After a tour of duty in the US Navy (where he earned his nickname "Doc" as a Navy Corpsman), the 21-year-old signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians in 1958. He was signed by Indians\' scout and future Baseball Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner. The Indians assigned him to their Class D affiliate in Nebraska where he batted .359 and helped lead the North Platte Indians to the Nebraska State League pennant. Over the next three seasons Edwards continued to produce at the plate as he progressed up the Indians farm system, batting .337, .279, and .331 for the Selma Cloverleafs, Burlington Indians, and the Salt Lake City Bees respectively, before earning his call up to the big league club in 1962.\n', '

After batting .270 in 63 games in an Indians uniform, Doc was traded to the Kansas City Athletics for Dick Howser during the 1963 season. He spent the full 1964 season with Kansas City, then was dealt to the New York Yankees shortly after start of the 1965 campaign, where he caught 284 innings in 43 games while filling in for injured twelve-time All Star catcher Elston Howard. Following the season, he was traded back to the Cleveland Indians.\n', '

With highly regarded Cuban catcher Joe Azcue seeing most of the playing time for the Tribe, and eight-time All Star and former World Series champion Del Crandall providing senior leadership, there wasn’t room for Edwards on the big league roster in 1966, and he was sent down to the Indians AAA farm club in Portland. After one season with the Pacific Coast League Beavers, he was shipped to the Houston Astros and assigned to their PCL club in Oklahoma City, where he spent the 1967 season before being released.\n', '

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