Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > S Listing > Ed Stevens > Batting

News: s-r blog:Subscribe to the Play Index!

Photo of Ed Stevens

Ed Stevens

Edward Lee Stevens (Big Ed)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 12, 1925 in Galveston, TX
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 9, 1945
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Dodgers 1945-1950

Final Game: October 1, 1950
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Let people know you like this site. Sponsor this page for $10. Your message will replace this ad.

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
1941	16	LAD-min	D	117	462	462		125	24	6	13						.271	.271	.433	.703		200							BIG · WTNM
1942	17	LAD-min	D	110	457	457		151	28	12	16						.330	.330	.549	.880		251							LAM,JHN · WTNM,PASA
1944	19	LAD-min	AA	153	631	543	77	147	37	4	16	102	5	2	80	76	.271	.365	.442	.807		240	6	1	7				MTL · IL
1945	20	LAD-min	AA	110	488	401	64	124	19	6	19	95	5	1	72	41	.309	.414	.529	.943		212	5	0	15				MTL · IL
1945	20	BRO	NL	55	237	201	29	55	14	3	4	29	0		32	20	.274	.376	.433	.809	125	87	3	1	3			3
1946	21	BRO	NL	103	340	310	34	75	13	7	10	60	2		27	44	.242	.303	.426	.728	105	132	4	0	2			3
1947	22	LAD-min	AAA	133	548	458	89	133	22	4	27	108	5		84	76	.290	.404	.533	.936		244		3	3				MTL · IL
1947	22	BRO	NL	5	14	13	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	5	.154	.214	.231	.445	17	3	0	0	0			/3
1948	23	PIT	NL	128	468	429	47	109	19	6	10	69	4		35	53	.254	.313	.396	.710	89	170	6	2	3			*3
1949	24	PIT	NL	67	247	221	22	58	10	1	4	32	1		22	24	.262	.332	.371	.703	87	82	2	1	3			3
1950	25	PIT-min	AAA	61	234	198	26	52	3	2	5	27	0		34	24	.263	.373	.374	.747		74	2	1	1				INA · AA
1950	25	PIT	NL	17	50	46	2	9	2	0	0	3	0		4	5	.196	.260	.239	.499	31	11	1	0	0			3
1951	26	PIT-min	AAA	152	628	575	55	150	21	7	12	91	0		50	52	.261	.322	.384	.707		221	5	2	1				INA · AA
1952	27	BAL-min	AAA	155	633	554	87	154	31	7	26	113	4		75	52	.278	.365	.500	.865		277		1	3				TTO · IL
1953	28	TTO	AAA	151	594	520	82	146	20	5	19	92	6		69	56	.281	.368	.448	.816		233		3	2				TTO · IL
1954	29	TTO	AAA	155	651	552	99	161	24	6	27	113	4		85	73	.292	.383	.504	.886		278		2	3	9			TTO · IL
1955	30	TTO	AAA	66	273	236	35	65	7	1	7	42	3		30	31	.275	.348	.403	.751		95		0	0	7			TTO · IL
1956	31	TTO	AAA	140	558	506	65	125	12	1	21	73	1		39	77	.247	.297	.399	.697		202		1	3	9			TTO · IL
1957	32	DET-STL-min	AAA	145	563	509	71	122	25	2	28	70	1		50	71	.240	.308	.462	.770		235		1	1	2	0		CHL,ROC · AA,IL
1958	33	STL-min	AAA	123	468	415	54	109	23	3	14	47	2		44	72	.263	.335	.434	.768		180		3	2	4	4		ROC · IL
1959	34	MIN-ATL-min	AA,AAA	77	289	259	28	62	17	1	5	32	2		23	40	.239	.300	.371	.670		96		1	2	4	1		CNG,ATA,DAL · SOUA,AA
1961	36	MOB	AA	17	49	44	4	12	2	0	2	8	0		5	8	.273	.347	.455	.801		20							MOB · SOUA
6 Yrs				375	1356	1220	134	308	59	17	28	193	7		121	151	.252	.322	.398	.719	95	485	16	4	11
162 Game Avg.				162	586	527	58	133	25	7	12	83	3		52	65	.252	.322	.398	.719	95	210	7	2	5

PIT (3 yrs)				212	765	696	71	176	31	7	14	104	5		61	82	.253	.316	.378	.694	84	263	9	3	6
BRO (3 yrs)				163	591	524	63	132	28	10	14	89	2		60	69	.252	.330	.424	.754	111	222	7	1	5

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
1945	20	BRO	NL	55	237	7	0	0	0	-3	5	0.5	7	12	1.2	.509	.503	1.2	-0.2	12	$	3
1946	21	BRO	NL	103	340	0	-0	0	-1	-4	-5	-0.6	12	7	0.6	.495	.497	0.7	-0.6	8	$	3
1947	22	BRO	NL	5	14	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.460	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	/3
1948	23	PIT	NL	128	468	-7	1	0	5	-6	-6	-0.7	16	10	0.9	.495	.496	0.4	-0.0	5	$	*3
1949	24	PIT	NL	67	247	-4	-0	1	4	-3	-2	-0.2	9	6	0.6	.497	.499	0.2	0.1	3	$	3
1950	25	PIT	NL	17	50	-4	0	0	0	-1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.472	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	3
6 Seasons				375	1356	-10	0	2	8	-16	-15	-1.7	46	31	2.8	.496	.498	2.0	-0.8	23	$

PIT (3 yrs)				212	765	-16	0	2	9	-9	-13	-1.4	27	14	1.2	.494	.497	0.3	0.0	5	$
BRO (3 yrs)				163	591	6	0	0	-1	-7	-2	-0.3	20	18	1.6	.498	.499	1.7	-0.8	19	$

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
1945	20	BRO	NL	237	152	32	5.6	96	.288	.274	.272	.376	.342	.433	.375	.809	.717	125	.624	7.9	0.8	.805	.318	.159	.0
1946	21	BRO	NL	340	241	40	4.4	94	.254	.242	.264	.303	.339	.426	.369	.728	.709	105	.543	-0.5	-0.1	.674	.277	.184	3.3
1947	22	BRO	NL	14	11	1	2.4	108	.250	.154	.278	.214	.354	.231	.412	.445	.765	17	.232	-1.6	-0.2	.364	.154	.077
1948	23	PIT	NL	468	329	53	4.3	104	.270	.254	.271	.313	.346	.396	.402	.710	.748	89	.482	-8.1	-0.8	.647	.233	.142	5.7
1949	24	PIT	NL	247	168	27	4.3	106	.280	.262	.273	.332	.347	.371	.408	.703	.755	87	.471	-4.2	-0.4	.642	.213	.109	1.6
1950	25	PIT	NL	50	38	3	2.1	111	.220	.196	.273	.260	.351	.239	.424	.499	.774	31	.186	-4.7	-0.5	.395	.130	.043
6 Yrs				1356	939	156	4.4	100	.269	.252	.270	.322	.344	.398	.391	.719	.735	95	.508	-11.3	-1.1	.665	.250	.145	11.2
162 Game Avg.				586	406	67	4.4	100	.269	.252	.270	.322	.344	.398	.391	.719	.735	95	.508	-11.3	-1.1	.665	.250	.145	5

PIT (3 yrs)				765	535	83	4.1	105	.270	.253	.272	.316	.347	.378	.405	.694	.752	84	.460	-17.0	-1.7	.628	.220	.125	7.4
BRO (3 yrs)				591	404	73	4.8	95	.268	.252	.267	.330	.341	.424	.373	.754	.713	111	.570	5.8	0.6	.714	.290	.172	3.5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1945	20	BRO	NL	237	1.7%	8.4%	13.5%	8.9%	38%	0.63	10.1	50.3	6.9		75%
1946	21	BRO	NL	340	2.9%	12.9%	7.9%	8.8%	40%	1.63	7.0	31.0	5.2		75%
1947	22	BRO	NL	14	0.0%	35.7%	7.1%	7.1%	50%	5.00	2.6				57%
1948	23	PIT	NL	468	2.1%	11.3%	7.5%	7.5%	32%	1.51	8.1	42.9	6.2	0.63	78%
1949	24	PIT	NL	247	1.6%	9.7%	8.9%	6.1%	26%	1.09	9.2	55.3	6.9	0.51	78%
1950	25	PIT	NL	50	0.0%	10.0%	8.0%	4.0%	22%	1.25	9.2		15.3	1.70	82%
6 Yrs				1356	2.1%	11.1%	8.9%	7.7%	34%	1.25	8.1	43.6	6.3	0.66	77%
MLB Averages					1.6%	9.5%	9.8%	6.2%	27%	0.97	9.3	55.6	8.3	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1945	20	BRO	NL	7.9	0.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	21	BRO	NL	-0.5	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	22	BRO	NL	-1.6	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	23	PIT	NL	-8.1	-0.8	182	0.6	3.6	-2.9	1.03	-0.1	0.7	8.2	0.8	1.00	2.1	1.41	5
1949	24	PIT	NL	-4.2	-0.4	158	-0.1	2.6	-2.8	1.05	0.2	-0.4	1.8	0.2	1.00	2.2	1.55	5
1950	25	PIT	NL	-4.7	-0.5	40	-0.6	0.2	-0.9	.98	-0.5	-0.1	-6.1	-0.6	0.91	-5.7	1.54	2
6 Yrs				-11.3	-1.1	380	-0.1	6.4	-6.6	1.03	-0.3	0.2	3.9	0.4	0.99	-1.3	1.49	12

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	23	PIT	NL	1	27%	61	4	0	1	2	6	38%	17	13	3	1	0	1	6	1	5
1949	24	PIT	NL	0	23%	55	1	1	1	2	1	27%	9	5	3	1	1	0	1	1	0
1950	25	PIT	NL	1	15%	12	0	0	0	0	1	67%	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
6 Yrs				2	26%	128	7	1	2	4	8	37%	27	18	7	2	1	1	9	3	6

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
1948	23	PIT	NL	468	86%	109			5	2	1	2	1.41	10	0	9	5	0	4	6	0	1	3	300%	31	6	19%	17	5	29%	121	28	23%	14	8	57%	6	4	67%	0
1949	24	PIT	NL	247	86%	58			5	0	0	0	1.55	4	0	6	2	1	3	1	0	1	3	300%	35	2	6%	11	6	55%	113	22	19%	8	7	88%	6	4	67%	0
1950	25	PIT	NL	50	100%	9			2	0	0	0	1.54	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	1	0	0%	23	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
6 Yrs				765	88%	308			12	2	1	2	1.49	28	0	16	7	1	7	7	0	2	11	550%	73	16	22%	29	11	38%	257	50	19%	22	15	68%	13	8	62%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			244%			27%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1945	20	55	237	201	29	55	14	3	4	29	0	32	20	.274	.376	.433	.809	125	87	3	1	3
1946	21	158	577	511	63	130	27	10	14	89	2	59	64	.254	.333	.429	.761	113	219	7	1	5
1947	22	163	591	524	63	132	28	10	14	89	2	60	69	.252	.330	.424	.754	111	222	7	1	5
1948	23	291	1059	953	110	241	47	16	24	158	6	95	122	.253	.323	.411	.734	101	392	13	3	8
1949	24	358	1306	1174	132	299	57	17	28	190	7	117	146	.255	.324	.404	.728	98	474	15	4	11
1950	25	375	1356	1220	134	308	59	17	28	193	7	121	151	.252	.322	.398	.719	95	485	16	4	11

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / or

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
1945	20	57	249	211	31	58	15	3	4	31	0	34	21	.275	.378	.431	.809	34	55
1946	21	108	361	329	39	83	14	8	11	69	2	30	46	.252	.315	.444	.759	46	103
1947	22	5	16	14	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	.214	.313	.357	.670	1	5
1948	23	134	488	447	48	113	20	6	10	71	4	36	55	.253	.311	.391	.703	54	128
1949	24	70	254	228	22	59	10	1	4	32	1	22	25	.259	.327	.364	.691	27	67
1950	25	18	53	49	2	10	2	0	0	3	0	4	5	.204	.264	.245	.509	3	17
6 Yrs		392	1421	1278	142	326	63	18	29	206	7	128	157	.255	.325	.401	.725	165	375
162 Game Avg.		162	587	528	59	135	26	7	12	85	3	53	65	.255	.325	.401	.725	68	375

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1946 NL 7 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1946 NL 7 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Billy O'Brien (972)
Scott Stahoviak (959)
Gail Harris (958)
Rocky Nelson (956)
Nippy Jones (955)
Hank Arft (954)
Daric Barton (954)
Eddie Williams (952)
Steve Cox (952)
Dan Johnson (951)

Most Similar by Ages

Hold mouse over #'s to see names

Freddie Freeman (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Scott (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wally Pipp (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Phil Todt (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Eric Karros (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball Library Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Ed Stevens

Viewed 5,642 times through June 1, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Big Edward Ed eddie eddy Edward ep Lee Stevens

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Automatic Player Linking / Statistical Sharing Tool / Basic Player Linking / Data Coverage

See Front Page for time of last update

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

A Sports Reference Site: About Baseball Reference | Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Part of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group.