Eric Soderholm
Eric Thane Soderholm
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: September 24, 1948 in Cortland, NY
High School: Coral Park (Miami, FL)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1971
Final Game: October 5, 1980
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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 Awards
1971 22 MIN AL 21 78 64 9 10 4 0 1 4 0 1 10 17 .156 .299 .266 .564 60 17 1 3 1 0 1 5
1972 23 MIN AL 93 313 287 28 54 10 0 13 39 3 3 19 48 .188 .245 .359 .604 75 103 6 3 3 1 2 5
1973 24 MIN AL 35 135 111 22 33 7 2 1 9 1 2 21 16 .297 .414 .423 .837 133 47 4 1 2 0 0 5/6
1974 25 MIN AL 141 524 464 63 128 18 3 10 51 7 3 48 68 .276 .349 .392 .741 110 182 14 5 5 2 1 *5/6
1975 26 MIN AL 117 475 419 62 120 17 2 11 58 3 5 53 66 .286 .365 .415 .780 119 174 14 0 1 2 1 *5/D
1977 28 CHW AL 130 516 460 77 129 20 3 25 67 2 4 47 47 .280 .350 .500 .850 129 230 15 4 2 3 5 *5/D
1978 29 CHW AL 143 510 457 57 118 17 1 20 67 2 2 39 44 .258 .318 .431 .749 108 197 13 4 3 7 2 *5D/4
1979 30 TOT AL 119 396 357 46 93 14 2 10 53 0 1 31 28 .261 .318 .395 .713 92 141 14 1 3 4 1 5D/3
1979 30 CHW AL 56 231 210 31 53 8 2 6 34 0 1 19 19 .252 .313 .395 .708 90 83 9 0 1 1 1 5
1979 30 TEX AL 63 165 147 15 40 6 0 4 19 0 0 12 9 .272 .325 .395 .720 95 58 5 1 2 3 0 5D/3
1980 31 NYY AL 95 304 275 38 79 13 1 11 35 0 0 27 25 .287 .353 .462 .815 124 127 9 1 1 0 2 D5
9 Seasons 894 3251 2894 402 764 120 14 102 383 18 21 295 359 .264 .335 .421 .756 110 1218 90 22 21 19 15
162 Game Avg. 162 589 524 73 138 22 3 18 69 3 4 53 65 .264 .335 .421 .756 110 221 16 4 4 3 3
MIN (5 yrs) 407 1525 1345 184 345 56 7 36 161 14 14 151 215 .257 .336 .389 .725 105 523 39 12 12 5 5
CHW (3 yrs) 329 1257 1127 165 300 45 6 51 168 4 7 105 110 .266 .330 .453 .783 114 510 37 8 6 11 8
TEX (1 yr) 63 165 147 15 40 6 0 4 19 0 0 12 9 .272 .325 .395 .720 95 58 5 1 2 3 0
NYY (1 yr) 95 304 275 38 79 13 1 11 35 0 0 27 25 .287 .353 .462 .815 124 127 9 1 1 0 2

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
1971 22 MIN AL 78 57 6 2.8 95 .196 .156 .258 .299 .331 .266 .384 .564 .714 60 .345 -3.1 -0.3 .518 .250 .109 .0
1972 23 MIN AL 313 246 24 2.6 87 .181 .188 .252 .245 .322 .359 .364 .604 .685 75 .355 -10.5 -1.2 .517 .237 .171 4.9
1973 24 MIN AL 135 86 20 6.2 97 .340 .297 .264 .414 .334 .423 .388 .837 .722 133 .660 6.1 0.6 .810 .306 .126 1.0
1974 25 MIN AL 524 360 63 4.7 92 .304 .276 .263 .349 .328 .392 .378 .741 .706 110 .560 6.4 0.7 .677 .228 .116 8.2
1975 26 MIN AL 475 321 62 5.2 94 .317 .286 .260 .365 .330 .415 .382 .780 .713 119 .585 11.3 1.2 .708 .251 .129 4.7
1977 28 CHW AL 516 355 77 5.8 100 .266 .280 .266 .350 .330 .500 .405 .850 .735 129 .602 18.1 1.8 .797 .317 .220 3.7
1978 29 CHW AL 510 364 61 4.5 94 .245 .258 .262 .318 .328 .431 .386 .749 .714 108 .517 4.3 0.4 .678 .258 .173 3.6
1979 30 TOT AL 396 286 43 4.0 102 .257 .261 .269 .318 .334 .395 .408 .713 .741 92 .427 -4.3 -0.4 .616 .218 .134 .0
1979 30 CHW AL 231 169 24 3.8 102 .253 .252 .270 .313 .334 .395 .408 .708 .743 90 .402 -3.4 -0.3 .605 .229 .143 .0
1979 30 TEX AL 165 117 19 4.3 101 .263 .272 .269 .325 .333 .395 .407 .720 .740 95 .462 -0.9 -0.1 .634 .204 .122 .0
1980 31 NYY AL 304 206 43 5.6 97 .285 .287 .267 .353 .329 .462 .396 .815 .724 124 .591 8.8 0.9 .756 .273 .175 .0
9 Seasons 3251 2281 399 4.7 95 .270 .264 .263 .335 .329 .421 .389 .756 .718 110 .535 37.0 3.6 .684 .258 .157 30.6
162 Game Avg. 589 413 72 4.7 95 .270 .264 .263 .335 .329 .421 .389 .756 .718 110 .535 7 1 .684 .258 .157 6
MIN (5 yrs) 1525 1070 175 4.4 92 .281 .257 .260 .336 .328 .389 .377 .725 .705 105 .532 10.2 0.9 .651 .245 .132 20.2
CHW (3 yrs) 1257 888 162 4.9 98 .255 .266 .265 .330 .330 .453 .398 .783 .728 114 .535 18.9 1.9 .712 .277 .186 7.4
TEX (1 yr) 165 117 19 4.3 101 .263 .272 .269 .325 .333 .395 .407 .720 .740 95 .462 -0.9 -0.1 .634 .204 .122 .0
NYY (1 yr) 304 206 43 5.6 97 .285 .287 .267 .353 .329 .462 .396 .815 .724 124 .591 8.8 0.9 .756 .273 .175 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 31 NYY AL ALCS KCR L 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0

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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1971 22 MIN AL 78 1.3% 21.8% 12.8% 6.4% 50% 1.70 3.8 64.0 16.0 0.50 59%
1972 23 MIN AL 313 4.2% 15.3% 6.1% 7.4% 43% 2.53 6.0 22.1 7.4 0.86 73%
1973 24 MIN AL 135 0.7% 11.9% 15.6% 7.4% 30% 0.76 6.9 111.0 12.3 1.00 70%
1974 25 MIN AL 524 1.9% 13.0% 9.2% 5.9% 24% 1.42 6.8 46.4 9.1 0.91 74%
1975 26 MIN AL 475 2.3% 13.9% 11.2% 6.3% 25% 1.25 6.3 38.1 7.2 1.24 72%
1977 28 CHW AL 516 4.8% 9.1% 9.1% 9.3% 37% 1.00 9.8 18.4 6.9 0.92 76%
1978 29 CHW AL 510 3.9% 8.6% 7.7% 7.5% 32% 1.13 10.4 22.9 6.8 0.78 78%
1979 30 TOT AL 396 2.5% 7.1% 7.8% 6.6% 28% 0.90 12.8 35.7 6.7 1.07 82%
1979 30 CHW AL 231 2.6% 8.2% 8.2% 6.9% 30% 1.00 11.1 35.0 6.2 1.25 81%
1979 30 TEX AL 165 2.4% 5.5% 7.3% 6.1% 25% 0.75 16.3 36.8 7.7 0.86 83%
1980 31 NYY AL 304 3.6% 8.2% 8.9% 8.2% 32% 0.93 11.0 25.0 7.9 0.95 79%
9 Seasons 3251 3.1% 11.0% 9.1% 7.3% 31% 1.22 8.1 28.4 7.6 0.93 75%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1971 22 MIN AL 0 0 36% 26 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 33% 4 4 0 1 1 0 4 0 3
1972 23 MIN AL 4 0 24% 94 3 3 50% 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 67% 6 4 2 4 0 4 5 0 4
1973 24 MIN AL 1 0 39% 56 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 53% 10 8 1 1 0 1 8 0 8
1974 25 MIN AL 6 2 31% 214 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 14 43% 35 25 9 6 2 4 19 5 13
1975 26 MIN AL 8 0 32% 189 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 46% 35 21 12 8 5 3 18 3 13
1977 28 CHW AL 10 0 34% 175 2 4 33% 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 49% 29 17 12 5 5 0 27 8 18
1978 29 CHW AL 4 1 26% 150 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 46% 23 15 8 9 6 3 16 4 11
1979 30 TOT AL 10 1 31% 128 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 48% 25 17 7 5 3 2 14 2 12
1979 30 CHW AL 6 0 38% 77 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 57% 15 9 5 4 2 2 9 0 9
1979 30 TEX AL 4 1 22% 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 31% 10 8 2 1 1 0 5 2 3
1980 31 NYY AL 4 0 28% 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 31% 15 11 3 5 4 1 9 3 5
9 Seasons 47 4 31% 1149 18 21 46% 16 19 2 1 0 1 1 0 36 70 46% 182 122 54 44 26 18 120 25 87
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
1971 22 MIN AL 78 41% 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 16 1 6% 11 2 18% 43 3 7% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 0
1972 23 MIN AL 313 39% 54 11 3 2 2 2.05 13 1 5 7 6 11 2 1 4 3 75% 77 6 8% 32 8 25% 214 27 13% 17 7 41% 18 4 22% 0
1973 24 MIN AL 135 41% 33 3 1 0 1 2.95 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 67% 30 4 13% 12 3 25% 89 8 9% 5 0 0% 8 5 63% 0
1974 25 MIN AL 526 40% 128 6 0 0 0 2.09 10 1 16 7 3 5 5 0 6 5 83% 108 14 13% 47 13 28% 345 43 12% 24 9 38% 9 2 22% 0
1975 26 MIN AL 475 36% 120 1 0 0 0 2.65 11 0 12 4 7 10 1 0 2 1 50% 103 14 14% 48 7 15% 326 47 14% 26 12 46% 29 9 31% 0
1977 28 CHW AL 516 34% 129 3 1 0 0 2.29 25 0 18 14 11 9 16 0 3 2 67% 109 15 14% 43 8 19% 323 45 14% 27 10 37% 31 9 29% 0
1978 29 CHW AL 510 36% 118 4 3 0 1 2.05 20 0 11 11 9 9 11 0 3 3 100% 92 13 14% 46 17 37% 325 47 14% 32 19 59% 26 10 38% 1
1979 30 TOT AL 397 40% 93 14 3 0 2 1.67 10 0 9 4 6 1 9 0 3 3 100% 92 14 15% 45 15 33% 282 45 16% 24 16 67% 27 14 52% 0
1979 30 CHW AL 231 32% 53 1 1 0 1 3.53 6 0 3 3 3 1 5 0 1 1 100% 46 9 20% 27 9 33% 153 30 20% 17 11 65% 20 11 55% 0
1979 30 TEX AL 166 52% 40 13 2 0 1 1.52 4 0 6 1 3 0 4 0 2 2 100% 46 5 11% 18 6 33% 129 15 12% 7 5 71% 7 3 43% 0
1980 31 NYY AL 304 68% 79 9 3 1 3 1.72 11 1 7 2 9 3 8 0 1 1 100% 66 9 14% 26 4 15% 184 28 15% 14 7 50% 14 6 43% 0
9 Seasons 3254 40% 764 51 14 3 9 1.97 102 3 83 50 52 50 52 1 26 21 81% 693 90 13% 310 77 25% 2131 293 14% 172 80 47% 166 59 36% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 22 21 78 64 9 10 4 0 1 4 0 1 10 17 .156 .299 .266 .564 60 17 1 3 1 0 1
1972 23 114 391 351 37 64 14 0 14 43 3 4 29 65 .182 .256 .342 .598 72 120 7 6 4 1 3
1973 24 149 526 462 59 97 21 2 15 52 4 6 50 81 .210 .296 .361 .658 88 167 11 7 6 1 3
1974 25 290 1050 926 122 225 39 5 25 103 11 9 98 149 .243 .322 .377 .699 99 349 25 12 11 3 4
1975 26 407 1525 1345 184 345 56 7 36 161 14 14 151 215 .257 .336 .389 .725 105 523 39 12 12 5 5
1976 27 407 1525 1345 184 345 56 7 36 161 14 14 151 215 .257 .336 .389 .725 105 523 39 12 12 5 5
1977 28 537 2041 1805 261 474 76 10 61 228 16 18 198 262 .263 .339 .417 .757 112 753 54 16 14 8 10
1978 29 680 2551 2262 318 592 93 11 81 295 18 20 237 306 .262 .335 .420 .755 111 950 67 20 17 15 12
1979 30 799 2947 2619 364 685 107 13 91 348 18 21 268 334 .262 .333 .417 .749 108 1091 81 21 20 19 13
1980 31 894 3251 2894 402 764 120 14 102 383 18 21 295 359 .264 .335 .421 .756 110 1218 90 22 21 19 15

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
1971 22 21 82 66 10 12 5 0 1 4 0 12 17 .182 .341 .303 .644 6 21
1972 23 97 332 306 35 62 11 0 15 49 3 22 50 .203 .262 .386 .648 30 93
1973 24 35 136 113 23 35 7 2 1 10 1 22 16 .310 .426 .434 .860 21 35
1974 25 141 531 473 69 137 19 3 11 56 7 51 68 .290 .363 .412 .776 70 141
1975 26 118 480 424 67 123 17 2 11 62 3 54 66 .290 .369 .417 .786 66 117
1977 28 130 514 460 80 129 20 3 25 70 2 47 47 .280 .350 .500 .850 80 130
1978 29 143 515 463 63 124 18 1 21 74 2 41 44 .268 .328 .447 .775 68 143
1979 30 120 392 357 47 91 14 2 10 54 0 30 28 .255 .311 .389 .701 43 119
1980 31 95 306 277 40 81 13 1 11 37 0 28 25 .292 .359 .466 .825 46 95
9 Seasons 900 3288 2939 434 794 124 14 106 416 18 307 361 .270 .342 .430 .772 430 894
162 Game Avg. 162 592 529 78 143 22 3 19 75 3 55 65 .270 .342 .430 .772 77 894

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

AB per HR s c a p y
1977 AL--18.4--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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