Ed Goodson
James Edward Goodson
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 25, 1948 in Pulaski, VA
High School: Fries (Ivanhoe, VA)
School: East Tennessee State University
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1970
Final Game: October 2, 1977
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Standard Batting

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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
1970 22 SFG NL 7 11 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 47 3 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1971 23 SFG NL 20 44 42 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .190 .227 .214 .442 27 9 3 0 0 0 0 3
1972 24 SFG NL 58 161 150 15 42 1 1 6 30 0 0 8 12 .280 .319 .420 .739 107 63 6 1 1 1 2 3
1973 25 SFG NL 102 403 384 37 116 20 1 12 53 0 1 15 44 .302 .331 .453 .784 111 174 10 2 1 1 4 5
1974 26 SFG NL 98 320 298 25 81 15 0 6 48 1 0 18 22 .272 .320 .383 .702 93 114 7 3 1 0 6 3/5
1975 27 TOT NL 86 209 197 15 41 9 0 2 16 0 1 9 22 .208 .240 .284 .525 44 56 9 0 1 2 2 35
1975 27 SFG NL 39 129 121 10 25 7 0 1 8 0 1 7 14 .207 .248 .289 .537 47 35 4 0 0 1 2 35
1975 27 ATL NL 47 80 76 5 16 2 0 1 8 0 0 2 8 .211 .228 .276 .504 38 21 5 0 1 1 0 3/5
1976 28 LAD NL 83 128 118 8 27 4 0 3 17 0 0 8 19 .229 .273 .339 .612 75 40 7 0 0 2 2 5/374
1977 29 LAD NL 61 69 66 3 11 1 0 1 5 0 1 3 10 .167 .203 .227 .430 16 15 2 0 0 0 2 3/5
8 Seasons 515 1345 1266 108 329 51 2 30 170 1 3 63 135 .260 .297 .374 .671 84 474 44 6 4 6 18
162 Game Avg. 162 423 398 34 103 16 1 9 53 0 1 20 42 .260 .297 .374 .671 84 149 14 2 1 2 6
SFG (6 yrs) 324 1068 1006 92 275 44 2 25 140 1 2 50 98 .273 .311 .396 .706 93 398 30 6 3 3 14
LAD (2 yrs) 144 197 184 11 38 5 0 4 22 0 1 11 29 .207 .249 .299 .548 53 55 9 0 0 2 4
ATL (1 yr) 47 80 76 5 16 2 0 1 8 0 0 2 8 .211 .228 .276 .504 38 21 5 0 1 1 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1970 22 SFG NL 11 8 1 3.4 103 .333 .273 .267 .273 .340 .273 .408 .545 .748 47 .356 -0.9 -0.1 .375 .000 .000
1971 23 SFG NL 44 37 2 1.5 92 .211 .190 .258 .227 .325 .214 .378 .442 .703 27 .132 -4.1 -0.4 .297 .071 .024
1972 24 SFG NL 161 116 18 4.2 93 .271 .280 .259 .319 .327 .420 .382 .739 .710 107 .514 0.5 0.1 .632 .193 .140 .0
1973 25 SFG NL 403 281 54 5.2 101 .316 .302 .268 .331 .338 .453 .399 .784 .737 111 .586 4.3 0.4 .681 .188 .151 .0
1974 26 SFG NL 320 225 35 4.2 99 .278 .272 .268 .320 .341 .383 .387 .702 .728 93 .494 -4.0 -0.4 .607 .174 .111 1.7
1975 27 TOT NL 209 169 12 1.9 99 .223 .208 .269 .240 .341 .284 .389 .525 .730 44 .183 -15.9 -1.6 .386 .117 .076 .0
1975 27 SFG NL 129 102 8 2.1 99 .224 .207 .270 .248 .342 .289 .390 .537 .732 47 .212 -9.1 -0.9 .406 .132 .083 .0
1975 27 ATL NL 80 67 4 1.6 99 .221 .211 .269 .228 .340 .276 .388 .504 .729 38 .141 -6.8 -0.7 .354 .092 .066 .0
1976 28 LAD NL 128 100 9 2.4 90 .245 .229 .260 .273 .326 .339 .371 .612 .697 75 .277 -4.1 -0.4 .490 .178 .110 .0
1977 29 LAD NL 69 58 2 0.9 103 .182 .167 .269 .203 .337 .227 .410 .430 .747 16 .050 -8.2 -0.8 .293 .091 .061 .0
8 Seasons 1345 994 133 3.6 98 .270 .260 .266 .297 .336 .374 .390 .671 .726 84 .425 -32.4 -3.2 .550 .163 .115 1.9
162 Game Avg. 423 313 42 3.6 98 .270 .260 .266 .297 .336 .374 .390 .671 .726 84 .425 -32.4 -3.2 .550 .163 .115 1
SFG (6 yrs) 1068 769 118 4.1 98 .282 .273 .267 .311 .337 .396 .391 .706 .728 93 .489 -13.4 -1.3 .594 .171 .122 1.9
LAD (2 yrs) 197 158 11 1.9 95 .222 .207 .264 .249 .330 .299 .385 .548 .715 53 .181 -12.3 -1.2 .417 .147 .092 .0
ATL (1 yr) 80 67 4 1.6 99 .221 .211 .269 .228 .340 .276 .388 .504 .729 38 .141 -6.8 -0.7 .354 .092 .066 .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
1977 29 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 29 LAD NL WS NYY L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1970 22 SFG NL 11 0.0% 18.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.5 82%
1971 23 SFG NL 44 0.0% 9.1% 4.6% 2.3% 13% 2.00 10.5 42.0 1.75 86%
1972 24 SFG NL 161 3.7% 7.5% 5.0% 5.0% 19% 1.50 12.5 25.0 5.0 1.70 83%
1973 25 SFG NL 403 3.0% 10.9% 3.7% 8.2% 28% 2.93 8.7 32.0 7.2 1.51 82%
1974 26 SFG NL 320 1.9% 6.9% 5.6% 6.6% 26% 1.22 13.5 49.7 6.2 1.27 84%
1975 27 TOT NL 209 1.0% 10.5% 4.3% 5.3% 27% 2.44 9.0 98.5 12.3 1.33 84%
1975 27 SFG NL 129 0.8% 10.9% 5.4% 6.2% 32% 2.00 8.6 121.0 15.1 1.47 83%
1975 27 ATL NL 80 1.3% 10.0% 2.5% 3.8% 19% 4.00 9.5 76.0 9.5 1.15 85%
1976 28 LAD NL 128 2.3% 14.8% 6.3% 5.5% 26% 2.38 6.2 39.3 6.9 1.31 77%
1977 29 LAD NL 69 1.5% 14.5% 4.4% 2.9% 18% 3.33 6.6 66.0 13.2 1.20 80%
8 Seasons 1345 2.2% 10.0% 4.7% 6.2% 25% 2.14 9.4 42.2 7.4 1.42 82%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1970 22 SFG NL 0 0 33% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 23 SFG NL 0 0 40% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 2
1972 24 SFG NL 4 0 20% 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9% 7 7 0 2 1 1 2 2 0
1973 25 SFG NL 4 0 21% 130 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 5 32% 21 17 4 5 4 1 8 2 6
1974 26 SFG NL 3 0 20% 108 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 31% 12 10 1 5 2 2 9 4 5
1975 27 TOT NL 3 0 27% 46 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 55% 6 3 3 5 3 1 9 2 7
1975 27 SFG NL 2 0 29% 27 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 82% 3 1 2 1 1 0 7 0 7
1975 27 ATL NL 1 0 24% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22% 3 2 1 4 2 1 2 2 0
1976 28 LAD NL 2 0 16% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46% 7 5 2 0 0 0 4 1 3
1977 29 LAD NL 3 0 15% 16 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
8 Seasons 19 0 21% 384 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 1 8 17 33% 59 48 10 19 12 5 36 12 23
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1970 22 SFG NL 11 82% 3 5 2 0 0 0.92 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1971 23 SFG NL 44 82% 8 7 1 0 1 1.37 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 30% 6 1 17% 27 2 7% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 0
1972 24 SFG NL 161 75% 42 15 4 0 3 2.83 6 0 4 5 1 3 3 0 1 1 100% 33 6 18% 12 7 58% 117 27 23% 13 8 62% 11 7 64% 0
1973 25 SFG NL 403 70% 116 8 4 1 2 2.59 12 1 17 9 3 8 4 0 1 1 100% 79 10 13% 44 10 23% 297 45 15% 25 13 52% 16 11 69% 0
1974 26 SFG NL 320 87% 81 20 6 0 4 2.18 6 0 5 5 1 4 2 0 3 1 33% 52 7 13% 30 7 23% 222 43 19% 14 8 57% 22 8 36% 0
1975 27 TOT NL 208 75% 41 40 9 0 3 1.67 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 47 9 19% 20 6 30% 134 14 10% 12 6 50% 8 1 13% 1
1975 27 SFG NL 128 69% 25 9 2 0 0 1.51 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 24 4 17% 11 4 36% 71 7 10% 6 3 50% 6 1 17% 1
1975 27 ATL NL 80 86% 16 31 7 0 3 1.72 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 23 5 22% 9 2 22% 63 7 11% 6 3 50% 2 0 0% 0
1976 28 LAD NL 128 95% 27 55 15 2 6 1.77 3 0 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 38 7 18% 19 3 16% 111 14 13% 18 5 28% 10 3 30% 0
1977 29 LAD NL 69 93% 11 44 8 1 3 1.62 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 2 14% 8 3 38% 50 4 8% 6 2 33% 3 1 33% 0
8 Seasons 1344 79% 329 194 49 4 22 1.84 30 1 43 25 5 16 14 0 6 4 67% 274 44 16% 139 37 27% 964 149 15% 92 43 47% 71 32 45% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 IBB
1970 22 7 11 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 47 3 0 0 0 0 0
1971 23 27 55 53 5 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .208 .236 .226 .463 31 12 3 0 0 0 0
1972 24 85 216 203 20 53 2 1 6 31 0 0 10 18 .261 .298 .369 .667 87 75 9 1 1 1 2
1973 25 187 619 587 57 169 22 2 18 84 0 1 25 62 .288 .319 .424 .743 103 249 19 3 2 2 6
1974 26 285 939 885 82 250 37 2 24 132 1 1 43 84 .282 .319 .410 .730 100 363 26 6 3 2 12
1975 27 371 1148 1082 97 291 46 2 26 148 1 2 52 106 .269 .305 .387 .692 89 419 35 6 4 4 14
1976 28 454 1276 1200 105 318 50 2 29 165 1 2 60 125 .265 .302 .383 .684 88 459 42 6 4 6 16
1977 29 515 1345 1266 108 329 51 2 30 170 1 3 63 135 .260 .297 .374 .671 84 474 44 6 4 6 18

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
1970 22 7 11 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 7
1971 23 20 44 42 5 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 .190 .227 .214 .442 2 20
1972 24 61 167 157 17 44 1 1 6 34 0 8 13 .280 .317 .414 .731 21 58
1973 25 102 399 381 38 113 19 1 12 54 0 15 44 .297 .326 .446 .772 55 102
1974 26 98 319 298 25 81 15 0 6 49 1 18 22 .272 .320 .383 .702 36 98
1975 27 86 204 194 16 38 8 0 2 17 0 8 22 .196 .225 .268 .494 12 86
1976 28 83 128 118 9 27 4 0 3 20 0 8 19 .229 .273 .339 .612 11 83
1977 29 61 66 64 2 9 1 0 1 4 0 2 10 .141 .167 .203 .370 2 61
8 Seasons 518 1338 1265 113 320 49 2 30 179 1 61 136 .253 .289 .366 .655 140 515
162 Game Avg. 162 418 396 35 100 15 1 9 56 0 19 43 .253 .289 .366 .655 44 515

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1849), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Harry Simpson (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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