Ed Goodson

Full Name: James Edward Goodson	Primary Position: 1B,3B
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/180	First Game: September 5, 1970
Birthdate: January 25, 1948	Final Game: October 2, 1977
Birthplace: Pulaski, Virginia	MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Ed Goodson (James Edward Goodson) was born on January 25, 1948 in Pulaski, Virginia. He made his Major League debut on September 5, 1970 for the San Francisco Giants. In 1972, his rookie year, he hit .280 with 6 home runs and 30 RBI. Goodson played for the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Ed Goodson's best season was 1973, when he hit for a .302 average and knocked in 53 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1970	SF	N	7	11	1	3	0	0	.273	.273	.273	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1971	SF	N	20	42	4	8	0	1	.190	.227	.214	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	3
1972	SF	N	58	150	15	42	6	30	.280	.319	.420	1	1	8	12	1	1	0	2	6
1973	SF	N	102	384	37	116	12	53	.302	.331	.453	20	1	15	44	2	1	0	4	10
1974	SF	N	98	298	25	81	6	48	.272	.320	.383	15	0	18	22	3	1	1	6	7
1975	SF	N	39	121	10	25	1	8	.207	.248	.289	7	0	7	14	0	0	0	2	4
1975	ATL	N	47	76	5	16	1	8	.211	.228	.276	2	0	2	8	0	1	0	0	5
1975	TOT	N	86	197	15	41	2	16	.208	.240	.284	9	0	9	22	0	1	0	2	9
1976	LA	N	83	118	8	27	3	17	.229	.273	.339	4	0	8	19	0	0	0	2	7
1977	LA	N	61	66	3	11	1	5	.167	.203	.227	1	0	3	10	0	0	0	2	2
Total			515	1266	108	329	30	170	.260	.297	.374	51	2	63	135	6	4	1	18	44

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1970	SF	N	1B	2	2	15	14	2	1	1	.941
1971	SF	N	1B	14	9	83.2	81	7	0	3	1.000
1972	SF	N	1B	42	30	303	299	27	3	9	.991
1973	SF	N	3B	93	93	787.1	64	171	23	13	.911
1974	SF	N	1B	73	67	558.1	593	30	2	52	.997
1974	SF	N	3B	8	8	56	7	16	0	1	1.000
1975	SF	N	1B	16	16	139.2	139	13	1	13	.993
1975	SF	N	3B	13	13	116.2	9	30	4	2	.907
1975	ATL	N	3B	1	1	9	1	2	0	0	1.000
1975	ATL	N	1B	13	10	90	91	7	1	8	.990
1975	TOT	N	1B	29	26	229.2	230	20	2	21	.992
1975	TOT	N	3B	14	14	125.2	10	32	4	2	.913
1976	LA	N	OF	2	1	9	2	0	0	0	1.000
1976	LA	N	3B	16	13	123.1	8	27	7	2	.833
1976	LA	N	LF	2	1	9	2	0	0	0	1.000
1976	LA	N	1B	3	0	4	7	0	0	0	1.000
1976	LA	N	2B	1	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	LA	N	1B	13	1	31	32	2	0	5	1.000
1977	LA	N	3B	4	3	33	6	7	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	1	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			OF	2	1	9	2	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	135	131	1125.1	95	253	34	18	.911
Total			1B	176	135	1224.2	1256	88	8	91	.994
Total			LF	2	1	9	2	0	0	0	1.000

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Selected by Houston Astros in the 20th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1966).
Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (3rd pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 7, 1968).
Traded by San Francisco Giants to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Craig Robinson (June 11, 1975).
Traded by Atlanta Braves with Dusty Baker to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Jim Wynn, Tom Paciorek, Lee Lacy and Jerry Royster (November 17, 1975).
Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (March 17, 1978).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (May 20, 1978).

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