James Edwards
[edit] Biography
Born on December 14, 1894 in Banner, Mississippi, James Edwards (James Corbette Edwards) played for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 6 year career. Edwards broke into the bigs on May 14, 1922 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 4.47 ERA in 92.2 innings pitched in 1922, his rookie year.
Most people believe that James Edwards's best season was 1923, when he posted a 3.71 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 68 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1922
| CLE
| A
| 25
| 7
| 3
| 8
| 4.47
| 44
| 56
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 92.2
| 113
| 1
| 40
| 0
| 1
| 5
|
| 1923
| CLE
| A
| 38
| 21
| 10
| 10
| 3.71
| 68
| 101
| 74
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 179.1
| 200
| 5
| 75
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1924
| CLE
| A
| 10
| 7
| 4
| 3
| 2.84
| 15
| 29
| 18
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 57
| 64
| 3
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| CLE
| A
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 8.25
| 12
| 44
| 33
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 60
| 0
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1925
| CHI
| A
| 9
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 3.97
| 20
| 25
| 20
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 45.1
| 46
| 4
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1925
| TOT
| A
| 22
| 7
| 1
| 5
| 5.86
| 32
| 69
| 53
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 81.1
| 106
| 4
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1926
| CHI
| A
| 32
| 16
| 6
| 9
| 4.18
| 41
| 76
| 66
| 8
| 3
| 1
| 142
| 140
| 4
| 63
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1928
| CIN
| N
| 18
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 7.59
| 11
| 29
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 32
| 43
| 1
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 18
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 7.59
| 11
| 29
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 32
| 43
| 1
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 127
| 58
| 24
| 35
| 4.19
| 200
| 331
| 257
| 23
| 6
| 2
| 552.1
| 623
| 17
| 258
| 0
| 5
| 13
|
| Total
|
|
| 145
| 59
| 26
| 37
| 4.37
| 211
| 360
| 284
| 23
| 6
| 4
| 584.1
| 666
| 18
| 278
| 0
| 6
| 13
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1922
| CLE
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 19
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .920
|
| 1923
| CLE
| A
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 42
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1924
| CLE
| A
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1925
| CLE
| A
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1925
| CHI
| A
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1925
| TOT
| A
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 29
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1926
| CHI
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1928
| CIN
| N
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 145
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 139
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1922
| CLE
| A
| 25
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .087
| .125
| .087
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| CLE
| A
| 38
| 59
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .119
| .133
| .119
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| CLE
| A
| 10
| 20
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .150
| .190
| .150
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| CLE
| A
| 13
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .111
| .111
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| CHI
| A
| 9
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .176
| .176
| .176
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| TOT
| A
| 22
| 26
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .154
| .154
| .154
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| CHI
| A
| 32
| 46
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .109
| .109
| .130
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| CIN
| N
| 18
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .300
| .300
| .300
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 18
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .300
| .300
| .300
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 127
| 174
| 6
| 21
| 0
| 8
| .121
| .136
| .126
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 35
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 145
| 184
| 6
| 24
| 0
| 9
| .130
| .144
| .136
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 36
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
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- Sold by Cleveland Indians to Chicago White Sox (July, 1925).
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