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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 (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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Fine Details · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:20AM

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1248. Jim Lemon… #1249. Dick Schofield… #1250. Frank Snyder… #1251. ERIC SODERHOLM… #1252. David Bell… #1253. Frank Isbell… #1254. John Lowenstein…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1248. Jim Lemon… #1249. Dick Schofield… #1250. Frank Snyder… #1251. ERIC SODERHOLM… #1252. David Bell… #1253. Frank Isbell… #1254. John Lowenstein…

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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
1968	19	MIN-min	A	84	293	293		80	12	4	12						.273	.273	.464	.737		136						ORL · FLOR
1969	20	MIN-min	AA,A	119	480	405	73	106	23	4	10	70	15	0	75	56	.262	.377	.412	.789		167						ORL,CHR,RSP · FLOR,SOUL,CARL
1970	21	MIN-min	AAA,A	123	461	400	61	97	15	4	16	51	7	2	52	86	.243	.335	.420	.755		168		5	1	3		EVN,ORL · AA,FLOR
1971	22	MIN-min	AAA	132	523	454	80	125	28	3	22	83	10	4	57	100	.275	.361	.496	.856		225		6	2	4		POR · PCL
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-min	AAA	116	462	390	60	93	27	5	10	55	5	2	57	82	.238	.346	.410	.757		160		9	3	3		TAC · PCL
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

1977	28	CHW	AL	130	516	460	77	129	20	3	25	67	2	4	47	47	.280	.350	.500	.850	130	230	15	4	2	3	5	*5
1978	29	CHW	AL	143	510	457	57	118	17	1	20	67	2	2	39	44	.258	.318	.431	.749	109	197	13	4	3	7	2	*5/4
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	91	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	5
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1971	22	MIN	AL	78	-3	-1	0	0	2	1	3	2	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	5
1972	23	MIN	AL	313	-10	0	0	0	7	2	10	9	0.7	2	0.2	0.5	$	5
1973	24	MIN	AL	135	6	0	0	-1	2	1	4	12	1.3	10	1.0	0.3	$	5/6
1974	25	MIN	AL	526	2	1	0	-1	1	3	17	23	2.4	22	2.4	0.0	$	*5/6
1975	26	MIN	AL	475	13	-1	1	-3	14	3	16	43	4.4	29	3.0	1.4	$	*5

1977	28	CHW	AL	516	15	0	3	-1	1	3	17	38	3.9	37	3.8	0.1	$55,000	*5
1978	29	CHW	AL	511	5	0	-1	0	2	2	17	25	2.5	23	2.4	0.1	$	*5/4
1979	30	CHW	AL	231	-4	-1	1	-1	13	1	8	17	1.7	4	0.4	1.3	$	5
1979	30	TEX	AL	166	0	-1	2	0	-0	-1	5	5	0.5	5	0.5	0.0	$	5D/3
1980	31	NYY	AL	304	9	0	0	-1	3	-5	10	16	1.6	13	1.3	0.3	$	5
9 Seasons				3255	33	-3	6	-8	43	10	107	190	19.1	145	15.0	4.1	$55,000

MIN (5 yrs)				1527	8	-1	1	-5	25	10	50	89	8.9	63	6.6	2.3	$
CHW (3 yrs)				1258	16	-1	3	-2	16	6	42	80	8.1	64	6.6	1.5	$55,000
TEX (1 yr)				166	0	-1	2	0	-0	-1	5	5	0.5	5	0.5	0.0	$
NYY (1 yr)				304	9	0	0	-1	3	-5	10	16	1.6	13	1.3	0.3	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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

Standard Fielding

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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				69	17	48	4	2	.942	2			3.25	.956		3.03
1972	MIN	AL	23	3B	79				243	66	163	14	17	.942	7			2.90	.954		2.96
1973	MIN	AL	24	3B	33				101	26	67	8	5	.921	2			2.82	.950		2.98
1973	MIN	AL	24	SS	1				0	0	0	0	0		-0			0.00			5.10
1974	MIN	AL	25	3B	130				390	100	273	17	19	.956	1			2.87	.954		3.10
1974	MIN	AL	25	SS	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0			1.00	.960		5.00
1975	MIN	AL	26	3B	113				383	94	277	12	14	.969	14			3.28	.954		3.15
1977	CHW	AL	28	3B	126				356	99	249	8	18	.978	1			2.76	.957		2.96
1977	CHW	AL	28	DH	2	2
1978	CHW	AL	29	3B	128				387	128	245	14	17	.964	2			2.91	.954		2.98
1978	CHW	AL	29	2B	1				4	0	4	0	0	1.000				4.00	.980		5.40
1978	CHW	AL	29	DH	8	8
1979	TOT	AL	30	3B	93	73	64	680.0	284	75	202	7	17	.975	13	22	3.67	2.98	.953	0.00	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	0.00	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	0.00	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	0.00	9.95
1980	NYY	AL	31	3B	37				84	15	65	4	4	.952	3			2.16	.951		3.00
1980	NYY	AL	31	DH	48	48
	9 Seasons			3B	759	73	64	680.0	2297	620	1589	88	113	.962	43	77	3.67	2.91	.954	0.00	3.03
	1 Season			1B	2	2	0	14.0	11	9	1	1	0	.909	-0	-26	6.43	5.00	.992	0.00	9.95
	2 Seasons			SS	2				1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0			0.50	.960		5.05
	1 Season			2B	1				4	0	4	0	0	1.000				4.00	.980		5.40
	9 Seasons			TOT	764	75	64	694.0	2313	630	1594	89	113	.962	43	74	3.72	2.91	.954	0.00	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.

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1975 AL 1.4 (8th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1977 AL 18.4 (10th)	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 3.67 (2nd)	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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 11th round of the 1967 amateur draft, but did not sign.
January 27, 1968: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (January Secondary).
November 1, 1976: Granted Free Agency.
November 26, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
June 15, 1979: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Texas Rangers for Ed Farmer and Gary Holle.
November 14, 1979: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for players to be named later and cash. The New York Yankees sent Amos Lewis (minors) (December 13, 1979) and Ricky Burdette (minors) (December 13, 1979) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
October 13, 1981: Released by the New York Yankees.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1977	28	Chicago White Sox	$55,000	10/31/77 NY Times	TSN salary survey, 4/23/77: $40,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$55,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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