Jim Edmonds

Full Name: James Patrick Edmonds	Primary Position: OF,CF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/190	First Game: September 9, 1993
Birthdate: June 27, 1970	MLB Experience: 14 years
Birthplace: Fullerton, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Biography[]

Jim Edmonds (James Patrick Edmonds) was born on June 27, 1970 in Fullerton, California. He made his Major League debut on September 9, 1993 for the California Angels. In 1994, his rookie year, he hit .273 with 5 home runs and 37 RBI. Edmonds played for the California Angels, Anaheim Angels and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 14 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Jim Edmonds's most productive season. Some believe that it was 2004, when he slugged 42 home runs, hit for a .301 average and knocked in 111 runs. However, others believe that it was 2000, when he slugged 42 home runs, hit for a .295 average and knocked in 108 runs.

Scouting Report[]

Offense[]

Edmonds is a classic guess hitter and is one of the streakiest players in the game. He is a very patient hitter, willing to take close pitches even with two strikes, earning a fair share of walks. Spread stance and uppercut swing make him a flyball hitter.

A high fastball above the strike zone is both his biggest weakness and his biggest strength. When locked in, he is able to get extension on the ball and either lift it for a home run or tomahawk it. When off, he will swing and miss with near 100% certainty to seemingly test whether he is hot. He swings and misses at it enough such that pitchers will throw it above his letters any time they get at it ahead, but he oftentimes decides to take it to get back into the count.

When he is on, he has power to all fields and is able to turn on any pitch. He is also able to adjust off of his initial guess. When he is not, strikeouts are plentiful as he is easily fooled with off speed stuff.

Sprays the ball all around on pop flies, tends to pull on the ground.

Defense[]

No longer has the speed to chase down balls, but gets nearly perfect jumps on every ball hit to compensate. Incredible over the shoulder ability in part because of a great ability to adjust to the ball. Above average arm power but very accurate, especially when charging in.

Most Known For[]

A defining moment of Edmonds' career came in the 2004 National League Championship Series, in which Edmonds hit an extra-inning home run to win Game 6 and made what is commonly referred to as "The Catch" to preserve a Game 7 win.

Statistics[]

Batting Stats[]

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1993	CAL	A	18	61	5	15	0	4	.246	.270	.344	4	1	2	16	0	0	0	1	1
1994	CAL	A	94	289	35	79	5	37	.273	.343	.377	13	1	30	72	1	1	4	3	3
1995	CAL	A	141	558	120	162	33	107	.290	.352	.536	30	4	51	130	5	1	1	4	10
1996	CAL	A	114	431	73	131	27	66	.304	.375	.571	28	3	46	101	4	0	4	2	8
1997	ANA	A	133	502	82	146	26	80	.291	.368	.500	27	0	60	80	4	0	5	5	8
1998	ANA	A	154	599	115	184	25	91	.307	.368	.506	42	1	57	114	1	1	7	7	16
1999	ANA	A	55	204	34	51	5	23	.250	.339	.426	17	2	28	45	0	0	5	0	3
2000	STL	N	152	525	129	155	42	108	.295	.411	.583	25	0	103	167	6	1	10	3	5
2001	STL	N	150	500	95	152	30	110	.304	.410	.564	38	1	93	136	4	1	5	12	8
2002	STL	N	144	476	96	148	28	83	.311	.420	.561	31	2	86	134	8	0	4	14	9
2003	STL	N	137	447	89	123	39	89	.275	.385	.617	32	2	77	127	4	1	1	6	11
2004	STL	N	153	498	102	150	42	111	.301	.418	.643	38	3	101	150	5	0	8	12	4
2005	STL	N	142	467	88	123	29	89	.263	.385	.533	37	1	91	139	4	1	5	10	6
2006	STL	N	110	350	52	90	19	70	.257	.350	.471	18	0	53	101	0	0	4	7	11
2007	STL	N	117	365	39	92	12	53	.252	.325	.403	15	2	41	75	0	2	0	2	9
Total	NL		1105	3628	690	1033	241	713	.285	.393	.555	234	11	645	1029	31	6	37	66	63
Total	AL		709	2644	464	768	121	408	.290	.359	.498	161	12	274	558	15	3	26	22	49
Total			1814	6272	1154	1801	362	1121	.287	.379	.531	395	23	919	1587	46	9	63	88	112

Fielding Stats[]

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1993	CAL	A	LF	1	1	9	4	1	0	1	1.000
1993	CAL	A	OF	17	16	134.1	47	4	1	2	.981
1993	CAL	A	CF	1	1	9	5	0	0	0	1.000
1993	CAL	A	RF	15	14	116.1	37	3	1	1	.976
1994	CAL	A	OF	77	54	512.2	145	9	3	0	.981
1994	CAL	A	RF	19	15	138.1	42	5	1	0	.979
1994	CAL	A	LF	59	36	347.1	90	4	2	0	.979
1994	CAL	A	CF	5	3	27	13	0	0	0	1.000
1994	CAL	A	1B	22	18	162.1	156	11	0	10	1.000
1995	CAL	A	CF	139	136	1190.1	402	8	1	2	.998
1995	CAL	A	OF	139	136	1190.1	401	8	1	2	.998
1996	CAL	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1996	CAL	A	OF	111	105	922.2	280	6	1	2	.997
1996	CAL	A	CF	111	105	922.2	278	6	1	2	.996
1997	ANA	A	1B	11	10	84.2	84	7	0	5	1.000
1997	ANA	A	OF	115	111	967	312	9	5	2	.985
1997	ANA	A	DH	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	ANA	A	CF	115	111	967	312	9	5	2	.985
1998	ANA	A	CF	153	150	1312.2	393	10	5	1	.988
1998	ANA	A	OF	153	150	1312.2	392	10	5	1	.988
1999	ANA	A	DH	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	ANA	A	OF	42	42	375.2	119	4	1	1	.992
1999	ANA	A	1B	2	2	18	19	1	0	2	1.000
1999	ANA	A	CF	42	42	375.2	119	4	1	1	.992
2000	STL	N	CF	146	138	1210.2	353	9	4	2	.989
2000	STL	N	1B	6	6	42	40	4	0	6	1.000
2000	STL	N	OF	146	138	1210.2	353	9	4	2	.989
2001	STL	N	CF	147	140	1214.2	311	12	6	1	.982
2001	STL	N	1B	2	2	14	14	2	0	2	1.000
2001	STL	N	OF	147	140	1214.2	311	12	6	1	.982
2002	STL	N	CF	139	132	1160	347	11	5	4	.986
2002	STL	N	OF	139	132	1160	347	11	5	4	.986
2003	STL	N	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	STL	N	OF	129	118	1023.1	335	12	5	5	.986
2003	STL	N	LF	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	1.000
2003	STL	N	CF	128	118	1017.1	334	12	5	5	.986
2004	STL	N	OF	146	141	1241.2	314	11	4	2	.988
2004	STL	N	1B	1	1	9	9	1	0	0	1.000
2004	STL	N	CF	146	141	1241.2	314	11	4	2	.988
2004	STL	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	STL	N	OF	139	132	1153.1	318	6	2	1	.994
2005	STL	N	CF	139	132	1153.1	318	6	2	1	.994
2006	STL	N	OF	99	92	792.1	223	4	3	0	.987
2006	STL	N	CF	99	92	792.1	223	4	3	0	.987
2006	STL	N	1B	6	4	40.2	43	2	0	5	1.000
2007	STL	N	OF	103	99	828.1	244	8	5	4	.981
2007	STL	N	CF	103	99	828.1	244	8	5	4	.981
2007	STL	N	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	51	43	370.2	365	28	0	30	1.000
Total			LF	61	37	362.1	95	5	2	1	.980
Total			CF	1613	1540	13422.2	3966	110	47	27	.989
Total			OF	1702	1606	14039.2	4141	123	51	29	.988
Total			DH	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	34	29	254.2	79	8	2	1	.978

Transactions[]

Selected by California Angels in the 7th round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1988 - signed June 21, 1988).
Traded by Anaheim Angels to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Kent Bottenfield and Adam Kennedy (March 23, 2000).