Hank Edwards
1941–1953 · bats L / throws L · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Browns
735G
.280AVG
.343OBP
.440SLG
More career statistics
613H
51HR
276RBI
9SB
2Rare feats
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 | 22 | 23 |
| Batting · Doubles | 116 | 115 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,409 | 2,410 |
| Batting · Runs | 285 | 286 |
| Batting · RBI | 276 | 278 |
| Batting · Triples | 41 | 42 |
| Batting · Walks | 208 | 209 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 735 | 2,409 | 2,191 | 285 | 613 | 116 | 41 | 51 | 276 | 208 | 264 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 964 | .280 | .343 | .440 | .783 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1946-07-21 to 1946-07-29
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1949-06-30 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1952-05-17 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1946-05-08 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 388 | 1214 | 299 | 23 | 127 | 104 | 138 | .271 | .332 | .416 |
| Away | 347 | 1196 | 314 | 28 | 151 | 105 | 126 | .289 | .350 | .465 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 38 | 100 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | .273 | .350 | .443 |
| May | 132 | 411 | 112 | 9 | 50 | 42 | 35 | .304 | .375 | .480 |
| June | 128 | 393 | 106 | 10 | 53 | 32 | 45 | .295 | .351 | .468 |
| July | 162 | 514 | 122 | 12 | 54 | 43 | 60 | .261 | .321 | .434 |
| August | 130 | 436 | 113 | 8 | 46 | 41 | 50 | .287 | .353 | .454 |
| September | 142 | 542 | 132 | 9 | 64 | 40 | 62 | .265 | .317 | .389 |
| October | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .357 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 74 | 280 | 70 | 11 | 40 | 29 | 20 | .280 | .354 | .500 |
| boston-red-sox | 74 | 262 | 61 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 25 | .251 | .294 | .337 |
| new-york-yankees | 72 | 247 | 48 | 1 | 15 | 25 | 36 | .217 | .296 | .285 |
| detroit-tigers | 70 | 240 | 57 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 28 | .261 | .329 | .450 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 64 | 245 | 66 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 18 | .289 | .335 | .430 |
| st-louis-browns | 62 | 234 | 65 | 4 | 26 | 8 | 28 | .290 | .312 | .460 |
| chicago-white-sox | 55 | 182 | 49 | 4 | 23 | 26 | 21 | .316 | .412 | .535 |
| new-york-giants | 44 | 106 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | .250 | .321 | .406 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 |  Cleveland Guardians | 16 | 68 | 15 | 1 | 6 | – | .221 | – | – |
| 1942 | Cleveland Guardians | 13 | 48 | 12 | – | 7 | 2 | .250 | – | – |
| 1943 | Cleveland Guardians | 92 | 297 | 82 | 3 | 29 | 4 | .276 | – | – |
| 1946 | Cleveland Guardians | 124 | 458 | 138 | 10 | 54 | 1 | .301 | – | – |
| 1947 | Cleveland Guardians | 108 | 393 | 102 | 15 | 59 | 1 | .260 | – | – |
| 1948 | Cleveland Guardians | 55 | 160 | 43 | 3 | 19 | 1 | .269 | – | – |
| 1949 | Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians | 63 | 191 | 55 | 8 | 22 | – | .288 | – | – |
| 1950 |  Chicago Cubs | 41 | 110 | 40 | 2 | 21 | – | .364 | – | – |
| 1951 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds | 76 | 158 | 47 | 3 | 23 | – | .297 | – | – |
| 1952 | Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 202 | 58 | 6 | 29 | – | .287 | – | – |
| 1953 |  St. Louis Browns | 65 | 106 | 21 | – | 9 | – | .198 | – | – |