Ranking the Center Fielders Joe DiMaggio made playing center field for the New York Yankees cool. He was graceful and he was a winner (10 pennants in 13 seasons), and helped establish the Yankee mystique. Switch-hitting Mickey Mantle combined power and speed in ways no one ever had before. Other great Yankee center fielders…
Jim Edmonds Position: CenterfielderBats: Left • Throws: Left6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)Born: June 27, 1970 in Fullerton, CADraft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 7th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Diamond Bar HS (Diamond Bar, CA).High School: Diamond Bar HS (Diamond Bar, CA)Debut: September 9, 1993 (16,434th in major league history)vs. DET 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: September 21, 2010vs. MIL 1 AB, 1…
After hitting a first-inning triple in the Angels’ 7-4 victory over Texas, Mike Trout comes home on an Albert Pujols ground-rule double, setting a team and an American League rookie record by scoring a run in his 14th consecutive game. The 20 year-old left fielder surpasses the freshman mark shared by Jake Powell (1935, Senators) and Don Lenhardt (1950, Browns) and also eclipses the franchise record established by Jim Edmonds in 1995.
OF Jim Edmonds announces his retirement for the second time, two weeks after signing a minor league contract with the Cardinals, because of an achilles tendon injury he sustained while trotting out a home run on September 21st in what turned out to be the last at-bat of his career. He had first retired after the 2008 season, then came back last year to play with Milwaukee and Cincinnati when he hit .276 with 11 home runs and 23 RBI.
The Reds score 8 runs in the final two innings to claim an 11 – 7 win over Arizona. The key play comes with one out in the 9th when Chris Heisey drives in Jim Edmonds with a suicide squeeze bunt to give the Reds the lead. They are now 3 games ahead of St. Louis in the NL Central.
The Reds obtain OF Jim Edmonds from the Brewers in a trade for OF Chris Dickerson. The 40-year-old Edmonds is hitting .286 after sitting out all of last season. His presence doesn’t help as the Reds drop the first game of a crucial three-game series with the Cardinals at home, losing 7 – 3. The Cards score all their runs off rookie Mike Leake in the 4th, highlighted by Skip Schumaker’s first major league grand slam, to pull within one game of division-leading Cincinnati.
OF Jim Edmonds, who last played in 2008 for the Cubs, starts a comeback attempt by signing a minor league deal with the Milwaukee Brewers.
On June 21, 2008 In a match-up of two first-place Chicago teams, the Cubs top the Sox in interleague play. In a 9-run 4th, the Cubs gets 4 homers – a three-run shot by Aramis Ramirez, one blast by Mike Fontenot and two by Jim Edmonds.
The St. Louis Cardinals trade long-time center fielder Jim Edmonds to the San Diego Padres for about $1 million and David Freese.
National League Gold Glove Award winners are announced as Greg Maddux (P), Mike Matheny (C), Derrek Lee (1B), Luis Castillo (2B), Mike Lowell (3B), Omar Vizquel (SS), Bobby Abreu (OF), Jim Edmonds (OF) and Andruw Jones (OF) earn honors.