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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 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Dodgers 1945-1950

Final Game: October 1, 1950 (Age 25)
Died: July 22, 2012 in Houston, TX
Buried: Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, TX
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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
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 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 NL 17 50 46 2 9 2 0 0 3 0 4 5 .196 .260 .239 .499 31 11 1 0 0 3
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 (v2.2): 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
1945 20 BRO NL 55 237 7 0 0 0 -3 5 0.5 8 12 1.2 .509 .503 1.3 -0.2 12 3
1946 21 BRO NL 103 340 0 -0 0 -1 -4 -5 -0.6 13 8 0.8 .495 .497 0.9 -0.6 9 3
1947 22 BRO NL 5 14 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .462 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 /3
1948 23 PIT NL 128 468 -7 0 1 5 -5 -6 -0.7 18 12 1.2 .495 .496 0.7 -0.0 7 *3
1949 24 PIT NL 67 247 -4 -0 1 4 -3 -2 -0.2 10 8 0.8 .497 .499 0.4 0.1 4 3
1950 25 PIT NL 17 50 -5 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 -15 -14 -1.6 51 37 3.6 .496 .498 2.8 -0.8 29
PIT (3 yrs) 212 765 -16 0 2 9 -9 -13 -1.4 30 17 1.7 .494 .497 0.8 0.0 8
BRO (3 yrs) 163 591 6 0 0 -1 -7 -2 -0.2 21 19 1.9 .499 .500 2.0 -0.8 20

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1945 BRO NL 20 1B 55 53 53 523 478 38 7 40 .987 9.38 .990 10.17
1946 BRO NL 21 1B 99 79 59 775 716 48 11 59 .986 7.72 .991 9.98
1947 BRO NL 22 1B 4 2 2 34 29 4 1 2 .971 8.25 .991 9.62
1948 PIT NL 23 1B 117 111 100 1108 1021 83 4 94 .996 9.44 .990 9.61
1949 PIT NL 24 1B 58 57 54 594 533 58 3 65 .995 10.19 .991 9.62
1950 PIT NL 25 1B 12 10 9 93.1 100 92 8 0 11 1.000 9.64 8.33 .990 9.71 9.61
6 Seasons 1B 345 312 277 93.1 3134 2869 239 26 271 .992 9.64 9.01 .990 9.71 9.81
6 Seasons TOT 345 312 277 93.1 3134 2869 239 26 271 .992 9.64 9.01 .990 9.71 9.81
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

Triples s c a p y
1946 NL  7 (10th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1948 NL  1,021 (5th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1948 NL  117 (5th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1948 NL  1,021 (5th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1948 NL  83 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1945 NL  7 (5th)
1946 NL  11 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as 1B s c a p y
1948 NL  94 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1948 NL  9.44 (4th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1948 NL  .996 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2221), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (296th), 3.6 career WAR/3.6 7yr-peak WAR/3.6 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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  3. Wally Pipp (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Phil Todt (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Eric Karros (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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