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Hank
Edwards		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: January 29, 1919 in Usa, OH, ELMWOOD PLACE
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1945    1952    1954    1957    1958   
All-Star Selections 1943    1945    1946    1947    1949    1950    1953    1957   
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
1941 22 NYG NL     6 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 7 4 5 5 8 9 8
1942 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 9 5 5 5 8 9 8
1943 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 8 5 6 5 8 9 9
1944 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 6 6 8 9 8 5 6 6 8 9 9
1945 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 9 5 6 6 8 9 8
1946 27 NYG NL $ 4,028,571   9 9 8 6 6 6 8 9 9 5 5 5 8 8 8
1947 28 NYG NL $ 5,750,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 8 9 9 5 5 5 8 8 8
1948 29 NYG NL $ 5,750,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 8 9 8 4 5 5 8 9 9
1949 30 NYG NL $ 5,750,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 8 9 8 4 5 4 8 8 8
1950 31 NYG NL $ 5,750,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 8 9 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1951 32 TAM AL $ 5,000,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 8 9 8 3 4 4 7 8 8
1952 33 TAM AL $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 9 8 3 4 4 7 7 7
1953 34 STL NL $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 3 4 4 7 7 7
1954 35 STL NL $ 5,000,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 3 4 4 7 7 7
1955 36 STL NL $ 4,250,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 8 3 4 4 7 8 7
1956 37 STL NL $ 4,250,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 8 9 8 3 4 4 7 7 7
1957 38 STL NL $ 4,250,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 8 9 8 3 4 4 7 7 7
1958 39 STL NL $ 4,250,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 3 4 4 7 7 7
1959 40 NYG NL $ 1,250,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 3 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 7 3 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,750,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 8 9 9 5 6 6 8 9 9
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
1941 22 AAA   128 495 92 163 44 4 27 106 6 3 55 48 .329 .396 .598 .994 105.7  
1942 23 NYG NL 116 396 59 101 22 4 9 61 2 0 39 29 .255 .320 .399 .719 48.7 5.8
    AAA   26 104 17 37 9 1 5 15 1 1 11 5 .356 .417 .606 1.023 22.9  
1943 24 NYG NL 128 419 53 130 30 5 10 70 0 0 34 30 .310 .357 .477 .834 68.7 12.3
1944 25 NYG NL 144 435 59 141 40 5 9 98 0 0 48 28 .324 .388 .501 .889 78.3 15.0
1945 26 NYG NL 156 597 102 186 41 8 28 125 1 1 56 37 .312 .370 .548 .918 105.4 18.9
1946 27 NYG NL 135 489 77 141 28 4 20 92 0 0 61 44 .288 .365 .485 .850 82.0 15.8
1947 28 NYG NL 155 599 114 189 39 2 33 134 0 0 63 61 .316 .378 .553 .930 113.8 24.5
1948 29 NYG NL 155 577 84 177 41 4 15 94 0 2 66 41 .307 .376 .470 .846 94.7 20.9
1949 30 NYG NL 157 613 101 201 31 3 25 109 0 0 65 59 .328 .390 .511 .900 112.5 23.1
1950 31 NYG NL 155 591 108 190 42 5 26 119 0 0 66 55 .321 .387 .541 .929 108.8 19.5
1951 32 NYG NL 22 93 8 23 5 0 2 11 0 0 5 13 .247 .283 .366 .648 9.4 0.6
  TAM AL 128 510 88 165 27 5 17 72 0 0 57 60 .324 .389 .496 .885 92.3 15.3
  TOT   150 603 96 188 32 5 19 83 0 0 62 73 .312 .373 .476 .849 101.7 15.9
1952 33 TAM AL 134 508 74 145 18 2 23 90 0 0 38 59 .285 .333 .465 .797 76.1 11.7
1953 34 SDP NL 52 195 28 65 13 1 10 31 0 0 16 33 .333 .382 .564 .946 37.4 7.0
  STL NL 92 319 60 108 23 0 16 60 0 0 24 46 .339 .384 .561 .946 61.1 13.7
  TOT   144 514 88 173 36 1 26 91 0 0 40 79 .337 .384 .562 .946 98.5 20.7
1954 35 STL NL 147 529 79 166 33 5 21 101 0 0 38 69 .314 .361 .514 .875 90.1 17.0
1955 36 STL NL 138 396 61 112 30 3 15 63 0 0 29 51 .283 .329 .487 .817 60.1 10.7
1956 37 STL NL 102 389 71 141 31 1 24 76 0 0 34 61 .362 .412 .632 1.045 85.6 18.2
1957 38 STL NL 157 594 85 187 45 4 22 80 0 0 39 87 .315 .356 .515 .872 95.4 19.0
1958 39 STL NL 156 597 70 155 42 3 22 80 0 0 40 86 .260 .304 .451 .754 77.8 8.8
1959 40 STL NL 51 172 24 51 9 2 7 22 0 0 12 33 .297 .339 .494 .833 26.4 4.6
  NYG NL 97 338 34 77 22 0 7 32 0 0 26 71 .228 .281 .355 .636 31.0 2.0
  TOT   148 510 58 128 31 2 14 54 0 0 38 104 .251 .300 .402 .702 57.4 6.6
18 Years Sim 2577 9356 1439 2851 612 66 361 1620 3 3 856 1053 .305 .361 .500 .861 1555.4 284.4
2 Years AAA 154 599 109 200 53 5 32 121 7 4 66 53 .334 .398 .599 .997 128.6  
162 Game Average 588 90 179 38 4 22 101 0 0 53 66 .305 .361 .500 .861 97.8  
Career Highs 157 613 114 201 45 8 33 134 2 2 66 104 .362 .412 .632 1.045 113.8  
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   6238 1030 1975 401 45 268 1172 3 2 613 593 .317 .376 .524 .900 1151.0
vs LH   3118 409 876 211 21 93 448 0 1 243 460 .281 .331 .452 .782 450.2
Home 1299 4656 741 1505 332 39 202 877 1 2 406 531 .323 .376 .541 .917 871.6
Away 1278 4700 698 1346 280 27 159 743 2 1 450 522 .286 .347 .459 .805 729.7
RISP   2496 0 758 162 12 84 1154 0 0 283 286 .304 .365 .479 .844 429.5
Pinch Hitting   203 36 61 12 1 5 43 0 0 23 24 .300 .365 .443 .809 32.6
Close/Late   1100 152 355 67 6 42 199 0 0 116 115 .323 .385 .509 .894 202.9
Mar/Apr 393 1443 218 440 89 11 56 255 0 0 128 159 .305 .361 .498 .859 245.4
May 437 1593 213 463 99 9 59 265 2 1 142 181 .291 .347 .475 .822 253.4
June 441 1556 253 476 96 18 63 289 0 0 146 185 .306 .362 .512 .874 274.0
July 405 1484 225 442 99 5 46 228 0 1 148 166 .298 .359 .464 .824 238.7
August 453 1688 279 525 118 11 71 288 1 1 152 180 .311 .365 .520 .885 301.0
Sep/Oct 448 1592 251 505 111 12 66 295 0 0 140 182 .317 .371 .526 .897 288.7
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
1942 23 NYG NL LF 84 81 688.3 127 4 0 2 1.000 1.71   2.3
    RF 22 17 161.7 27 2 0 1 1.000 1.61    
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1943 24 NYG NL LF 114 108 933.3 168 4 1 1 .994 1.66   1.9
    CF 5 2 22.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1944 25 NYG NL LF 119 104 933.7 220 5 0 2 1.000 2.17   2.5
    RF 13 1 33.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.87    
    CF 3 0 11.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 4.09    
1945 26 NYG NL LF 149 148 1316.7 264 12 0 3 1.000 1.89   3.0
    RF 5 0 10.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 5.40    
1946 27 NYG NL LF 127 126 1123.3 245 3 0 0 1.000 1.99   2.9
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1947 28 NYG NL LF 151 146 1301.3 273 5 0 3 1.000 1.92   4.2
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1948 29 NYG NL LF 151 145 1304.3 275 6 1 1 .996 1.94   4.6
    RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1949 30 NYG NL RF 102 98 880.3 187 3 4 2 .979 1.94   4.5
    LF 50 49 448.3 108 0 0 0 1.000 2.17    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1950 31 NYG NL RF 148 144 1298.0 287 8 6 1 .980 2.05   4.1
    LF 4 0 9.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    CF 2 0 8.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.04    
1951 32 NYG NL RF 19 18 157.9 33 1 1 0 .971 1.94   0.4
    LF 3 3 29.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.23   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TAM AL RF 109 106 910.8 191 5 4 1 .980 1.94   2.2
    LF 19 19 169.3 23 2 0 2 1.000 1.33   0.0
    CF 1 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 128 124 1068.7 224 6 5 1 .979 1.94   2.6
      LF 22 22 198.6 27 2 0 2 1.000 1.31   0.0
      CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1952 33 TAM AL RF 130 123 1077.0 269 3 3 2 .989 2.27   3.1
    CF 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1953 34 SDP NL RF 35 33 316.1 68 2 1 0 .986 1.99   1.7
    LF 12 10 99.2 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.36   0.0
    CF 3 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.0
  STL NL RF 63 59 514.1 111 2 1 0 .991 1.98   1.8
    LF 20 19 161.3 40 1 0 1 1.000 2.29   0.0
    CF 4 0 8.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.03   0.0
  TOT   RF 98 92 830.2 179 4 2 0 .989 1.98   3.5
      LF 32 29 260.5 65 2 0 1 1.000 2.31   0.0
      CF 7 0 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
1954 35 STL NL RF 140 136 1190.3 269 7 8 3 .972 2.09   4.0
    CF 3 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1955 36 STL NL RF 56 51 442.0 100 0 2 0 .980 2.04   3.6
    CF 55 36 352.3 97 1 1 0 .990 2.50    
    LF 15 6 70.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.67    
1956 37 STL NL RF 95 93 844.3 188 2 2 2 .990 2.03   1.8
    CF 3 1 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    LF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1957 38 STL NL LF 123 121 1061.0 239 5 1 1 .996 2.07   4.4
    RF 24 23 195.0 36 1 3 1 .925 1.71    
    CF 6 0 9.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.89    
1958 39 STL NL LF 147 144 1284.3 299 5 0 1 1.000 2.13   3.4
    CF 6 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1959 40 STL NL RF 31 29 251.3 51 1 2 0 .963 1.86   0.7
    LF 17 16 137.3 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.97   0.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  NYG NL RF 59 56 496.0 101 1 4 1 .962 1.85   2.4
    LF 31 30 271.0 56 2 0 1 1.000 1.93   0.0
    CF 5 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  LF 1341 1275 11351.4 2414 56 3 18 .999 1.96   29.3
  RF 1057 987 8787.5 1931 38 41 14 .980 2.02   30.2
  CF 103 39 468.6 122 2 1 1 .992 2.38   0.0
Career Totals   2501 2301 20607.5 4467 96 45 33 .990 1.99   59.6
Career Highs   154 148 1329.7 301 12 8 3 1.000 2.29    
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
1947 28 NYG NL 5 18 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .278 .381 .333 .714
1948 29 NYG NL 12 50 9 16 3 1 3 7 0 0 3 6 .320 .358 .600 .958
1949 30 NYG NL 5 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .056 .190 .056 .246
1953 34 STL NL 6 26 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 11 .192 .250 .192 .442
1954 35 STL NL 13 54 10 15 4 1 2 5 0 0 4 7 .278 .328 .500 .828
1955 36 STL NL 9 18 4 8 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 2 .444 .444 .889 1.333
1959 40 NYG NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 51 184 27 50 10 2 7 24 0 0 16 32 .272 .330 .462 .792
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.
Batting Average
1944-7-.316*
1945-2-.312
1947-5-.316
1948-10-.307
1949-4-.328
1950-2-.321
1951-5-.324
1953-1-.337
1954-6-.314
1956-8-.305*
1957-4-.315
 Slugging Pct
1944-9-.489*
1945-1-.548
1947-1-.553
1949-6-.511
1950-6-.541
1953-3-.562
1954-9-.514
CAR-47-.500
 OPS
1944-9-.868*
1945-1-.918
1947-4-.930
1949-9-.900
1950-5-.929
1953-4-.946
1954-9-.875
 XR
1945-2-105.4
1947-1-113.8
1949-6-112.5
1950-6-108.8
CAR-19-1555.4
 Games
1945-4-156
1947-5-155
1948-9-155
1949-2-157
1950-7-155
1957-3-157
1958-8-156
CAR-17-2577
 At-Bats
1945-5-597
1947-1-599
1948-10-577
1949-1-613
1950-4-591
1957-5-594
1958-4-597
CAR-17-9356
Runs
1945-4-102
1947-3-114
1949-8-101
1950-7-108
CAR-26-1439
 Hits
1945-3-186
1947-1-189
1948-4-177
1949-1-201
1950-2-190
1953-9-173
1954-10-166
1957-5-187
CAR-9-2851
 Total Bases
1945-1-327
1947-1-331
1949-3-313
1950-2-320
1953-9-289
1957-6-306
CAR-15-4678
 Singles
1949-3-142
1950-8-117
1957-6-116
CAR-18-1812
 Doubles
1944-4-40
1945-1-41
1947-3-39
1948-2-41
1949-10-31
1950-2-42
1953-6-36
1954-8-33
1956-10-31
1957-2-45
1958-3-42
CAR-9-612
 Triples
1945-4-8
Homeruns
1945-4-28
1947-2-33
1949-8-25
1950-8-26
 RBIs
1944-9-98
1945-2-125
1946-9-92
1947-1-134
1949-5-109
1950-3-119
1954-10-101
CAR-14-1620
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 182    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 61    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1941
Injured on 6/15/1941 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 5/3/1942, off Johnny Broaca (OAK)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1942, hitting .368 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 4/12/1943
Injured on 4/26/1943 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1945, hitting .390 with 5 HR, 21 RBI
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1945, hitting .450 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1945, hitting .340 with 13 HR, 30 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1945
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,028,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Seattle on 5/21/1946
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Injured on 7/8/1946 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
7/31/1946: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $5,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 8/22/1947
Won Silver Slugger in 1947, hitting .316 with 33 HR, 134 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1949, hitting .357 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1950, hitting .524 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
10/3/1950: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Silver Slugger in 1950, hitting .321 with 26 HR, 119 RBI
Injured on 3/27/1951 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 5/1/1951 (Going to NYG: SS Joe Demaestri, CF Johnny Hopp, 3B Ellis Clary, 2B Lou Stringer. Going to TAM: 3B Sid Gordon, LF Hank Edwards, CF Willard Marshall, C Andy Seminick)
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Boston (N) on 8/15/1951
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1951, hitting .600 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1951, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Had 29-game hitting streak snapped on 4/13/1952
Injured on 9/13/1952 with a Concussion, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1952
Traded from Tampa Bay to San Diego on 2/1/1953 (Going to SDP: RF Hank Edwards, CF Clyde Vollmer, C Steve Souchock. Going to TAM: P Dave Ferriss, C Phil Masi)
Traded from San Diego to St. Louis on 6/1/1953 (Going to SDP: P Ken Lehman. Going to STL: RF Hank Edwards)
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 8/8/1953
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle on 9/6/1953
Had 2000th career hit on 5/21/1954, off Dick Donovan (SEM)
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 5/21/1954
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cincinnati on 6/23/1954
Injured on 8/7/1954 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Won World Series with St. Louis in 1954
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1954
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/12/1955 to a 4-year deal worth $4,250,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1955, hitting .435 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 3/23/1956 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 10-11 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1956, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1956, hitting .519 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cincinnati on 9/2/1956
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1956, hitting .583 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1956, hitting .416 with 10 HR, 21 RBI
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1957
10/13/1958: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $1,250,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1958
Traded from St. Louis to New York (N) on 6/1/1959 (Going to STL: 3B Billy Moran. Going to NYG: LF Hank Edwards)
 
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