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Wilbur Wood League
4-1-1980
Ed Townsend Third Base
Retired (1968, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .271 Total Rating   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .728 Status Retired (1968) Option Years 0  
H 1481 Age 48 (OS 48) Date of Birth 01-15-1932
HR 90 Drafted Round 2, Pick 23
(1952)
Majors Svc Time 13 years
(34 games)
RBI 642
SB 83
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity   Mentor vR A-
Speed B- Bunt C- Control   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health D+ LCS Appearances 0
3B A+ (100%) RF A+ (98.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1952 Minors 20 54.00 3 / 6 5 / 10 5 / 9 9 / 11 2 / 4 7 / 7 7 / 7 38 / 54
1953 Minors 21 49.00 6 / 9 4 / 5 6 / 7 4 / 7 6 / 8 4 / 4 9 / 9 39 / 49
1954 Minors 22 57.00 4 / 9 1 / 8 5 / 7 8 / 10 4 / 8 8 / 9 6 / 6 36 / 57
1954 Pos (LF) 22 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
1954 Pos (RF) 22 96.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 17 / 96
1955 Majors 23 66.45 162 135 0 3 / 10 4 / 6 1 / 5 4 / 9 5 / 8 12 / 12 14 / 16 43 / 66
1956 Majors 24 62.11 146 117 16 2 / 7 2 / 11 1 / 8 2 / 7 6 / 10 7 / 9 4 / 10 24 / 62
1957 Majors 25 68.99 162 135 0 2 / 8 4 / 8 5 / 12 1 / 10 0 / 6 6 / 11 4 / 13 22 / 68
1958 Majors 26 69.29 162 135 0 2 / 9 1 / 13 3 / 13 3 / 8 1 / 3 2 / 8 3 / 15 15 / 69
1959 Majors 27 60.35 142 119 20 0 / 8 1 / 9 0 / 6 4 / 10 2 / 7 5 / 6 3 / 14 15 / 60
1960 Majors 28 64.42 162 135 0 1 / 9 1 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 11 2 / 12 2 / 10 1 / 9 7 / 64
1961 Majors 29 54.59 136 100 26 0 / 12 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 54
1962 Majors 30 57.11 133 108 29 0 / 8 0 / 12 1 / 8 1 / 6 1 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 9 3 / 57
1963 Majors 31 44.27 104 80 37 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 44
1964 Majors 32 53.18 141 87 21 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 12 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 53
1965 Majors 33 59.85 162 99 0 1 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 14 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 11 1 / 59
1966 Majors 34 39.26 113 59 49 -2 / 4 -5 / 5 -4 / 8 -3 / 5 -3 / 5 -4 / 4 0 / 8 -21 / 39
1967 Majors 35 41.28 162 63 0 -2 / 4 -1 / 10 -4 / 3 -5 / 3 -10 / 6 0 / 6 -1 / 9 -23 / 41
1968 Majors 36 31.74 162 40 0 -3 / 3 -5 / 6 -5 / 2 -7 / 8 -3 / 4 -1 / 4 0 / 4 -24 / 31
Total 2049 1412 198 17 / 129 12 / 134 14 / 137 21 / 130 13 / 123 48 / 119 50 / 155 192 / 1025
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1968-11-01Ed Townsend has retired from the Cincinnati Ironmen
1966-07-30Ed Townsend of the Cincinnati Ironmen is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1966-06-02Ed Townsend of the Cincinnati Ironmen is injured and is expected to be out 48 days.
1964-07-16Ed Townsend of the Cincinnati Ironmen is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1964-05-15Ed Townsend of the Cincinnati Ironmen is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1963-08-03Ed Townsend of the Atlanta Anarchists is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1963-06-30Ed Townsend of the Atlanta Anarchists is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1962-04-30Ed Townsend of the Atlanta Anarchists is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1961-06-27A trade has been completed between the San Diego Marines and the Atlanta Anarchists. The Atlanta Anarchists receive Ed Townsend, Ron Hearron, Draft Pick 1962 Round 1 SD (John Arnovich) from the San Diego Marines in exchange for Ed Kitzmiller, Draft Pick 1963 Round 2 DET (Erv Groom). Protest This Trade.
1961-05-21Ed Townsend of the San Diego Marines is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1959-07-22Ed Townsend of the San Diego Marines is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1959-07-13Ed Townsend of the San Diego Marines is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1956-05-23Ed Townsend of the San Diego Marines is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1955-03-25The San Diego Marines have promoted Ed Townsend to the major league team. The San Diego Marines have designated Jim Flora for assignment.