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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 Schools: Fries HS (Fries, VA), 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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Giants/Dodgers/Braves 1970-1977

Final Game: October 2, 1977 (Age 29)
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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 48 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 .784 112 174 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
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 (v2.2): 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 Awards
1970 22 SFG NL 7 11 -1 -0 0 -0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .481 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 /3
1971 23 SFG NL 20 44 -4 0 -0 2 -1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.3 .479 .497 -0.4 0.1 -4 3
1972 24 SFG NL 58 161 3 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 4 -0 0 -5 2 2 0.1 13 15 1.4 .502 .501 2.0 -0.4 20 5
1974 26 SFG NL 98 320 -5 -1 -0 0 -3 -9 -1.0 10 1 -0.1 .490 .494 -0.1 -0.4 1 3/5
1975 27 SFG NL 39 129 -9 0 -0 -1 -0 -10 -1.1 4 -6 -0.7 .471 .493 -0.6 -0.2 -5 35
1975 27 ATL NL 47 80 -6 -1 -0 0 -0 -8 -0.9 3 -5 -0.6 .482 .495 -0.7 -0.0 -5 3/5
1976 28 LAD NL 83 128 -4 0 -1 -1 0 -6 -0.6 4 -1 -0.2 .493 .496 -0.1 -0.1 -0 5/374
1977 29 LAD NL 61 69 -7 -1 -0 0 -0 -7 -0.8 2 -5 -0.6 .487 .495 -0.6 -0.0 -5 3/5
8 Seasons 515 1345 -28 -2 -3 -1 -4 -38 -4.3 44 6 -0.1 .492 .497 -0.2 -0.5 6
SFG (6 yrs) 324 1068 -11 -1 -1 0 -4 -17 -2.0 35 18 1.3 .494 .498 1.2 -0.4 17
LAD (2 yrs) 144 197 -10 -1 -1 -1 0 -13 -1.4 6 -6 -0.8 .490 .496 -0.7 -0.1 -5
ATL (1 yr) 47 80 -6 -1 -0 0 -0 -8 -0.9 3 -5 -0.6 .482 .495 -0.7 -0.0 -5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yr (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

Standard Fielding

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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 Awards
1970 SFG NL 22 1B 2 2 1 15.0 17 14 2 1 1 .941 -0 -16 9.60 8.00 .992 9.66 9.65
1971 SFG NL 23 1B 14 9 6 83.2 88 81 7 0 3 1.000 2 22 9.47 6.29 .992 9.89 9.87
1972 SFG NL 24 1B 42 30 25 303.0 329 299 27 3 9 .991 5 20 9.68 7.76 .992 9.73 9.76
1973 SFG NL 25 3B 93 93 69 787.1 258 64 171 23 13 .911 -5 -8 2.69 2.53 .946 2.88 2.88
1974 SFG NL 26 1B 73 67 48 558.1 625 593 30 2 52 .997 -0 -0 10.04 8.53 .991 9.94 9.93
1974 SFG NL 26 3B 8 8 1 56.0 23 7 16 0 1 1.000 0 9 3.70 2.88 .948 3.04 3.04
1975 TOT NL 27 1B 29 26 21 229.2 252 230 20 2 21 .992 2 9 9.80 8.62 .990 9.97 9.96
1975 TOT NL 27 3B 14 14 13 125.2 46 10 32 4 2 .913 -2 -22 3.01 3.00 .945 2.98 2.97
1975 SFG NL 27 1B 16 16 12 139.2 153 139 13 1 13 .993 2 13 9.79 9.50 .990 9.98 9.96
1975 SFG NL 27 3B 13 13 12 116.2 43 9 30 4 2 .907 -2 -25 3.01 3.00 .945 2.98 2.97
1975 ATL NL 27 1B 13 10 9 90.0 99 91 7 1 8 .990 0 3 9.80 7.54 .990 9.97 9.96
1975 ATL NL 27 3B 1 1 1 9.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0 13 3.00 3.00 .947 3.00 3.00
1976 LAD NL 28 3B 16 13 10 123.1 42 8 27 7 2 .833 -1 -9 2.55 2.19 .952 2.93 2.92
1976 LAD NL 28 1B 3 0 0 4.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 15.75 2.33 .991 9.90 9.93
1976 LAD NL 28 LF 2 1 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 2.00 1.00 .975 2.00 2.00
1976 LAD NL 28 OF 2 1 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 2.00 1.00 .980 2.30 2.35
1976 LAD NL 28 2B 1 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.50
1977 LAD NL 29 1B 13 1 1 31.0 34 32 2 0 5 1.000 -0 -8 9.87 2.62 .991 9.90 9.89
1977 LAD NL 29 3B 4 3 3 33.0 13 6 7 0 0 1.000 0 11 3.55 3.25 .956 2.97 2.98
7 Seasons 1B 176 135 102 1224.2 1352 1256 88 8 91 .994 7 7 9.88 7.64 .991 9.89 9.88
5 Seasons 3B 135 131 96 1125.1 382 95 253 34 18 .911 -8 -8 2.78 2.58 .947 2.91 2.91
1 Season OF 2 1 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 2.00 1.00 .980 2.30 2.35
1 Season LF 2 1 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 2.00 1.00 .975 2.00 2.00
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.50
8 Seasons TOT 314 267 198 2361.1 1736 1353 341 42 109 .976 -1 -0 6.46 5.39 .981 6.53 6.82
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1973 NL  23 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1972 NL  5 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1937), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2766), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (411th), -0.1 career WAR/1.3 7yr-peak WAR/0.6 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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