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the blog today we have a “not so missing” 1979 card for five-year
Major league outfielder Dave Edwards, who made his Big League debut
with the Minnesota Twins the previous season:
Edwards played in 15 games for the Twins in 1978, hitting .250 with 11
hits over 44 at-bats, with seven runs scored and three RBIs.
He would go on to play in 96 games during the 1979 season, hitting .249
with 57 hits and 42 runs scored, while driving in 35, but sadly for him
that would be the most action he’d ever see in any one of his seasons.
In 1980, still with Minnesota, he’d play in 81 games, hitting .250
(how’s that for consistency?!) with 50 knocks over 200 at-bats, scoring
26 and driving in 20, but would be traded over the Winter to San Diego
for Chuck Baker.
The change of scenery didn’t help his career at all, as he would only
play in 58 and 71 games over the next two years, hovering either above
or below the “Mendoza-Line”, finishing up with a .182 showing in 1982.
I see no pro action at all after the 1982 season, either Big league or
even Minors, so he finished his MLB career with 321 games, hitting .238
with 152 hits over 640 official at-bats, scoring 95 runs while driving
in 73, with 12 stolen bases and 14 homers between 1978 and 1982.