Ed Charles

Third Base

1962—1969

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Third Base RANK
#77

Player Detail

Edwin Douglas
GIVEN NAME
Charles
SURNAME
April 29, 1933, in Daytona Beach, FL
BORN
March 15, 2018, in East Elmhurst, NY, USA
DIED
1962—1969
Playing Career
Played from 29-36
PLAYING AGE
Kansas City A's
New York Mets
Teams Played For
Third Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Kansas City A's
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Ez, The Poet, The Glider
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
#6 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-10 / 170
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 11, 1962
Major League Debut
October 1, 1969
FINAL GAME

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50

HITTING

60

POWER

40

RUNNING

40

FIELDING

40

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1005
917
86
421
.263

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
19.6
57.0

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.727
.699
104.3

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.263
.330
.397

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Ken McMullen
Rich Rollins
Pete Ward
Max Alvis

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Ed Charles Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Charles
534
141
67
23
5
13
65
51
81
13
212
196
.263
.330
.397
727
AVG 3B
537
137
64
20
4
13
50
82
6
204
190
.255
.320
.379
.699

Ed Charles Rankings

AT Third Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
77
106
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Third Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
91
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Ed Charles PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
19.6
19.7
14.1
13.1
3.15
70.0
44.1
31.5
21.6
5.03
BLUE = Ed Charles
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
108.8
106.1
UNK
55.6
17.5
347.8
200.2
143.2
95.5
25.6
BLUE = Ed Charles
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B