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Bruce
Edwards		  
Nickname: Bull
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7''
Weight: 199
 
Born: July 15, 1923 in Usa, IL, QUINCY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1953    1954    1955   
All-Star Selections 1953    1954    1956   
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
1946 22 OAK AL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1947 23 OAK AL     4 4 4 5 4 4 7 6 6 6 5 5 9 8 8
1948 24 OAK AL     5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 8 7 8
1949 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 8 7 7
1950 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 8 7 8
1951 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 8 7 7
1952 28 OAK AL $ 350,000   7 7 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1953 29 OAK AL $ 2,078,571   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1954 30 OAK AL $ 2,078,571   6 6 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1955 31 OAK AL $ 3,500,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 7 7 7
1956 32 OAK AL $ 3,500,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 7 6 7
1957 33 OAK AL $ 3,500,000   5 5 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 5 5 5
1958 34 OAK AL $ 3,500,000   2 2 3 2 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
1959 35 SDP NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 9 8 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
1946 22 AA   137 547 68 120 37 4 13 58 13 15 83 57 .219 .322 .373 .695 67.3  
1947 23 AAA   83 340 60 97 15 1 16 57 8 4 42 25 .285 .364 .476 .840 58.5  
    AA   54 202 31 53 11 0 8 39 5 3 38 15 .262 .379 .436 .815 35.0  
1948 24 AAA   15 55 14 17 5 1 4 12 1 1 8 4 .309 .397 .655 1.051 12.8  
1949 25 OAK AL 77 210 28 51 8 1 10 38 0 1 26 30 .243 .321 .433 .754 30.4 3.4
1950 26 OAK AL 90 230 39 65 16 2 2 30 0 0 24 22 .283 .348 .396 .743 31.1 4.2
1951 27 OAK AL 100 238 37 65 13 1 3 31 0 1 29 24 .273 .347 .374 .721 32.9 4.6
1952 28 OAK AL 138 437 73 133 15 2 15 76 1 1 33 50 .304 .352 .451 .803 67.0 10.2
1953 29 OAK AL 145 514 68 137 20 3 12 80 8 5 35 77 .267 .314 .387 .701 62.2 7.4
1954 30 OAK AL 143 500 66 142 20 2 18 88 4 3 32 66 .284 .329 .440 .769 67.4 12.0
1955 31 OAK AL 144 498 62 144 12 2 13 70 0 0 36 61 .289 .338 .400 .737 63.7 10.0
1956 32 OAK AL 138 482 66 137 12 2 14 73 0 1 49 67 .284 .353 .405 .757 69.5 11.0
1957 33 OAK AL 130 465 42 120 15 3 8 61 0 0 22 96 .258 .289 .355 .644 47.4 5.5
1958 34 OAK AL 63 160 14 41 7 1 4 25 0 0 10 38 .256 .300 .388 .688 18.1 2.1
1959 35 SDP NL 8 11 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .091 .167 .182 .348 -0.6 0.0
    AAA   43 179 10 29 6 0 2 10 0 0 12 55 .162 .215 .229 .444 7.4  
    A   54 201 18 49 7 2 2 18 0 0 23 37 .244 .321 .328 .650 22.2  
11 Years Sim 1176 3745 496 1036 139 19 99 573 13 12 296 533 .277 .329 .403 .733 489.0 70.6
3 Years AAA 141 574 84 143 26 2 22 79 9 5 62 84 .249 .320 .416 .736 78.7  
2 Years AA 191 749 99 173 48 4 21 97 18 18 121 72 .231 .340 .390 .730 102.3  
1 Years A 54 201 18 49 7 2 2 18 0 0 23 37 .244 .322 .328 .650 22.2  
6 Years Minors 386 1524 201 365 81 8 45 194 27 23 206 193 .240 .330 .392 .722 203.2  
162 Game Average 515 68 142 19 2 13 78 1 1 40 73 .277 .329 .403 .733 67.4  
Career Highs 145 514 73 144 20 3 18 88 8 5 49 96 .304 .353 .451 .803 69.5  
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   2049 267 531 60 9 51 305 9 7 132 320 .259 .304 .372 .676 230.0
vs LH   1696 229 505 79 10 48 268 4 5 164 213 .298 .359 .441 .800 260.9
Home 565 1810 241 519 63 9 52 290 6 6 130 259 .287 .335 .418 .752 246.5
Away 611 1935 255 517 76 10 47 283 7 6 166 274 .267 .324 .390 .714 244.5
RISP   1043 0 311 35 5 29 457 0 0 90 137 .298 .346 .425 .771 153.5
Pinch Hitting   159 23 43 5 1 6 28 0 0 10 22 .270 .316 .428 .743 21.0
Close/Late   514 78 138 14 8 11 71 0 0 39 64 .268 .320 .391 .711 63.9
Mar/Apr 193 615 77 183 33 5 16 96 4 4 50 83 .298 .351 .446 .797 91.5
May 197 606 89 183 30 5 11 84 2 1 51 86 .302 .354 .422 .777 87.9
June 207 679 90 182 21 2 20 114 2 1 53 96 .268 .324 .393 .717 85.8
July 179 550 61 136 15 2 10 71 2 2 43 84 .247 .301 .336 .637 56.4
August 197 648 91 182 20 2 22 110 2 1 54 89 .281 .334 .420 .754 90.8
Sep/Oct 203 647 88 170 20 3 20 98 1 3 45 95 .263 .310 .396 .706 78.5
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
1949 25 OAK AL LF 36 35 290.3 44 1 0 0 1.000 1.39 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    C 22 21 174.0 81 6 3 0 .967 4.50 6 1 .167 0 1.0
    1B 4 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1950 26 OAK AL LF 59 56 481.3 110 2 0 1 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    1B 9 2 28.0 41 2 0 3 1.000 13.82 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 5 2 21.3 11 2 0 0 1.000 5.49 2 1 .500 0 0.2
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 27 OAK AL LF 36 31 269.0 65 2 0 0 1.000 2.24 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 30 28 230.3 116 12 0 0 1.000 5.00 11 5 .455 1 1.5
    1B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 28 OAK AL C 103 91 832.7 467 35 4 1 .992 5.43 49 14 .286 3 5.2
    LF 15 9 94.7 23 1 0 1 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 4 2 17.0 25 0 0 3 1.000 13.24 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1953 29 OAK AL C 131 131 1164.0 615 55 2 1 .997 5.18 49 19 .388 4 8.4
    1B 5 0 7.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 7.37 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 30 OAK AL C 124 121 1083.0 593 46 3 2 .995 5.31 32 15 .469 6 9.6
    LF 9 9 78.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 8 0 17.7 18 1 0 3 1.000 9.68 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 31 OAK AL C 130 127 1128.3 855 33 4 0 .996 7.08 37 15 .405 2 9.3
    1B 7 0 16.0 21 1 0 4 1.000 12.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 32 OAK AL C 127 125 1123.3 849 37 6 0 .993 7.10 30 11 .367 1 5.7
    1B 3 0 12.3 16 1 0 2 1.000 12.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 33 OAK AL C 123 118 1069.7 805 37 9 0 .989 7.08 31 8 .258 7 0.6
    1B 2 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 34 OAK AL C 35 28 254.7 216 10 1 0 .996 7.99 5 2 .400 0 2.3
    LF 11 8 70.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 10 4 48.7 66 4 1 5 .986 12.95 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1959 35 SDP NL LF 5 2 25.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 830 792 7081.3 4608 273 32 4 .993 6.20 252 91 .361 24 43.9
  LF 179 150 1329.0 282 6 0 2 1.000 1.95 0 0 .000 0 3.2
  1B 54 8 158.0 200 13 1 20 .995 12.13 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1067 950 8574.3 5090 292 34 26 .994 5.65 252 91 .361 24 47.5
Career Highs   141 131 1178.7 876 55 9 5 1.000 7.41 49 19 .500 7  
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
1955 31 OAK AL 6 21 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .238 .292 .238 .530
Career Post-Season Batting 6 21 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .238 .292 .238 .530
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.
Singles
1955-10-117
 Caught Stealing
1953-9-5
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Frankie Hayes (937)
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  8. Dick Brown (925)
  9. Sammy Taylor (922)
  10. Bill Salkeld (922)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1946
Traded from New York (N) to Oakland on 6/1/1946 (Going to NYG: P Dizzy Trout. Going to OAK: C Bruce Edwards, P Red Lynn, P Bill Mcgee)
Injured on 4/7/1948 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/26/1948 with a Ruptured Achilles Tendon, out for full season
Had first career hit (double) on 4/10/1949, off Hank Wyse (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 6/8/1949, off Bob Cain (SEM)
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 8/21/1953
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1953
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
9/22/1954: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1954
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1955
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 4/2/1959 to a minor league deal
Injured on 7/20/1959 with a Fractured Hand, out for 7-8 weeks
 
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