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Halan
Edwards		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 15, 1938 in Odessa Tx
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1964   
Batter of the Year Award 1964   
All-Star Selections 1963    1964    1966    1967    1969    1972   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Batter of the Year Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 19 AAA   130 521 81 152 15 1 21 63 7 14 58 44 .292 .363 .445 .808 80.7  
1959 20 STL NL 123 429 58 130 22 5 14 67 2 0 26 45 .303 .346 .476 .822 66.4 12.0
    AAA   23 82 14 29 2 0 6 15 1 1 12 5 .354 .436 .598 1.034 19.4  
1960 21 STL NL 147 548 68 137 19 6 13 67 0 2 36 66 .250 .299 .378 .677 60.2 7.6
1961 22 STL NL 146 578 84 148 23 2 15 78 1 2 37 47 .256 .302 .381 .683 64.0 6.7
1962 23 STL NL 150 564 77 156 20 3 18 82 0 3 38 63 .277 .324 .418 .742 71.4 10.3
1963 24 STL NL 147 554 91 176 23 7 19 101 2 2 36 60 .318 .357 .487 .844 87.8 20.5
1964 25 STL NL 153 598 115 196 22 5 34 130 0 1 55 64 .328 .385 .552 .937 118.2 30.6
1965 26 STL NL 156 565 97 151 19 8 20 81 2 2 74 70 .267 .351 .435 .786 87.8 19.5
1966 27 STL NL 156 572 95 154 13 2 30 89 1 2 79 68 .269 .356 .456 .813 95.9 21.8
1967 28 STL NL 157 580 91 165 30 7 25 98 0 1 52 67 .284 .343 .490 .832 90.1 19.1
1968 29 STL NL 113 413 48 119 16 3 8 51 1 1 38 45 .288 .352 .400 .752 55.1 12.9
1969 30 STL NL 46 183 28 46 5 2 8 32 1 0 18 22 .251 .320 .432 .752 25.8 4.7
  DET AL 111 394 65 121 11 2 24 80 2 1 55 47 .307 .392 .528 .920 78.9 15.0
  TOT   157 577 93 167 16 4 32 112 3 1 73 69 .289 .370 .497 .867 104.7 19.7
1970 31 DET AL 152 553 93 143 14 6 23 88 2 1 75 66 .259 .348 .430 .778 85.1 13.2
1971 32 DET AL 157 580 97 150 21 5 25 96 2 0 71 53 .259 .343 .441 .785 86.9 20.2
1972 33 DET AL 151 558 79 159 19 3 16 95 0 1 51 67 .285 .344 .416 .760 79.4 18.5
1973 34 DET AL 146 550 83 145 10 6 23 111 0 1 43 53 .264 .316 .429 .745 74.2 13.9
1974 35 DET AL 55 157 23 41 2 0 4 13 0 0 10 24 .261 .308 .350 .658 17.7 2.7
1975 36 MIN AL 36 24 9 10 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 .417 .440 .500 .940 4.7 1.6
17 Years Sim 2302 8400 1301 2347 291 72 319 1363 17 20 795 928 .279 .342 .445 .788 1249.5 250.8
2 Years AAA 153 603 95 181 17 1 27 78 8 15 70 49 .300 .380 .466 .846 100.1  
162 Game Average 591 91 165 20 5 22 95 1 1 55 65 .279 .342 .445 .788 87.9  
Career Highs 157 598 115 196 30 8 34 130 3 3 79 70 .417 .440 .552 .940 118.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6630 1027 1846 215 56 260 1078 16 19 615 731 .278 .340 .445 .786 991.6
vs LH   1770 274 501 76 16 59 285 1 1 180 197 .283 .351 .444 .795 270.6
Home 1128 4014 633 1157 152 34 173 697 6 6 401 447 .288 .353 .472 .825 654.1
Away 1174 4386 668 1190 139 38 146 666 11 14 394 481 .271 .333 .420 .753 608.0
RISP   2220 0 661 83 21 78 976 0 0 267 217 .298 .365 .459 .825 374.5
Pinch Hitting   105 15 31 5 0 3 25 0 0 12 8 .295 .364 .429 .793 16.4
Close/Late   1058 145 294 38 9 33 165 0 0 141 127 .278 .367 .424 .791 165.8
Mar/Apr 255 984 156 280 30 8 46 162 0 3 79 107 .285 .339 .472 .810 152.5
May 401 1496 232 433 52 12 53 267 4 6 143 148 .289 .350 .447 .796 229.6
June 429 1540 239 431 60 12 56 236 3 0 144 179 .280 .343 .444 .786 230.9
July 414 1493 212 393 47 15 49 209 6 1 146 174 .263 .329 .413 .743 205.8
August 409 1479 234 410 49 9 55 230 2 6 133 168 .277 .339 .434 .773 213.4
Sep/Oct 394 1408 228 400 53 16 60 259 2 4 150 152 .284 .354 .472 .827 230.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1959 20 STL NL 1B 120 119 983.7 1176 91 8 114 .994 11.59   3.3
    3B 4 0 7.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.57   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1960 21 STL NL 1B 146 143 1259.3 1413 111 6 134 .996 10.89   4.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1961 22 STL NL 1B 144 142 1253.0 1432 109 9 145 .994 11.07   2.8
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1962 23 STL NL 1B 145 145 1234.7 1350 97 7 147 .995 10.55   2.8
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 2 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.1
    LF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 24 STL NL 1B 74 70 646.3 735 35 5 53 .994 10.72   1.0
    3B 71 70 609.0 29 152 10 9 .948 2.67   2.6
1964 25 STL NL 1B 148 148 1335.0 1371 99 19 94 .987 9.91   1.7
    3B 2 1 10.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1965 26 STL NL 1B 146 145 1303.7 1375 104 17 112 .989 10.21   2.7
    3B 8 0 23.0 1 6 0 1 1.000 2.74   0.1
1966 27 STL NL 3B 149 148 1338.0 73 293 21 22 .946 2.46   3.9
    1B 5 1 19.0 16 3 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.0
1967 28 STL NL 3B 150 142 1287.3 68 286 18 27 .952 2.47   2.3
1968 29 STL NL 3B 105 99 908.3 62 181 13 13 .949 2.41   5.0
    1B 6 0 19.3 14 2 0 0 1.000 7.45   0.0
1969 30 STL NL 3B 43 43 408.9 27 96 5 8 .961 2.71   1.8
    1B 1 0 3.9 3 1 0 1 1.000 9.23   0.0
    LF 0 0 2.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  DET AL 3B 104 103 911.1 60 214 11 17 .961 2.71   3.1
    1B 4 0 8.7 7 1 0 1 1.000 8.28   0.0
    LF 1 1 6.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.45   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.8 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.0
  TOT   3B 147 146 1320.0 87 310 16 25 .961 2.71   5.0
      1B 5 0 12.6 10 2 0 2 1.000 8.57   0.0
      LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
      SS 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1970 31 DET AL 3B 141 137 1247.0 84 259 12 22 .966 2.48   5.8
    1B 7 0 13.0 6 2 1 0 .889 5.54   0.0
1971 32 DET AL 3B 155 148 1343.0 100 311 18 28 .958 2.75   5.7
    1B 2 0 9.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00   0.0
1972 33 DET AL 3B 145 138 1244.3 92 239 17 26 .951 2.39   4.7
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1973 34 DET AL 3B 141 136 1213.3 76 260 20 22 .944 2.49   3.4
    1B 5 0 10.3 9 0 0 1 1.000 7.84   0.0
1974 35 DET AL 3B 52 37 363.0 21 74 7 13 .931 2.36   1.3
1975 36 MIN AL 1B 12 0 26.0 29 2 0 2 1.000 10.73   0.0
    3B 13 0 25.3 5 7 0 2 1.000 4.26   0.1
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  3B 1287 1202 10943.7 699 2384 152 211 .953 2.54   40.0
  1B 967 913 8127.9 8947 657 72 806 .993 10.63   18.5
  SS 5 0 13.0 2 3 0 2 1.000 3.46   0.1
  LF 2 1 10.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87   0.0
  CF 3 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   2265 2116 19102.9 9652 3044 224 1019 .983 5.98   58.6
Career Highs   157 149 1357.0 1433 313 21 149 1.000 11.51    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1964 25 STL NL 5 21 8 9 1 0 2 6 0 0 3 2 .429 .480 .762 1.242
1965 26 STL NL 5 20 1 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 3 .400 .478 .400 .878
1972 33 DET AL 4 14 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 .214 .267 .357 .624
Career Post-Season Batting 14 55 10 20 1 1 2 10 0 0 7 10 .364 .429 .527 .956
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1963-5-.318
1964-2-.328
 On-Base Pct
1964-5-.385
 Slugging Pct
1963-7-.487
1964-1-.552
1967-10-.490
 OPS
1963-8-.844
1964-1-.937
 XR
1964-1-118.2
1966-6-95.9
CAR-36-1249.5
 Games
1966-6-156
1967-5-157
1971-8-157
1972-8-151
CAR-30-2302
At-Bats
1961-3-578
1964-10-598
1972-8-558
CAR-31-8400
 Runs
1964-2-115
1965-7-97
1966-6-95
1967-7-91
1971-7-97
CAR-27-1301
 Hits
1963-7-176
1964-3-196
CAR-34-2347
 Total Bases
1963-8-270
1964-2-330
1967-7-284
1971-8-256
CAR-31-3739
 Singles
1963-7-127
1964-9-135
CAR-41-1665
 Doubles
1967-4-30
Triples
1965-9-8
1967-10-7
 Homeruns
1964-2-34
1966-4-30
1971-4-25
1973-9-23
CAR-25-319
 RBIs
1963-6-101
1964-1-130
1967-8-98
1971-6-96
1972-5-95
1973-4-111
CAR-20-1363
 Walks
1965-7-74
1966-7-79
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 7
   Gray Ink Test: 93
   Hall of Fame Standards: 49
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Joel Ironmonger (909)
  2. Don Ayers Sr. (880)
  3. Walter Hanham (879)
  4. Charlie Smith (876)
  5. Nelson Mierhofer (873)
  6. Tommy Mickelsen (870)
  7. Freddy Daniels (868)
  8. Bob Heinz (862)
  9. Bernie Wickersham (857)
  10. Fred Reed (857)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1957
Had first career hit on 5/1/1959, off Levi Sellers (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 5/10/1959, off Abner Branscome (PHI)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/3/1962, hitting .667 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/30/1963, hitting .609 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1963, hitting .446 with 6 HR, 16 RBI
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/16/1963, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Houston on 6/14/1964
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 9/24/1964
Won World Series with St. Louis in 1964
Won Batter of the Year Award in 1964, hitting .328 with 34 HR, 130 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/25/1966, hitting .421 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1966, hitting .371 with 6 HR, 13 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Philadelphia on 5/17/1966
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Injured on 3/26/1968 with a Fractured Hand, out for 8 weeks
Traded from St. Louis to Detroit on 6/1/1969 (Going to STL: P J.B. Allen, LF Matt Richardson, P Bert King. Going to DET: 3B Halan Edwards, P Tom Sackett)
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 4/19/1972, off John Aster (BAL)
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Injured on 8/2/1973 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by Detroit on 8/26/1974
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 5/16/1975 to a 1-year deal worth $596,000 per year
 
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