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Walter
Edwards		  
Nickname: Junior
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 26, 1891 in Big Rapids, MI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
WORLD SERIESs Won 1909   
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1910   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1909 18 CHA AL 131 481 49 119 24 2 6 63 1 0 44 45 .247 .307 .343 .650 50.7 11.7
1910 19 CHA AL 133 503 61 161 31 6 7 91 0 1 41 48 .320 .373 .447 .821 76.7 20.2
1911 20 CHA AL 139 527 60 147 37 5 5 81 0 2 47 61 .279 .340 .397 .737 67.0 13.3
1912 21 CHA AL 136 512 58 125 23 3 4 59 2 2 34 77 .244 .295 .324 .619 45.2 4.0
1913 22 CHA AL 130 493 68 149 29 4 9 77 0 0 33 55 .302 .348 .432 .780 67.7 16.9
1914 23 CHA AL 131 482 50 134 24 1 9 58 3 1 28 59 .278 .322 .388 .710 55.0 11.4
1915 24 CHA AL 133 471 49 132 24 5 3 67 0 0 41 51 .280 .342 .372 .713 59.5 12.7
1916 25 CHA AL 133 482 49 132 21 2 2 64 1 0 30 54 .274 .324 .338 .663 49.0 10.6
1917 26 CHA AL 126 456 35 116 28 0 0 57 2 0 33 58 .254 .307 .316 .623 43.7 9.1
1919 28 CHA AL 27 97 14 18 3 0 0 4 0 0 9 11 .186 .269 .216 .485 5.9 0.0
    AAA   31 90 8 23 5 1 0 10 1 0 10 13 .256 .330 .333 .663 10.3  
1920 29 AAA   96 160 23 44 10 0 2 32 0 0 14 16 .275 .333 .375 .708 19.7  
1921 30 AAA   80 201 26 55 13 0 1 24 0 2 10 28 .274 .308 .353 .661 20.0  
1922 31 AAA   59 96 6 26 6 0 0 11 0 0 7 4 .271 .320 .333 .654 10.0  
1923 32 AAA   65 161 11 40 10 2 1 14 2 0 6 25 .248 .275 .354 .629 15.0  
1924 33 AAA   42 92 12 28 9 1 0 9 0 0 0 19 .304 .304 .424 .728 10.4  
1925 34 AAA   53 136 24 45 14 0 1 16 0 0 11 13 .331 .381 .456 .837 21.5  
10 Years Sim 1219 4504 493 1233 244 28 45 621 9 6 340 519 .274 .328 .370 .698 520.3 109.9
7 Years AAA 426 936 110 261 67 4 5 116 3 2 58 118 .279 .322 .375 .697 106.9  
162 Game Average 598 65 163 32 3 5 82 1 0 45 68 .274 .328 .370 .698 69.2  
Career Highs 139 527 68 161 37 6 9 91 3 2 47 77 .320 .373 .447 .821 76.7  
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   3086 320 833 180 18 22 440 6 4 254 380 .270 .329 .361 .691 356.4
vs LH   1418 173 400 64 10 23 181 3 2 86 139 .282 .324 .390 .714 172.5
Home 588 2140 229 575 107 15 16 276 2 3 162 251 .269 .322 .355 .678 238.4
Away 631 2364 264 658 137 13 29 345 7 3 178 268 .278 .333 .384 .717 290.5
RISP   1301 0 375 85 8 13 550 0 0 140 162 .288 .352 .396 .747 181.4
Pinch Hitting   61 3 19 3 0 0 13 0 0 4 6 .311 .358 .361 .719 7.5
Close/Late   631 54 174 29 2 8 84 0 0 69 73 .276 .351 .366 .717 81.6
Mar/Apr 127 473 53 119 26 3 6 80 0 0 36 61 .252 .305 .357 .662 50.7
May 217 801 96 225 43 3 10 100 1 2 61 98 .281 .338 .380 .717 98.0
June 212 794 111 229 49 8 11 123 2 1 66 85 .288 .347 .412 .759 108.2
July 235 867 58 220 45 2 6 106 1 1 60 99 .254 .306 .331 .637 84.8
August 203 750 75 210 44 9 6 110 3 1 56 90 .280 .330 .387 .716 92.6
Sep/Oct 225 819 100 230 37 3 6 102 2 1 61 86 .281 .334 .355 .689 94.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1909 18 CHA AL C 125 123 1105.0 477 66 21 0 .963 4.42 190 47 .247 2 3.2
    3B 2 0 7.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1910 19 CHA AL C 125 124 1123.3 544 104 19 0 .972 5.19 216 73 .338 1 6.7
    3B 1 0 6.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1911 20 CHA AL C 129 129 1164.3 526 104 20 1 .969 4.87 258 70 .271 1 4.4
    3B 5 0 8.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.04 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1912 21 CHA AL C 133 132 1186.3 628 99 24 0 .968 5.52 256 71 .277 2 5.3
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1913 22 CHA AL C 125 125 1116.0 520 78 12 1 .980 4.82 202 53 .262 7 4.6
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1914 23 CHA AL C 121 121 1070.3 480 105 16 1 .973 4.92 259 85 .328 0 6.6
    RF 2 2 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 4 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1915 24 CHA AL C 121 120 1082.7 535 103 24 1 .964 5.30 285 81 .284 2 4.9
1916 25 CHA AL C 126 125 1105.7 515 108 35 1 .947 5.07 293 76 .259 4 4.6
1917 26 CHA AL C 120 119 1065.3 465 102 17 1 .971 4.79 299 86 .288 14 4.7
1919 28 CHA AL C 26 26 227.0 102 14 5 1 .959 4.60 42 12 .286 3 0.8
  C 1151 1144 10246.0 4792 883 193 7 .967 4.98 2300 654 .284 36 45.8
  3B 14 0 28.7 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.83 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  RF 2 2 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1167 1146 10291.6 4797 889 193 8 .967 4.97 2300 654 .284 36 46.0
Career Highs   134 132 1187.3 628 108 35 1 .980 5.52 299 86 .338 14  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1909 18 CHA AL 6 24 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 .167 .231 .208 .439
Career Post-Season Batting 6 24 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 .167 .231 .208 .439
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
1910-3-.320
1913-10-.302
 Slugging Pct
1910-1-.447
1913-6-.432
 OPS
1910-3-.821
1913-8-.780
 Hits
1910-7-161
 Hit By Pitch
1916-8-8
 Total Bases
1910-6-225
Doubles
1909-7-24
1910-4-31
1911-5-37
1917-3-28
 Homeruns
1909-5-6
1910-4-7
1911-7-5
1913-3-9
1914-4-9
 RBIs
1909-9-63
1910-2-91
1913-9-77
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 39)
   Gray Ink Test: 57    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 193)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 59)
 
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  1. Mort Yankovich (959)
  2. A.B.C. Deaton (955)
  3. Hal Cuddeback (939)
  4. Big Bob Hurley (937)
  5. Joe Loomis (933)
  6. Roy Jangerbacher (931)
  7. Tip Reynolds (930)
  8. Reginald Magruder (927)
  9. Tony Distefano (925)
  10. Luc Roquelaire (916)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 1909
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/14/1909, off Stuart Carmody (PHA)
Won WORLD SERIES with Chicago (A) in 1909
Hit for the cycle against Cleveland on 6/20/1910
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Catcher in 1910
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 7/1/1911
 
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