Johnny Edwards

Full Name: John Alban Edwards	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/220	First Game: June 27, 1961
Birthdate: June 10, 1938	Final Game: October 2, 1974
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio	MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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[edit] Biography

Johnny Edwards (John Alban Edwards) was born on June 10, 1938 in Columbus, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on June 27, 1961 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1961, his rookie year, he hit .186 with 2 home runs and 14 RBI. Edwards played for the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros over the course of his 14 year career.

Most people believe that Johnny Edwards's best season was 1963, when he knocked in 67 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1961	CIN	N	52	145	14	27	2	14	.186	.279	.262	5	0	18	28	1	0	1	4	3
1962	CIN	N	133	452	47	115	8	50	.254	.322	.392	28	5	45	70	1	2	1	9	5
1963	CIN	N	148	495	46	128	11	67	.259	.322	.380	19	4	45	93	4	2	1	5	8
1964	CIN	N	126	423	47	119	7	55	.281	.331	.390	23	1	34	65	1	3	1	9	5
1965	CIN	N	114	371	47	99	17	51	.267	.353	.474	22	2	50	45	1	2	0	16	5
1966	CIN	N	98	282	24	54	6	39	.191	.269	.284	8	0	31	42	0	3	1	8	6
1967	CIN	N	80	209	10	43	2	20	.206	.261	.263	6	0	16	28	0	5	1	8	3
1968	STL	N	85	230	14	55	3	29	.239	.287	.326	9	1	16	20	1	1	1	0	6
1969	HOU	N	151	496	52	115	6	50	.232	.306	.333	20	6	53	69	2	4	2	12	17
1970	HOU	N	140	458	46	101	7	49	.221	.299	.319	16	4	51	63	1	3	1	16	9
1971	HOU	N	106	317	18	74	1	23	.233	.291	.309	13	4	26	38	0	1	1	9	0
1972	HOU	N	108	332	33	89	5	40	.268	.358	.373	16	2	50	39	1	1	2	12	5
1973	HOU	N	79	250	24	61	5	27	.244	.301	.360	10	2	19	23	2	4	1	7	4
1974	HOU	N	50	117	8	26	1	10	.222	.292	.325	7	1	11	12	1	0	1	3	1
Total			1470	4577	430	1106	81	524	.242	.311	.353	202	32	465	635	16	31	15	118	77

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1961	CIN	N	C	52	39	384	257	15	5	2	0	11	18	8	0	.982
1962	CIN	N	C	130	124	1115	807	92	12	11	0	16	51	31	1	.987
1963	CIN	N	C	148	141	1241.2	1008	87	6	16	0	10	51	44	6	.995
1964	CIN	N	C	120	116	1020.2	890	73	8	17	0	11	47	31	5	.992
1965	CIN	N	C	110	98	900.2	761	61	8	9	0	5	46	34	7	.990
1966	CIN	N	C	98	84	737.1	617	40	5	3	0	7	50	25	3	.992
1967	CIN	N	C	74	57	518.2	454	30	5	4	1	4	25	18	2	.990
1968	STL	N	C	54	52	486.2	350	25	3	2	0	1	11	14	3	.992
1969	HOU	N	C	151	140	1241.2	1135	79	7	9	0	10	53	49	0	.994
1970	HOU	N	C	139	134	1177	854	74	5	11	0	6	59	49	1	.995
1971	HOU	N	C	104	91	816.1	555	48	3	7	0	9	33	24	3	.995
1972	HOU	N	C	105	96	859.2	645	41	8	8	0	9	60	24	1	.988
1973	HOU	N	C	76	69	611.2	435	22	5	3	0	2	48	16	0	.989
1974	HOU	N	C	33	27	240.2	157	16	2	3	0	1	27	6	0	.989
Total			C	1394	1268	11351.2	8925	703	82	105	1	102	579	373	32	.992

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1959).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Pat Corrales and Jimy Williams (February 8, 1968).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Tommy Smith to Houston Astros in exchange for Dave Giusti and Dave Adlesh (October 11, 1968).