James Edwards

Full Name: James Corbette Edwards Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185 First Game: May 14, 1922 Birthdate: December 14, 1894 Final Game: July 19, 1928 Birthplace: Banner, Mississippi MLB Experience: 6 years Died: January 19, 1965 Deathplace: Serepta, Mississippi Bat/Throw: Right/Left

Biography

Born on December 14, 1894 in Banner, Mississippi, James Edwards (James Corbette Edwards) played for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 6 year career. Edwards broke into the bigs on May 14, 1922 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 4.47 ERA in 92.2 innings pitched in 1922, his rookie year.

Most people believe that James Edwards's best season was 1923, when he posted a 3.71 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 68 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1922	CLE	A	25	7	3	8	4.47	44	56	46	0	0	0	92.2	113	1	40	0	1	5
1923	CLE	A	38	21	10	10	3.71	68	101	74	8	1	1	179.1	200	5	75	0	2	5
1924	CLE	A	10	7	4	3	2.84	15	29	18	5	1	0	57	64	3	34	0	0	0
1925	CLE	A	13	3	0	3	8.25	12	44	33	1	0	0	36	60	0	23	0	0	1
1925	CHI	A	9	4	1	2	3.97	20	25	20	1	1	0	45.1	46	4	23	0	0	1
1925	TOT	A	22	7	1	5	5.86	32	69	53	2	1	0	81.1	106	4	46	0	0	2
1926	CHI	A	32	16	6	9	4.18	41	76	66	8	3	1	142	140	4	63	0	2	1
1928	CIN	N	18	1	2	2	7.59	11	29	27	0	0	2	32	43	1	20	0	1	0
Total	NL		18	1	2	2	7.59	11	29	27	0	0	2	32	43	1	20	0	1	0
Total	AL		127	58	24	35	4.19	200	331	257	23	6	2	552.1	623	17	258	0	5	13
Total			145	59	26	37	4.37	211	360	284	23	6	4	584.1	666	18	278	0	6	13

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1922	CLE	A	P	25	0	0	4	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.920
1923	CLE	A	P	38	0	0	8	42	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1924	CLE	A	P	10	0	0	2	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1925	CLE	A	P	13	0	0	1	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1925	CHI	A	P	9	0	0	1	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1925	TOT	A	P	22	0	0	2	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1926	CHI	A	P	32	0	0	6	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1928	CIN	N	P	18	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
Total			P	145	0	0	23	139	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.964

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1922	CLE	A	25	23	0	2	0	0	.087	.125	.087	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
1923	CLE	A	38	59	4	7	0	2	.119	.133	.119	0	0	0	12	1	2	0	0	0
1924	CLE	A	10	20	0	3	0	1	.150	.190	.150	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
1925	CLE	A	13	9	0	1	0	0	.111	.111	.111	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1925	CHI	A	9	17	0	3	0	2	.176	.176	.176	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1925	TOT	A	22	26	0	4	0	2	.154	.154	.154	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
1926	CHI	A	32	46	2	5	0	3	.109	.109	.130	1	0	0	12	0	3	0	0	0
1928	CIN	N	18	10	0	3	0	1	.300	.300	.300	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		18	10	0	3	0	1	.300	.300	.300	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		127	174	6	21	0	8	.121	.136	.126	1	0	1	35	2	7	0	0	0
Total			145	184	6	24	0	9	.130	.144	.136	1	0	1	36	2	7	0	0	0

Transactions

• Sold by Cleveland Indians to Chicago White Sox (July, 1925).