Hank Edwards

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Full Name: Henry Albert Edwards	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190	First Game: September 10, 1941
Birthdate: January 29, 1919	Final Game: September 26, 1953
Birthplace: Elmwood Place, Ohio	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: June 22, 1988
Deathplace: Santa Ana, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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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

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Hank Edwards (Henry Albert Edwards) was born on January 29, 1919 in Elmwood Place, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on September 10, 1941 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1943, his rookie year, he hit .276 with 3 home runs and 28 RBI. Edwards played for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Hank Edwards's best season was 1946, when he hit for a .301 average and knocked in 54 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
1941	CLE	A	16	68	10	15	1	6	.221	.243	.309	1	1	2	4	0	2	0	0	0
1942	CLE	A	13	48	6	12	0	7	.250	.321	.333	2	1	5	8	0	0	2	0	0
1943	CLE	A	92	297	38	82	3	28	.276	.343	.407	18	6	30	34	0	2	4	0	5
1946	CLE	A	124	458	62	138	10	54	.301	.361	.509	33	16	43	48	0	1	1	0	3
1947	CLE	A	108	393	54	102	15	59	.260	.315	.420	12	3	31	55	1	2	1	0	4
1948	CLE	A	55	160	27	43	3	18	.269	.346	.406	9	2	18	18	1	0	1	0	2
1949	CLE	A	5	15	3	4	1	1	.267	.313	.467	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
1949	CHI	N	58	176	25	51	7	21	.290	.359	.500	8	4	19	22	0	1	0	0	4
1949	Total		63	191	28	55	8	22	.288	.355	.497	8	4	20	24	0	1	0	0	5
1950	CHI	N	41	110	13	40	2	21	.364	.417	.536	11	1	10	13	0	0	0	0	2
1951	CIN	N	41	127	14	40	3	20	.315	.379	.472	9	1	13	17	0	0	0	0	3
1951	BRO	N	35	31	1	7	0	3	.226	.314	.323	3	0	4	9	0	0	0	0	2
1951	TOT	N	76	158	15	47	3	23	.297	.366	.443	12	1	17	26	0	0	0	0	5
1952	CIN	N	74	184	24	52	6	28	.283	.350	.484	7	6	19	22	0	0	0	0	2
1952	CHI	A	8	18	2	6	0	1	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
1952	Total		82	202	26	58	6	29	.287	.348	.470	7	6	19	24	0	0	0	0	3
1953	STL	A	65	106	6	21	0	9	.198	.286	.226	3	0	13	10	0	0	0	0	1
Total	NL		249	628	77	190	18	93	.303	.368	.487	38	12	65	83	0	1	0	0	13
Total	AL		486	1563	208	423	33	183	.271	.333	.421	78	29	143	181	2	7	9	0	17
Total			735	2191	285	613	51	276	.280	.343	.440	116	41	208	264	2	8	9	0	30

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1941	CLE	A	OF	16	0	0	23	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1942	CLE	A	OF	12	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1943	CLE	A	OF	74	0	0	173	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1946	CLE	A	OF	123	0	0	226	13	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1947	CLE	A	OF	100	0	0	199	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1948	CLE	A	OF	41	0	0	76	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1949	CLE	A	OF	5	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	CHI	N	OF	51	0	0	80	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1949	Total		OF	56	0	0	86	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1949	Total		RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1950	CHI	N	OF	29	0	0	38	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1951	CIN	N	OF	34	0	0	64	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1952	CIN	N	OF	51	0	0	80	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1952	CHI	A	OF	3	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	Total		LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1952	Total		OF	54	0	0	88	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1953	STL	A	OF	21	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	560	0	0	1039	34	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	.981

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1939).
Claimed on waivers by Chicago Cubs from Cleveland Indians (May 7, 1949).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with cash to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Chuck Connors and Dee Fondy (October 10, 1950).
Claimed on waivers by Cincinnati Reds from Brooklyn Dodgers (July 21, 1951).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago White Sox in exchange for a player to be named later (September 1, 1952); Cincinnati Reds received Howie Judson (December 9, 1952).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Willie Miranda to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Joe DeMaestri and Tommy Byrne (October 16, 1952).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (February 3, 1954).

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