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Jim Edmonds—Baseball

Birth

Jim Edmonds was born in 1970 in California

Jim" Edmonds (born June 27 , 1970 in Fullerton, California , California ) is a Major League Baseball center fielder and left-handed batter who plays for the St. Louis Cardinals .

Work

Jim Edmonds and Scott Rolen have all played headline roles in the Cardinals' run-scoring efforts, led by Pujols, who has had at least 30 home runs and 100 RBIs in his first seven seasons as a major leaguer.

2007 MLB Free Agents: Jim Edmonds Seems time to revisit the situation of St. Louis center field stalwart Jim Edmonds. You may recall a month ago, when I remarked: "Edmonds has a $10MM option for '07 with a $3MM buyout, so the Cards really just need to decide if Edmonds is worth $7MM in his age 37 season. Baseball Prospectus says he is, even if he only gets 515 plate appearances as projected. Even on the decline Edmonds is a powerful force in the lineup. However, the Fielding Bible ranks him just 32nd out of 35 center fielders over the last three years.

Louis Cardinals - OF Jim Edmonds (groin) missed his fourth consecutive game Wednesday, June 30, with a lingering groin injury. Edmonds is currently day-to-day ... 3B Scott Rolen (knee) has been complaining of soreness in his knee, and he was given the day off Wednesday, June 30.

Jim Edmonds ranks third among NL outfielders with 334,027, about 84,000 votes behind leader Andruw Jones and less than 7,500 ahead of fourth-place Ken Griffey Jr. Edmonds is a four-time All-Star, earning a start for the NL last summer in Detroit.

Scott Rolen and Jim Edmonds put knocks together to set an RBI by Ronnie Belliard.

Edmonds has also played for the California/Anaheim Angels and the St. Louis Cardinals. Cardinals fans affectionately know him as Jimmy Baseball,[1] Jimmy Ballgame, "Lassie" and as "Hollywood."[2] Edmonds is currently signed with the Padres through the end of the 2008 season.

ST. LOUIS: CF Jim Edmonds, whose tumbling catch with the bases loaded was a key to a 4-3 victory that ended the team's eight-game losing streak on Saturday, did not start on Sunday against LHP Chris Capuano.