What years did Carl Edwards play?

Carl Edwards played in Major League Baseball from 2015 to 2026.

Was Carl Edwards a pitcher?

Yes. Carl Edwards pitched in the major leagues, recording 16 wins and 345 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Carl Edwards hit?

Carl Edwards hit 0 career home runs.

What are Carl Edwards's career stats?

In 302 games, Carl Edwards has gone 16-14 with a 3.51 ERA, 345 strikeouts, 292.0 innings pitched, and 7 saves.

What position does Carl Edwards play?

Carl Edwards plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.

How tall is Carl Edwards and how much does he weigh?

Carl Edwards is listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 170 pounds.

What number does Carl Edwards wear?

Carl Edwards wears number 79, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.

What was Carl Edwards's career ERA?

Carl Edwards finished with a 3.51 career ERA, going 16-14 with 345 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Carl Edwards have?

Carl Edwards recorded 345 career strikeouts.

Carl Edwards

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2015-2026)

Carl Edwards is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2015 for 8 teams, including the Chicago Cubs, a span of 12 seasons. Across 302 career appearances, he has gone 16-14 with a 3.51 ERA and 345 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 3988.1.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

Active Player

W–L 16–14

ERA 3.51

WHIP 1.21

SO 345

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 3988.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 170 lb
Born: 9/3/1991 in Newberry, SC, USA
MLB Debut: 2015-09-07
Jersey: #79

Full name: Carl Fleming Edwards

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Career Pitching Statistics

Carl Edwards — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
16	14	302	0	0	0	7	292.0	198	114	29	155	345	3.51	3988.1

Career ERA 3.51 vs. league average 4.20 across their career seasons — 16.4% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Carl Edwards Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2015	CHN	NL	0	0	5	0	4.2	3	2	3	4	3.86	—	0.0
2016	CHN	NL	0	1	36	2	36.0	15	15	14	52	3.75	4.19 (+10%)	1197.8
2017	CHN	NL	5	4	73	0	66.1	29	22	38	94	2.98	4.36 (+32%)	1612.3
2018	CHN	NL	3	2	58	0	52.0	36	15	32	67	2.60	4.15 (+37%)	1601.7
2019	CHN	NL	1	1	20	0	15.1	8	10	9	17	5.87	4.51 (-30%)	-380.1
2019	SDN	NL	0	0	2	0	1.2	4	6	4	2	32.40	—	0.0
2020	SEA	AL	0	0	5	1	4.2	2	1	1	6	1.93	—	0.0
2021	ATL	NL	0	0	1	0	0.1	3	3	1	1	81.00	—	0.0
2021	TOR	AL	0	0	6	0	5.1	8	4	2	5	6.75	—	0.0
2022	WAS	NL	6	3	57	2	62.0	51	19	25	56	2.76	3.97 (+30%)	-423.4
2023	WAS	NL	1	3	32	2	31.2	31	13	17	24	3.69	4.33 (+15%)	379.8
2024	SDN	NL	0	0	1	0	0.0	1	0	2	0	0.00	—	0.0
2025	LAA	AL	0	0	2	0	3.0	4	3	1	2	9.00	—	0.0
2025	TEX	AL	0	0	2	0	3.0	0	0	2	4	0.00	—	0.0
2026	NYM	NL	0	0	2	0	6.0	3	1	4	11	1.50	—	-
Career · 15 seasons			16	14	302	7	292.0	198	114	155	345	3.51	—	3,988

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.

Career Batting Statistics

Carl Edwards — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
302	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .249 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Carl Edwards Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2015	CHN	NL	5	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	CHN	NL	37	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	CHN	NL	74	1	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	CHN	NL	58	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	CHN	NL	20	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	SDN	NL	2	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	SEA	AL	5	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	ATL	NL	1	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	TOR	AL	6	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	WAS	NL	57	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	WAS	NL	32	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	SDN	NL	1	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	LAA	AL	2	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	TEX	AL	2	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			302	3	1	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0

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

Carl Edwards — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Carl Edwards — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2017	NLCS	CHN	2	.000
2017	NLDS2	CHN	5	.000
2016	NLCS	CHN	3	.000
2016	NLDS1	CHN	2	.000
2016	WS	CHN	3	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Carl Edwards — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	2	15	0	0	11.0	7	8	10	12	6.55

Playoff Pitching by Year

Carl Edwards — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2017	NLCS	CHN	0	0	2	2.1	0	0	2	4	0.00
2017	NLDS2	CHN	1	1	5	2.1	2	6	4	4	23.14
2016	NLCS	CHN	0	0	3	1.2	0	0	2	2	0.00
2016	NLDS1	CHN	0	0	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0.00
2016	WS	CHN	0	1	3	2.2	4	2	2	2	6.75

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Carl Edwards — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	157	1	1	0	0	0	.000
Away	145	2	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Carl Edwards — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	156	144.1	113	69	75	169	4.30
Away	144	141.2	82	44	76	165	2.80

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Carl Edwards — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-16	TEX	HOU	—	2.0	0	0	0	2	3	0
2025-09-15	TEX	HOU	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2025-04-25	LAA	MIN	—	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	1
2025-04-23	LAA	PIT	—	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0
2024-08-08	SDP	PIT	—	0.0	1	0	0	2	0	0
2023-06-19	WAS	STL	—	1.0	2	2	2	2	1	0
2023-06-16	WAS	MIA	L	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0
2023-06-15	WAS	HOU	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2023-06-11	WAS	ATL	—	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2023-06-09	WAS	ATL	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Carl Edwards — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	300	0	24	30	2	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Carl Edwards — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
2015	CHN	P	5	1	1	0	0
2016	CHN	P	36	2	4	0	1
2017	CHN	P	73	6	9	0	0
2018	CHN	P	58	6	3	1	0
2019	CHN	P	20	2	2	0	0
2019	SDN	P	2	0	0	0	0
2020	SEA	P	5	0	0	0	0
2021	ATL	P	1	0	0	0	0
2021	TOR	P	6	0	0	0	0
2022	WAS	P	57	5	6	0	0
2023	WAS	P	32	2	4	1	0
2024	SDN	P	1	0	0	0	0
2025	LAA	P	2	0	1	0	0
2025	TEX	P	2	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Carl Edwards Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	300

Carl Edwards: the record in brief

Carl Edwards's major league record starts with the debut on September 7, 2015 and remains open, because the career is ongoing. The team column moves through the Chicago Cubs (2015 through 2019), the San Diego Padres (2019 to 2024), the Seattle Mariners (2020), the Atlanta Braves (2021), the Toronto Blue Jays (2021), the Washington Nationals (2022 through 2023), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2025), and the Texas Rangers (2025). Born on September 3, 1991, in Newberry, SC, USA, Edwards is listed as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. Edwards's listed size is 6 feet, 3 inches and 170 pounds. Carl Edwards was the playing name; the full given name is Carl Fleming.

Edwards has pitched in 302 games, starting 0, and owns a 16-14 record and 3.51 ERA. The totals include 345 strikeouts. That 3.51 ERA compares with a 4.20 league average across the same seasons, 16.4% better. The best win total was 6, in 2022. Edwards struck out 94 batters in 2017, a career high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Carl Edwards

What years did Carl Edwards play?: Carl Edwards played in Major League Baseball from 2015 to 2026.
Was Carl Edwards a pitcher?: Yes. Carl Edwards pitched in the major leagues, recording 16 wins and 345 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Carl Edwards hit?: Carl Edwards hit 0 career home runs.
What teams has Carl Edwards played for?: Carl Edwards has played for 9 teams: the Chicago Cubs (2015–2019), the San Diego Padres (2019, 2024), the Seattle Mariners (2020), the Atlanta Braves (2021), the Toronto Blue Jays (2021), the Washington Nationals (2022–2023), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2025), the Texas Rangers (2025), and the New York Mets (2026).
What are Carl Edwards's career stats?: In 302 games, Carl Edwards has gone 16-14 with a 3.51 ERA, 345 strikeouts, 292.0 innings pitched, and 7 saves.
What position does Carl Edwards play?: Carl Edwards plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.
How tall is Carl Edwards and how much does he weigh?: Carl Edwards is listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 170 pounds.
What number does Carl Edwards wear?: Carl Edwards wears number 79, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.
What was Carl Edwards's career ERA?: Carl Edwards finished with a 3.51 career ERA, going 16-14 with 345 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Carl Edwards have?: Carl Edwards recorded 345 career strikeouts.