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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 MIN AL 22 3B 20 20 20 176.2 69 17 48 4 2 .942 2 14 3.31 3.25 .956 3.04 3.03
1972 MIN AL 23 3B 79 75 74 689.2 243 66 163 14 17 .942 7 11 2.99 2.90 .954 2.98 2.96
1973 MIN AL 24 3B 33 29 29 269.1 101 26 67 8 5 .921 2 8 3.11 2.82 .950 3.00 2.98
1973 MIN AL 24 SS 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 4.95 5.10
1974 MIN AL 25 3B 130 123 120 1113.1 390 100 273 17 19 .956 1 1 3.02 2.87 .954 3.12 3.10
1974 MIN AL 25 DH 3 0
1974 MIN AL 25 SS 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .960 4.95 5.00
1975 MIN AL 26 3B 113 110 108 980.2 383 94 277 12 14 .969 14 17 3.40 3.28 .954 3.16 3.15
1975 MIN AL 26 DH 5 0
1977 CHW AL 28 3B 126 124 113 1085.0 356 99 249 8 18 .978 1 1 2.89 2.76 .957 2.97 2.96
1977 CHW AL 28 DH 3 2
1978 CHW AL 29 3B 128 127 86 1022.1 387 128 245 14 17 .964 2 2 3.28 2.91 .954 3.00 2.98
1978 CHW AL 29 DH 11 8
1978 CHW AL 29 2B 1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 .980 5.40
1979 TOT AL 30 3B 93 73 64 680.0 284 75 202 7 17 .975 13 22 3.67 2.98 .953 3.07 3.03
1979 CHW AL 30 3B 56 55 50 477.0 212 55 154 3 12 .986 13 32 3.94 3.73 .953 3.07 3.03
1979 TEX AL 30 3B 37 18 14 203.0 72 20 48 4 5 .944 -0 -1 3.01 1.84 .953 3.07 3.03
1979 TEX AL 30 DH 14 14
1979 TEX AL 30 1B 2 2 0 14.0 11 9 1 1 0 .909 -0 -26 6.43 5.00 .992 10.09 9.95
1980 NYY AL 31 DH 51 48
1980 NYY AL 31 3B 37 31 18 250.0 84 15 65 4 4 .952 3 12 2.88 2.16 .951 3.01 3.00
9 Seasons 3B 759 712 632 6267.0 2297 620 1589 88 113 .962 43 8 3.17 2.91 .954 3.05 3.03
2 Seasons SS 2 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 2.25 0.50 .960 4.95 5.05
1 Season 1B 2 2 0 14.0 11 9 1 1 0 .909 -0 -26 6.43 5.00 .992 10.09 9.95
1 Season 2B 1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 .980 5.40
9 Seasons TOT 764 714 632 6285.0 2313 630 1594 89 113 .962 43 8 3.18 2.91 .954 3.06 3.06
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1971 MIN AL 22 3B 2 14 2 -0 2 0
1972 MIN AL 23 3B 7 11 6 3 3 1
1973 MIN AL 24 3B 2 8 2 -1 3 0
1973 MIN AL 24 SS -0 -120 -0 -0 0 0
1974 MIN AL 25 3B 1 1 1 -0 1 0
1974 MIN AL 25 SS 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 MIN AL 26 3B 14 17 15 9 6 -1
1977 CHW AL 28 3B 1 1 1 6 -4 0
1978 CHW AL 29 3B 2 2 2 -3 5 0
1978 CHW AL 29 2B
1979 CHW AL 30 3B 13 32 13 5 8 0
1979 TEX AL 30 3B -0 -1 -0 0 -0 0
1979 TEX AL 30 1B -0 -26 -0 -0 -0 0
1980 NYY AL 31 3B 3 12 3 1 2 0
9 Seasons 3B 43 8 43 19 24 0
1 Season 1B -0 -26 -0 -0 -0 0
2 Seasons SS -0 -60 -0 -0 0 0
1 Season 2B
9 Seasons TOT 43 8 43 19 24 0

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1971 MIN AL 22 21 20 21 20 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 MIN AL 23 93 75 93 79 0 0 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3
1973 MIN AL 24 35 29 35 34 0 0 0 0 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1974 MIN AL 25 141 123 141 131 0 0 0 0 130 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 7
1975 MIN AL 26 117 110 117 113 0 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 4
1977 CHW AL 28 130 126 130 126 0 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
1978 CHW AL 29 143 135 143 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 0
1979 TEX AL 30 63 34 63 39 0 0 2 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 14 17 1
1979 CHW AL 30 56 55 56 56 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 NYY AL 31 95 79 95 37 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 51 14 0
9 Seasons 894 786 894 764 0 0 2 0 760 2 0 0 0 0 87 66 16
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1971 MIN AL 22 736 64% 78% 24% 67 90% 1 17 11 2 4 47 38 8 0 0 4 0 3 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 100%
1972 MIN AL 23 2833 61% 79% 28% 240 90% 3 66 51 3 12 169 133 27 1 10 14 1 8 5 10 17 9 2 13 3 1 1 11 55%
1973 MIN AL 24 1153 61% 80% 29% 99 89% 0 26 20 4 2 69 54 12 1 2 8 0 6 2 7 5 3 1 5 0 0 0 1 100%
1974 MIN AL 25 4695 63% 80% 27% 389 89% 5 99 80 4 16 270 222 39 6 4 17 0 16 1 15 19 16 1 17 0 0 0 14 71%
1975 MIN AL 26 4260 58% 79% 28% 367 94% 5 96 73 2 21 271 223 39 5 4 12 0 12 0 10 14 7 0 12 2 1 1 20 50%
1977 CHW AL 28 4760 54% 82% 25% 344 92% 0 98 69 15 14 245 209 32 0 7 8 0 8 0 6 17 9 2 12 3 2 1 16 81%
1978 CHW AL 29 4427 63% 82% 25% 379 92% 1 131 101 9 21 248 195 45 3 10 14 1 10 3 11 18 12 1 13 3 2 1 8 63%
1979 CHW AL 30 2074 66% 82% 28% 206 91% 0 56 40 4 12 151 115 29 3 6 3 0 0 3 1 13 9 0 10 3 2 1 7 43%
1979 TEX AL 30 882 59% 82% 26% 72 86% 0 20 13 2 5 50 39 9 1 4 4 0 4 0 4 5 4 0 4 1 0 1 4 75%
1980 NYY AL 31 1031 64% 82% 29% 90 88% 0 15 14 0 1 65 51 13 1 1 4 0 3 1 4 4 3 0 3 1 0 1 3 100%
9 Seasons 26851 60% 81% 27% 2253 91% 15 624 472 45 108 1585 1279 253 21 48 88 2 70 16 71 114 74 7 91 16 8 7 88 66%
MLB Averages 62% 82% 28% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1973 MIN AL 24 11 55% 73% 18% 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 0 0
1974 MIN AL 25 6 33% 67% 17% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 17 47% 71% 18% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 82% 28% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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%
1979 TEX AL 30 63 63% 86% 14% 3 67% 0 9 1 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1 Season 63 63% 86% 14% 3 67% 0 9 1 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 62% 82% 28% 94% 88%

* 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

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1978 AL  128 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1975 AL  14 (2nd)
1979 AL  13 (3rd)
Career  43 (30th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1975 AL  3.40 (2nd)
1978 AL  3.28 (2nd)
1979 AL  3.67 (1st)
Career  3.20 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1975 AL  3.28 (2nd)
1979 AL  2.98 (5th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1975 AL  .969 (3rd)
1977 AL  .978 (1st)
1979 AL  .975 (2nd)
Career  .962 (44th)

                                         

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