Bruce Edwards
1946–1956 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, NLS, Washington Senators (1901-60)
591G
.256AVG
.335OBP
.390SLG
More career statistics
429H
39HR
241RBI
9SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 3 | 10 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 179 | 180 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,894 | 1,895 |
| Batting · RBI | 241 | 242 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 9 | 8 |
| Batting · Walks | 190 | 191 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 591 | 1,894 | 1,675 | 191 | 429 | 67 | 20 | 39 | 241 | 190 | 179 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 653 | .256 | .335 | .390 | .725 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1946-09-18 to 1946-09-26
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | 1952-06-27 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1947-08-18 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1947-05-28 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 313 | 987 | 241 | 20 | 132 | 112 | 89 | .280 | .358 | .426 |
| Away | 278 | 908 | 188 | 19 | 110 | 79 | 91 | .231 | .294 | .351 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 41 | 127 | 28 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 14 | .262 | .346 | .364 |
| May | 93 | 293 | 66 | 9 | 40 | 24 | 41 | .246 | .307 | .396 |
| June | 73 | 230 | 51 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 29 | .254 | .330 | .408 |
| July | 137 | 447 | 101 | 10 | 61 | 48 | 35 | .258 | .333 | .393 |
| August | 127 | 393 | 97 | 8 | 53 | 35 | 32 | .275 | .336 | .405 |
| September | 114 | 389 | 82 | 6 | 38 | 41 | 28 | .241 | .316 | .368 |
| October | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .286 | .375 | .286 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 92 | 274 | 65 | 2 | 26 | 33 | 23 | .274 | .358 | .354 |
| new-york-giants | 88 | 303 | 69 | 6 | 49 | 36 | 27 | .262 | .347 | .399 |
| boston-braves | 82 | 250 | 49 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 25 | .215 | .260 | .307 |
| cincinnati-reds | 80 | 295 | 71 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 27 | .267 | .322 | .376 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 77 | 260 | 57 | 9 | 37 | 18 | 29 | .243 | .288 | .409 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 72 | 216 | 62 | 9 | 37 | 24 | 16 | .326 | .398 | .595 |
| chicago-cubs | 58 | 191 | 40 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 21 | .235 | .314 | .341 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 10 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | .222 | .323 | .556 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 92 | 291 | 78 | 1 | 26 | 1 | .268 | – | – |
| 1947 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 130 | 471 | 139 | 9 | 80 | 2 | .295 | – | – |
| 1948 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 96 | 287 | 79 | 8 | 54 | 4 | .275 | – | – |
| 1949 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 64 | 148 | 31 | 8 | 25 | – | .209 | – | – |
| 1950 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 50 | 142 | 26 | 8 | 16 | 1 | .183 | – | – |
| 1951 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs | 68 | 177 | 42 | 4 | 25 | – | .237 | – | – |
| 1952 |  Chicago Cubs | 50 | 94 | 23 | 1 | 12 | – | .245 | – | – |
| 1954 | Chicago Cubs | 4 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 30 | 57 | 10 | – | 3 | – | .175 | – | – |
| 1956 |  Cincinnati Reds | 7 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | .200 | – | – |