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.

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	KCA		CLE	W,4-3	GS	31	7.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 14	KCA		BAL	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
3	3	Apr 15	KCA		BAL	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 16 (1)	KCA		DET	L,3-6	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
5	5	Apr 16 (2)	KCA		DET	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 19	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
7	7	Apr 20	KCA	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
8	8	Apr 21	KCA	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
9	9	Apr 22	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-12	CG	44	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
10	10	Apr 23 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 23 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
12	12	Apr 25	KCA	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 28	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
14	14	Apr 29	KCA	@	BOS	L,10-11	GS	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	19 (4)	May 7 (1)	KCA		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
16	20	May 7 (2)	KCA		NYY	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
17	21	May 9 (1)	KCA		BOS	W,4-3		12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
18	23 (1)	May 10	KCA		BOS	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to New York Mets
19	24	May 12	NYM	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
20	25	May 14	NYM	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	3B
21	26	May 16	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
22	27	May 17	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
23	29 (1)	May 20	NYM		STL	L,9-11	GF	20	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 3B
24	30	May 21	NYM		STL	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
25	31	May 22	NYM		LAD	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
26	32	May 23	NYM		LAD	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
27	33	May 24	NYM		LAD	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
28	34	May 26	NYM		ATL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
29	35	May 27	NYM		ATL	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
30	36	May 28 (1)	NYM		ATL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
31	37	May 28 (2)	NYM		ATL	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
32	38	May 29	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
33	39	May 30	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
34	40	May 31	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	47 (6)	Jun 6 (2)	NYM	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
36	48	Jun 7	NYM	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
37	49	Jun 9	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	2	2	0	4	1	3B
38	50	Jun 11 (1)	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
39	53 (2)	Jun 13 (2)	NYM		CIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
40	56 (2)	Jun 17	NYM		CHC	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
41	58 (1)	Jun 18 (2)	NYM		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	3B
42	61 (2)	Jun 23	NYM	@	ATL	L,4-12	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
43	62	Jun 24 (1)	NYM	@	ATL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
44	64 (1)	Jun 25	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
45	66 (1)	Jun 27	NYM		PIT	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
46	69 (2)	Jun 30	NYM		STL	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	70	Jul 1	NYM		STL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
48	72 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	NYM		STL	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
49	74 (1)	Jul 4	NYM		SFG	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
50	75	Jul 5	NYM		SFG	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
51	77 (1)	Jul 8	NYM		ATL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
52	78	Jul 9	NYM		ATL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	3B
53	79	Jul 13 (1)	NYM	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
54	80	Jul 13 (2)	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	81	Jul 14	NYM	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	40	9.2	1	5	0	6	0	3B
56	82	Jul 15	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
57	83	Jul 16 (1)	NYM	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
58	84	Jul 16 (2)	NYM	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
59	85	Jul 17	NYM	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
60	86	Jul 18	NYM		HOU	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
61	87	Jul 19 (1)	NYM		HOU	W,8-4	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
62	88	Jul 19 (2)	NYM		HOU	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
63	89	Jul 20	NYM		HOU	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
64	90	Jul 21	NYM		LAD	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	3B
65	91	Jul 22	NYM		LAD	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	92	Jul 23	NYM		LAD	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
67	93	Jul 25	NYM	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	2	2	0	4	0	3B
68	94	Jul 26	NYM	@	SFG	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	95	Jul 27	NYM	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	49	10.1	0	3	1	4	0	3B
70	96	Jul 28	NYM	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
71	97	Jul 29	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	4	3	0	7	0	3B
72	98	Jul 30 (1)	NYM	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
73	99	Jul 30 (2)	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
74	100	Jul 31	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	101	Aug 1	NYM	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
76	102	Aug 2	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
77	103	Aug 4	NYM		SFG	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
78	104	Aug 6 (1)	NYM		SFG	L,7-9	CG	48	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
79	105	Aug 6 (2)	NYM		SFG	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
80	106	Aug 8	NYM		ATL	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
81	107	Aug 9	NYM		ATL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
82	108	Aug 10	NYM		PIT	L,0-3	CG	43	9.0	1	2	3	6	0	3B
83	109	Aug 11	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
84	110	Aug 12	NYM		PIT	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
85	111	Aug 13 (1)	NYM		PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
86	112	Aug 13 (2)	NYM		PIT	W,11-9	CG	46	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
87	113	Aug 14	NYM	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
88	114	Aug 15 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	42	11.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
89	117 (2)	Aug 17 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
90	118	Aug 17 (2)	NYM	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	60	13.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
91	119	Aug 18	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
92	120	Aug 19	NYM	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
93	121	Aug 20	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-4	GF	18	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH 3B
94	122	Aug 22 (1)	NYM		PHI	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
95	125 (2)	Aug 27	NYM		CHC	L,1-3	CG	31	7.2	1	1	0	2	1	3B
96	127 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	NYM	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
97	128	Aug 29	NYM	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
98	129	Aug 30	NYM	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
99	130	Aug 31	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	43	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	132 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
101	134 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
102	136 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
103	137	Sep 4	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
104	138	Sep 6	NYM		STL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
105	140 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	NYM		CIN	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
106	144 (3)	Sep 12	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	3	2	0	5	0	3B
107	158 (13)	Sep 27	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
							107gm		911.2	102	241	19	362	17