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Edwards was a durable, strong-armed, take-charge catcher whose intelligence matched his fine physical ability. A 6'4" 220-lb graduate of Ohio State, he set a ML season record for catcher's'Zh)''@@total chances (helped by a pitching staff of strikeout artists) with 1,221 in 1969, his first year with Houston. When he retired five years later, he held the NL career record for total chances by a catcher (9,745), since broken by Johnny Bench. Edwards won two Gold Gloves. As a rookie playing in the 1961 New York-Cincinnati World Series, he hit .364. He batted a career-high .281 for the 1964 Reds and had his best HR season in 1965 with 17. (TJ)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » October 5, 1961: Joey Jay's 4-hitter, Gordy Coleman's 2-run home run, and two RBI hits by Johnny Edwards lead Cincinnati to a 6–2 win and even the World Series. » April 18, 1963: Johnny Edwards has a grand slam and a sac fly to drive in all the runs in the Reds 5–0 victory over the Giants at Crosley Field. » July 3, 1963: At Houston, the Reds John Tsitouris allows just two hits in beating Houston, 2–1. Cincy collects just two hits in the win, scoring the first run on Johnny Edwards homer and the 2nd when Rusty Staub misses a pickoff throw from Hal Woodeshick and Pete Rose scores from 1B. » February 8, 1968: The Reds trade C Johnny Edwards to the Cardinals for IF Jim Williams and C Pat Corrales. » July 1, 1968: A first inning wild pitch that eludes backup catcher Johnny Edwards allows a run to break Bob Gibson's streak of 47 2/3 innings of scoreless pitching (in which he allows just 21 hits) The Cards beat the Don Drysdale and the Dodgers in Los Angeles 8–1. Gibson will pitch 23 innings before giving up another run. » September 18, 1971: San Diego's Clay Kirby allows just one hit -- a wind-blown homer in the 8th by Willie McCovey -- in beating the Giants, 2–1. Despite the loss, the Giants retain their 2-game edge over the Dodgers. The Padres score their first run on a triple by Barton in the 3rd and a squeeze by Enzio Hernandez, and score the winner on an unearned run in the 8th off Perry. For Hernandez, his bunt gives him 12 RBIs: his 12 RBIs in 549 at bats is the fewest in history by anyone with 500 at bats. Kirby lost a no-hitter five days ago when Houston's Johnny Edwards doubled in the 8th with one out. He then lost the game , 3–2, on an unearned run in the 9th. » May 1, 1972: Jim Wynn hits a grand slam and Johnny Edwards hits a 3-run homer to help the Astros edge the Pirates, 9–8. Both homers come off Steve Blass. Jim "Sting" Ray, who pitches the last two innings, wins his 4th straight.