Johnny Edwards
Cincinnati Reds 1961–1967; St. Louis Cardinals 1968; Houston Astros 1969–1974
Percentile snapshot
1970 season — qualified batters
of 114 qualified 1970 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 52 | 165 | 145 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 28 | 1 | 0 | .186 | .279 | .262 | .541 | 40.4 | 44.7 | .247 | -0.2 |
| 1962 | 133 | 502 | 452 | 47 | 115 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 45 | 70 | 1 | 1 | .254 | .322 | .392 | .714 | 86.2 | 89.5 | .319 | 1.9 |
| 1963 | 148 | 551 | 495 | 46 | 128 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 67 | 45 | 93 | 1 | 5 | .259 | .322 | .380 | .702 | 101.1 | 100.7 | .319 | 3.4 |
| 1964 | 126 | 468 | 423 | 47 | 119 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 55 | 34 | 65 | 1 | 2 | .281 | .331 | .390 | .721 | 96.9 | 100.3 | .320 | 2.5 |
| 1965 | 114 | 427 | 371 | 47 | 99 | 22 | 2 | 17 | 51 | 50 | 45 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .353 | .474 | .827 | 120.5 | 125.1 | .359 | 3.4 |
| 1966 | 98 | 319 | 282 | 24 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 31 | 42 | 1 | 3 | .191 | .269 | .284 | .553 | 39.6 | 49.0 | .248 | -0.4 |
| 1967 | 80 | 231 | 209 | 10 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 4 | .206 | .261 | .263 | .524 | 27.6 | 43.7 | .233 | -0.5 |
| 1968 | 85 | 252 | 230 | 14 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .239 | .287 | .326 | .613 | 87.0 | 86.6 | .290 | 1.0 |
| 1969 | 151 | 559 | 496 | 52 | 115 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 53 | 69 | 2 | 1 | .232 | .306 | .333 | .639 | 76.7 | 81.0 | .294 | 1.7 |
| 1970 | 140 | 515 | 458 | 46 | 101 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 51 | 63 | 1 | 0 | .221 | .299 | .319 | .618 | 63.0 | 69.2 | .278 | 0.5 |
| 1971 | 106 | 345 | 317 | 18 | 74 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 26 | 38 | 1 | 1 | .233 | .291 | .309 | .600 | 64.4 | 72.7 | .273 | 0.7 |
| 1972 | 108 | 392 | 332 | 33 | 89 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 50 | 39 | 2 | 4 | .268 | .358 | .373 | .732 | 108.0 | 111.0 | .333 | 2.6 |
| 1973 | 79 | 276 | 250 | 24 | 61 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .244 | .301 | .360 | .661 | 77.3 | 83.7 | .297 | 0.8 |
| 1974 | 50 | 130 | 117 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .222 | .292 | .325 | .617 | 70.3 | 76.2 | .285 | 0.3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962-06-26 | CIN @ SF Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 1969-08-03 | HOU @ WSH Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1970-07-28 | HOU @ CHC Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1962-09-04 | CIN @ ATL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1970-08-07 | HOU @ SF Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
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.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.