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Eric Soderholm

Eric Thane Soderholm

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: September 24, 1948 in Cortland, NY
High School: Coral Park HS (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
Teams (by GP): Twins/WhiteSox/Yankees/Rangers 1971-1980

Final Game: October 5, 1980
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Standard Batting

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 141 526 464 63 128 18 3 10 51 7 3 48 68 .276 .349 .392 .741 110 182 14 5 5 2 1 *5/D6
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 143 511 457 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 119 397 357 46 93 14 2 10 53 0 1 31 28 .261 .318 .395 .713 93 141 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 63 166 147 15 40 6 0 4 19 0 0 12 9 .272 .325 .395 .720 96 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 Yrs 894 3255 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. 162 590 524 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 1527 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 1258 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) 63 166 147 15 40 6 0 4 19 0 0 12 9 .272 .325 .395 .720 96 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1971 22 MIN AL 21 78 -4 -1 0 2 0 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.0 .490 .499 -0.2 0.3 -1 $ 5
1972 23 MIN AL 93 313 -8 -0 0 7 2 0 -0.1 10 10 1.0 .500 .500 0.2 1.0 4 $ 5
1973 24 MIN AL 35 135 6 0 -1 2 1 7 0.8 4 11 1.2 .521 .505 1.0 0.3 10 $ 5/6
1974 25 MIN AL 141 526 7 1 -1 1 2 10 1.2 17 27 2.8 .507 .507 2.8 0.5 26 $ *5/D6
1975 26 MIN AL 117 475 13 -1 -2 14 2 25 2.9 15 41 4.3 .523 .517 2.8 1.8 27 $ *5/D
1977 28 CHW AL 130 516 21 1 -1 1 2 24 2.6 17 40 4.1 .519 .515 4.0 0.5 39 $55,000 *5/D
1978 29 CHW AL 143 511 3 1 -0 2 1 6 0.8 17 23 2.3 .505 .504 2.2 0.4 21 $ *5D/4
1979 30 CHW AL 56 231 -0 -0 -1 13 1 12 1.3 8 19 1.9 .521 .507 0.7 1.5 6 $ 5
1979 30 TEX AL 63 166 1 -0 -0 -0 -1 -1 -0.1 5 4 0.4 .498 .499 0.5 -0.1 5 $ 5D/3
1980 31 NYY AL 95 304 10 0 -1 3 -5 7 0.8 9 16 1.7 .508 .504 1.4 -0.1 14 $ D5
9 Seasons 894 3255 47 -0 -8 43 6 88 10.2 105 193 19.7 .510 .506 15.4 6.1 150 $55,000
MIN (5 yrs) 407 1527 14 -1 -4 25 7 40 4.7 50 90 9.3 .511 .505 6.6 3.8 65 $
CHW (3 yrs) 329 1258 23 1 -3 16 4 42 4.7 41 82 8.3 .513 .509 6.9 2.4 67 $55,000
TEX (1 yr) 63 166 1 -0 -0 -0 -1 -1 -0.1 5 4 0.4 .498 .499 0.5 -0.1 5 $
NYY (1 yr) 95 304 10 0 -1 3 -5 7 0.8 9 16 1.7 .508 .504 1.4 -0.1 14 $

Advanced Batting

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 -10.6 -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 526 360 63 4.7 92 .304 .276 .263 .349 .328 .392 .378 .741 .706 110 .560 6.5 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 511 364 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 397 286 43 4.0 101 .257 .261 .269 .318 .333 .395 .407 .713 .740 93 .427 -4.1 -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 166 117 19 4.3 100 .263 .272 .267 .325 .332 .395 .405 .720 .736 96 .462 -0.7 -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 8.7 0.9 .756 .273 .175 .0
9 Yrs 3255 2281 399 4.7 95 .270 .264 .263 .335 .329 .421 .389 .756 .718 110 .535 37.2 3.6 .684 .258 .157 30.6
162 Game Avg. 590 413 72 4.7 95 .270 .264 .263 .335 .329 .421 .389 .756 .718 110 .535 7 1 .684 .258 .157 6
MIN (5 yrs) 1527 1070 175 4.4 92 .281 .257 .260 .336 .328 .389 .377 .725 .706 105 .533 10.2 0.9 .651 .245 .132 20.2
CHW (3 yrs) 1258 888 162 4.9 98 .255 .266 .265 .330 .330 .453 .398 .783 .728 114 .535 19.0 1.9 .712 .277 .186 7.4
TEX (1 yr) 166 117 19 4.3 100 .263 .272 .267 .325 .332 .395 .405 .720 .736 96 .462 -0.7 -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 8.7 0.9 .756 .273 .175 .0

Postseason Batting

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*

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 526 1.9% 12.9% 9.1% 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 511 3.9% 8.6% 7.6% 7.4% 32% 1.13 10.4 22.9 6.8 0.78 78%
1979 30 TOT AL 397 2.5% 7.1% 7.8% 6.6% 28% 0.90 12.8 35.7 6.7 1.07 81%
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 166 2.4% 5.4% 7.2% 6.0% 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 Yrs 3255 3.1% 11.0% 9.1% 7.3% 31% 1.22 8.1 28.4 7.6 0.93 75%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.2% 8.6% 6.2% 27% 1.55 6.7 46.4 8.8 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1971 22 MIN AL -3.1 -0.3 81 -0.4 0.9 -1.3 .97 -0.3 -0.1 -2.7 -0.3 0.92 -2.8 0
1972 23 MIN AL -10.6 -1.2 320 -1.0 5.5 -6.4 1.06 -1.1 0.1 -3.9 -0.4 1.02 -3.2 2.01 11
1973 24 MIN AL 6.1 0.6 142 0.0 2.5 -2.5 1.04 0.4 -0.4 2.0 0.2 0.98 4.1 2.88 3
1974 25 MIN AL 6.5 0.7 543 -1.3 8.4 -9.7 1.03 0.5 -1.7 8.1 0.8 1.00 7.3 2.04 6
1975 26 MIN AL 11.3 1.2 488 1.0 8.7 -7.7 .98 0.1 0.9 4.8 0.5 0.98 3.7 2.74 2
1977 28 CHW AL 18.1 1.8 527 0.6 9.6 -9.0 .98 1.8 -1.3 16.7 1.6 0.95 23.4 2.26 4
1978 29 CHW AL 4.3 0.4 520 0.2 9.6 -9.4 1.04 0.3 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 0.96 4.5 1.95 7
1979 30 TOT AL -4.3 -0.4 399 -1.2 5.8 -7.1 .98 -0.3 -0.9 -1.8 -0.2 0.98 -1.7 1.66 14
1979 30 CHW AL -3.4 -0.3 232 -0.2 3.7 -3.9 .91 -0.4 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.96 -1.4 3.57 1
1979 30 TEX AL -0.9 -0.1 167 -1.1 2.1 -3.2 1.08 0.0 -1.0 -2.5 -0.2 1.01 -0.3 1.51 13
1980 31 NYY AL 8.7 0.9 306 1.1 6.5 -5.4 1.06 0.8 0.2 8.1 0.8 0.94 8.1 1.70 11
9 Yrs 37.0 3.6 3326 -1.1 57.4 -58.5 1.01 2.2 -3.3 30.3 3.0 0.97 43.4 1.95 58

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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 Yrs 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

Situational Hitting*

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% 3 1 33% 0
1972 23 MIN AL 313 39% 54 11 3 2 2 2.01 13 1 5 7 6 11 2 1 4 3 75% 77 6 8% 32 8 25% 214 27 13% 17 7 41% 19 7 37% 0
1973 24 MIN AL 135 41% 33 3 1 0 1 2.88 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 67% 30 4 13% 12 3 25% 89 8 9% 5 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
1974 25 MIN AL 526 40% 128 6 0 0 0 2.04 10 1 16 7 3 5 5 0 6 5 83% 108 14 13% 47 13 28% 345 43 12% 24 9 38% 7 5 71% 0
1975 26 MIN AL 475 36% 120 2 0 0 0 2.74 11 0 12 4 7 10 1 0 2 1 50% 103 14 14% 48 7 15% 326 47 14% 26 12 46% 16 6 38% 0
1977 28 CHW AL 516 34% 129 4 1 0 0 2.26 25 0 18 14 11 9 16 0 3 2 67% 109 15 14% 43 8 19% 323 45 14% 27 10 37% 16 7 44% 0
1978 29 CHW AL 511 36% 118 7 4 0 2 1.95 20 0 11 11 9 9 11 0 3 3 100% 92 13 14% 46 17 37% 327 47 14% 32 19 59% 15 7 47% 0
1979 30 TOT AL 397 40% 93 14 3 0 2 1.66 10 0 9 4 6 1 9 0 3 3 100% 92 14 15% 45 15 33% 282 45 16% 24 16 67% 16 8 50% 0
1979 30 CHW AL 231 32% 53 1 1 0 1 3.57 6 0 3 3 3 1 5 0 1 1 100% 46 9 20% 27 9 33% 153 30 20% 17 11 65% 11 6 55% 0
1979 30 TEX AL 166 52% 40 13 2 0 1 1.51 4 0 6 1 3 0 4 0 2 2 100% 46 5 11% 18 6 33% 129 15 12% 7 5 71% 5 2 40% 0
1980 31 NYY AL 304 68% 79 11 3 1 3 1.70 11 1 7 2 9 3 8 0 1 1 100% 66 9 14% 26 4 15% 184 28 15% 14 7 50% 9 2 22% 0
9 Yrs 3255 40% 764 58 15 3 10 1.95 102 3 83 50 52 50 52 1 26 21 81% 693 90 13% 310 77 25% 2133 293 14% 172 80 47% 105 45 43% 0
MLB Averages 55% 77% 11% 34% 14% 49% 54%

Cumulative Batting

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 1052 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 1527 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 1527 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 2043 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 2554 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 2951 2619 364 685 107 13 91 348 18 21 268 334 .262 .333 .417 .749 109 1091 81 21 20 19 13
1980 31 894 3255 2894 402 764 120 14 102 383 18 21 295 359 .264 .335 .421 .756 110 1218 90 22 21 19 15

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1971 22 21 80 65 10 11 4 0 1 4 0 11 17 .169 .316 .277 .593 5 21
1972 23 97 337 307 36 63 12 0 15 50 4 22 50 .205 .266 .391 .657 31 93
1973 24 35 137 112 23 34 7 2 1 9 1 22 16 .304 .422 .429 .851 20 35
1974 25 141 535 472 69 136 19 3 11 56 7 51 68 .288 .362 .411 .773 69 141
1975 26 118 487 428 67 127 18 2 12 63 3 56 66 .297 .377 .432 .809 69 117
1977 28 130 520 463 80 132 20 3 26 70 2 48 47 .285 .355 .510 .865 83 130
1978 29 143 519 464 63 125 18 1 21 74 2 41 44 .269 .329 .448 .778 69 143
1979 30 120 401 361 47 95 14 2 10 54 0 32 28 .263 .322 .396 .718 46 119
1980 31 95 309 279 41 83 14 1 12 38 0 28 25 .297 .364 .484 .848 48 95
9 Yrs 900 3325 2951 436 806 126 14 109 418 19 311 361 .273 .345 .436 .781 440 894
162 Game Avg. 162 599 531 78 145 23 3 20 75 3 56 65 .273 .345 .436 .781 79 894

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WARs c a p y
1975 AL  1.8 (9th)

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 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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