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Johnny Edwards
John Alban Edwards

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 220 lb.
School Ohio State

MLB Debut June 27, 1961
Final Game October 2, 1974
Born June 10, 1938 in Columbus, OH (age 85)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1961 23 CHN NL   48  113    9   19   4   0   0    4   1   0   12   28  .168  .264  .204  .467    60    23   1   1   1   3   5  
 1962 24 CHN NL  128  429   40  106  23   3  13   51   0   0   32   60  .247  .299  .406  .704    99   174   0   1   1   0   5  
 1963 25 CHN NL  106  339   39   84  11   1   9   35   1   2   34   66  .248  .322  .366  .688    99   124   0   0  11   3   3  
 1964 26 CHN NL  124  450   46  124  30   2   9   50   1   0   41   72  .276  .335  .411  .746   101   185   2   2  11   0   6  
 1965 27 CIN NL  131  367   48   97  28   2  16   56   0   0   34   57  .264  .326  .482  .808   114   177   2   3   3   1   6  
 1966 28 CIN NL   87   78    8   18   5   1   2    4   0   0    1    7  .231  .241  .397  .638    87    31   0   0   0   0   2  
 1967 29 CIN NL   91  234   17   51   7   0   5   20   1   1   11   33  .218  .252  .312  .564    78    73   2   1   2   0   7  
 1968 30 SLN NL   80  129   19   25   6   1   2   15   0   0    9   14  .194  .255  .302  .558    87    39   0   1   1   2   2  
 1969 31 MON NL  130  400   28  100  18   7   5   35   0   1   23   35  .250  .290  .368  .658    97   147   2   3   2   1  11  
 1970 32 BAA AL   13   39    2    7   2   0   1    7   0   0    4   11  .179  .250  .308  .558    76    12   1   1   0   0   2  
 1971 33 BAA AL   18   35    4    6   0   1   1    2   0   0    2    7  .171  .216  .314  .531    77    11   1   0   0   0   0  
 1972 34 BAA AL   98  342   46   89  13   3   9   34   0   1   33   38  .260  .325  .395  .719   101   135   3   3   0   1   9  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     1054 2955  306  726 147  21  72  313   4   5  236  428  .246  .302  .383  .685        1131  14  16  32  11  58
 Per 600 PA           549   57  135  27   4  13   58   1   1   44   79                                 210   3   3   6   2  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHN      406 1331  134  333  68   6  31  140   3   2  119  226  .250  .314  .380  .694         506   3   4  24   6  19
   With CIN      309  679   73  166  40   3  23   80   1   1   46   97  .244  .292  .414  .706         281   4   4   5   1  15
   With MON      130  400   28  100  18   7   5   35   0   1   23   35  .250  .290  .368  .658         147   2   3   2   1  11
   With BAA      129  416   52  102  15   4  11   43   0   1   39   56  .245  .309  .380  .689         158   5   4   0   1  11
   With SLN       80  129   19   25   6   1   2   15   0   0    9   14  .194  .255  .302  .558          39   0   1   1   2   2
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1470 4577  430 1106 202  32  81  524  15  23  465  635  .242  .311  .353  .664        1615  31  43 118  16  77
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1961 23 CHN NL  24    6   1.7   1   0   0  .000   2   21   16  .762   12    9  .571  C    2(+1)e6   -74   
 1962 24 CHN NL  21   52   4.3   2   0   0  .000   9   68   49  .721   26   18  .591  C    2(-1)e8    -9   
 1963 25 CHN NL  25   40   4.2   4   0   0  .000   2   50   40  .800   37   22  .627  C    2(-1)e3   -15   
 1964 26 CHN NL  47   62   5.0   1   0   0  .000   8   61   51  .836   63   26  .708  C    2(0)e6     25   
 1965 27 CIN NL  10   58   5.6  10   2   0  .200   7   56   45  .804   48   27  .640  C    2(0)e5    -19   
 1966 28 CIN NL  14    6   2.9  10   4   0  .400   1   17   12  .706    8    5  .615  C    2(0)e4     85   
 1967 29 CIN NL   5   16   2.3   2   1   1  .500   3   32   31  .969   26   11  .703  C    2(0)e5     40   
 1968 30 SLN NL  67   10   2.6   0   0   0  .000   2   21   15  .714    9   13  .409  C    2(-1)e5   -55   
 1969 31 MON NL   4   40   3.5   9   4   0  .444   5   46   40  .870   30   17  .638  C    2(-1)e3    19   
 1970 32 BAA AL  65    2   2.1   0   0   0  .000   0    3    3 1.000    5    3  .625  C    2(+1)e2   -60   
 1971 33 BAA AL  41    2   2.3   5   0   0  .000   0    8    7  .875    5    0 1.000  C    2(+1)e1   -69   
 1972 34 BAA AL   7   43   4.4   8   0   0  .000   9   50   37  .740   39   14  .736  C    4(+1)e16  -12   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 12 Seasons          343   4.0  52  11   1  .212  48  433  346  .799  308  165  .651                  -2   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 23.5 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1961 23 CHN NL  C     47   236    16    2    1   .992    32   318.1   7.12
 1962 24 CHN NL  C    127   756    42    9    5   .989   113  1039.2   6.91
 1963 25 CHN NL  C    102   576    41    2    6   .997    90   847.2   6.55
 1964 26 CHN NL  C    123   743    51    8    3   .990   119  1094.2   6.53
 1965 27 CIN NL  C    128   805    45    7    4   .992    97   914.1   8.37
 1966 28 CIN NL  C     82   169     8    1    1   .994     8   218.0   7.31
 1967 29 CIN NL  C     91   546    35    3    3   .995    75   639.0   8.18
 1968 30 SLN NL  C     80   277    21    2    2   .993    30   376.0   7.13
 1969 31 MON NL  C    124   677    40    5    8   .993   107   954.2   6.76
 1970 32 BAA AL  C     13    82     7    0    2  1.000    12   107.2   7.44
 1971 33 BAA AL  C     14    65     1    0    1  1.000     8    79.0   7.52
 1972 34 BAA AL  C     89   466    32    9    1   .982    84   741.2   6.04
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C   1020  5398   339   48   37   .992   775  7330.2   7.04
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1965 WS    CIN DEA   W    4   7  2  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .143  .125  .143  0
 1973 ALCS  BAA OAA   L    2   2  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1961  CHN   70-84   Alan Boodman
 1962  CHN   79-83   Alan Boodman
 1963  CHN   96-66   Alan Boodman
 1964  CHN   97-66   Alan Boodman
 1965  CIN   98-64   Larry Cupp
 1966  CIN   88-74   Larry Cupp
 1967  CIN  103-59   Larry Cupp
 1968  SLN  105-57   Mike Rodriguez
 1969  MON   49-113  Steve Bivens
 1970  BAA   93-69   Mike Skiffington
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