Rick Sofield
Richard Michael Sofield
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 16, 1956 in Cheyenne, WY
High School: Morristown (Morristown, NJ)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1979
Final Game: October 4, 1981
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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
1979 22 MIN AL 35 107 93 8 28 5 0 0 12 2 3 12 27 .301 .381 .355 .736 98 33 2 0 2 0 0 9/78
1980 23 MIN AL 131 459 417 52 103 18 4 9 49 4 5 24 92 .247 .287 .374 .661 74 156 3 2 9 7 2 *78/9D
1981 24 MIN AL 41 112 102 9 18 2 0 0 5 3 2 8 22 .176 .234 .196 .430 22 20 5 0 1 1 0 7/9
3 Seasons 207 678 612 69 149 25 4 9 66 9 10 44 141 .243 .293 .342 .634 70 209 10 2 12 8 2
162 Game Avg. 162 531 479 54 117 20 3 7 52 7 8 34 110 .243 .293 .342 .634 70 164 8 2 9 6 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
1979 22 MIN AL 107 72 12 4.4 105 .424 .301 .274 .381 .340 .355 .416 .736 .755 98 .473 0.2 0.0 .629 .172 .054 .0
1980 23 MIN AL 459 338 46 3.7 105 .291 .247 .278 .287 .342 .374 .413 .661 .755 74 .398 -16.4 -1.6 .562 .182 .127 5.5
1981 24 MIN AL 112 93 4 1.2 94 .222 .176 .264 .234 .330 .196 .384 .430 .714 22 .090 -10.6 -1.1 .319 .108 .020 .0
3 Seasons 678 503 62 3.3 103 .298 .243 .275 .293 .339 .342 .408 .634 .748 70 .360 -26.9 -2.8 .526 .168 .098 9.0
162 Game Avg. 531 394 49 3.3 103 .298 .243 .275 .293 .339 .342 .408 .634 .748 70 .360 -26.9 -2.8 .526 .168 .098 7

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
1979 22 MIN AL 107 0.0% 25.2% 11.2% 4.7% 18% 2.25 3.4 7.8 0.91 62%
1980 23 MIN AL 459 2.0% 20.0% 5.2% 6.8% 30% 3.83 4.5 46.3 8.5 0.78 70%
1981 24 MIN AL 112 0.0% 19.6% 7.1% 1.8% 11% 2.75 4.6 20.4 1.06 72%
3 Seasons 678 1.3% 20.8% 6.5% 5.6% 26% 3.20 4.3 68.0 9.3 0.84 69%
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
1979 22 MIN AL 0 0 20% 40 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 64% 7 4 3 0 0 0 4 0 4
1980 23 MIN AL 8 0 36% 147 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 7 67% 20 9 10 6 3 3 13 0 13
1981 24 MIN AL 1 0 35% 36 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 44% 5 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
3 Seasons 9 0 32% 223 9 10 47% 8 9 1 0 0 1 2 1 15 10 63% 32 18 13 6 3 3 21 0 21
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
1979 22 MIN AL 107 95% 28 3 1 0 0 0.38 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 21 2 10% 7 2 29% 75 12 16% 5 2 40% 7 4 57% 0
1980 23 MIN AL 459 78% 103 11 4 0 2 1.46 9 0 5 8 1 5 4 1 11 9 82% 77 3 4% 40 23 58% 270 42 16% 19 14 74% 35 15 43% 0
1981 24 MIN AL 112 99% 18 7 1 0 0 1.57 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 25 5 20% 12 3 25% 59 6 10% 8 3 38% 3 3 100% 0
3 Seasons 678 84% 149 21 6 0 2 1.34 9 0 8 8 1 5 4 1 14 12 86% 123 10 8% 59 28 47% 404 60 15% 32 19 59% 45 22 49% 0
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
1979 22 35 107 93 8 28 5 0 0 12 2 3 12 27 .301 .381 .355 .736 98 33 2 0 2 0 0
1980 23 166 566 510 60 131 23 4 9 61 6 8 36 119 .257 .305 .371 .675 79 189 5 2 11 7 2
1981 24 207 678 612 69 149 25 4 9 66 9 10 44 141 .243 .293 .342 .634 70 209 10 2 12 8 2

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
1979 22 35 104 92 8 27 5 0 0 12 2 12 27 .293 .375 .348 .723 12 35
1980 23 131 449 416 50 102 18 4 9 47 4 24 92 .245 .285 .373 .658 44 131
1981 24 62 169 155 16 28 3 0 0 9 5 12 33 .181 .237 .200 .437 8 41
3 Seasons 228 722 663 74 157 26 4 9 68 11 48 152 .237 .287 .329 .616 64 207
162 Game Avg. 162 513 471 53 112 18 3 6 48 8 34 108 .237 .287 .329 .616 45 207

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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