Hank Edwards
Cleveland Indians 1941–1943; Cleveland Indians 1946–1948; Chicago Cubs 1949; Cleveland Indians 1949; Chicago Cubs 1950; Brooklyn Dodgers 1951; Cincinnati Reds 1951; Chicago White Sox 1952; Cincinnati Reds 1952; St. Louis Browns 1953
Percentile snapshot
1946 season — qualified batters
of 98 qualified 1946 batters (min 483 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 16 | 72 | 68 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .221 | .243 | .309 | .552 | 41.7 | 49.2 | .252 | -0.4 |
| 1942 | 13 | 53 | 48 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .321 | .333 | .654 | 89.0 | 89.4 | .315 | 0.1 |
| 1943 | 92 | 329 | 297 | 38 | 82 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 30 | 34 | 4 | 8 | .276 | .343 | .407 | .750 | 123.6 | 124.8 | .356 | 2.2 |
| 1946 | 124 | 502 | 458 | 62 | 138 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 54 | 43 | 48 | 1 | 3 | .301 | .361 | .509 | .870 | 146.8 | 148.0 | .396 | 3.9 |
| 1947 | 108 | 427 | 393 | 54 | 102 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 59 | 31 | 55 | 1 | 3 | .260 | .315 | .420 | .735 | 104.8 | 109.6 | .341 | 1.1 |
| 1948 | 55 | 179 | 160 | 27 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .269 | .346 | .406 | .753 | 102.7 | 104.6 | .355 | 0.4 |
| 1949 | 63 | 212 | 191 | 28 | 55 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .355 | .497 | .853 | 126.5 | 128.4 | .382 | 1.1 |
| 1950 | 41 | 120 | 110 | 13 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .417 | .536 | .953 | 150.8 | 148.5 | .423 | 1.0 |
| 1951 | 76 | 175 | 158 | 15 | 47 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 2 | .297 | .366 | .443 | .809 | 116.1 | 114.8 | .367 | 0.8 |
| 1952 | 82 | 221 | 202 | 26 | 58 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 3 | .287 | .348 | .470 | .819 | 124.5 | 125.3 | .370 | 1.1 |
| 1953 | 65 | 119 | 106 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .198 | .286 | .226 | .512 | 38.3 | 39.1 | .255 | -0.6 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952-05-17 | CIN @ PHI Gameday | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 1949-06-30 | CHC @ STL Gameday | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 1947-09-03 | CWS @ CLE Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 1946-06-09 | CLE @ NYY Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1947-07-01 | CLE @ BAL Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941-04-15 | CWS @ CLE Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941-04-16 | CWS @ CLE Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941-04-17 | CWS @ CLE Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941-04-18 | CLE @ DET Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941-04-19 | CLE @ DET Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.