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Thomas Edison Second Base
Retired (1968, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .276 Total Rating   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .775 Status Deceased (2012) Option Years 0  
H 1802 Age at Death 82 Date of Birth 09-04-1930
HR 215 Drafted Round 1, Pick 16
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 15 years
(40 games)
RBI 913
SB 176
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS B- (55.1%) Range B- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health C- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1952 2B BRO 17 17 165.1 86 36 50 0 12 -3 4.68 1.000
1953 2B BRO 87 80 707.0 434 192 237 5 50 -2 5.46 .988
SS BRO 33 33 282.0 152 47 103 2 17 -3 4.79 .987
1954 2B BRO 129 127 1133.2 659 292 359 8 84 -3 5.17 .988
1955 2B BRO 132 131 1169.1 688 307 373 8 79 +8 5.23 .988
SS BRO 7 7 55.0 33 12 20 1 2 0 5.24 .970
1956 2B BRO 141 137 1230.0 705 319 382 4 96 +18 5.13 .994
1957 2B BRO 139 139 1236.1 718 305 399 14 86 +7 5.12 .981
1958 2B BRO 110 103 933.1 520 233 282 5 62 +5 4.97 .990
3B BRO 4 4 36.0 7 4 3 0 0 -4 1.75 1.000
1959 2B BRO 99 89 808.1 492 224 264 4 63 +12 5.43 .992
SS BRO 3 3 26.0 18 7 10 1 2 +1 5.88 .944
1960 2B BRO 110 97 891.0 521 224 289 8 68 +2 5.18 .985
3B BRO 4 4 34.0 12 1 9 2 0 0 2.65 .833
SS BRO 2 2 17.0 4 1 3 0 1 0 2.12 1.000
1961 2B BRO 96 75 703.0 428 168 247 13 40 +14 5.31 .970
SS BRO 5 5 40.2 21 8 12 1 5 -2 4.43 .952
RF BRO 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1962 2B PIT 95 89 817.0 451 199 247 5 55 +7 4.91 .989
SS PIT 4 4 36.0 17 6 11 0 2 +1 4.25 1.000
1963 2B BRO 94 78 722.1 452 176 267 9 46 +8 5.52 .980
SS BRO 2 2 18.0 8 2 6 0 0 -1 4.00 1.000
1964 2B BRO 98 82 764.2 443 172 263 8 53 +6 5.12 .982
SS BRO 3 3 26.0 13 3 8 2 2 -2 3.81 .846
C BRO 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 0.00 NaN
1965 2B BRO 79 65 606.1 364 155 208 1 47 +14 5.39 .997
SS BRO 1 1 8.0 7 1 5 1 0 +2 6.75 .857
C BRO 4 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 7.20 1.000
1966 2B BRO 94 87 790.0 408 146 254 8 45 +2 4.56 .980
1B BRO 3 3 27.0 28 27 1 0 1 -1 9.33 1.000
SS BRO 1 1 8.0 5 2 3 0 1 -1 5.62 1.000
1967 SS BRO 36 36 315.1 160 54 100 6 13 -8 4.40 .963
2B BRO 34 34 298.2 195 83 111 1 22 +5 5.85 .995
1B BRO 2 2 18.0 17 16 0 1 1 0 8.00 .941
RF BRO 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
1968 2B MON-MIL-FLA 15 15 128.2 79 36 42 1 12 -1 5.46 .987
Pos Total 2B 1569 1445 13105.0 7643 3267 4274 102 920 +99 5.18 .987
SS 97 97 832.0 438 143 281 14 45 -13 4.59 .968
3B 8 8 70.0 19 5 12 2 0 -4 2.19 .895
1B 5 5 45.0 45 43 1 1 2 -1 8.80 .978
RF 2 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.80 1.000
C 5 0 6.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 6.00 1.000
Total 1686 1556 14068.0 8151 3464 4568 119 967 0 1 0 0.0% +81 5.14 .985
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1968-11-01Thomas Edison has retired from the Florida Flamingos
1968-09-12The Florida Flamingos have promoted Thomas Edison to the major league team.
1968-09-12The Florida Flamingos have acquired Thomas Edison from the waiver wire.
1968-08-16The Milwaukee Crullers have waived Thomas Edison. The Milwaukee Crullers have waived John Ryan.
1968-07-30The Milwaukee Crullers have designated Thomas Edison for assignment.
1968-07-13The Milwaukee Crullers have promoted Thomas Edison to the major league team.
1968-07-13The Milwaukee Crullers have acquired Thomas Edison from the waiver wire.
1968-06-25The Montreal Maroons have waived Thomas Edison.
1968-06-18The Montreal Maroons have designated Thomas Edison for assignment.
1968-05-05The Montreal Maroons have promoted Thomas Edison to the major league team. The Montreal Maroons have promoted Patsy Watson to the major league team. The Montreal Maroons have promoted Ed McVey to the major league team. The Montreal Maroons have designated Julio Hinkle for assignment. The Montreal Maroons have designated Rowdy Washington for assignment. The Montreal Maroons have sent Oris Walker to the minors.
1968-05-05The Montreal Maroons have acquired Thomas Edison from the waiver wire.
1968-04-08The Brooklyn SweatHogs have waived Thomas Edison.
1968-04-01The Brooklyn SweatHogs have designated Thomas Edison for assignment.
1966-05-26Thomas Edison of the Brooklyn Bootleggers is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1965-06-25Thomas Edison of the Brooklyn Bootleggers is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1963-04-28Thomas Edison of the Brooklyn Bootleggers is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1959-09-19Thomas Edison of the Brooklyn Blasters is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1953-09-17Thomas Edison of the Brooklyn Blasters is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1952-09-05The Brooklyn Blasters have promoted Thomas Edison to the major league team. The Brooklyn Blasters have promoted Kevin LeFlore to the major league team.
1952-06-10A trade has been completed between the Arizona American Heroes and the Brooklyn Blasters. The Brooklyn Blasters receive Thomas Edison, Harry Tubman, Draft Pick 1953 Round 2 ARI (Jack Beck) from the Arizona American Heroes in exchange for Tony Olin.
1950-04-01The Arizona American Heroes have renamed Rex Miller to Thomas Edison.
1950-04-01The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Dave Katz to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Doc McFarland to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Chris Chavarria to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Jocko Dellucci to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted March Cordova to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Joey Ferens to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Jack McCaffery to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted John Unser to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Billy Freese to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Ray McMahon to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Haddie Sudakis to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Rex Miller to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Cupid Timlin to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Shovel Alvarado to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Ron Perezchica to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Bill Leiter to the minors.