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William
Edwards		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 215
 
Born: February 5, 1872 in Usa
 
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
1901 29 MLA AL 110 366 34 78 14 3 2 28 1 2 28 21 .213 .273 .284 .557 23.8 0.0
1902 30 SLA AL 124 462 42 114 16 2 0 55 3 5 16 18 .247 .272 .290 .562 31.3 1.5
1903 31 SLA AL 116 404 24 104 11 1 4 53 2 2 20 20 .257 .294 .319 .613 37.2 4.8
1904 32 SLA AL 62 196 11 42 5 1 1 14 1 1 11 12 .214 .263 .265 .528 11.6 0.0
1905 33 SLA AL 13 37 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 3 .243 .317 .243 .560 3.0 0.4
  BRO NL 22 59 4 11 3 0 0 7 1 0 7 5 .186 .269 .237 .506 4.0 0.1
  TOT   35 96 7 20 3 0 0 10 1 0 11 8 .208 .287 .240 .527 7.0 0.4
    AAA   12 26 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 .115 .258 .115 .373 0.7  
1906 34 CHA AL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.3
    AAA   113 412 15 66 6 0 1 20 4 5 28 45 .160 .214 .182 .396 10.7  
1907 35 CHA AL 24 78 5 14 1 1 0 7 0 0 4 4 .179 .220 .218 .437 3.0 0.0
    AAA   47 170 12 38 1 0 2 10 4 5 15 13 .224 .286 .265 .551 12.6  
1908 36 AAA   110 390 16 52 11 1 1 25 4 0 25 46 .133 .186 .174 .360 6.7  
7 Years Sim 473 1604 123 373 50 8 7 167 8 10 90 83 .233 .275 .287 .562 114.4 7.0
4 Years AAA 282 998 43 159 18 1 4 55 12 11 73 110 .159 .218 .191 .409 30.7  
162 Game Average 549 42 127 17 2 2 57 2 3 30 28 .233 .275 .287 .562 39.2  
Career Highs 124 462 42 114 16 3 4 55 3 5 28 21 .500 .500 .500 1.000 37.2  
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   1182 91 270 39 6 6 134 4 7 66 66 .228 .270 .287 .557 85.8
vs LH   422 32 103 11 2 1 33 4 3 24 17 .244 .289 .287 .576 33.2
Home 239 799 61 176 18 2 3 74 3 6 42 44 .220 .261 .259 .521 49.0
Away 233 805 62 197 32 6 4 93 5 4 48 39 .245 .289 .314 .603 70.1
RISP   404 0 98 15 0 2 153 0 0 28 23 .243 .287 .295 .582 34.3
Pinch Hitting   10 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .545 .600 1.145 2.6
Close/Late   215 5 58 3 2 1 21 0 0 11 9 .270 .306 .316 .622 20.3
Mar/Apr 36 125 5 30 3 1 0 12 0 1 3 6 .240 .258 .280 .538 7.8
May 99 340 25 77 5 2 1 38 2 2 23 24 .226 .283 .262 .545 23.9
June 85 294 24 54 9 1 5 30 0 1 10 10 .184 .212 .272 .485 14.3
July 70 235 18 69 11 0 0 23 2 1 9 8 .294 .317 .340 .657 24.1
August 93 314 31 77 12 2 0 29 2 4 24 21 .245 .300 .296 .596 26.7
Sep/Oct 89 296 20 66 10 2 1 35 2 1 21 14 .223 .274 .280 .555 22.3
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   DWS
1901 29 MLA AL 2B 99 92 805.3 222 327 7 61 .987 6.14   3.3
    SS 5 3 32.3 2 7 0 2 1.000 2.51   0.1
1902 30 SLA AL 2B 124 123 1087.3 276 444 12 68 .984 5.96   2.5
1903 31 SLA AL 2B 115 115 1008.3 244 343 20 68 .967 5.24   2.7
1904 32 SLA AL 2B 52 50 445.3 83 138 5 22 .978 4.47   1.0
    SS 9 6 60.3 4 28 1 1 .970 4.77   0.4
1905 33 SLA AL 2B 9 7 67.6 18 29 0 8 1.000 6.26   0.4
    SS 3 3 24.7 3 9 1 2 .923 4.37   0.1
  BRO NL 2B 15 12 109.4 29 47 1 12 .987 6.25   0.6
    SS 6 4 40.0 6 15 2 2 .913 4.73   0.1
  TOT   2B 24 19 177.0 47 76 1 20 .992 6.25   1.0
      SS 9 7 64.7 9 24 3 4 .917 4.59   0.2
1906 34 CHA AL SS 1 1 9.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1907 35 CHA AL 2B 20 16 164.0 43 64 1 10 .991 5.87   0.6
    SS 4 1 20.7 5 8 0 2 1.000 5.66   0.1
  2B 435 415 3688.3 915 1392 46 249 .980 5.63   11.1
  SS 28 18 187.0 21 70 4 10 .958 4.38   0.8
Career Totals   463 433 3875.3 936 1462 50 259 .980 5.57   11.9
Career Highs   124 123 1087.3 276 444 20 68 1.000 6.00    
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.
Homeruns
1903-8-4
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 39)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 193)
 
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  4. St. John Macmurray (959)
  5. Zach Kerr (959)
  6. Buzz Boyer (959)
  7. Moxie Dixon (955)
  8. Nick Sweetwood (954)
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History
Drafted in 13th round, 198th overall pick, by Milwaukee in 1901
Had first career hit on 4/30/1901, off John Steadman (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 6/17/1901, off Joseph Scott (BLA)
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 6/4/1903
Traded from St. Louis (A) to Brooklyn on 7/27/1905 (Going to BRO: 2B William Edwards. Going to SLA: P Clarence Massie, P Danny Hawks, P John Billy)
Released by Brooklyn on 6/19/1906
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 6/26/1906
Injured on 4/23/1908 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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