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Jim Joe
Edwards		  
Nickname: Little Joe
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: December 14, 1894 in Usa, MS, BANNER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1926   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1922 27 PHA AL $ 300,000 4 6 5 6 6 6 6 10 10 10
1923 28 PHA AL $ 300,000 4 6 5 5 6 6 6 10 10 10
1924 29 PHI NL $ 300,000 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10
1925 30 PHI NL $ 300,000 3 6 5 5 6 5 5 9 9 9
1926 31 PHI NL $ 350,000 3 5 5 5 6 5 5 9 9 9
1927 32 PHI NL $ 350,000 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1928 33 PHI NL $ 642,857 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 9 9 9
1929 34 PHI NL $ 800,000 3 5 4 4 5 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 3 5 4 4 5 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 800,000 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1922 27 PHA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4
1923 28 PHA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4
1924 29 PHI NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4
1925 30 PHI NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4
1926 31 PHI NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4
1927 32 PHI NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4
1928 33 PHI NL $ 642,857   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4
1929 34 PHI NL $ 800,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 800,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1922 27 PHA AL 0 1 .000 17 0 0 0 9 22.3 22 6 0 12 7 2.42 .256 .343 .291 .634 3.4
    AAA   1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 13.3 10 5 0 5 12 3.38 .222 .300 .267 .567  
1923 28 PHA AL 0 1 .000 18 0 0 0 9 16.0 15 2 0 3 5 1.13 .259 .286 .276 .562 3.9
1924 29 PHI NL 2 2 .500 29 0 0 0 14 29.0 36 22 0 14 10 6.83 .303 .378 .403 .781 2.5
1925 30 PHI NL 1 3 .250 22 0 0 0 1 24.0 24 9 2 8 8 3.38 .250 .308 .396 .704 1.9
1926 31 PHI NL 4 2 .667 19 0 0 0 2 25.3 23 9 1 5 7 3.20 .242 .280 .358 .638 3.9
1927 32 PHI NL 6 8 .429 53 0 0 0 2 61.3 66 30 0 29 16 4.40 .275 .357 .346 .702 3.5
1928 33 PHI NL 0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 1 10.3 12 6 1 3 3 5.23 .286 .348 .429 .776 0.3
1929 34 PHI NL 1 4 .200 24 0 0 0 1 38.0 31 20 3 27 7 4.74 .220 .339 .340 .680 1.8
8 Years Sim 14 22 .389 191 0 0 0 39 226.3 229 104 7 101 63 4.14 .261 .337 .353 .691 21.2
1 Years AAA 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 13.3 10 5 0 5 12 3.38 .222 .300 .267 .567  
Season Average 1 2 .333 23 0 0 0 4 28.3 28 13 0 12 7 4.14 .261 .337 .353 .691  
Career Highs 6 8 .667 53 0 0 0 14 61.3 66 30 3 29 16 6.83 .303 .378 .429 .781  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   141 57 4 73 40   .256 .343 .336 .680
vs LH   88 47 3 28 23   .269 .327 .382 .709
Home 9 9 .500 92 0 0 0 14 108.3 120 61 4 49 36 5.07 .281 .355 .393 .748
Away 5 13 .278 99 0 0 0 25 118.0 109 43 3 52 27 3.28 .242 .321 .316 .636
Mar/Apr 4 2 .667 22 0 0 0 3 30.3 31 10 2 11 10 2.97 .263 .326 .364 .690
May 3 2 .600 30 0 0 0 7 31.3 23 10 0 16 8 2.88 .207 .307 .315 .622
June 1 4 .200 35 0 0 0 5 42.6 43 22 1 25 12 4.64 .256 .352 .357 .709
July 1 5 .167 34 0 0 0 4 38.3 43 22 1 12 12 5.17 .285 .337 .377 .715
August 2 3 .400 38 0 0 0 14 39.3 30 16 1 20 12 3.66 .210 .307 .259 .565
Sep/Oct 3 6 .333 32 0 0 0 6 44.3 59 24 2 17 9 4.87 .317 .374 .419 .794
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1922 27 PHA AL 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1923 28 PHA AL 18 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
1924 29 PHI NL 29 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
1925 30 PHI NL 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1927 32 PHI NL 53 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4 0.2
1928 33 PHI NL 9 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3
1929 34 PHI NL 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3 0.0
7 Years Sim 172 23 1 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 .174 .208 .261 .469 1.0 0.8
162 Game Average 21 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .174 .208 .261 .469 1.0  
Career Highs 53 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   14 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .214 .267 .286 .552 1.0
vs LH   9 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .222 .333 0.0
Home 77 15 1 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 .200 .250 .333 .583 1.1
Away 64 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
RISP   7 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 0.7
Close/Late   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Mar/Apr 12 5 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .600 .600 1.000 1.600 1.7
May 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3
July 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Sep/Oct 16 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1922 27 PHA AL P 17 0 22.3 5 6 0 1 1.000 4.43    
1923 28 PHA AL P 18 0 16.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.81    
1924 29 PHI NL P 29 0 29.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 1.86    
1925 30 PHI NL P 22 0 24.0 3 4 1 2 .875 2.63    
1926 31 PHI NL P 19 0 25.3 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.78    
1927 32 PHI NL P 53 0 61.3 4 18 0 2 1.000 3.23    
1928 33 PHI NL P 9 0 10.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.74    
1929 34 PHI NL P 24 0 38.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.89    
Career Totals   191 0 226.3 19 47 1 6 .985 2.62    
Career Highs   53 0 61.3 5 18 1 2 1.000 4.43    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1926 31 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 2 3 0.00 .182 .308 .273 .580
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 2 3 0.00 .182 .308 .273 .580
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1922-1-9
1923-5-9
1924-1-14
1926-9-2
CAR-28-39
 Games Pitched
1927-2-53
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 61st overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1922
Had first career hit on 4/28/1923, off Bill Holland (NYA)
Traded from Philadelphia (A) to Philadelphia (N) on 2/16/1924 (Going to PHI: P Jesse Haines, RF Irish Meusel, P Jim Joe Edwards. Going to PHA: LF Freddy Leach)
Earned first career win on 9/1/1924
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Philadelphia (N) in 1926
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/12/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $642,857 through salary arbitration
 
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