Editing Jim Edmonds (section)

==Awards==
[[Image:EdmondsHOF.jpg|thumb|Edmonds' Cardinals Hall of Fame speech]]
Edmonds' fielding ability has earned him recognition from Major League coaches and managers, who voted him a [[Rawlings (company)|Rawlings]] [[Rawlings Gold Glove Award|Gold Glove]] winner eight times in nine seasons from 1997 to 2005.

[[ESPN]]'s [[Rob Neyer]] lists Edmonds as No. 12 of the top 100 players of the first decade of the 21st century due to his productivity at the plate and gold-glove skills in center field.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/columns/story?id=4740695|title=Top 100 players of the decade|first=Rob|last=Neyer|work=ESPN.com|date=December 14, 2009|access-date=May 14, 2010}}</ref>

On August 8, 2014, Edmonds was inducted into the [[St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum|St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame]]. He was announced as a candidate for the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] on November 9, 2015, but was removed from the ballot on January 6, 2016, after only receiving 2.5% of the vote in his first year of eligibility.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bloom |first=Barry M. |url=http://m.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article/156820432/griffey-hoffman-highlight-hall-of-fame-ballot |title=Junior, Hoffman highlight HOF ballot newcomers |website=MLB.com |date=November 9, 2015 |access-date=November 10, 2015 |archive-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122031626/http://m.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article/156820432/griffey-hoffman-highlight-hall-of-fame-ballot |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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