Jim Edmonds Stats

Jim Edmonds was born on Saturday, June 27, 1970, in Fullerton, California. Edmonds was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 9, 1993, with the California Angels. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jim Edmonds baseball stats page.

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"Offensively and defensively, he's (Jim Edmonds) a great, great player. He amazes me every day. You talk about players, he's a player. It's not just the numbers that you put up. It's on both sides of the ball. It's understanding the game. He's as good as it gets." - Rolen, Scott. Leach, Matthew. MLB Analyst. 3 November 2004.

Jim Edmonds

Jim Edmonds Autograph on a 1996 Leaf Baseball Card (Silver)

Jim Edmonds Autograph on a 1996 Leaf Baseball Card (Silver)

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Birth Name:   James Patrick Edmonds
Nickname:   Jim or Jimmy Ballgame or Jimmy Baseball
Born On:   06-27-1970  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Fullerton, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Diamond Bar High School (Diamond Bar, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   210
First Game:   09-09-1993 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-21-2010
Draft:   1988 : 7th Round (169th)

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Jim Edmonds Pitching Stats

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Jim Edmonds Hitting Stats

1993 23 Angels 18 61 5 15 4 1 0 0 4 2 1 16 0 0 0 1 .246 .270 .344
1994 24 Angels 94 289 35 79 13 1 5 0 37 30 3 72 1 1 1 3 .273 .343 .377
1995 25 Angels 141 558 120 162 30 4 33 0 107 51 4 130 1 5 5 10 .290 .352 .536
1996 26 Angels 114 431 73 131 28 3 27 1 66 46 2 101 0 2 4 8 .304 .375 .571
1997 27 Angels 133 502 82 146 27 0 26 0 80 60 5 80 0 5 4 8 .291 .368 .500
1998 28 Angels 154 599 115 184 42 1 25 0 91 57 7 114 1 1 1 16 .307 .368 .506
1999 29 Angels 55 204 34 51 17 2 5 0 23 28 0 45 0 1 0 3 .250 .339 .426
2000 30 Cardinals 152 525 129 155 25 0 42 1 108 103 3 167 1 8 6 5 .295 .411 .583
2001 31 Cardinals 150 500 95 152 38 1 30 1 110 93 12 136 1 10 4 8 .304 .410 .564
2002 32 Cardinals 144 476 96 148 31 2 28 1 83 86 14 134 0 6 8 9 .311 .420 .561
2003 33 Cardinals 137 447 89 123 32 2 39 0 89 77 6 127 1 2 4 11 .275 .385 .617
2004 34 Cardinals 153 498 102 150 38 3 42 1 111 101 12 150 0 8 5 4 .301 .418 .643
2005 35 Cardinals 142 467 88 123 37 1 29 0 89 91 10 139 1 4 4 6 .263 .385 .533
2006 36 Cardinals 110 350 52 90 18 0 19 1 70 53 7 101 0 5 0 11 .257 .350 .471
2007 37 Cardinals 117 365 39 92 15 2 12 0 53 41 2 75 2 3 0 9 .252 .325 .403
2008 38 Padres 26 90 6 16 2 0 1 0 6 10 1 24 1 1 1 1 .178 .265 .233
2008 38 Cubs 85 250 47 64 17 2 19 1 49 45 2 58 0 2 1 7 .256 .369 .568
2010 40 Brewers 73 217 38 62 21 0 8 0 20 21 0 53 0 1 1 2 .286 .350 .493
2010 40 Reds 13 29 6 6 2 0 3 0 3 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 .207 .281 .586
17 Years 2,011 6,858 1,251 1,949 437 25 393 7 1,199 998 91 1,729 10 65 49 122 .284 .376 .527

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Jim Edmonds Fielding Stats

1993 Angels CF 1 1 27 5 5.0 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.00
1993 Angels CF 1 1 27 5 5.0 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.00
1993 Angels LF 1 1 27 5 5.0 5 4 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.00
1993 Angels LF 1 1 27 5 5.0 5 4 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.00
1993 Angels RF 15 14 348 41 2.7 40 37 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .976 3.10
1994 Angels 1B 22 18 486 167 7.6 167 156 11 0 10 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.28
1994 Angels CF 5 3 81 13 2.6 13 13 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.33
1994 Angels CF 5 3 81 13 2.6 13 13 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.33
1994 Angels LF 59 36 1,035 96 1.6 94 90 4 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .979 2.45
1994 Angels RF 19 15 414 47 2.5 46 41 5 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .979 3.00
1994 Angels RF 19 15 414 48 2.5 47 42 5 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .979 3.07
1995 Angels CF 139 136 3,570 411 3.0 410 402 8 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .998 3.10
1996 Angels CF 111 105 2,763 287 2.6 286 280 6 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .997 2.79
1997 Angels 1B 11 10 252 91 8.3 91 84 7 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.75
1997 Angels CF 115 111 2,901 327 2.8 322 313 9 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .985 3.00
1998 Angels CF 153 150 3,936 404 2.6 399 389 10 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.74
1999 Angels 1B 2 2 54 20 10.0 20 19 1 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.00
1999 Angels CF 42 42 1,127 124 3.0 123 119 4 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .992 2.95
2000 Cardinals 1B 6 6 126 44 7.3 44 40 4 0 6 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.43
2000 Cardinals CF 146 138 3,632 364 2.5 360 351 9 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.68
2001 Cardinals 1B 2 2 42 16 8.0 16 14 2 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.29
2001 Cardinals CF 147 140 3,644 329 2.2 323 311 12 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.39
2002 Cardinals CF 139 132 3,480 363 2.6 358 347 11 5 4 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.78
2003 Cardinals CF 128 118 3,052 351 2.7 346 334 12 5 5 n/a n/a n/a .986 3.06
2003 Cardinals LF 1 0 18 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.50
2004 Cardinals 1B 1 1 27 10 10.0 10 9 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.00
2004 Cardinals CF 146 141 3,725 329 2.3 325 314 11 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.36
2005 Cardinals CF 139 132 3,459 325 2.3 323 318 5 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .994 2.52
2006 Cardinals 1B 6 4 123 45 7.5 45 43 2 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.88
2006 Cardinals CF 99 92 2,376 230 2.3 227 223 4 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .987 2.58
2007 Cardinals 1B 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2007 Cardinals CF 103 99 2,484 257 2.5 252 244 8 5 4 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.74
2008 Padres CF 26 24 636 65 2.5 64 63 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.72
2008 Cubs CF 77 75 1,884 184 2.4 179 179 0 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.57
2010 Brewers 1B 3 1 39 13 4.3 13 12 1 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
2010 Brewers CF 47 43 1,083 134 2.9 133 128 5 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .993 3.32
2010 Brewers RF 13 7 234 19 1.5 19 18 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.19
2010 Reds 1B 3 2 54 17 5.7 17 17 0 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 8.50
2010 Reds CF 5 4 78 7 1.4 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.42
2010 Reds LF 1 1 27 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2010 Reds RF 1 0 9 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
CF Totals 1,774 1,690 44,046 4,527 2.6 4,473 4,358 115 54 32 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.74
RF Totals 67 51 1,419 156 2.3 153 139 14 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.91
LF Totals 63 39 1,134 107 1.7 105 99 6 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .981 2.50
1B Totals 57 46 1,203 423 7.4 423 394 29 0 35 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.49
17 Years 1,961 1,826 47,802 5,213 2.7 5,154 4,990 164 59 70 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.91

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Jim Edmonds Miscellaneous Stats

1993 Angels 0 2 .000 1 0 0 0.0 3.8 15.3 - - -
1994 Angels 4 2 .667 5 3 0 57.8 4.0 7.8 - - -
1995 Angels 1 4 .200 3 0 0 16.9 4.3 5.2 - - -
1996 Angels 4 0 1.000 6 0 1 16.0 4.3 6.5 - - -
1997 Angels 5 7 .417 3 0 8 19.3 6.3 6.3 - - -
1998 Angels 7 5 .583 1 0 0 24.0 5.3 6.6 - - -
1999 Angels 5 4 .556 2 0 9 40.8 4.5 8.9 - - -
2000 Cardinals 10 3 .769 4 0 0 12.5 3.1 4.9 - - -
2001 Cardinals 5 5 .500 5 1 0 16.7 3.7 4.5 - - -
2002 Cardinals 4 3 .571 9 0 0 17.0 3.6 5.7 - - -
2003 Cardinals 1 3 .250 9 1 2 11.5 3.5 5.0 - - -
2004 Cardinals 8 3 .727 6 0 1 11.9 3.3 4.5 - - -
2005 Cardinals 5 5 .500 9 0 0 16.1 3.4 5.2 - - -
2006 Cardinals 4 0 1.000 10 1 0 18.4 3.5 5.0 - - -
2007 Cardinals 0 2 .000 15 0 0 30.4 4.9 6.9 - - -
2008 Padres 2 1 .667 1 0 0 90.0 3.8 15.0 - - -
2008 Cubs 0 1 .000 9 0 0 13.2 4.3 5.1 - - -
2010 Brewers 2 0 1.000 20 0 0 27.1 4.1 10.9 - - -
2010 Reds 0 0 .000 6 0 0 9.7 4.1 9.7 - - -
17 Years 67 50 .573 124 6 21 17.5 4.0 5.7 - - -

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Jim Edmonds Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1993 California Angels 25 $109,000.00 - -
1994 California Angels 25 $117,500.00 - n/a
1995 California Angels 25 $167,500.00 Stats -
1996 California Angels 25 $625,000.00 - -
1997 Anaheim Angels 25 $2,025,000.00 - -
1998 Anaheim Angels 25 $3,175,000.00 - -
1999 Anaheim Angels 25 $3,550,000.00 - -
2000 St. Louis Cardinals 15 $4,500,000.00 Stats -
2001 St. Louis Cardinals 15 $6,333,333.00 - -
2002 St. Louis Cardinals 15 $7,333,333.00 - -
2003 St. Louis Cardinals 15 $8,333,333.00 Stats -
2004 St. Louis Cardinals 15 $9,333,333.00 - Stats
2005 St. Louis Cardinals 15 $10,333,333.00 Stats -
2006 St. Louis Cardinals 15 $11,979,548.00 - Stats
2007 St. Louis Cardinals 15 $9,562,540.00 - -
2008 San Diego Padres 15 $8,000,000.00 - -
2008 Chicago Cubs 15 "     "     - -
2010 Milwaukee Brewers 15 $850,000.00 - -
2010 Cincinnati Reds 15 "     "     - -

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Did you know that Jim Edmonds was ranked #12 by ESPN Analyst Rob Neyer in his list of the Top 100 Players of the Decade? The entry reads as follows: "Jim Edmonds, No. 12? Really? Yeah, really. A player who can hit and play Gold Glove-quality center field is immensely valuable … and yet so often undervalued. Just ask Dale Murphy." Join Baseball Almanac as we take a look at some additional numbers of interest as they relate to one of the best defensive centerfielders ever:

1 - Jim Edmonds "only" won one Silver Slugger Award (in 2004), but he was a consistent slugger finishing his career with eleven 20-home run seasons, five 30-home run seasons and two 40-home run seasons.

2.5 - Jim Edmonds appeared on the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot in 2016, but only received 2.5% of the votes (11 out of 440), removing him from future ballots (at least 5% of the writers must select the player to remain on the following ballot).

8 - Jim Edmonds won eight Gold Glove Awards in the outfield and when he retired, the only outfielders with nine or more were Roberto Clemente (12), Willie Mays (10), Ken Griffey, Jr. (10) and Al Kaline (10).

12 - Jim Edmonds finished twelfth in the Top 100 Players of the Decade, those ahead of him were 11. Scott Rolen, 10. Johan Santana, 9. Roy Halladay, 8. Todd Helton, 7. Chipper Jones, 6. Carlos Beltran, 5. Ichiro Suzuki, 4. Derek Jeter, 3. Barry Bonds, 2. Alex Rodriguez, 1. Albert Pujols.

42 - Jim Edmonds hit forty-two home runs with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2000 - the most in franchise history, during a single season, by a Cardinals outfielder.

372 - Jim Edmonds hit three-hundred ninety-three home runs during his career; three-hundred seventy-two as a centerfielder (8 were at first, 6 at left field, 4 as a pinch hitter, 2 as a right fielder, 1 as a designated hitter). The only Hall of Fame Center Fielders with more homers, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Andre Dawson, and Duke Snider.

The St. Louis Cardinals fans inducted Jim Edmonds (and Willie McGee) into the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2014, one of twenty-six enshrined in the Red Birds Hall of Fame at the time: Jim Bottomley, Ken Boyer, Lou Brock, Jack Buck, August A. "Gussie" Busch, Jr., Dizzy Dean, Frankie Frisch, Bob Gibson, Chick Hafey, Jesse Haines, Whitey Herzog, Rogers Hornsby, Tony La Russa, Marty Marion, Joe Medwick, Johnny Mize, Stan Musial, Branch Rickey, Red Schoendienst, Mike Shannon, Enos Slaughter, Ozzie Smith, Billy Southworth and Bruce Sutter.

Jim Edmonds Catching

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Major League Baseball Network has a network show called Prime Nine that rates the top nine players and/or events for different categories and they selected the best nine centerfielders ever in this order: 9. Kirby Puckett, 8. Jim Edmonds, 7. Duke Snider, 6. Ken Griffey, Jr., 5. Joe DiMaggio, 4. Tris Speaker, 3. Mickey Mantle, 2. Ty Cobb, 1. Willie Mays. Jimmy Baseball was described by Fox Sports ('Best Center Fielders Ever', Link) with "May be the best defensive center fielder of all-time, with apologies to Willie Mays. He made more wall-climbing catches than anybody in history. When he robbed Cincinnati's Adam Dunn of home runs three times in one season, Dunn said, 'I'm never hitting the ball to center field again when he's out there. Edmonds won eight Gold Gloves over a nine-year period and hit .284 for his career."