What years did Jim Edmonds play?

Jim Edmonds played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2010.

Was Jim Edmonds a pitcher?

No. Jim Edmonds was a position player (Outfielder).

How many home runs did Jim Edmonds hit?

Jim Edmonds hit 393 career home runs with 1949 hits.

What was Jim Edmonds's career batting average?

Jim Edmonds batted .284 over his career, with 1,949 hits in 6,858 at bats.

How many RBI did Jim Edmonds have?

Jim Edmonds drove in 1,199 runs in his career.

Is Jim Edmonds in the Hall of Fame?

No. Jim Edmonds has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jim Edmonds

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1993-2010)

Jim Edmonds was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2010 for 7 teams, including the California Angels, a span of 18 seasons. In 2,011 career games, he hit .284 with 1,949 hits, 393 home runs, and 1,199 RBI. Jim Edmonds was a 4-time All-Star, a 8-time Gold Glove, and a Silver Slugger. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 28,444.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .284

HR 393

RBI 1,199

H 1,949

OPS .903

PIV 28,444

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 190 lb
Born: 6/27/1970 in Fullerton, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1993-09-09
Last Game: 2010-09-21
Awards: 4× All-Star · 8× Gold Glove · Silver Slugger

Full name: James Patrick Edmonds

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Career Batting Statistics

Jim Edmonds — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,011	6,858	1,251	1,949	437	25	393	1,199	67	998	1,729	.284	.376	.527	.903	28,444

Career AVG .284 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — +6.8% above league average.

Career OBP .376 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — +12.1% above league average.

Career SLG .527 vs. league average .422 across their career seasons — +25.0% above league average.

Career OPS .903 vs. league average .757 across their career seasons — +19.3% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Jim Edmonds Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1993	CAL	AL	18	61	5	15	4	1	0	4	0	2	16	.246	.265 (-7%)	.332 (-19%)	.403 (-15%)	.735 (-17%)	-179.0
1994	CAL	AL	94	289	35	79	13	1	5	37	4	30	72	.273	.269 (+1%)	.338 (+1%)	.424 (-11%)	.763 (-6%)	-222.2
1995	CAL	AL	141	558	120	162	30	4	33	107	1	51	130	.290	.266 (+9%)	.337 (+4%)	.417 (+28%)	.755 (+18%)	1907.6
1996	CAL	AL	114	431	73	131	28	3	27	66	4	46	101	.304	.269 (+13%)	.340 (+10%)	.426 (+34%)	.767 (+23%)	1990.2
1997	ANA	AL	133	502	82	146	27	0	26	80	5	60	80	.291	.266 (+9%)	.336 (+9%)	.419 (+19%)	.756 (+15%)	1573.8
1998	ANA	AL	154	599	115	184	42	1	25	91	7	57	114	.307	.266 (+15%)	.335 (+10%)	.420 (+20%)	.755 (+16%)	1987.7
1999	ANA	AL	55	204	34	51	17	2	5	23	5	28	45	.250	.271 (-8%)	.344 (-2%)	.433 (-2%)	.778 (-2%)	-67.0
2000	SLN	NL	152	525	129	155	25	0	42	108	10	103	167	.295	.270 (+9%)	.344 (+19%)	.437 (+33%)	.782 (+27%)	3371.2
2001	SLN	NL	150	500	95	152	38	1	30	110	5	93	136	.304	.263 (+15%)	.332 (+23%)	.426 (+32%)	.758 (+28%)	3235.4
2002	SLN	NL	144	476	96	148	31	2	28	83	4	86	134	.311	.261 (+19%)	.331 (+27%)	.416 (+35%)	.747 (+31%)	3385.4
2003	SLN	NL	137	447	89	123	32	2	39	89	1	77	127	.275	.264 (+4%)	.332 (+16%)	.422 (+46%)	.754 (+33%)	3107.7
2004	SLN	NL	153	498	102	150	38	3	42	111	8	101	150	.301	.266 (+13%)	.335 (+25%)	.427 (+50%)	.762 (+39%)	4366.6
2005	SLN	NL	142	467	88	123	37	1	29	89	5	91	139	.263	.264 (avg)	.330 (+17%)	.418 (+27%)	.749 (+23%)	2389.3
2006	SLN	NL	110	350	52	90	18	0	19	70	4	53	101	.257	.269 (-5%)	.336 (+4%)	.431 (+9%)	.768 (+7%)	522.0
2007	SLN	NL	117	365	39	92	15	2	12	53	0	41	75	.252	.268 (-6%)	.335 (-3%)	.422 (-5%)	.758 (-4%)	-239.6
2008	SDN	NL	26	90	6	16	2	0	1	6	2	10	24	.178	.263 (-33%)	.333 (-21%)	.416 (-44%)	.749 (-34%)	-487.3
2008	CHN	NL	85	250	47	64	17	2	19	49	0	45	58	.256	.263 (-3%)	.333 (+11%)	.416 (+36%)	.749 (+25%)	-487.3
2010	MIL	NL	73	217	38	62	21	0	8	20	2	21	53	.286	.257 (+11%)	.325 (+8%)	.402 (+22%)	.728 (+16%)	593.1
2010	CIN	NL	13	29	6	6	2	0	3	3	0	3	7	.207	—	—	—	—	593.1
Career · 19 seasons			2,011	6,858	1,251	1,949	437	25	393	1,199	67	998	1,729	.284	—	—	—	—	27,341

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jim Edmonds — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
64	230	33	63	16	0	13	42	30	72	.274

Playoff Batting by Year

Jim Edmonds — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2008	NLDS1	CHN	3	10	1	2	1	0	1	0	2	.200
2006	NLCS	SLN	7	22	5	5	0	2	4	5	5	.227
2006	NLDS2	SLN	4	13	2	4	0	0	2	2	3	.308
2006	WS	SLN	5	17	1	4	2	0	4	3	8	.235
2005	NLCS	SLN	6	19	2	4	1	0	0	5	5	.211
2005	NLDS1	SLN	3	11	5	4	2	1	1	2	2	.364
2004	NLCS	SLN	7	24	2	7	2	2	7	2	6	.292
2004	NLDS1	SLN	4	15	1	4	0	1	2	1	9	.267
2004	WS	SLN	4	15	2	1	0	0	0	1	6	.067
2002	NLCS	SLN	5	20	2	8	2	1	4	2	5	.400
2002	NLDS2	SLN	3	11	1	3	0	1	2	2	4	.273
2001	NLDS2	SLN	5	17	3	4	1	2	3	3	6	.235
2000	NLCS	SLN	5	22	1	5	1	1	5	1	9	.227
2000	NLDS1	SLN	3	14	5	8	4	2	7	1	2	.571

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

Jim Edmonds — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1028	3418	640	980	204	634	.287
Away	982	3437	611	969	189	565	.282

Last 10 Games — Batting

Jim Edmonds — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO
2010-09-21	CIN	MIL	W	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
2010-09-19	CIN	HOU	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010-09-18	CIN	HOU	W	4	3	2	0	1	1	1	2
2010-09-16	CIN	AZ	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010-08-23	CIN	SFG	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010-08-22	CIN	LAD	W	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2010-08-20	CIN	LAD	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010-08-18	CIN	AZ	W	5	2	2	1	1	1	0	1
2010-08-17	CIN	AZ	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010-08-15	CIN	MIA	W	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jim Edmonds — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	57	46	394	29	0	35
OF	1867	1760	4536	131	58	33

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jim Edmonds — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1993	CAL	OF	17	16	47	4	1	2
1994	CAL	1B	22	18	156	11	0	10
1994	CAL	OF	77	54	145	9	3	0
1995	CAL	OF	139	136	401	8	1	2
1996	CAL	OF	111	105	280	6	1	2
1997	ANA	1B	11	10	84	7	0	5
1997	ANA	OF	115	111	312	9	5	2
1998	ANA	OF	153	150	392	10	5	1
1999	ANA	1B	2	2	19	1	0	2
1999	ANA	OF	42	42	119	4	1	1
2000	SLN	1B	6	6	40	4	0	6
2000	SLN	OF	146	138	352	10	4	2
2001	SLN	1B	2	2	14	2	0	2
2001	SLN	OF	147	140	311	12	6	1
2002	SLN	OF	139	132	347	11	5	4
2003	SLN	OF	129	118	335	12	5	5
2004	SLN	1B	1	1	9	1	0	0
2004	SLN	OF	146	141	314	11	4	2
2005	SLN	OF	139	132	318	6	2	1
2006	SLN	1B	6	4	43	2	0	5
2006	SLN	OF	99	92	223	4	3	0
2007	SLN	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2007	SLN	OF	103	99	244	8	5	4
2008	SDN	OF	26	24	63	1	1	1
2008	CHN	OF	77	75	179	0	5	0
2010	MIL	1B	3	1	12	1	0	3
2010	MIL	OF	55	50	146	6	1	3
2010	CIN	1B	3	2	17	0	0	2
2010	CIN	OF	7	5	8	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Jim Edmonds Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
First Base	57
Left Field	62
Center Field	1768
Right Field	48
Designated Hitter	21

Awards & Honors

Jim Edmonds — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2005	Gold Glove	OF
2004	Gold Glove	OF
2004	Player of the Month	July
2004	Player of the Week	Week of 2004-09-04
2004	Player of the Week	Week of 2004-07-31
2004	Silver Slugger	OF
2004	TSN All-Star	OF
2004	This Year in Baseball Defensive Player of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY
2003	Gold Glove	OF
2003	Player of the Week	Week of 2003-04-12
2003	Player of the Week	Week of 2003-06-28
2003	This Year in Baseball Defensive Player of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY
2002	Gold Glove	OF
2001	Gold Glove	OF
2000	Gold Glove	OF
1998	Gold Glove	OF
1997	Gold Glove	OF
1997	Player of the Week	Week of 1997-05-17
1995	Player of the Week	Week of 1995-06-17
1995	Player of the Week	Week of 1995-07-22
1995	TSN All-Star	OF

Salary History

Jim Edmonds — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2010	MIL	NL	$850,000
2008	SDN	NL	$8,000,000
2007	SLN	NL	$9,562,540
2006	SLN	NL	$12,074,702
2005	SLN	NL	$10,333,333
2004	SLN	NL	$9,333,333
2003	SLN	NL	$8,333,333
2002	SLN	NL	$7,333,333
2001	SLN	NL	$6,333,333
2000	SLN	NL	$4,500,000
1999	ANA	AL	$3,550,000
1998	ANA	AL	$3,175,000
1997	ANA	AL	$2,025,000
1996	CAL	AL	$625,000
1995	CAL	AL	$167,500
1994	CAL	AL	$117,500
1993	CAL	AL	$109,000
Total Career Earnings			$86,422,907

Award Voting History

Jim Edmonds — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
2005	Most Valuable Player	NL	26th	4.0	448
2004	Most Valuable Player	NL	5th	160.0	448
2003	Most Valuable Player	NL	27th	3.0	448
2002	Most Valuable Player	NL	17th	6.0	448
2000	Most Valuable Player	NL	4th	208.0	448
1995	Most Valuable Player	AL	14th	18.0	392
1994	Rookie of the Year	AL	8th	2.0	140

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Jim Edmonds: the record in brief

Between the debut on September 9, 1993 and the final game on September 21, 2010, Jim Edmonds built the record summarized on this page. The team column moves through the California Angels (1993 to 1996), the Anaheim Angels (1997 through 1999), the St. Louis Cardinals (2000 through 2007), the San Diego Padres (2008), the Chicago Cubs (2008), the Milwaukee Brewers (2010), and the Cincinnati Reds (2010). Born on June 27, 1970, in Fullerton, CA, USA, Edmonds is listed as an outfielder and threw and hit left-handed. Size on record: 190 pounds on a 6-foot-1 frame. On the record, Jim Edmonds was born James Patrick Edmonds.

Edmonds collected 1,949 hits in 6,858 at bats across 2,011 games, good for a .284 batting average, plus 393 homers, 1,199 RBI, and 67 stolen bases. Reaching base at a .376 clip and slugging .527, Edmonds finished with a .903 OPS. The league as a whole hit .266 across Edmonds's seasons, which puts the .284 career mark 6.8% above average.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jim Edmonds

What years did Jim Edmonds play?: Jim Edmonds played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2010.
Was Jim Edmonds a pitcher?: No. Jim Edmonds was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did Jim Edmonds hit?: Jim Edmonds hit 393 career home runs with 1949 hits.
What was Jim Edmonds's career batting average?: Jim Edmonds batted .284 over his career, with 1,949 hits in 6,858 at bats.
How many RBI did Jim Edmonds have?: Jim Edmonds drove in 1,199 runs in his career.
Is Jim Edmonds in the Hall of Fame?: No. Jim Edmonds has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.