Ed Charles

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: April 29, 1933 in Daytona Beach, FL us

Died: March 15, 2018 in East Elmhurst, NY

Buried: Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, KS

High School: Gibbs HS (St. Petersburg, FL)

Debut: April 11, 1962 (Age 28-347d, 11,932nd in major league history)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1969 (Age 36-155d)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Edwin Douglas Charles

Nicknames: Ez, The Poet or The Glider

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1969 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.6

3482

917

.263

438

RBI

421

OBP

.330

SLG

.397

OPS

.727

OPS+

103

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 86 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 3 walk-off, 10 tying, 30 go ahead

2 Tms
KCA	65
NYM	21

Platoon
vs RHP	53
vs LHP	33

Home/Road
Home	53
Away	33

Outs
1	32
2	28
0	26

17 Opps
BAL	9
MIN	8
CAL/LAA	8
BOS	8
WSA	7
NYY	7
DET	7
CHW	7
CHC	5
CLE	4
STL	3
PIT	3
ATL	3
SFG	2
CIN	2
PHI	2
LAD	1

67 Pitchers
Ken Holtzman	3
Fred Newman	2
Claude Osteen	2
Phil Regan	2
Whitey Ford	2
Steve Barber	2
Don Rudolph	2
Ray Herbert	2
Gary Peters	2
Gerry Arrigo	2
Bob Veale	2
Denny McLain	2
Jack Kralick	2
Bill Monbouquette	2
Joe Horlen	2
Robin Roberts	2
Milt Pappas	2
Ralph Terry	2
Chris Short	1
Hank Aguirre	1
Ken Johnson	1
Juan Marichal	1
Lee Stange	1
Ron Reed	1
John Wyatt	1
Juan Pizarro	1
Arnold Earley	1
Mel Nelson	1
Phil Niekro	1
George Brunet	1
Jack Lamabe	1
Mike Fornieles	1
José Santiago	1
Ed Rakow	1
Jim Kaat	1
Pedro Ramos	1
Don Drysdale	1
Woodie Fryman	1
Joe Hoerner	1
Luke Walker	1
Ray Culp	1
Bob Gibson	1
Bob Turley	1
Bill Stafford	1
Rollie Sheldon	1
Wally Bunker	1
Tom Cheney	1
Wes Stock	1
Camilo Pascual	1
Diego Seguí	1
Ken McBride	1
Jerry Walker	1
Earl Wilson	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Bo Belinsky	1
Georges Maranda	1
Mike Lee	1
Frank Bertaina	1
Frank Lary	1
Mudcat Grant	1
Dave Wickersham	1
Steve Carlton	1
Al Worthington	1
Alan Koch	1
Bob Lee	1
Tom Kelley	1
Dean Chance	1

15 Parks
Munic. Stad (KAN)	39
Shea Stad (NYC)	14
Dodger Stad (LOS)	5
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
RFK Stad (WAS)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1
Forbes Fld (PIT)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	35
8	8
9	7
89	2
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	78
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	57
1--	12
12-	7
-2-	7
123	1
-23	1
1-3	1

126 RBI
RISP	17
0 on	57
1 on	19
2 on	9
3 on	1
Any on	29

Inning
1	9
2	6
3	11
4	16
5	9
6	11
7	8
8	5
9	10
Extra	1

1-3	26
4-6	36
7-end	24

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	4
+2	6
+1	10
Tied	25
-1	12
-2	6
-3	7
-4..	14

Ahead	22
Tied	25
Behind	39

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	83
PH	3

OrderPos
6th	23
7th	14
3rd	14
5th	12
4th	11
2nd	10
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	18
Medium Lev	27
Low Lev	41

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1962-04-22 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	Ray Herbert	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1	6	5	0.085	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1962-05-19	KCA	@	WSA	Don Rudolph	behind 0-3	t 5	1	---	1	7	5	0.079	21%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1962-05-23	KCA	@	NYY	Ralph Terry	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	5	0.082	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1962-05-26	KCA		LAA	Dean Chance	tied 1-1	b 3	1	123	4	6	5	0.226	89%		Home Run; N. Siebern Scores; M. Jiménez Scores; G. Cimoli Scores
5	5	5	1	1962-06-10 (2)	KCA	@	LAA	Bo Belinsky	behind 4-5	t 6	0	---	1	6	5	0.167	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	1962-06-14	KCA		CHW	Joe Horlen	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---	1	6	5	0.105	66%		Home Run
7	7	7	2	1962-06-14	KCA		CHW	Joe Horlen	tied 3-3	b 3	1	1-3	3	6	5	0.199	83%		Home Run; J. Lumpe Scores; N. Siebern Scores
8	8	8	1	1962-06-16	KCA		MIN	Lee Stange	ahead 5-2	b 6	1	---	1	6	5	0.043	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	1962-06-17	KCA		MIN	Jack Kralick	tied 1-1	b 4	0	---	1	6	5	0.125	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	10	1	1962-07-04 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	Bob Turley	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2	6	5	0.186	69%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; M. Jiménez Scores
11	11	11	1	1962-07-13	KCA		BOS	Mike Fornieles	tied 9-9	b 6	0	---	1	3	5	0.165	74%		Home Run
12	12	12	1	1962-07-27	KCA	@	BAL	Robin Roberts	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.106	58%		Home Run
13	13	13	1	1962-08-05 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	Pedro Ramos	behind 0-1	t 5	2	12-	3	2	5	0.385	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Azcue Scores; J. Tartabull Scores
14	14	14	1	1962-08-09	KCA		MIN	Georges Maranda	ahead 5-4	b 4	2	12-	3	2	5	0.221	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Azcue Scores; D. Pfister Scores
15	15	15	1	1962-08-20	KCA		NYY	Rollie Sheldon	ahead 4-3	b 5	1	-2-	2	2	5	0.148	88%		Home Run (CF-RF); B. Del Greco Scores
16	16	16	1	1962-09-15 (2)	KCA		BAL	Robin Roberts	behind 0-1	b 4	1	1--	2	5	5	0.233	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); N. Siebern Scores
17	17	17	1	1962-09-16	KCA		BAL	Milt Pappas	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	1	5	5	0.074	86%		Home Run
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1963-05-19 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	Arnold Earley	ahead 7-3	t 5	1	1--	2	7	5	0.057	97%		Home Run; C. Essegian Scores
19	19	2	1	1963-05-22	KCA	@	NYY	Ralph Terry	behind 6-7	t 9	2	---	1	5	5	0.371	40%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	3	1	1963-05-30	KCA		BAL	Wes Stock	ahead 5-2	b 6	2	-2-	2	3	5	0.060	97%		Home Run; W. Causey Scores
21	21	4	1	1963-05-31	KCA		WSA	Don Rudolph	behind 0-3	b 3	2	---	1	3	5	0.087	27%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	5	1	1963-06-09	KCA		CHW	Gary Peters	behind 0-2	b 6	2	---	1	3	5	0.129	32%		Home Run
23	23	6	1	1963-07-13 (1)	KCA		CLE	Jack Kralick	behind 1-2	b 1	2	12-	3	6	5	0.278	71%		Home Run; G. Alusik Scores; N. Siebern Scores
24	24	7	1	1963-07-15	KCA		NYY	Whitey Ford	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	---	1	6	5	0.113	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	8	2	1963-07-15	KCA		NYY	Whitey Ford	behind 5-6	b 6	0	---	1	6	5	0.188	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	9	1	1963-08-02	KCA		MIN	Camilo Pascual	behind 2-10	b 9	1	---	1	6	5	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	10	1	1963-08-20 (1)	KCA		WSA	Claude Osteen	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	---	1	3	5	0.058	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	11	1	1963-08-23 (2)	KCA	@	DET	Phil Regan	behind 1-6	t 9	0	---	1	5	5	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	12	1	1963-08-30	KCA		LAA	Mike Lee	behind 1-3	b 6	1	---	1	3	5	0.133	35%		Home Run
30	30	13	1	1963-09-07	KCA	@	LAA	Ken McBride	tied 1-1	t 3	1	1--	2	5	5	0.217	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Jiménez Scores
31	31	14	1	1963-09-14	KCA		BOS	Bill Monbouquette	behind 1-5	b 3	2	12-	3	5	5	0.235	38%		Home Run; M. Jiménez Scores; W. Causey Scores
32	32	15	1	1963-09-27	KCA		CLE	Jerry Walker	ahead 2-1	b 8	0	---	1	5	5	0.071	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1964-04-28	KCA		DET	Frank Lary	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.107	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	2	1	1964-04-29	KCA		DET	Hank Aguirre	behind 0-4	b 6	2	---	1	3	5	0.048	11%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	3	1	1964-06-05	KCA		BOS	Earl Wilson	behind 4-11	b 7	2	---	1	6	5	0.004	1%		Home Run
36	36	4	1	1964-06-06	KCA		BOS	Jack Lamabe	behind 4-8	b 7	2	-2-	2	3	5	0.094	14%		Home Run; N. Mathews Scores
37	37	5	1	1964-06-07 (1)	KCA		BOS	Bill Monbouquette	behind 1-4	b 6	1	1--	2	3	5	0.191	34%		Home Run; W. Causey Scores/unER
38	38	6	1	1964-06-08	KCA	@	WSA	Claude Osteen	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	5	0.109	57%		Home Run (Deep CF)
39	39	7	1	1964-06-09 (2)	KCA	@	WSA	Tom Cheney	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	5	0.109	57%		Home Run (Deep CF)
40	40	8	1	1964-06-18	KCA	@	DET	Ed Rakow	tied 2-2	t 9	0	---	1	3	5	0.347	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	9	1	1964-06-21 (2)	KCA		WSA	Alan Koch	behind 1-5	b 9	1	---	1	3	5	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep CF)
42	42	10	1	1964-07-13 (2)	KCA		CHW	Ray Herbert	behind 2-6	b 7	1	---	1	7	5	0.043	9%		Home Run (Deep CF)
43	43	11	1	1964-07-31 (2)	KCA		BAL	Steve Barber	tied 6-6	b 9	0	---	1	2	5	0.369	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
44	44	12	1	1964-08-01	KCA		BAL	Frank Bertaina	tied 1-1	b 5	2	---	1	2	5	0.166	68%		Home Run
45	45	13	1	1964-08-02	KCA		BAL	Steve Barber	behind 4-7	b 4	2	-23	3	3	5	0.300	51%		Home Run; N. Mathews Scores; B. Campaneris Scores
46	46	14	1	1964-09-22	KCA		MIN	Al Worthington	behind 6-9	b 9	1	12-	3	6	5	0.480	58%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Colavito Scores; J. Gentile Scores
47	47	15	1	1964-09-25	KCA		CHW	Juan Pizarro	behind 0-10	b 7	0	---	1	5	5	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep CF)
48	48	16	1	1964-09-26	KCA		CHW	Gary Peters	behind 0-4	b 7	1	---	1	6	5	0.043	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1965-05-06	KCA	@	CAL	Bob Lee	behind 3-5	t 8	2	---	1	7	5	0.081	14%		Home Run
50	50	2	1	1965-05-09	KCA	@	CAL	Fred Newman	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---	1	7	5	0.109	37%		Home Run
51	51	3	1	1965-05-16 (1)	KCA		MIN	Mel Nelson	tied 4-4	b 10	1	12-	3	6	5	0.303	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); J. Blanchard Scores; D. Green Scores
52	52	4	1	1965-06-20 (2)	KCA	@	DET	Dave Wickersham	tied 1-1	t 9	0	---	1	5	5	0.351	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	5	1	1965-08-15 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	Bill Stafford	behind 1-2	t 4	1	1--	2	6	5	0.251	62%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bryan Scores
54	54	6	1	1965-09-03 (1)	KCA	@	CAL	George Brunet	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	5	0.117	62%		Home Run
55	55	7	1	1965-09-09	KCA		CAL	Fred Newman	behind 0-4	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	5	0.136	29%		Home Run; D. Green Scores
56	56	8	1	1965-09-10 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	Milt Pappas	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	5	0.113	61%		Home Run
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1966-05-25	KCA	@	WSA	Diego Seguí	behind 0-1	t 6	0	---	1	7	5	0.180	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
58	58	2	1	1966-06-01	KCA		CLE	Tom Kelley	ahead 4-3	b 7	1	---	1	2	5	0.105	90%		Home Run
59	59	3	1	1966-06-07	KCA	@	MIN	Jim Kaat	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	1	2	5	0.126	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
60	60	4	1	1966-06-30	KCA		BAL	Wally Bunker	behind 2-5	b 4	1	---	1	6	5	0.091	25%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	5	1	1966-07-01 (1)	KCA	@	DET	Denny McLain	behind 3-5	t 6	0	---	1	6	5	0.124	32%		Home Run (Deep CF)
62	62	6	1	1966-08-14 (1)	KCA	@	MIN	Mudcat Grant	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	-2-	2	7	5	0.151	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Gosger Scores
63	63	7	1	1966-08-24 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	José Santiago	ahead 4-0	t 3	2	1--	2	6	5	0.081	94%		Home Run; D. Cater Scores/unER; E. Charles Scores/unER
64	64	8	1	1966-08-25 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	John Wyatt	behind 5-6	t 9	0	---	1	4	5	0.342	50%		Home Run
65	65	9	1	1966-09-10	KCA		DET	Denny McLain	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1	5	5	0.108	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1967-06-09	NYM	@	CHC	Ray Culp	behind 2-3	t 5	0	---	1	2	5	0.152	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	2	1	1967-07-04	NYM		SFG	Juan Marichal	tied 3-3	b 3	1	---	1	6	5	0.136	66%		Home Run (Deep CF)
68	68	3	1	1967-07-09	NYM		ATL	Ken Johnson	tied 1-1	b 4	0	---	1	6	5	0.145	70%		Home Run
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1968-04-21 (1)	NYM		LAD	Don Drysdale	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	1--	2	7	5	0.174	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Kranepool Scores
70	70	2	1	1968-05-02	NYM		PHI	Woodie Fryman	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	-2-	2	7	5	0.156	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Grote Scores
71	71	3	1	1968-05-04	NYM		CHC	Phil Regan	ahead 4-2	b 7	2	1--	2	7	5	0.074	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Grote Scores
72	72	4	1	1968-05-20	NYM		PIT	Bob Veale	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	7	5	0.161	69%		Home Run
73	73	5	2	1968-05-20	NYM		PIT	Bob Veale	tied 1-1	b 9	0	---	1	7	5	0.389	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
74	74	6	1	1968-06-01	NYM		STL	Joe Hoerner	behind 4-5	b 8	1	---	1	5	PH	0.354	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
75	75	7	1	1968-06-02 (1)	NYM		STL	Bob Gibson	behind 2-6	b 7	0	---	1	9	PH	0.043	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
76	76	8	1	1968-06-06	NYM	@	CHC	Ken Holtzman	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1--	2	4	5	0.243	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Grote Scores
77	77	9	2	1968-06-06	NYM	@	CHC	Ken Holtzman	ahead 3-1	t 5	0	---	1	4	5	0.084	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
78	78	10	1	1968-07-24	NYM	@	ATL	Ron Reed	behind 0-1	t 8	1	---	1	9	PH	0.291	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
79	79	11	1	1968-07-27	NYM		CIN	Gerry Arrigo	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	1--	2	4	5	0.114	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Jones Scores/unER; E. Charles Scores/unER
80	80	12	1	1968-08-28 (1)	NYM		CIN	Gerry Arrigo	behind 0-4	b 4	2	---	1	4	5	0.055	13%		Home Run (Deep LF)
81	81	13	1	1968-09-17	NYM		CHC	Ken Holtzman	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	---	1	4	5	0.107	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
82	82	14	1	1968-09-21	NYM	@	PHI	Chris Short	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	5	0.209	70%		Home Run (LF-CF); T. Agee Scores
83	83	15	1	1968-09-24	NYM	@	ATL	Phil Niekro	behind 3-7	t 8	1	---	1	4	5	0.019	3%		Home Run
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
84	84	1	1	1969-05-31	NYM		SFG	Gaylord Perry	behind 0-2	b 4	2	12-	3	7	5	0.371	66%		Home Run; E. Kranepool Scores; R. Swoboda Scores
85	85	2	1	1969-07-06	NYM	@	PIT	Luke Walker	behind 3-6	t 5	2	---	1	5	5	0.074	18%		Home Run
86	86	3	1	1969-09-24	NYM		STL	Steve Carlton	ahead 3-0	b 1	1	1--	2	6	5	0.093	91%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF); R. Swoboda Scores

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