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 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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 MIN AL 22 3B 20 20 176.2 69 17 48 4 2 .942 2.1 14.3 2.1 2.3 -0.3 0 3.31 3.25 .957 3.04 2.74
1972 MIN AL 23 3B 79 75 689.2 243 66 163 14 17 .942 6.6 11.5 5.6 2.9 2.8 1 2.99 2.90 .955 2.98 2.70
1973 MIN AL 24 3B 33 29 269.1 101 26 67 8 5 .921 1.8 8.0 1.8 2.6 -0.8 0 3.11 2.82 .951 3.00 2.68
1973 MIN AL 24 SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.40
1974 MIN AL 25 3B 130 123 1113.1 390 100 273 17 19 .956 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.1 -0.4 0 3.02 2.87 .954 3.12 2.77
1974 MIN AL 25 SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.20
1975 MIN AL 26 3B 113 110 980.2 383 94 277 12 14 .969 13.9 17.0 14.9 6.1 8.8 -1 3.40 3.28 .953 3.16 2.81
1975 MIN AL 26 DH 3
1977 CHW AL 28 3B 126 124 1085.0 356 99 249 8 18 .978 1.3 1.4 1.3 -4.2 5.6 0 2.89 2.76 .956 2.97 2.72
1977 CHW AL 28 DH 3
1978 CHW AL 29 3B 128 127 1022.1 387 128 245 14 17 .964 1.6 1.9 1.6 4.7 -3.1 0 3.28 2.91 .953 3.00 2.59
1978 CHW AL 29 DH 11
1978 CHW AL 29 2B 1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 .975 4.70
1979 TOT AL 30 3B 93 73 680.0 284 75 202 7 17 .975 12.7 22.4 12.7 7.2 5.5 0 3.67 2.98 .952 3.07 2.66
1979 CHW AL 30 3B 56 55 477.0 212 55 154 3 12 .986 12.8 32.2 12.8 7.6 5.2 0 3.94 3.73 .951 3.07 2.66
1979 TEX AL 30 3B 37 18 203.0 72 20 48 4 5 .944 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 0 3.01 1.84 .953 3.07 2.66
1979 TEX AL 30 DH 14
1979 TEX AL 30 1B 2 2 14.0 11 9 1 1 0 .909 -0.3 -25.7 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 0 6.43 5.00 .991 10.09 8.85
1980 NYY AL 31 DH 51
1980 NYY AL 31 3B 37 31 250.0 84 15 65 4 4 .952 2.6 12.5 2.6 1.6 1.0 0 2.88 2.16 .951 3.01 2.59
9 Seasons 3B 759 712 6267.0 2297 620 1589 88 113 .962 43.4 8.3 43.4 24.3 19.1 0 3.17 2.91 .954 3.05 2.70
5 Seasons DH 82
1 Season 1B 2 2 14.0 11 9 1 1 0 .909 -0.3 -25.7 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 0 6.43 5.00 .991 10.09 8.85
2 Seasons SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 4.95 4.30
1 Season 2B 1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 .975 4.70
9 Seasons TOT 764 714 6285.0 2313 630 1594 89 113 .962 42.9 8.2 42.9 24.2 18.8 0 3.18 2.91 .916 3.06 2.73
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1971 MIN AL 22 21 20 21 21 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 MIN AL 23 93 75 93 93 0 0 0 0 79 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 0 6 7
1975 MIN AL 26 117 110 117 113 0 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
1977 CHW AL 28 130 126 130 126 0 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
1978 CHW AL 29 143 135 143 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 8 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 48 14 0
9 Seasons 894 786 894 779 0 0 2 0 760 2 0 0 0 0 72 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 22 760 62% 75% 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 2907 59% 77% 27% 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 1201 58% 77% 28% 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 4879 60% 77% 26% 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 4437 56% 76% 26% 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 4941 52% 79% 24% 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 4622 60% 78% 24% 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 2189 62% 78% 26% 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 30 918 57% 79% 25% 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 1062 62% 80% 28% 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 27916 58% 78% 26% 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 59% 79% 27% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 7 29% 57% 14% 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 18 44% 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
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 91%

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%
1979 TEX AL 30 65 62% 83% 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 65 62% 83% 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 59% 79% 27% 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 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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