Ed Goodson

James Edward Goodson

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 25, 1948 in Pulaski, VA
High School: Fries HS (Ivanhoe, VA)
School: East Tennessee State University (Johnson City, TN)
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
Teams (by GP): Giants/Dodgers/Braves 1970-1977

Final Game: October 2, 1977
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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
1968	20	SFG-min	Rk	32	116	116		31	5	2	3						.267	.267	.422	.690		49							SLC · PION
1969	21	SFG-min	A,Rk	64	223	223		65	11	6	1						.291	.291	.408	.700		91							DEC,GRF · MIDW,PION
1970	22	SFG-min	A	127	550	506	66	159	28	5	19	94	3	0	33	74	.314	.352	.502	.854		254		1	2	8			FRE · CALL
1970	22	SFG	NL	7	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.273	.545	48	3	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1971	23	SFG-min	AAA	86	343	323	40	95	16	10	7	56	0	0	15	39	.294	.321	.471	.791		152		0	0	5			PHX · PCL
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-min	AAA	32	119	108	18	42	14	1	0	24	1	0	6	10	.389	.437	.537	.974		58		4	0	1			PHX · PCL
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	112	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	43	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
1978	30	CLE-min	AAA	33	113	104	14	34	7	0	2	15	0	0	5	6	.327	.366	.452	.818		47		2	1	1			POR · PCL
8 Yrs				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	94	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

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
1970	22	SFG	NL	7	11	-1	-0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/3
1971	23	SFG	NL	20	44	-4	0	-0	2	-1	-4	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.479	.497	-0.5	0.1	-4	$	3
1972	24	SFG	NL	58	161	2	0	-1	5	-2	5	0.6	5	10	1.1	.510	.504	0.5	0.4	5	$	3
1973	25	SFG	NL	102	403	5	0	0	-5	2	1	0.1	12	13	1.3	.502	.501	1.9	-0.4	18	$	5
1974	26	SFG	NL	98	320	-5	-1	-0	0	-4	-10	-1.0	9	-0	-0.1	.489	.493	-0.2	-0.4	-0	$	3/5
1975	27	SFG	NL	39	129	-9	0	-0	-1	-1	-10	-1.1	4	-6	-0.8	.470	.493	-0.7	-0.2	-6	$	35
1975	27	ATL	NL	47	80	-6	-1	-0	0	-1	-8	-0.9	2	-6	-0.6	.481	.495	-0.7	-0.0	-6	$	3/5
1976	28	LAD	NL	83	128	-4	0	-1	-1	0	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.3	.492	.496	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	5/374
1977	29	LAD	NL	61	69	-6	-1	-0	0	-0	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.486	.495	-0.6	-0.0	-6	$	3/5
8 Seasons				515	1345	-27	-2	-3	-1	-7	-39	-4.4	39	-1	-0.4	.491	.497	-0.5	-0.5	-0	$

SFG (6 yrs)				324	1068	-11	-0	-2	0	-6	-18	-2.0	31	13	1.1	.494	.498	0.9	-0.4	12	$
LAD (2 yrs)				144	197	-10	-1	-1	-1	-0	-14	-1.5	6	-8	-0.9	.490	.495	-0.7	-0.1	-7	$
ATL (1 yr)				47	80	-6	-1	-0	0	-1	-8	-0.9	2	-6	-0.6	.481	.495	-0.7	-0.0	-6	$

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
1970	22	SFG	NL	11	8	1	3.4	103	.333	.273	.266	.273	.339	.273	.406	.545	.745	48	.356	-0.9	-0.1	.375	.000	.000
1971	23	SFG	NL	44	37	2	1.5	92	.211	.190	.259	.227	.325	.214	.379	.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	0.0	.632	.193	.140	.0
1973	25	SFG	NL	403	281	54	5.2	100	.316	.302	.267	.331	.337	.453	.397	.784	.734	112	.586	4.7	0.5	.681	.188	.151	.0
1974	26	SFG	NL	320	225	35	4.2	99	.278	.272	.268	.320	.341	.383	.388	.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	.270	.240	.341	.284	.389	.525	.731	43	.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	.698	75	.277	-4.1	-0.4	.490	.178	.110	.0
1977	29	LAD	NL	69	58	2	0.9	102	.182	.167	.268	.203	.336	.227	.409	.430	.744	16	.050	-8.1	-0.8	.293	.091	.061	.0
8 Yrs				1345	994	133	3.6	98	.270	.260	.266	.297	.336	.374	.390	.671	.725	84	.425	-31.9	-3.3	.550	.163	.115	1.9
162 Game Avg.				423	313	42	3.6	98	.270	.260	.266	.297	.336	.374	.390	.671	.725	84	.425	-31.9	-3.3	.550	.163	.115	1

SFG (6 yrs)				1068	769	118	4.1	98	.282	.273	.266	.311	.337	.396	.391	.706	.727	94	.489	-12.9	-1.3	.594	.171	.122	1.9
LAD (2 yrs)				197	158	11	1.9	95	.222	.207	.263	.249	.330	.299	.384	.548	.714	53	.181	-12.2	-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

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1977	29	LAD	NL	NLCS	PHI	W	1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1977	29	LAD	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 Yr (2 Series)							2	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 NLCS							1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 WS							1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.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%
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	1.34	84%
1975	27	SFG	NL	129	0.8%	10.9%	5.4%	6.2%	32%	2.00	8.6	121.0	15.1	1.50	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 Yrs				1345	2.2%	10.0%	4.7%	6.2%	25%	2.14	9.4	42.2	7.4	1.43	82%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.7%	8.7%	6.1%	27%	1.58	6.5	45.7	8.8	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1970	22	SFG	NL	-0.9	-0.1	11	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.87	-0.1	-0.0	-1.5	-0.2	1.01	-1.0	0.88	5
1971	23	SFG	NL	-4.1	-0.4	44	-0.6	0.4	-0.9	.94	-0.5	-0.1	-5.3	-0.6	0.90	-5.2	1.23	7
1972	24	SFG	NL	0.5	0.0	163	1.2	4.4	-3.1	1.22	0.6	0.4	15.2	1.6	1.00	5.6	2.68	15
1973	25	SFG	NL	4.3	0.4	409	0.2	8.1	-7.8	1.10	0.6	-0.4	5.7	0.6	1.01	5.1	2.53	8
1974	26	SFG	NL	-4.0	-0.4	322	0.5	6.7	-6.2	1.20	-0.2	0.6	3.8	0.4	1.00	-0.6	2.12	20
1975	27	TOT	NL	-15.9	-1.6	211	-1.0	3.7	-4.7	1.26	-1.6	0.8	-13.4	-1.4	0.98	-16.0	1.61	40
1975	27	SFG	NL	-9.1	-0.9	131	-1.1	1.7	-2.9	1.16	-1.0	-0.0	-7.9	-0.8	0.94	-9.3	1.44	9
1975	27	ATL	NL	-6.8	-0.7	80	0.1	2.0	-1.9	1.43	-0.6	0.7	-5.6	-0.6	1.04	-6.8	1.65	31
1976	28	LAD	NL	-4.1	-0.4	128	-2.3	2.0	-4.3	1.48	-0.9	-0.6	-6.6	-0.7	1.10	-8.0	1.70	55
1977	29	LAD	NL	-8.2	-0.8	70	-0.9	1.0	-1.9	1.37	-0.6	-0.1	-8.3	-0.8	1.02	-6.9	1.58	44
8 Yrs				-32.4	-3.3	1358	-2.9	26.3	-29.2	1.21	-2.7	0.3	-10.5	-1.1	1.01	-27.0	1.77	194

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

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
1970	22	SFG	NL	11	82%	3			5	2	0	0	0.88	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	1.23	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	3	30%	6	1	17%	27	2	7%	4	1	25%	0	0		0
1972	24	SFG	NL	161	75%	42			15	4	0	3	2.68	6	0	4	5	1	3	3	0	1	1	100%	33	6	18%	12	7	58%	117	27	23%	13	8	62%	7	6	86%	0
1973	25	SFG	NL	403	70%	116			8	4	1	2	2.53	12	1	17	9	3	8	4	0	1	1	100%	79	10	13%	44	10	23%	297	45	15%	25	13	52%	11	8	73%	0
1974	26	SFG	NL	320	87%	81			20	6	0	4	2.12	6	0	5	5	1	4	2	0	3	1	33%	52	7	13%	30	7	23%	222	43	19%	14	8	57%	12	6	50%	0
1975	27	TOT	NL	209	75%	41			40	9	0	3	1.61	2	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	47	9	19%	20	6	30%	134	14	10%	12	6	50%	7	5	71%	0
1975	27	SFG	NL	129	68%	25			9	2	0	0	1.44	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		24	4	17%	11	4	36%	71	7	10%	6	3	50%	2	2	100%	0
1975	27	ATL	NL	80	86%	16			31	7	0	3	1.65	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	23	5	22%	9	2	22%	63	7	11%	6	3	50%	5	3	60%	0
1976	28	LAD	NL	128	95%	27			55	15	2	6	1.70	3	0	6	3	0	0	3	0	0	0		38	7	18%	19	3	16%	111	14	13%	18	5	28%	3	0	0%	0
1977	29	LAD	NL	69	93%	11			44	8	1	3	1.58	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		14	2	14%	8	3	38%	50	4	8%	6	2	33%	2	1	50%	0
8 Yrs				1345	79%	329			194	49	4	22	1.77	30	1	43	25	5	16	14	0	6	4	67%	274	44	16%	139	37	27%	964	149	15%	92	43	47%	42	26	62%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			76%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

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	IBB
1970	22	7	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.273	.545	48	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	104	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	90	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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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.273	.545	1	7
1971	23	20	44	42	4	8	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	.190	.227	.214	.442	2	20
1972	24	61	172	160	17	47	1	1	7	35	0	9	13	.294	.333	.444	.777	23	58
1973	25	102	404	385	38	117	20	1	12	54	0	15	44	.304	.333	.455	.787	58	102
1974	26	98	320	298	25	81	15	0	6	48	1	18	22	.272	.320	.383	.702	36	98
1975	27	86	210	198	15	42	9	0	2	16	0	9	22	.212	.244	.288	.532	14	86
1976	28	83	132	121	9	30	4	0	3	20	0	9	19	.248	.295	.355	.651	13	83
1977	29	61	69	66	3	11	1	0	1	5	0	3	10	.167	.203	.227	.430	3	61
8 Yrs		518	1362	1281	112	339	51	2	31	179	1	65	136	.265	.302	.380	.682	150	515
162 Game Avg.		162	426	401	35	106	16	1	10	56	0	20	43	.265	.302	.380	.682	47	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 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Tom Long (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Manny Jimenez (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Manny Jimenez (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Bigbie (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Willie Smith (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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