Johnny Edwards stats

Last played for the Houston Astros, 1974

Age 88

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Johnny Edwards played 14 MLB seasons, 1961 to 1974.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,470
AB
4,577
R
430
H
1,106
HR
81
RBI
524
SB
15
AVG
.242
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1961CIN5214514272141.186
1962CIN133452471158501.254
1963CIN1484954612811671.259
1964CIN126423471197551.281
1965CIN114371479917510.267
1966CIN9828224546391.191
1967CIN8020910432201.206
1968STL8523014553291.239
1969HOU151496521156502.232
1970HOU140458461017491.221
1971HOU10631718741231.233
1972HOU10833233895402.268
1973HOU7925024615271.244
1974HOU501178261101.222

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
4
AB
12
R
1
H
4
HR
0
RBI
2
SB
0
AVG
.333

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
5,132
TB
1,615
XBH
315
HBP
16
IBB
118
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1961CIN1653871400
1962CIN502177411900
1963CIN551188344500
1964CIN468165311900
1965CIN4271764111600
1966CIN31980140800
1967CIN2315580800
1968STL25275131000
1969HOU5591653221200
1970HOU5151462711600
1971HOU34598180900
1972HOU3921242311200
1973HOU27690172700
1974HOU1303891300

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
12.7
RC
540.0
RC/27
4.10
ISOP
.111
SECA
.211
BB/K
0.73
AB/HR
56.5
GO/FO
0.00

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1961CIN-1.011.72.7.0760.20.672.50
1962CIN1.760.44.8.1370.20.656.50
1963CIN2.763.24.5.1210.20.5450
1964CIN2.257.84.9.1090.20.560.40
1965CIN3.265.66.4.2080.31.121.80
1966CIN-0.922.22.5.0920.20.7470
1967CIN-0.613.42.1.0570.10.6104.50
1968STL1.222.93.4.0870.20.876.70
1969HOU1.555.33.8.1010.20.882.70
1970HOU0.747.73.6.0980.20.865.40
1971HOU0.729.93.3.0760.20.73170
1972HOU1.449.55.2.1050.31.366.40
1973HOU0.329.14.1.1160.20.8500
1974HOU-0.411.83.4.1030.20.91170

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
88 yearsJun 10, 1938
Debut
1961
NL Gold Glove
2x

What were Johnny Edwards's career stats?

Johnny Edwards played 14 seasons for the Reds, the Cardinals and the Astros. He was a career .242 hitter with 1,106 hits, 81 home runs and 524 RBI. His best season was 1964: a .281 batting average, 7 home runs and 55 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

14 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1961 to 1974

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