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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 10	KCA		NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
2	3	Apr 12	KCA		MIN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
3	4	Apr 13	KCA		MIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
4	5	Apr 14	KCA		MIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
5	6	Apr 16	KCA	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
6	7	Apr 18	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
7	8	Apr 19 (1)	KCA		LAA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
8	9	Apr 19 (2)	KCA		LAA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	10	Apr 20	KCA		LAA	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
10	11	Apr 21	KCA		LAA	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
11	12	Apr 22	KCA		DET	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
12	13	Apr 23	KCA		DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	14	Apr 24	KCA	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	3B
14	15	Apr 25	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
15	16	Apr 26 (1)	KCA	@	WSA	W,12-10	CG	61	13.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
16	17	Apr 26 (2)	KCA	@	WSA	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
17	18	Apr 27	KCA	@	WSA	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
18	19	Apr 28	KCA	@	WSA	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20	May 1	KCA		CLE	W,11-3	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
20	21	May 2	KCA		CLE	L,6-15	CG	52	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
21	22	May 3	KCA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
22	23	May 4	KCA		BOS	W,14-3	CG	23	5.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
23	24	May 5	KCA		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
24	25	May 6	KCA		CHW	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
25	26	May 7	KCA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
26	27	May 8	KCA		CHW	L,3-8	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
27	28	May 10	KCA	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
28	29	May 11	KCA	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
29	30	May 12	KCA	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
30	31	May 14	KCA	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
31	32	May 15	KCA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
32	33	May 17	KCA	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
33	34	May 19 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
34	35	May 19 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
35	36	May 21	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
36	37	May 22	KCA	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	49	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
37	38	May 24	KCA	@	LAA	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
38	39	May 25	KCA	@	LAA	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
39	40	May 26	KCA	@	LAA	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
40	41	May 28	KCA		BAL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
41	42	May 29	KCA		BAL	W,5-4	CG	43	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
42	43	May 30	KCA		BAL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	3B
43	44	May 31	KCA		WSA	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	45	Jun 1	KCA		WSA	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
45	46	Jun 2	KCA		WSA	L,4-6	CG	50	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
46	47	Jun 3	KCA		MIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
47	48	Jun 4	KCA		MIN	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
48	49	Jun 5	KCA		MIN	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
49	50	Jun 7	KCA		CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
50	51	Jun 8	KCA		CHW	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
51	52	Jun 9	KCA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
52	53	Jun 10	KCA		LAA	L,3-13	CG	48	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
53	54	Jun 11	KCA		LAA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
54	55	Jun 12 (1)	KCA	@	MIN	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	56	Jun 12 (2)	KCA	@	MIN	L,1-8	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	57	Jun 13	KCA	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
57	58	Jun 14	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
58	59	Jun 15	KCA	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
59	60	Jun 16 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
60	61	Jun 16 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
61	62	Jun 18	KCA	@	LAA	L,1-2	CG	45	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
62	63	Jun 19 (1)	KCA	@	LAA	L,2-4	CG	37	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	64	Jun 19 (2)	KCA	@	LAA	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
64	65	Jun 21	KCA		DET	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
65	66	Jun 22	KCA		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
66	67	Jun 23	KCA		DET	L,2-11	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
67	68	Jun 24	KCA		DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
68	69	Jun 25	KCA		WSA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
69	70	Jun 27	KCA		WSA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
70	71	Jun 28	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	38	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
71	72	Jun 29	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
72	73	Jun 30 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	56	14.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
73	74	Jun 30 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	46	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	76 (1)	Jul 2	KCA	@	WSA	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
75	77	Jul 4 (1)	KCA	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
76	78	Jul 4 (2)	KCA	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
77	79	Jul 5	KCA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
78	80	Jul 6	KCA	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
79	81	Jul 7 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
80	82	Jul 7 (2)	KCA	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
81	83	Jul 11	KCA		CLE	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
82	84	Jul 13 (1)	KCA		CLE	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
83	85	Jul 13 (2)	KCA		CLE	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
84	86	Jul 14 (1)	KCA		NYY	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
85	87	Jul 14 (2)	KCA		NYY	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
86	88	Jul 15	KCA		NYY	W,11-10	CG	59	12.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
87	89	Jul 16	KCA		BOS	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
88	90	Jul 17	KCA		BOS	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
89	91	Jul 18	KCA		BOS	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
90	92	Jul 19	KCA		BAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
91	93	Jul 20	KCA		BAL	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
92	94	Jul 21	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
93	95	Jul 23	KCA	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
94	96	Jul 24 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	3B
95	97	Jul 24 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
96	98	Jul 25	KCA	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
97	99	Jul 26	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
98	100	Jul 27	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	0	2	1	3	0	3B
99	101	Jul 28 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
100	102	Jul 28 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,7-12	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
101	103	Jul 29	KCA	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
102	104	Jul 30	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
103	105	Jul 31	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	1	2	1	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	106	Aug 2	KCA		MIN	L,3-10	CG	51	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
105	107	Aug 3	KCA		MIN	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
106	108	Aug 4	KCA		MIN	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
107	109	Aug 6	KCA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
108	110	Aug 7	KCA		CHW	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
109	111	Aug 8	KCA		CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
110	112	Aug 9	KCA	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
111	113	Aug 10	KCA	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
112	114	Aug 11	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
113	115	Aug 13	KCA		DET	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
114	116	Aug 14	KCA		DET	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
115	117	Aug 15	KCA		DET	L,1-11	GS	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
116	119 (1)	Aug 17	KCA		BAL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	3B
117	120	Aug 18	KCA		BAL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
118	121	Aug 20 (1)	KCA		WSA	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
119	122	Aug 20 (2)	KCA		WSA	W,7-5	CG	55	14.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
120	123	Aug 21	KCA		WSA	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
121	124	Aug 22	KCA		WSA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
122	125	Aug 23 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,2-17	GS	34	6.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
123	126	Aug 23 (2)	KCA	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
124	127	Aug 24	KCA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	48	12.0	2	7	0	9	1	3B
125	128	Aug 25 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	3B
126	129	Aug 25 (2)	KCA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
127	130	Aug 27	KCA	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
128	131	Aug 28	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
129	132	Aug 30	KCA		LAA	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
130	133	Aug 31	KCA		LAA	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	134	Sep 1	KCA		LAA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
132	135	Sep 2 (1)	KCA	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
133	136	Sep 2 (2)	KCA	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
134	137	Sep 3	KCA	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
135	138	Sep 4 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
136	139	Sep 4 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
137	140	Sep 5	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
138	141	Sep 6	KCA	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	55	13.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
139	142	Sep 7	KCA	@	LAA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
140	143	Sep 8	KCA	@	LAA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
141	144	Sep 9	KCA		NYY	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
142	145	Sep 10	KCA		NYY	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
143	146	Sep 11	KCA		NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
144	147	Sep 12	KCA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
145	148	Sep 13	KCA		BOS	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
146	149	Sep 14	KCA		BOS	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
147	150	Sep 15	KCA		BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
148	151	Sep 17	KCA	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
149	152	Sep 18	KCA	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
150	153	Sep 20 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	51	12.2	1	2	0	3	0	3B
151	154	Sep 20 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
152	155	Sep 21	KCA	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
153	156	Sep 22	KCA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
154	157	Sep 24	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
155	158	Sep 25	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
156	159	Sep 26	KCA		CLE	L,1-4	CG	41	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
157	160	Sep 27	KCA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
158	162 (1)	Sep 29	KCA		CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
							158gm		1414.0	153	310	25	488	19