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Steve Ridzik
Stephen George Ridzik

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 29, 1929 in Yonkers, NY
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1950
Final Game: May 10, 1966
Died: January 8, 2008 in Bradenton, FL
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1950	21	PHI	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1952	23	PHI	NL	24	27	22	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.136	.240	.136	.376	7	3	0	0	2			1
1953	24	PHI	NL	42	40	36	3	7	3	0	1	4	0	0	2	9	.194	.237	.361	.598	54	13	1	0	2			1
1954	25	PHI	NL	35	23	22	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.227	.227	.318	.545	41	7	0	0	1	0		1
1955	26	TOT	NL	16	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	-47	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1955	26	PHI	NL	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1955	26	CIN	NL	13	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	-13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1956	27	NYG	NL	44	28	28	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.250	.250	.286	.536	45	8	2	0	0	0	0	1
1957	28	NYG	NL	16	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1958	29	CLE	AL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1963	34	WSA	AL	20	30	29	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.172	.200	.207	.407	15	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
1964	35	WSA	AL	49	30	27	3	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.222	.250	.259	.509	42	7	0	0	2	0	0	1
1965	36	WSA	AL	63	20	18	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.278	.444	25	5	0	0	2	0	0	1
1966	37	PHI	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
12 Seasons				318	214	198	16	38	10	0	1	7	0	0	7	52	.192	.220	.258	.477	29	51	3	0	9	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	109	101	8	19	5	0	1	4	0	0	4	26	.192	.220	.258	.477	29	26	2	0	5

PHI (6 yrs)				107	94	84	7	15	5	0	1	4	0	0	5	19	.179	.225	.274	.499	32	23	1	0	5	0	0
WSA (3 yrs)				132	80	74	6	14	4	0	0	3	0	0	2	19	.189	.211	.243	.454	28	18	0	0	4	0	0
NYG (2 yrs)				60	33	33	3	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.242	.242	.273	.515	39	9	2	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				13	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	-13	1	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				180	133	123	10	24	6	0	1	4	0	0	5	33	.195	.227	.268	.495	32	33	3	0	5	0	0
AL (4 yrs)				138	81	75	6	14	4	0	0	3	0	0	2	19	.187	.208	.240	.448	26	18	0	0	4	0	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1952	23	PHI	NL	27	21	1	1.3	96	.176	.136	.260	.240	.333	.136	.387	.376	.721	7	.103	-2.7	-0.3	.316	.136	.000
1953	24	PHI	NL	40	32	3	2.5	109	.231	.194	.273	.237	.344	.361	.425	.598	.769	54	.228	-2.5	-0.2	.500	.222	.167	.0
1954	25	PHI	NL	23	18	2	3.0	109	.263	.227	.274	.227	.345	.318	.424	.545	.769	41	.295	-1.9	-0.2	.412	.091	.091
1955	26	TOT	NL	10	9	0	0.0	107	.333	.100	.268	.100	.339	.100	.424	.200	.764	-47	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.111	.000	.000
1955	26	PHI	NL	4	4	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.263	.000	.334	.000	.416	.000	.750	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1955	26	CIN	NL	6	5	0	0.0	110	1.000	.167	.271	.167	.343	.167	.429	.333	.772	-13	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
1956	27	NYG	NL	28	23	1	1.2	102	.350	.250	.263	.250	.330	.286	.415	.536	.745	45	.078	-2.2	-0.2	.348	.036	.036
1957	28	NYG	NL	5	4	0	0.0	103	.250	.200	.268	.200	.332	.200	.416	.400	.748	8	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1958	29	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.260	.000	.329	.000	.396	.000	.725	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1963	34	WSA	AL	30	24	1	1.1	95	.227	.172	.255	.200	.322	.207	.394	.407	.716	15	.083	-3.4	-0.4	.292	.069	.034
1964	35	WSA	AL	30	23	2	2.3	96	.316	.222	.255	.250	.324	.259	.397	.509	.721	42	.252	-2.1	-0.2	.381	.074	.037
1965	36	WSA	AL	20	17	1	1.6	90	.214	.167	.248	.167	.318	.278	.381	.444	.699	25	.153	-1.7	-0.2	.333	.111	.111
12 Seasons				214	172	11	1.7	101	.255	.192	.263	.220	.332	.258	.407	.477	.739	29	.149	-19.7	-2.0	.356	.101	.066	.0
162 Game Avg.				109	88	6	1.7	101	.255	.192	.263	.220	.332	.258	.407	.477	.739	29	.149	-19.7	-2.0	.356	.101	.066

PHI (6 yrs)				94	75	6	2.1	105	.219	.179	.269	.225	.341	.274	.415	.499	.755	32	.195	-8.3	-0.8	.400	.155	.095	.0
WSA (3 yrs)				80	64	4	1.7	94	.255	.189	.254	.211	.322	.243	.392	.454	.714	28	.160	-7.2	-0.8	.333	.081	.054
NYG (2 yrs)				33	27	1	1.0	102	.333	.242	.264	.242	.330	.273	.415	.515	.745	39	.059	-2.9	-0.3	.333	.030	.030
CLE (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.260	.000	.329	.000	.396	.000	.725	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
CIN (1 yr)				6	5	0	0.0	110	1.000	.167	.271	.167	.343	.167	.429	.333	.772	-13	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.200	.000	.000

NL (8 yrs)				133	107	7	1.7	105	.258	.195	.268	.227	.338	.268	.415	.495	.754	32	.146	-12.2	-1.2	.373	.114	.073	.0
AL (4 yrs)				81	65	4	1.7	94	.250	.187	.254	.208	.322	.240	.392	.448	.714	26	.156	-7.5	-0.8	.328	.080	.053

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1952	23	PHI	NL	27	0.0%	18.5%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	1.67	4.4				63%
1953	24	PHI	NL	40	2.5%	22.5%	5.0%	10.0%	57%	4.50	4.0	36.0	9.0		65%
1954	25	PHI	NL	23	0.0%	13.0%	0.0%	8.7%	40%		7.3			0.71	83%
1955	26	TOT	NL	10	0.0%	70.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.4				30%
1955	26	PHI	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
1955	26	CIN	NL	6	0.0%	83.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.2				17%
1956	27	NYG	NL	28	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	3.6%	14%		3.5			1.00	71%
1957	28	NYG	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0			2.00	80%
1958	29	CLE	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%

1963	34	WSA	AL	30	0.0%	23.3%	3.3%	3.3%	20%	7.00	4.1			0.70	73%
1964	35	WSA	AL	30	0.0%	26.7%	3.3%	3.3%	17%	8.00	3.4		9.0	2.00	63%
1965	36	WSA	AL	20	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	10.0%	67%		4.5			1.60	70%
12 Seasons				214	0.5%	24.3%	3.3%	5.1%	29%	7.43	3.8	198.0	28.3	1.22	68%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	25	PHI	NL	0	0	40%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1955	26	TOT	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	26	PHI	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	26	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	27	NYG	NL	0	0	43%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
1957	28	NYG	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	29	CLE	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1963	34	WSA	AL	0	0	17%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1964	35	WSA	AL	0	0	43%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1965	36	WSA	AL	0	0	67%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Seasons				0	0	34%	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	63%	1	1	0	1	1	0	6	1	5
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1954	25	PHI	NL	18	56%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	5
1955	26	TOT	NL	10	30%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	26	PHI	NL	4	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	26	CIN	NL	6	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	27	NYG	NL	20	40%	7			1	0	0	0	0.18	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	67%	3	0	0%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		8
1957	28	NYG	NL	5	40%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	29	CLE	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1963	34	WSA	AL	30	33%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1964	35	WSA	AL	30	27%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	0	0%	5	1	20%	12	3	25%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1965	36	WSA	AL	20	30%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	4	1	25%	10	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
12 Seasons				134	36%	38			1	0	0	0	0.18	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	9	129%	16	3	19%	17	2	12%	53	3	6%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	13
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1952	23	25	27	22	2	3	0	0	0	3	5	.136	.240	.136	.376	7	3	0	2
1953	24	67	67	58	5	10	3	1	4	5	14	.172	.238	.276	.514	37	16	1	4
1954	25	102	90	80	7	15	5	1	4	5	17	.188	.235	.288	.523	38	23	1	5
1955	26	118	100	90	7	16	5	1	4	5	24	.178	.221	.267	.488	29	24	1	5
1956	27	162	128	118	10	23	6	1	4	5	32	.195	.228	.271	.499	33	32	3	5
1957	28	178	133	123	10	24	6	1	4	5	33	.195	.227	.268	.495	32	33	3	5
1958	29	184	134	124	10	24	6	1	4	5	33	.194	.225	.266	.491	31	33	3	5
1959	30	184	134	124	10	24	6	1	4	5	33	.194	.225	.266	.491	31	33	3	5
1960	31	184	134	124	10	24	6	1	4	5	33	.194	.225	.266	.491	31	33	3	5
1961	32	184	134	124	10	24	6	1	4	5	33	.194	.225	.266	.491	31	33	3	5
1962	33	184	134	124	10	24	6	1	4	5	33	.194	.225	.266	.491	31	33	3	5
1963	34	204	164	153	11	29	7	1	4	6	40	.190	.220	.255	.475	28	39	3	5
1964	35	253	194	180	14	35	8	1	7	7	48	.194	.225	.256	.480	30	46	3	7
1965	36	316	214	198	16	38	10	1	7	7	52	.192	.220	.258	.477	29	51	3	9
1966	37	318	214	198	16	38	10	1	7	7	52	.192	.220	.258	.477	29	51	3	9

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1952	23	25	28	24	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	24
1953	24	44	39	37	3	7	3	0	1	4	0	2	9	.189	.231	.351	.582	3	42
1954	25	37	23	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	35
1955	26	17	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	16
1956	27	46	29	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	44
1957	28	17	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	16
1958	29	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6

1963	34	20	30	29	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	.172	.200	.207	.407	1	20
1964	35	49	28	27	3	6	1	0	0	3	0	1	8	.222	.250	.259	.509	2	49
1965	36	63	18	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	63
10 Seasons		324	212	204	19	22	5	0	1	7	0	8	52	.108	.142	.147	.289	12	315
162 Game Avg.		162	106	102	10	11	3	0	1	4	0	4	26	.108	.142	.147	.289	6	315

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1966 NL--born 1929-04-29--8th

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