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Johnny
Edwards		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 220
 
Born: June 10, 1938 in Usa, OH, COLUMBUS
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1961 23 SEM AL     5 5 4 3 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6
1962 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 3 4 4 6 7 6 5 6 6 5 6 6
1963 25 SEM AL     5 5 4 3 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 6
1964 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 4 5 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 6
1965 27 SEM AL     5 5 5 4 5 4 6 7 7 5 7 6 6 7 6
1966 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 8 7 6 7 7
1967 29 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 8 7 6 7 7
1968 30 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 5 4 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 7
1969 31 SDP NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 8 7 6 7 7
1970 32 SDP NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 8 7 6 7 7
1971 33 SDP NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 8 7 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 3 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 5 4 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1961 23 AAA   27 99 9 21 2 1 2 7 1 0 5 10 .212 .250 .313 .563 7.8  
    AA   110 394 45 121 25 6 13 40 7 2 69 50 .307 .410 .500 .910 79.3  
1962 24 SEM AL 82 127 15 32 16 1 0 17 0 0 18 13 .252 .345 .394 .739 16.0 3.9
1963 25 AA   134 479 74 124 30 2 15 55 5 4 75 59 .259 .359 .424 .783 74.8  
1964 26 SEM AL 39 64 6 9 4 0 0 5 0 0 4 9 .141 .191 .203 .394 -0.1 0.0
    AA   72 221 20 62 8 4 7 34 0 1 22 30 .281 .346 .448 .794 33.4  
1965 27 AAA   56 210 34 61 15 0 12 40 1 1 20 32 .290 .352 .533 .886 37.4  
    AA   81 302 39 80 15 2 14 61 4 5 41 44 .265 .353 .467 .820 49.3  
1966 28 SDP NL 14 44 6 6 1 0 1 5 0 0 6 10 .136 .240 .227 .467 1.6 0.0
    AAA   113 327 51 102 23 1 12 52 4 4 43 47 .312 .392 .498 .890 60.3  
1967 29 SDP NL 49 62 10 18 2 0 3 9 1 0 10 6 .290 .389 .468 .857 10.1 2.4
1968 30 SDP NL 82 118 10 28 5 0 2 16 3 1 21 15 .237 .348 .331 .678 15.8 2.9
1969 31 SDP NL 96 295 32 73 12 5 7 36 1 1 37 41 .247 .331 .393 .725 39.2 7.6
1970 32 SDP NL 74 187 29 39 10 0 5 14 1 2 29 19 .209 .318 .342 .660 21.4 2.6
1971 33 SDP NL 89 234 27 54 10 1 1 18 1 0 23 29 .231 .298 .295 .593 18.5 0.7
1972 34 AA   105 373 52 104 15 1 13 69 3 6 61 60 .279 .380 .429 .809 61.6  
8 Years Sim 525 1131 135 259 60 7 19 120 7 4 148 142 .229 .318 .345 .663 122.5 20.1
3 Years AAA 196 636 94 184 40 2 26 99 6 5 68 89 .289 .358 .481 .839 105.5  
5 Years AA 502 1769 230 491 93 15 62 259 19 18 268 243 .278 .373 .452 .826 298.4  
8 Years Minors 698 2405 324 675 133 17 88 358 25 23 336 332 .281 .369 .460 .829 404.0  
162 Game Average 348 41 79 18 2 5 37 2 1 45 43 .229 .318 .345 .663 37.8  
Career Highs 96 295 32 73 16 5 7 36 3 2 37 41 .290 .389 .468 .857 39.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   959 120 229 52 6 19 112 7 4 128 118 .239 .328 .365 .693 120.5
vs LH   172 15 30 8 1 0 8 0 0 20 24 .174 .260 .233 .493 10.5
Home 250 526 61 130 16 4 10 50 3 1 86 58 .247 .352 .350 .702 71.5
Away 275 605 74 129 44 3 9 70 4 3 62 84 .213 .287 .340 .627 59.4
RISP   316 0 68 17 0 6 92 0 0 38 36 .215 .297 .326 .623 32.5
Pinch Hitting   204 21 43 12 0 3 23 3 1 24 20 .211 .294 .314 .608 19.9
Close/Late   224 35 58 16 1 5 30 0 0 31 24 .259 .349 .406 .755 32.4
Mar/Apr 81 158 23 39 9 0 4 17 1 0 20 20 .247 .331 .380 .711 20.8
May 91 170 16 38 5 3 2 14 1 2 21 24 .224 .309 .324 .632 17.6
June 101 214 32 51 14 1 8 30 1 1 31 27 .238 .333 .425 .759 31.4
July 86 203 19 41 9 2 1 19 2 0 23 23 .202 .282 .281 .563 17.1
August 77 162 22 41 11 1 2 16 1 0 21 22 .253 .341 .370 .711 21.0
Sep/Oct 89 224 23 49 12 0 2 24 1 1 32 26 .219 .316 .299 .616 23.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1962 24 SEM AL C 24 23 201.0 123 9 0 1 1.000 5.91 4 2 .500 0 1.2
1964 26 SEM AL C 11 10 90.0 49 5 0 0 1.000 5.40 6 1 .167 0 0.5
1966 28 SDP NL C 13 13 109.0 100 9 1 0 .991 9.00 15 7 .467 0 1.1
1967 29 SDP NL C 12 4 51.3 25 2 0 0 1.000 4.73 4 2 .500 0 0.2
    1B 10 3 43.3 44 4 0 7 1.000 9.97 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 30 SDP NL C 23 17 178.0 97 12 0 0 1.000 5.51 24 10 .417 0 1.3
    1B 2 1 7.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 11.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 31 SDP NL C 85 72 659.3 362 38 5 1 .988 5.46 55 31 .564 2 4.8
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 32 SDP NL C 46 32 309.7 189 14 4 1 .981 5.90 29 9 .310 0 1.4
    1B 13 8 77.7 99 11 0 8 1.000 12.75 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1971 33 SDP NL C 37 27 260.7 167 10 1 1 .994 6.11 22 9 .409 1 1.7
    1B 26 12 132.0 129 13 0 12 1.000 9.68 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 251 198 1859.0 1112 99 11 4 .991 5.86 159 71 .447 3 12.1
  1B 52 24 262.0 283 29 0 28 1.000 10.72 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   305 222 2125.0 1395 128 11 32 .993 6.45 159 71 .447 3 12.7
Career Highs   86 72 661.3 365 38 5 13 1.000 9.00 55 31 .564 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 24 SEM AL 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1969-10-5
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Carl Taylor (964)
  5. Ike Hampton (962)
  6. Rich Gedman (962)
  7. Hardy Peterson (961)
  8. Jerry McNertney (960)
  9. John Boccabella (960)
  10. Doc Edwards (958)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 53rd overall pick, by Seattle in 1961
Had first career hit on 4/6/1962, off Paul Foytack (MIN)
Injured on 8/13/1965 with a Tight Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Seattle to San Diego on 7/1/1966 (Going to SEM: P Jay Ritchie. Going to SDP: C Harry Chiti, C Johnny Edwards, P Ray Sadecki)
Hit first career homerun on 9/6/1966, off Steve Hargan (WAS)
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 3/2/1972 to a minor league contract
Injured on 4/7/1972 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
Released by Tampa Bay on 7/31/1972
 
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