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Ed
Charles		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: April 29, 1933 in Usa, FL, DAYTONA BEACH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1963   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 5 6 8 7 8
1963 30 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 4 5 7 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1964 31 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 4 5 7 6 6 5 4 4 8 7 7
1965 32 OAK AL $ 775,714   5 5 6 5 4 5 7 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1966 33 OAK AL $ 775,714   5 5 6 5 4 5 7 6 6 5 4 4 8 7 7
1967 34 CLE AL $ 1,514,286   5 5 6 5 4 5 7 6 6 4 3 3 7 7 7
1968 35 BOS AL $ 650,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,514,286   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 5 6 8 7 8
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
1962 29 SEM AL 155 585 58 139 23 4 13 62 12 7 41 93 .238 .285 .357 .643 56.9 8.2
1963 30 MON NL 134 404 46 102 13 2 9 51 2 3 31 56 .252 .307 .361 .668 42.8 5.9
1964 31 MON NL 90 229 30 71 12 2 3 22 1 0 15 24 .310 .352 .419 .772 30.4 6.4
1965 32 OAK AL 153 503 58 129 20 3 9 62 15 9 42 78 .256 .318 .362 .679 52.3 8.5
1966 33 OAK AL 128 297 47 88 10 2 5 33 12 7 24 45 .296 .355 .394 .749 39.2 7.9
1967 34 CLE AL 126 293 41 93 9 4 9 39 13 3 15 47 .317 .350 .468 .817 46.1 8.9
1968 35 BOS AL 44 53 10 16 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 10 .302 .367 .358 .725 7.7 1.6
7 Years Sim 830 2364 290 638 90 17 48 276 55 29 174 353 .270 .321 .383 .704 275.4 47.4
162 Game Average 461 56 124 17 3 9 53 10 5 33 68 .270 .321 .383 .704 53.8  
Career Highs 155 585 58 139 23 4 13 62 15 9 42 93 .317 .367 .468 .817 56.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1222 153 298 46 7 25 153 24 16 73 177 .244 .288 .354 .643 121.7
vs LH   1142 137 340 44 10 23 123 31 13 101 176 .298 .355 .414 .769 165.5
Home 414 1144 133 295 36 7 23 132 29 17 88 153 .258 .311 .362 .673 129.0
Away 416 1220 157 343 54 10 25 144 26 12 86 200 .281 .330 .403 .733 158.2
RISP   563 0 163 31 4 8 203 0 0 45 86 .290 .333 .401 .735 74.9
Pinch Hitting   161 18 42 5 2 1 26 2 0 9 24 .261 .301 .335 .636 16.1
Close/Late   306 52 87 12 2 6 39 0 0 29 40 .284 .343 .395 .739 41.7
Mar/Apr 148 423 60 120 20 5 7 42 13 3 33 57 .284 .336 .404 .740 57.2
May 146 443 47 124 19 1 7 60 11 3 31 72 .280 .327 .375 .702 54.2
June 137 423 52 120 19 4 11 61 6 7 30 52 .284 .332 .426 .757 56.6
July 131 363 38 88 5 1 5 31 13 4 24 60 .242 .292 .303 .595 33.2
August 136 393 45 97 16 1 7 39 7 8 26 64 .247 .294 .346 .640 38.3
Sep/Oct 132 319 48 89 11 5 11 43 5 4 30 48 .279 .343 .448 .791 47.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1962 29 SEM AL 3B 152 151 1372.3 66 387 31 25 .936 2.97   5.7
1963 30 MON NL 3B 121 117 980.3 60 224 11 15 .963 2.61   2.1
1964 31 MON NL 3B 61 56 489.3 30 125 10 5 .939 2.85   0.2
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1965 32 OAK AL 3B 142 123 1135.0 64 303 23 22 .941 2.91   1.9
1966 33 OAK AL 3B 110 60 638.7 35 152 11 18 .944 2.64   0.9
1967 34 CLE AL 3B 69 58 529.0 28 135 8 14 .953 2.77   1.1
1968 35 BOS AL 3B 19 7 87.3 4 23 0 2 1.000 2.78   0.4
    SS 2 0 4.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 674 572 5232.0 287 1349 94 101 .946 2.81   12.3
  SS 3 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   678 572 5238.0 289 1351 94 101 .946 2.82   12.3
Career Highs   152 151 1372.3 66 387 31 25 1.000 2.97    
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 29 SEM AL 19 83 12 23 7 1 2 7 1 0 4 20 .277 .310 .458 .768
1963 30 MON NL 7 23 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .174 .240 .217 .457
1968 35 BOS AL 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600
Career Post-Season Batting 28 111 15 28 9 1 2 9 1 0 5 25 .252 .291 .405 .696
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.
At-Bats
1962-9-585
 Caught Stealing
1962-6-7
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Seattle in 1962
Had first career hit on 4/3/1962, off Ralph Terry (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/1962, off Juan Marichal (COL)
Traded from Seattle to Montreal on 3/3/1963 (Going to SEM: P Georges Maranda. Going to MON: 3B Ed Charles)
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $775,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Oakland on 3/3/1965 (Going to MON: C Duane Josephson. Going to OAK: 3B Ed Charles, SS Don Kessinger)
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $775,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,514,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Oakland to Cleveland (A) on 3/3/1967 (Going to OAK: 2B Marv Breeding. Going to CLE: 3B Ed Charles, LF Alex Johnson, P Dwight Siebler)
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 6/21/1967
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1967, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/9/1968 to a 1-year deal worth $650,000 per year
 
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