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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 19	KCA	@	LAA	L,4-6	GF	21	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
2	10	Apr 20	KCA	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS	25	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
3	11	Apr 21	KCA	@	CHW	W,9-6	GS	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
4	12	Apr 22 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
5	13	Apr 22 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
6	14	Apr 24	KCA	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
7	15	Apr 25	KCA	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
8	16	Apr 26	KCA	@	DET	L,7-11	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
9	17	Apr 27	KCA		BAL	W,14-5	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
10	18	Apr 28	KCA		BAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
11	19	Apr 29	KCA		BAL	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	26 (6)	May 6	KCA		CLE	L,1-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
13	27	May 9	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
14	28	May 10	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
15	29	May 11	KCA	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	33	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
16	30	May 12	KCA	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
17	34 (3)	May 18	KCA	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
18	35	May 19	KCA	@	WSA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
19	36	May 20 (1)	KCA	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
20	37	May 20 (2)	KCA	@	WSA	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
21	38	May 21	KCA	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
22	39	May 22	KCA	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	40	May 23	KCA	@	NYY	L,7-13	CG	41	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
24	41	May 24	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
25	42	May 25	KCA		LAA	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
26	43	May 26	KCA		LAA	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
27	44	May 27 (1)	KCA		LAA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
28	45	May 27 (2)	KCA		LAA	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	46	May 29	KCA		NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
30	47	May 30 (1)	KCA		WSA	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
31	48	May 30 (2)	KCA		WSA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
32	49	May 31	KCA		WSA	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	50	Jun 1	KCA		BOS	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
34	51	Jun 2	KCA		BOS	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
35	52	Jun 5	KCA	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
36	53	Jun 6	KCA	@	MIN	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
37	54	Jun 7	KCA	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
38	55	Jun 8	KCA	@	LAA	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
39	56	Jun 9	KCA	@	LAA	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
40	57	Jun 10 (1)	KCA	@	LAA	L,6-14	CG	49	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
41	58	Jun 10 (2)	KCA	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
42	59	Jun 12	KCA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
43	60	Jun 13	KCA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
44	61	Jun 14	KCA		CHW	W,11-8	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
45	62	Jun 15	KCA		MIN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
46	63	Jun 16	KCA		MIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
47	64	Jun 17	KCA		MIN	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
48	65	Jun 18	KCA		MIN	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
49	66	Jun 19	KCA		LAA	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
50	67	Jun 20	KCA		LAA	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
51	68	Jun 21	KCA		LAA	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
52	69	Jun 22	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
53	70	Jun 23	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
54	71	Jun 24 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
55	72	Jun 24 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
56	73	Jun 26	KCA	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
57	74	Jun 27	KCA	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
58	75	Jun 28	KCA	@	WSA	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
59	76	Jun 29	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
60	77	Jun 30	KCA	@	BOS	L,6-12	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	78	Jul 1	KCA	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
62	79	Jul 2	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
63	80	Jul 3	KCA	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
64	81	Jul 4 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
65	82	Jul 4 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
66	83	Jul 6	KCA		WSA	W,12-9	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
67	84	Jul 7	KCA		WSA	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
68	85	Jul 8	KCA		WSA	W,6-5	CG	60	15.0	3	5	0	8	1	3B
69	86	Jul 12 (1)	KCA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
70	87	Jul 12 (2)	KCA		BOS	L,4-9	CG	54	11.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
71	88	Jul 13	KCA		BOS	L,10-11	CG	70	15.0	4	1	0	5	1	3B
72	89	Jul 14	KCA		BOS	L,2-4	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
73	94 (4)	Jul 18	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
74	95	Jul 19	KCA		BAL	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
75	96	Jul 20	KCA		DET	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
76	97	Jul 21	KCA		DET	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
77	98	Jul 22	KCA		DET	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
78	99	Jul 24	KCA		CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
79	100	Jul 25	KCA		CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
80	101	Jul 27	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.1	3	2	0	5	0	3B
81	102	Jul 28 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
82	103	Jul 28 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	43	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
83	104	Jul 29	KCA	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	105	Aug 1 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	0	2	0	2	1	3B
85	106	Aug 1 (2)	KCA	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	44	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
86	107	Aug 2	KCA	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
87	108	Aug 3	KCA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
88	109	Aug 4	KCA	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
89	110	Aug 5 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
90	111	Aug 5 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
91	112	Aug 6	KCA	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
92	113	Aug 7	KCA	@	WSA	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
93	114	Aug 8	KCA		MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
94	115	Aug 9	KCA		MIN	L,10-12	CG	53	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
95	116	Aug 10	KCA		CHW	L,1-3	CG	44	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
96	117	Aug 11	KCA		CHW	L,2-11	CG	47	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
97	118	Aug 12	KCA		CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
98	119	Aug 14	KCA		WSA	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
99	120	Aug 15	KCA		WSA	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
100	121	Aug 16	KCA		WSA	W,4-2	GS	22	6.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
101	122	Aug 17	KCA		NYY	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
102	123	Aug 18 (1)	KCA		NYY	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
103	124	Aug 18 (2)	KCA		NYY	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
104	125	Aug 19	KCA		NYY	L,7-21	CG	53	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
105	126	Aug 20	KCA		NYY	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
106	127	Aug 21	KCA		BOS	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
107	128	Aug 22	KCA		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
108	129	Aug 23	KCA		BOS	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
109	130	Aug 24	KCA	@	MIN	W,12-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
110	131	Aug 25	KCA	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
111	132	Aug 26	KCA	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
112	133	Aug 28	KCA		LAA	L,5-10	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
113	135 (1)	Aug 31	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	136	Sep 1	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
115	137	Sep 2	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
116	138	Sep 3 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
117	139	Sep 3 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
118	140	Sep 4	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
119	141	Sep 5	KCA	@	BOS	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
120	142	Sep 7	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	0	4	1	5	0	3B
121	143	Sep 8	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
122	144	Sep 9	KCA	@	CLE	L,7-12	CG	40	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
123	145	Sep 10	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
124	146	Sep 12	KCA	@	LAA	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
125	147	Sep 13	KCA	@	LAA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
126	148	Sep 15 (1)	KCA		BAL	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
127	149	Sep 15 (2)	KCA		BAL	W,5-4	CG	51	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
128	150	Sep 16	KCA		BAL	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
129	151	Sep 18	KCA		CLE	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
130	152	Sep 19	KCA		CLE	L,9-10	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
131	153	Sep 20	KCA		CLE	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
132	154	Sep 21	KCA		DET	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
133	155	Sep 22	KCA		DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
134	156	Sep 23	KCA		DET	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
135	157	Sep 24	KCA	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
136	158	Sep 26 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
137	159	Sep 26 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
138	160	Sep 28	KCA	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	34	6.2	1	4	0	5	0	3B
139	161	Sep 29	KCA	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	38	8.2	3	6	0	9	1	3B 2B
140	162	Sep 30	KCA	@	DET	L,1-6	GS	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	3B 2B
							142gm		1205.1	148	286	16	450	28