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 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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 SFG NL 22 1B 2 2 15.0 17 14 2 1 1 .941 -0.2 -16.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.1 0 9.60 8.00 .994 9.66 8.35
1971 SFG NL 23 1B 14 9 83.2 88 81 7 0 3 1.000 1.5 21.5 1.5 1.3 0.1 0 9.47 6.29 .992 9.89 8.58
1972 SFG NL 24 1B 42 30 303.0 329 299 27 3 9 .991 5.0 19.8 5.0 4.6 0.4 0 9.68 7.76 .992 9.73 8.42
1973 SFG NL 25 3B 93 93 787.1 258 64 171 23 13 .911 -5.3 -8.1 -5.3 -2.0 -3.3 0 2.69 2.53 .948 2.88 2.49
1974 SFG NL 26 1B 73 67 558.1 625 593 30 2 52 .997 -0.2 -0.4 -0.2 1.3 -1.6 0 10.04 8.53 .991 9.94 8.34
1974 SFG NL 26 3B 8 8 56.0 23 7 16 0 1 1.000 0.4 8.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 3.70 2.88 .943 3.04 2.64
1975 TOT NL 27 1B 29 26 229.2 252 230 20 2 21 .992 1.7 8.9 1.7 -0.3 2.0 0 9.80 8.62 .990 9.97 8.52
1975 TOT NL 27 3B 14 14 125.2 46 10 32 4 2 .913 -2.3 -22.0 -2.3 -1.1 -1.2 0 3.01 3.00 .946 2.98 2.58
1975 SFG NL 27 1B 16 16 139.2 153 139 13 1 13 .993 1.5 12.9 1.5 -0.4 1.9 0 9.79 9.50 .990 9.98 8.52
1975 SFG NL 27 3B 13 13 116.2 43 9 30 4 2 .907 -2.4 -24.7 -2.4 -1.1 -1.3 0 3.01 3.00 .947 2.98 2.58
1975 ATL NL 27 1B 13 10 90.0 99 91 7 1 8 .990 0.2 2.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 9.80 7.54 .990 9.97 8.52
1975 ATL NL 27 3B 1 1 9.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 3.00 3.00 .933 3.00 2.60
1976 LAD NL 28 3B 16 13 123.1 42 8 27 7 2 .833 -0.9 -8.8 -0.9 -0.4 -0.5 0 2.55 2.19 .957 2.93 2.61
1976 LAD NL 28 1B 3 0 4.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -120.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.3 15.75 2.33 .986 9.90 8.60
1976 LAD NL 28 LF 2 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.00 1.00 1.000 2.00 1.60
1976 LAD NL 28 OF 2 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.00 1.00 1.000 2.30 2.05
1976 LAD NL 28 2B 1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.90
1977 LAD NL 29 1B 13 1 31.0 34 32 2 0 5 1.000 -0.2 -7.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 9.87 2.62 .991 9.90 8.31
1977 LAD NL 29 3B 4 3 33.0 13 6 7 0 0 1.000 0.3 10.9 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 3.55 3.25 .954 2.97 2.55
7 Seasons 1B 176 135 1224.2 1352 1256 88 8 91 .994 7.2 7.1 7.2 6.3 0.7 0 9.88 7.64 .991 9.89 8.41
5 Seasons 3B 135 131 1125.1 382 95 253 34 18 .911 -7.8 -8.3 -7.8 -3.5 -4.3 0 2.78 2.58 .949 2.91 2.52
1 Season LF 2 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.00 1.00 1.000 2.00 1.60
1 Season OF 2 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.00 1.00 1.000 2.30 2.05
1 Season 2B 1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.90
8 Seasons TOT 314 267 2361.1 1736 1353 341 42 109 .976 -0.5 -0.3 -0.5 2.8 -3.5 0 0 6.46 5.39 .958 6.53 5.83
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1970 SFG NL 22 7 2 7 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1971 SFG NL 23 20 9 20 20 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1972 SFG NL 24 58 30 58 58 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1973 SFG NL 25 102 93 102 102 0 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1974 SFG NL 26 98 75 98 81 0 0 73 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1975 ATL NL 27 47 11 47 14 0 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
1975 SFG NL 27 39 29 39 29 0 0 16 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1976 LAD NL 28 83 14 83 22 0 0 3 1 16 0 2 0 0 2 0 63 0
1977 LAD NL 29 61 4 61 17 0 0 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 1
8 Seasons 515 267 515 350 0 0 176 1 135 0 2 0 0 2 0 212 1
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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1970 SFG NL 22 74 68% 82% 20% 3 67% 0 13 1 12 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1971 SFG NL 23 385 71% 83% 24% 22 95% 1 80 4 75 1 12 7 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1972 SFG NL 24 1331 64% 80% 28% 77 95% 0 297 16 280 1 34 28 20 3 0 2 3 0 3 0 2 10 0 0 1 9 1 1 0 1 3 67%
1974 SFG NL 26 2472 60% 80% 29% 128 95% 1 595 36 551 6 58 28 16 8 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 52 2 0 0 46 3 6 2 4 9 89%
1975 SFG NL 27 621 63% 75% 27% 35 94% 0 140 10 130 0 10 13 9 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 13 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1975 ATL NL 27 453 60% 80% 26% 30 93% 0 92 10 80 2 12 7 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1976 LAD NL 28 22 64% 100% 32% 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 LAD NL 29 147 53% 78% 26% 9 89% 0 32 2 30 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
7 Seasons 5505 62% 80% 28% 304 94% 2 1256 79 1165 10 130 87 54 18 4 7 8 0 8 0 5 92 2 0 1 82 4 10 2 8 14 86%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1973 SFG NL 25 3472 58% 79% 27% 253 88% 1 65 52 9 4 172 137 29 2 3 23 1 20 2 16 13 10 0 10 3 2 1 2 50%
1974 SFG NL 26 249 57% 78% 26% 18 94% 0 6 6 0 0 13 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1975 SFG NL 27 514 67% 75% 24% 47 83% 0 9 8 0 1 30 25 4 1 1 4 0 3 1 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
1975 ATL NL 27 38 45% 87% 37% 4 100% 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1976 LAD NL 28 528 64% 81% 30% 44 82% 1 8 6 0 2 30 23 6 1 0 7 0 7 0 6 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1977 LAD NL 29 142 55% 85% 30% 14 86% 0 5 4 1 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 4943 59% 79% 27% 380 87% 2 94 77 10 7 255 202 43 5 4 34 1 30 3 26 18 14 0 14 4 3 1 6 83%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1976 LAD NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 37 78% 81% 22% 6 33%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 37 78% 81% 22% 6 33%
MLB Averages 57.9% 2.7% 60% 78% 26% 47%

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
1976 LAD NL 28 8 50% 88% 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
1 Season 8 50% 88% 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
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 93%

* 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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