Ed Charles
1962–1969 · bats R / throws R · Kansas City Athletics, New York Mets
1,005G
.263AVG
.330OBP
.397SLG
More career statistics
917H
86HR
421RBI
86SB
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 · At bats | 3,482 | 3,481 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 35 | 37 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,909 | 3,908 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,005 | 3,909 | 3,482 | 438 | 917 | 147 | 30 | 86 | 421 | 332 | 525 | 86 | 35 | 28 | 31 | 1,382 | .263 | .330 | .397 | .727 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1968-06-11 to 1968-06-24
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1962-08-08 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1962-08-18 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1964-09-03 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 502 | 1907 | 490 | 53 | 236 | 166 | 238 | .289 | .344 | .451 |
| Away | 503 | 2001 | 427 | 33 | 185 | 166 | 287 | .239 | .296 | .345 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 99 | 407 | 83 | 4 | 33 | 50 | 57 | .236 | .327 | .321 |
| May | 172 | 672 | 144 | 16 | 72 | 61 | 97 | .242 | .305 | .380 |
| June | 192 | 730 | 192 | 22 | 95 | 53 | 100 | .292 | .336 | .457 |
| July | 182 | 677 | 163 | 14 | 70 | 54 | 88 | .272 | .321 | .398 |
| August | 193 | 739 | 174 | 14 | 73 | 63 | 103 | .266 | .321 | .391 |
| September | 158 | 645 | 153 | 16 | 76 | 48 | 74 | .261 | .312 | .404 |
| October | 9 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | .229 | .289 | .286 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 86 | 342 | 86 | 8 | 51 | 30 | 39 | .283 | .339 | .434 |
| new-york-yankees | 86 | 344 | 75 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 43 | .242 | .305 | .365 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 85 | 337 | 79 | 7 | 30 | 36 | 41 | .274 | .341 | .431 |
| detroit-tigers | 83 | 338 | 88 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 46 | .291 | .349 | .414 |
| minnesota-twins | 80 | 326 | 77 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 45 | .265 | .328 | .426 |
| chicago-white-sox | 76 | 308 | 69 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 48 | .246 | .299 | .379 |
| baltimore-orioles | 76 | 310 | 73 | 9 | 40 | 29 | 37 | .265 | .329 | .396 |
| cleveland-guardians | 76 | 315 | 67 | 4 | 31 | 32 | 41 | .247 | .314 | .354 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 |  Kansas City Athletics | 147 | 535 | 154 | 17 | 74 | 20 | .288 | – | – |
| 1963 | Kansas City Athletics | 158 | 603 | 161 | 15 | 79 | 16 | .267 | – | – |
| 1964 | Kansas City Athletics | 150 | 556 | 134 | 16 | 63 | 11 | .241 | – | – |
| 1965 | Kansas City Athletics | 134 | 480 | 129 | 8 | 56 | 13 | .269 | – | – |
| 1966 | Kansas City Athletics | 118 | 385 | 110 | 9 | 42 | 12 | .286 | – | – |
| 1967 | Kansas City Athletics, New York Mets | 120 | 384 | 92 | 3 | 36 | 5 | .240 | – | – |
| 1968 |  New York Mets | 117 | 369 | 102 | 15 | 53 | 5 | .276 | – | – |
| 1969 | New York Mets | 61 | 169 | 35 | 3 | 18 | 4 | .207 | – | – |