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Bruce Edwards

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Full Name: Charles Bruce Edwards Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 8"/180 First Game: June 23, 1946
Birthdate: July 15, 1923 Final Game: September 13, 1956
Birthplace: Quincy, Illinois MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: April 25, 1975
Deathplace: Sacramento, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Bruce Edwards (Charles Bruce Edwards) was born on July 15, 1923 in Quincy, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on June 23, 1946 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1946, his rookie year, he hit .267 with 1 home run and 25 RBI. Edwards played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Washington Senators and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Bruce Edwards's best season was 1947, when he hit for a .295 average and knocked in 80 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1946 BRO N 92 292 24 78 1 25 .267 .348 .356 13 5 34 20 2 10 1 0 9
1947 BRO N 130 471 53 139 9 80 .295 .364 .418 15 8 49 55 2 6 2 0 10
1948 BRO N 96 286 36 79 8 54 .276 .341 .434 17 2 26 28 2 4 4 0 10
1949 BRO N 64 148 24 31 8 25 .209 .324 .392 3 0 25 15 0 0 0 0 6
1950 BRO N 50 142 16 26 8 16 .183 .256 .394 4 1 13 22 1 0 1 0 6
1951 CHI N 51 141 19 33 3 17 .234 .316 .390 9 2 16 14 1 0 1 0 4
1951 BRO N 17 36 6 9 1 8 .250 .270 .389 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1
1951 TOT N 68 177 25 42 4 25 .237 .308 .390 11 2 17 17 1 0 1 0 5
1952 CHI N 50 94 7 23 1 12 .245 .304 .340 2 2 8 12 0 1 0 0 4
1954 CHI N 4 3 1 0 0 1 .000 .400 .000 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
1955 WAS A 30 57 5 10 0 3 .175 .356 .211 2 0 16 6 0 0 0 0 3
1956 CIN N 7 5 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 561 1618 186 419 39 238 .259 .334 .396 65 20 174 173 8 21 9 0 50
Total AL 30 57 5 10 0 3 .175 .356 .211 2 0 16 6 0 0 0 0 3
Total 591 1675 191 429 39 241 .256 .335 .390 67 20 190 179 8 21 9 0 53

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1946 BRO N C 91 0 0 431 53 9 9 0 7 0 0 0 .982
1947 BRO N C 128 0 0 592 58 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 .983
1948 BRO N C 48 0 0 223 21 4 1 0 6 0 0 0 .984
1948 BRO N 1B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1948 BRO N OF 21 0 0 31 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .892
1948 BRO N 3B 14 0 0 8 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1949 BRO N 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1949 BRO N C 41 0 0 184 13 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 .990
1949 BRO N OF 4 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .857
1950 BRO N 1B 2 0 0 18 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1950 BRO N C 38 0 0 176 19 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 .980
1951 CHI N 1B 9 0 0 69 8 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1951 CHI N C 28 0 0 113 14 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 .962
1951 BRO N C 9 0 0 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 TOT N C 37 0 0 150 17 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 .971
1952 CHI N C 22 0 0 82 8 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 .989
1952 CHI N 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1955 WAS A C 22 0 0 88 11 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 .980
1955 WAS A 3B 5 0 0 5 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1956 CIN N 2B 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 CIN N 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1956 CIN N C 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 25 0 0 37 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .886
Total 3B 21 0 0 13 28 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .891
Total 1B 12 0 0 89 8 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 .960
Total C 429 0 0 1926 200 39 32 0 38 0 0 0 .982

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1941).
  • Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Joe Hatten, Eddie Miksis and Gene Hermanski to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Johnny Schmitz, Rube Walker, Andy Pafko and Wayne Terwilliger (June 15, 1951).
  • Sold by Chicago Cubs to Washington Senators for $15000 (December 11, 1954).
  • Released by Washington Senators (February 22, 1956).
  • Signed by Cincinnati Reds (July 18, 1956).
  • Released by Cincinnati Reds (January 18, 1957).

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