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Ed Charles
Edwin Douglas Charles (Ez, The Poet, or The Glider)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 11, 1962
  vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 1969
Born April 29, 1933 in Daytona Beach, FL

Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1962 29 KCA AL 147  535   81  154  24  7  17   74  20  4  54  70  .288  .356  .454  114  243   9   2   0   4  11
 1963 30 KCA AL 158  603   82  161  28  2  15   79  15  8  58  79  .267  .332  .395   99  238   5   8   7   5  21
 1964 31 KCA AL 150  557   69  134  25  2  16   63  12  7  64  92  .241  .321  .379   91  211   5   4   2   4  20
 1965 32 KCA AL 134  480   55  129  19  7   8   56  13  4  44  72  .269  .332  .388  105  186   2   5   0   4  10
 1966 33 KCA AL 118  385   52  110  18  8   9   42  12  5  30  53  .286  .337  .444  126  171   4   1   2   0   9
 1967 34 TOT    120  384   37   92  14  2   3   36   5  1  36  71  .240  .313  .310   82  119   5   6   2   8   7
         KCA AL  19   61    5   15   1  0   0    5   1  0  12  13  .246  .378  .262   96   16   0   0   1   1   2
         NYM NL 101  323   32   77  13  2   3   31   4  1  24  58  .238  .300  .319   79  103   5   6   1   7   5
 1968 35 NYM NL 117  369   41  102  11  1  15   53   5  4  28  57  .276  .328  .434  128  160   6   4   4   2   7
 1969 36 NYM NL  61  169   21   35   8  1   3   18   4  2  18  31  .207  .286  .320   68   54   0   1   3   1   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons     1005 3482  438  917 147 30  86  421  86 35 332 525  .263  .330  .397  103 1382  36  31  20  28  91
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        561   71  148  24  5  14   68  14  6  54  85  .263  .330  .397  103  223   6   5   3   5  15
 Career High    158  603   82  161  28  8  17   79  20  8  64  92  .288  .356  .454  128  243   9   8   7   8  21
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1962 29 KCA AL  604  407   89   5.9   106| .288  .268| .356  .341| .454  .417| .810  .758| 114  .614   9.6   0.9  83%
 1963 30 KCA AL  679  484   77   4.3    99| .267  .262| .332  .329| .395  .405| .727  .734|  99  .511  -0.2   0.0  65%
 1964 31 KCA AL  634  459   66   3.9    99| .241  .260| .321  .329| .379  .404| .700  .733|  91  .458  -6.0  -0.6  63%
 1965 32 KCA AL  535  372   64   4.6    91| .269  .250| .332  .319| .388  .382| .720  .702| 105  .563   3.4   0.4  76%
 1966 33 KCA AL  420  294   56   5.1    87| .286  .245| .337  .311| .444  .378| .781  .689| 126  .623  11.7   1.2  70%
 1967 34 TOT     439  311   40   3.5    88| .240  .253| .313  .316| .310  .373| .623  .689|  82  .443  -7.2  -0.7  83%
         KCA AL   74   48    7   3.9    82| .246  .240| .378  .308| .262  .360| .640  .668|  96  .524   0.5   0.1 100%
         NYM NL  365  263   33   3.4    89| .238  .256| .300  .318| .319  .375| .619  .693|  79  .428  -7.7  -0.8  80%
 1968 35 NYM NL  409  288   52   4.9    81| .276  .252| .328  .310| .434  .355| .762  .666| 128  .639  11.7   1.3  55%
 1969 36 NYM NL  189  143   15   2.8    96| .207  .262| .286  .332| .320  .388| .606  .720|  68  .327  -7.2  -0.8  66%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3909 2758  459   4.5    95| .263  .257| .330  .324| .397  .391| .727  .715| 103  .540  15.7   1.7  71%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1962 29 KCA AL 3B 140 145 285 16 27 .964 .952 3.07 2.79 3.22 3.08 138 1201.7 2B 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 .976 2.00 4.85 9.73 5.35 0 3.7 1963 30 KCA AL 3B 158 153 310 25 19 .949 .947 2.93 2.85 2.95 3.02 158 1414.0 1964 31 KCA AL 3B 147 138 259 19 25 .954 .955 2.70 2.76 2.76 3.03 144 1293.7 1965 32 KCA AL 3B 128 150 251 12 28 .971 .960 3.13 2.87 3.26 3.13 127 1108.3 2B 1 1 3 0 1 1.000 .976 4.00 4.40 36.00 5.40 0 1.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 0.00 4.80 0 3.0 1966 33 KCA AL 3B 104 85 201 11 21 .963 .954 2.75 2.80 2.92 3.03 98 882.3 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.20 9.00 9.90 0 1.0 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.40 1.50 1.80 1 6.0 1967 34 TOT 3B 107 102 241 19 17 .948 .951 3.21 2.75 3.39 2.99 103 911.7 KCA AL 3B 18 17 40 2 1 .966 .955 3.17 2.72 3.47 3.13 17 148.0 NYM NL 3B 89 85 201 17 16 .944 .950 3.21 2.75 3.37 2.96 86 763.7 1968 35 NYM NL 3B 106 69 200 13 19 .954 .954 2.54 2.72 2.85 2.93 90 850.0 1B 2 10 1 0 0 1.000 .991 5.50 8.90 5.50 10.10 2 18.0 1969 36 NYM NL 3B 52 37 86 7 9 .946 .946 2.37 2.63 2.86 2.92 45 387.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1966 33 KCA AL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.20 9.00 9.90 0 1.0 1968 35 NYM NL 1B 2 10 1 0 0 1.000 .991 5.50 8.90 5.50 10.10 2 18.0 1962 29 KCA AL 2B 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 .976 2.00 4.85 9.73 5.35 0 3.7 1965 32 KCA AL 2B 1 1 3 0 1 1.000 .976 4.00 4.40 36.00 5.40 0 1.0 1962 29 KCA AL 3B 140 145 285 16 27 .964 .952 3.07 2.79 3.22 3.08 138 1201.7 1963 30 KCA AL 3B 158 153 310 25 19 .949 .947 2.93 2.85 2.95 3.02 158 1414.0 1964 31 KCA AL 3B 147 138 259 19 25 .954 .955 2.70 2.76 2.76 3.03 144 1293.7 1965 32 KCA AL 3B 128 150 251 12 28 .971 .960 3.13 2.87 3.26 3.13 127 1108.3 1966 33 KCA AL 3B 104 85 201 11 21 .963 .954 2.75 2.80 2.92 3.03 98 882.3 1967 34 TOT 3B 107 102 241 19 17 .948 .951 3.21 2.75 3.39 2.99 103 911.7 KCA AL 3B 18 17 40 2 1 .966 .955 3.17 2.72 3.47 3.13 17 148.0 NYM NL 3B 89 85 201 17 16 .944 .950 3.21 2.75 3.37 2.96 86 763.7 1968 35 NYM NL 3B 106 69 200 13 19 .954 .954 2.54 2.72 2.85 2.93 90 850.0 1969 36 NYM NL 3B 52 37 86 7 9 .946 .946 2.37 2.63 2.86 2.92 45 387.0 1966 33 KCA AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.40 1.50 1.80 1 6.0 1966 33 KCA AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.10 1 6.0 1965 32 KCA AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 0.00 4.80 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 942 879 1833 122 165 .957 .953 2.88 2.79 3.03 3.03 903 8048.7 1B* 3 11 1 0 0 1.000 .992 4.00 8.67 5.68 10.09 2 19.0 2B* 3 4 4 0 2 1.000 .976 2.67 4.70 15.32 5.36 0 4.7 LF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.40 1.50 1.80 1 6.0 SS* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 0.00 4.80 0 3.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 950 894 1838 122 167 .957 .953 2.88 2.81 3.04 3.05 906 8081
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1969   WS    NYM BAL     W   4  15   1   2  1  0  0   0   0   2  .133  .133  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1963 AL-158-4

At Bats
1963 AL-603-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1963 AL-679-3

Triples
1962 AL-7-9
1965 AL-7-7
1966 AL-8-4

Stolen Bases
1962 AL-20-4
1963 AL-15-7

Times on Base
1963 AL-224-10

Hit By Pitch
1967 NL-7-5

Sac. Flies
1963 AL-8-2
1967 NL-6-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1963 AL-21-3
1964 AL-20-4

Caught Stealing
1963 AL-8-3
1964 AL-7-3

Power/Speed Number
1962 AL-18.4-2
1963 AL-15.0-2
1964 AL-13.7-7

Outs
1963 AL-484-1

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1417) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.0 (1337) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1952 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

December 15, 1961: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Joe Azcue and Manny Jimenez to the Kansas City Athletics for Bob Shaw and Lou Klimchock.

May 10, 1967: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the New York Mets for Larry Elliot and $50,000.

October 28, 1969: Released by the New York Mets.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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