Monday, June 22, 2020

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1979 DAVE EDWARDS

On 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.


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