Steve Bilko
Stephen Thomas Bilko
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 230 lb.

Born: November 13, 1928 in Nanticoke, PA
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1949
Final Game: August 23, 1962
Died: March 7, 1978 in Wilkes-Barre, PA
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1949 STL NL 20 1B 5 45 42 3 0 1 1.000 9.00 .991 8.98
1950 STL NL 21 1B 9 89 81 7 1 8 .989 9.78 .990 9.02
1951 STL NL 22 1B 19 186 170 13 3 18 .984 9.63 .989 9.29
1952 STL NL 23 1B 20 202 177 24 1 14 .995 10.05 .990 9.17
1953 STL NL 24 1B 154 1585 1446 124 15 145 .991 10.19 .990 6.49
1954 TOT NL 25 1B 28 25 210.0 238 203 35 0 20 1.000 3.5 20.0 3.5 0.9 2.6 0 10.20 8.50 .991 9.81 9.26
1954 STL NL 25 1B 6 4 34.1 28 21 7 0 3 1.000 0.7 24.5 0.7 0.3 0.4 0 7.34 4.67 .989 9.80 9.27
1954 CHC NL 25 1B 22 21 175.2 210 182 28 0 17 1.000 2.8 19.1 2.8 0.6 2.2 0 10.76 9.55 .991 9.81 9.26
1958 TOT NL 29 1B 46 46 359.0 375 345 28 2 39 .995 1.4 4.7 1.4 -0.1 1.6 0 9.35 8.11 .990 9.54 8.11
1958 CIN NL 29 1B 21 21 174.0 184 172 11 1 19 .995 -0.7 -4.8 -0.7 -1.5 0.9 0 9.47 8.71 .990 9.54 8.11
1958 LAD NL 29 1B 25 25 185.0 191 173 17 1 20 .995 2.1 13.6 2.1 1.4 0.7 0 9.24 7.60 .990 9.54 8.11
1960 DET AL 31 1B 62 59 497.1 542 501 36 5 47 .991 4.1 9.9 4.1 1.5 2.7 0 9.72 8.66 .991 9.58 8.04
1961 LAA AL 32 1B 86 72 653.1 645 577 61 7 56 .989 1.3 2.4 1.3 -1.6 2.9 0 8.79 7.42 .990 9.45 8.29
1961 LAA AL 32 OF 3 3 23.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -52.2 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 0.78 0.67 1.000 2.27 1.97
1961 LAA AL 32 RF 3 3 23.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -52.2 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 0.78 0.67 1.000 2.07 1.73
1962 LAA AL 33 1B 50 43 378.1 401 371 28 2 36 .995 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 1.1 -1.2 0 9.49 7.98 .990 9.44 8.76
10 Seasons 1B 479 245 2098.0 4308 3913 359 36 384 .992 10.2 5.8 10.2 1.8 8.6 0 18.33 8.92 .990 9.53 7.87
1 Season OF 3 3 23.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -52.2 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 0.78 0.67 1.000 2.27 1.97
1 Season RF 3 3 23.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -52.2 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 0.78 0.67 1.000 2.07 1.73
10 Seasons TOT 482 248 2121.0 4310 3915 359 36 384 .992 9.2 5.2 9.2 1.8 7.6 0 0 18.14 8.87 .982 9.45 7.83

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1949 STL NL 20 6 6 6 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 STL NL 21 10 10 10 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 STL NL 22 21 21 21 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 STL NL 23 20 20 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 STL NL 24 154 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHC NL 25 47 21 47 47 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1954 STL NL 25 8 4 8 8 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1958 LAD NL 29 47 25 47 47 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1958 CIN NL 29 31 21 31 31 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1960 DET AL 31 78 59 78 78 0 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1961 LAA AL 32 114 75 114 114 0 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 33 0
1962 LAA AL 33 64 43 64 64 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
10 Seasons 600 248 600 600 0 0 479 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 130 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 CHC NL 25 750 60% 80% 29% 46 100% 1 174 8 164 2 16 24 15 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 0 1 14 2 4 0 4 4 100%
1954 STL NL 25 161 62% 76% 19% 10 100% 0 21 0 20 1 3 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1958 LAD NL 29 812 65% 74% 28% 50 98% 1 175 9 162 3 24 17 12 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 20 1 0 0 19 1 1 0 1 4 100%
1958 CIN NL 29 754 63% 80% 26% 38 97% 0 172 6 163 4 23 11 8 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 17 0 2 0 2 2 100%
1960 DET AL 31 2176 65% 78% 26% 122 93% 2 499 32 461 6 51 35 21 9 1 2 5 0 5 0 3 46 0 0 2 43 2 3 0 3 9 78%
1961 LAA AL 32 2921 61% 73% 23% 131 95% 1 557 36 519 5 35 58 45 9 0 1 7 4 3 0 3 56 1 0 0 52 1 4 1 3 7 100%
1962 LAA AL 33 1690 64% 77% 26% 76 95% 0 369 15 346 8 30 28 22 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 36 1 0 0 33 1 2 1 1 12 92%
5 Seasons 9264 63% 76% 25% 473 96% 5 1967 106 1835 29 182 180 128 36 3 5 16 5 11 0 9 198 4 0 3 180 7 17 2 15 39 92%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1961 LAA AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 104 68% 78% 21% 7 29%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 104 68% 78% 21% 7 29%
MLB Averages 42.7% 3.2% 62% 78% 29% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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