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Edgar Wesley

1920–1927  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws L  ·  5'11", 215 lb  ·  b. 1891 Waco, TX

Career 465 G · 556 H · 79 HR · 376 RBI · .321 AVG

Seasons leading his league
5
1 best in baseball 4 league only
33 Top-5 finishes
4 Title seasons
4 Categories led
1926 Best season

Spanning 1920–1926, peaking at 2 titles in 1926.

Team records #2 Detroit Stars career HR #2 Detroit Stars career RBI #3 Cleveland Hornets career RBI #3 Cleveland Hornets career H #3 Detroit Stars career H #3 Cleveland Hornets 1927 RBI #3 Cleveland Hornets 1927 H #4 Detroit Stars career R #4 Detroit Stars career SB #5 Cleveland Hornets career R

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,156th League titles 5
  • 1,857th Best in baseball 1
  • 805th Top-5 finishes 33

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
First Base Range Factor 2 1st 2 yrs (1923–1924) 1923 12.25 1924 ECL 11.12 1920 #2 1922 #2 1926 #2
First Base Assists 1 1st — 1926 NNL 61 1922 #3 1923 #2 1924 #2
First Base Putouts 1 1st — 1926 NNL 878 1920 #3 1923 #2 1924 #3
Home Runs 1 1st — 1920 NNL 8 1925 #2
First Base Fielding Percentage — #2 — 1922 #2 1923 #2 1924 #3 1926 #2
First Base Double Plays — #2 — 1923 #2 1924 #2 1926 #2

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1926 2 1B PO 878 1B A 61
1924 1 1B RF 11.12
1923 1 1B RF 12.25
1920 1 HR 8

Batting

  led the league   8 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1920 DS NNL 54 207 30 56 15 2 8 39 18 0 3 .271 .329 .478 .807
1921 DS NNL 44 161 21 50 9 1 8 31 17 2 3 .311 .380 .528 .908
1922 DS NNL 66 253 54 87 14 6 9 57 27 1 9 .344 .409 .553 .963
1923 DS NNL 71 265 47 77 14 1 16 56 33 0 2 .291 .369 .532 .901
1924 HBG ECL 58 218 29 62 12 4 5 40 18 1 8 .284 .339 .445 .784
1925 DS NNL 59 223 56 90 12 4 16 71 28 0 10 .404 .470 .709 1.179
1926 DS NNL 85 300 48 93 9 2 16 64 39 1 9 .310 .395 .513 .908
1927 CHT +1 NNL 28 103 14 41 8 1 1 18 9 0 3 .398 .451 .524 .976
Career — — 465 1,730 299 556 93 21 79 376 189 5 47 .321 .390 .536 .927

Fielding

2 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1920 DS NNL 1B 51 51 456.0 566 21 16 17 603 .973 11.51
OF 3 2 16.0 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 0.67
1921 DS NNL 1B 43 43 383.1 464 28 9 22 501 .982 11.44
1922 DS NNL 1B 66 66 593.0 707 31 11 27 749 .985 11.18
1923 DS NNL 1B 71 71 627.2 830 40 14 49 884 .984 12.25
1924 HBG ECL 1B 58 58 495.0 621 24 11 21 656 .983 11.12
1925 DS NNL 1B 59 — 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1926 DS NNL 1B 83 83 702.0 878 61 28 52 967 .971 11.31
OF 2 1 16.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 0.50
1927 CHT NNL 1B 28 28 230.0 258 8 9 6 275 .967 9.50
Career — — 1B 459 400 3487.0 4,324 213 98 194 4,635 .979 9.88
— — OF 5 3 32.0 2 1 0 0 3 1.000 0.60