
Curt Simmons	1
Jim McAndrew	1
Diego Seguí	1
John Morlan	1
Steve Blass	1
Barney Schultz	1
Rich Nye	1
John Boozer	1
Wayne Granger	1
Sonny Siebert	1
Joe Moeller	1
Tony Cloninger	1
Tracy Stallard	1

16 Parks
Crosley Fld (CIN)	34
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	10
Astrodome (HOU)	7
3Com Park (SFO)	7
Busch Stad (STL)	5
County Stad (MIL)	3
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	3
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Colt Stad (HOU)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1
Polo Grounds (NYC)	1
Parc Jarry (MON)	1

Where Hit
9	47
8	11
7	6
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	81

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	45
1--	12
12-	8
-2-	5
1-3	4
123	3
--3	3
-23	1

136 RBI
RISP	24
0 on	45
1 on	20
2 on	13
3 on	3
Any on	36

Inning
1	3
2	15
3	3
4	14
5	13
6	10
7	9
8	8
9	5
Extra	1

1-3	21
4-6	37
7-end	23

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	6
+2	4
+1	17
Tied	20
-1	10
-2	7
-3	5
-4..	5

Ahead	34
Tied	20
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	78
PH	3

OrderPos
7th	31
8th	23
6th	16
5th	6
9th	4
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	17
Medium Lev	28
Low Lev	36

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1961-06-28 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	Glen Hobbie	behind 2-15	t 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF Line)
2	2	2	1	1961-09-26	CIN	@	CHC	Bob Anderson	behind 0-3	t 6	0	---	1	8	2	0.084	22%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1962-04-22	CIN		SFG	Jack Sanford	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	-2-	2	7	2	0.086	94%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Coleman Scores
4	4	2	1	1962-05-12	CIN		PIT	Harvey Haddix	ahead 8-1	b 8	1	---	1	7	2	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
5	5	3	1	1962-05-26	CIN		CHC	Bob Anderson	ahead 7-5	b 7	0	123	4	7	2	0.041	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Robinson Scores; W. Post Scores; G. Coleman Scores
6	6	4	1	1962-06-26	CIN	@	SFG	Jack Sanford	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	1--	2	7	2	0.178	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Coleman Scores
7	7	5	1	1962-07-08 (1)	CIN		HOU	Bob Bruce	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	-2-	2	6	2	0.111	82%		Home Run; G. Coleman Scores
8	8	6	1	1962-09-03	CIN	@	MLN	Bob Hendley	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2	8	2	0.185	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Coleman Scores
9	9	7	1	1962-09-04	CIN	@	MLN	Warren Spahn	ahead 2-1	t 4	1	12-	3	8	2	0.210	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Cárdenas Scores; G. Coleman Scores
10	10	8	1	1962-09-09	CIN		STL	Bobby Shantz	ahead 2-0	b 8	0	---	1	7	2	0.034	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1963-04-17	CIN		NYM	Carl Willey	tied 0-0	b 1	1	123	4	5	2	0.228	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Blasingame Scores; G. Coleman Scores; F. Robinson Scores
12	12	2	1	1963-05-10	CIN	@	NYM	Carl Willey	tied 0-0	t 4	2	-2-	2	6	2	0.245	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Robinson Scores/unER; J. Edwards Scores/unER
13	13	3	1	1963-06-16 (1)	CIN		NYM	Al Jackson	behind 2-5	b 4	1	-2-	2	8	2	0.173	38%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Pavletich Scores
14	14	4	1	1963-06-20	CIN		PHI	Art Mahaffey	ahead 4-1	b 5	1	12-	3	6	2	0.069	98%		Home Run (Deep CF); V. Pinson Scores; M. Keough Scores
15	15	5	1	1963-06-23 (1)	CIN		HOU	Jim Umbricht	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	12-	3	5	2	0.225	90%		Home Run; B. Skinner Scores; V. Pinson Scores
16	16	6	1	1963-07-03	CIN	@	HOU	Jim Umbricht	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	6	2	0.164	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	7	1	1963-08-10	CIN		LAD	Don Drysdale	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	1	7	2	0.103	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	8	1	1963-08-18 (1)	CIN		CHC	Larry Jackson	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	2	0.123	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	9	1	1963-08-25	CIN	@	SFG	Billy Pierce	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	2	0.124	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	10	1	1963-08-27	CIN	@	LAD	Pete Richert	behind 1-3	t 4	2	---	1	6	2	0.112	31%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	11	1	1963-09-10	CIN		MLN	Bob Shaw	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	2	0.121	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1964-05-07	CIN	@	NYM	Al Jackson	behind 0-3	t 5	1	---	1	8	2	0.078	20%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	2	1	1964-05-16	CIN	@	CHC	Glen Hobbie	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	1	7	2	0.133	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	3	1	1964-06-07	CIN		STL	Curt Simmons	tied 1-1	b 1	1	123	4	6	2	0.222	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Robinson Scores; D. Johnson Scores; L. Cárdenas Scores
25	25	4	1	1964-06-20	CIN		LAD	Don Drysdale	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	6	2	0.191	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Robinson Scores
26	26	5	1	1964-07-09	CIN	@	PHI	Ray Culp	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1	6	2	0.136	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	6	1	1964-09-05	CIN		MLN	Billy Hoeft	ahead 3-0	b 5	2	1--	2	6	2	0.076	96%		Home Run; D. Johnson Scores
28	28	7	1	1964-09-17	CIN	@	CHC	Lew Burdette	ahead 2-1	t 4	1	---	1	6	2	0.116	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1965-04-18	CIN	@	STL	Barney Schultz	ahead 7-2	t 9	1	---	1	7	2	0.004	100%		Home Run
30	30	2	1	1965-04-22	CIN	@	CHC	Cal Koonce	behind 1-2	t 8	1	---	1	9	PH	0.268	46%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	3	1	1965-04-30	CIN		NYM	Warren Spahn	ahead 3-1	b 6	0	---	1	7	2	0.065	92%		Home Run (Deep CF)
32	32	4	1	1965-05-02 (2)	CIN		NYM	Warren Spahn	ahead 9-8	b 8	0	---	1	9	2	0.071	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	5	1	1965-05-21	CIN		PHI	Art Mahaffey	ahead 4-3	b 6	2	---	1	7	2	0.120	83%		Home Run (Deep CF)
34	34	6	1	1965-05-28	CIN	@	SFG	Bob Shaw	tied 1-1	t 2	1	---	1	7	2	0.114	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	7	1	1965-06-02	CIN		HOU	Dave Giusti	ahead 4-2	b 6	2	---	1	7	2	0.074	91%		Home Run
36	36	8	1	1965-06-04	CIN		SFG	Gaylord Perry	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1-3	3	7	2	0.197	82%		Home Run (LF-CF); F. Robinson Scores; D. Johnson Scores
37	37	9	1	1965-06-19	CIN		CHC	Larry Jackson	ahead 6-1	b 5	2	1-3	3	6	2	0.029	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Robinson Scores; D. Johnson Scores
38	38	10	1	1965-06-20 (1)	CIN		CHC	Bob Buhl	behind 2-4	b 4	2	1--	2	7	2	0.246	51%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Johnson Scores
39	39	11	1	1965-06-24	CIN		STL	Tracy Stallard	behind 1-11	b 7	0	---	1	7	2	0.001	0%		Home Run
40	40	12	1	1965-08-15	CIN	@	STL	Bob Gibson	ahead 5-4	t 6	1	---	1	7	2	0.129	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	13	1	1965-08-23	CIN	@	MLN	Ken Johnson	behind 1-7	t 7	0	1--	2	7	2	0.028	5%		Home Run; A. Shamsky Scores
42	42	14	1	1965-09-05	CIN		PHI	Art Mahaffey	behind 8-9	b 7	0	---	1	7	2	0.234	59%		Home Run (Deep CF)
43	43	15	1	1965-09-07	CIN		PIT	Don Cardwell	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	---	1	7	2	0.057	91%		Home Run (Deep CF)
44	44	16	1	1965-09-19 (1)	CIN		HOU	Bob Bruce	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	1	7	2	0.125	55%		Home Run
45	45	17	1	1965-09-22	CIN		SFG	Juan Marichal	ahead 1-0	b 5	1	1--	2	7	2	0.167	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Johnson Scores
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1966-04-22	CIN		PHI	John Boozer	behind 0-1	b 2	2	12-	3	8	2	0.289	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Coleman Scores; L. Cárdenas Scores
47	47	2	1	1966-04-24	CIN		PHI	Ray Culp	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.121	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	3	1	1966-05-20	CIN		STL	Ray Washburn	tied 0-0	b 5	0	12-	3	8	2	0.206	89%		Home Run; D. Johnson Scores; L. Cárdenas Scores
49	49	4	1	1966-06-27	CIN		LAD	Joe Moeller	ahead 2-1	b 2	0	---	1	6	2	0.092	75%		Home Run (Deep CF)
50	50	5	1	1966-07-24 (1)	CIN		ATL	Tony Cloninger	behind 0-2	b 5	1	---	1	7	2	0.126	38%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	6	1	1966-08-18	CIN	@	HOU	Bob Bruce	behind 1-3	t 5	1	1--	2	8	2	0.244	47%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Cárdenas Scores/unER
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1967-05-05	CIN	@	ATL	Clay Carroll	ahead 2-1	t 4	0	1-3	3	7	2	0.130	90%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. May Scores; T. Helms Scores
53	53	2	1	1967-09-26	CIN		ATL	Cecil Upshaw	behind 1-4	b 9	2	--3	2	9	PH	0.029	4%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Cárdenas Scores
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1968-05-24	STL		PHI	Chris Short	ahead 2-1	b 7	1	--3	2	7	2	0.090	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Gagliano Scores
55	55	2	1	1968-07-06	STL	@	SFG	Juan Marichal	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	2	0.202	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Flood Scores
56	56	3	1	1968-08-13	STL	@	CHC	Fergie Jenkins	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	2	0.121	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1969-06-07	HOU		STL	Ray Washburn	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	1	5	2	0.146	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
58	58	2	1	1969-06-17	HOU	@	ATL	Milt Pappas	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	--3	2	5	2	0.132	82%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Wynn Scores
59	59	3	1	1969-08-03 (1)	HOU	@	MON	Roy Face	ahead 6-2	t 8	2	---	1	7	2	0.018	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
60	60	4	1	1969-08-24 (2)	HOU	@	CHC	Ken Johnson	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.139	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	5	1	1969-09-01	HOU		STL	Mudcat Grant	behind 1-6	b 8	2	---	1	8	2	0.009	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
62	62	6	1	1969-09-25	HOU	@	CIN	Wayne Granger	ahead 3-2	t 9	0	---	1	8	2	0.087	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1970-04-26	HOU	@	CHC	Fergie Jenkins	behind 0-6	t 7	0	12-	3	8	2	0.066	12%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Mayberry Scores; D. Rader Scores
64	64	2	1	1970-05-03 (2)	HOU	@	STL	Rich Nye	ahead 5-0	t 7	2	1-3	3	8	2	0.027	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Lampard Scores; D. Rader Scores
65	65	3	1	1970-06-20	HOU	@	ATL	Milt Pappas	ahead 5-2	t 6	0	1--	2	8	2	0.074	95%		Home Run; B. Watson Scores
66	66	4	1	1970-07-23	HOU	@	STL	Bob Gibson	tied 2-2	t 5	1	---	1	8	2	0.145	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	5	1	1970-07-28	HOU	@	CHC	Milt Pappas	ahead 4-0	t 6	1	1--	2	8	2	0.057	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Cedeño Scores
68	68	6	1	1970-08-02	HOU		STL	Bob Gibson	behind 0-2	b 8	2	---	1	8	2	0.103	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
69	69	7	1	1970-09-19	HOU	@	LAD	Jim Brewer	behind 3-6	t 9	1	-2-	2	9	PH	0.048	9%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Howard Scores/unER
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
70	70	1	1	1971-05-25	HOU	@	SDP	Clay Kirby	behind 0-2	t 7	2	-23	3	8	2	0.506	69%		Home Run; J. Mayberry Scores; N. Miller Scores
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1972-04-22	HOU	@	SFG	Ron Bryant	ahead 5-0	t 6	2	---	1	8	2	0.019	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
72	72	2	1	1972-04-24	HOU		CHC	Fergie Jenkins	tied 2-2	b 11	1	---	1	8	2	0.431	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
73	73	3	1	1972-05-01	HOU	@	PIT	Steve Blass	ahead 4-3	t 6	1	12-	3	8	2	0.211	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Rader Scores; T. Helms Scores
74	74	4	1	1972-07-09	HOU	@	STL	Diego Seguí	ahead 7-6	t 8	0	---	1	7	2	0.115	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
75	75	5	1	1972-08-04	HOU	@	SFG	Don McMahon	ahead 4-1	t 9	0	---	1	6	2	0.016	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
76	76	1	1	1973-04-11	HOU	@	SFG	Jim Willoughby	tied 2-2	t 6	2	---	1	7	2	0.184	63%		Home Run
77	77	2	1	1973-05-05	HOU	@	NYM	Jim McAndrew	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	7	2	0.115	59%		Home Run
78	78	3	1	1973-05-20	HOU		SFG	Tom Bradley	tied 0-0	b 2	1	12-	3	7	2	0.235	82%		Home Run; B. Watson Scores; D. Rader Scores
79	79	4	1	1973-05-30	HOU	@	CHC	Milt Pappas	tied 1-1	t 5	1	---	1	7	2	0.149	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
80	80	5	1	1973-08-21	HOU		PIT	John Morlan	behind 0-2	b 5	1	---	1	7	2	0.129	37%		Home Run
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
81	81	1	1	1974-04-23	HOU	@	STL	Sonny Siebert	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2	6	2	0.192	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. May Scores

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