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Eric Soderholm
Eric Thane Soderholm

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 187 lb.

Debut September 3, 1971
  vs. OAK 2 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 5, 1980
Born September 24, 1948 in Cortland, NY

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 22 MIN AL  21   64    9   10   4  0   1    4   0  1  10  17  .156  .299  .266   60   17   1   0   1   3   1
 1972 23 MIN AL  93  287   28   54  10  0  13   39   3  3  19  48  .188  .245  .359   75  103   3   1   2   3   6
 1973 24 MIN AL  35  111   22   33   7  2   1    9   1  2  21  16  .297  .414  .423  133   47   2   0   0   1   4
 1974 25 MIN AL 141  464   63  128  18  3  10   51   7  3  48  68  .276  .349  .392  110  182   5   2   1   5  14
 1975 26 MIN AL 117  419   62  120  17  2  11   58   3  5  53  66  .286  .365  .415  119  174   1   2   1   0  14
 1977 28 CHW AL 130  460   77  129  20  3  25   67   2  4  47  47  .280  .350  .500  129  230   2   3   5   4  15
 1978 29 CHW AL 143  457   57  118  17  1  20   67   2  2  39  44  .258  .318  .431  108  197   3   7   2   4  13
 1979 30 TOT AL 119  357   46   93  14  2  10   53   0  1  31  28  .261  .318  .395   92  141   3   4   1   1  14
         CHW AL  56  210   31   53   8  2   6   34   0  1  19  19  .252  .313  .395   90   83   1   1   1   0   9
         TEX AL  63  147   15   40   6  0   4   19   0  0  12   9  .272  .325  .395   95   58   2   3   0   1   5
 1980 31 NYY AL  95  275   38   79  13  1  11   35   0  0  27  25  .287  .353  .462  124  127   1   0   2   1   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      894 2894  402  764 120 14 102  383  18 21 295 359  .264  .335  .421  110 1218  21  19  15  22  90
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        524   73  138  22  3  18   69   3  4  53  65  .264  .335  .421  110  221   4   3   3   4  16
 Career High    143  464   77  129  20  3  25   67   7  5  53  68  .287  .365  .500  129  230   5   7   5   5  15
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1971 22 MIN AL   78   57    6   2.8    95| .156  .258| .299  .331| .266  .384| .565  .714|  60  .345  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1972 23 MIN AL  313  246   24   2.6    87| .188  .252| .245  .322| .359  .364| .604  .685|  75  .355 -10.5  -1.2  50%
 1973 24 MIN AL  135   86   20   6.2    97| .297  .264| .414  .334| .423  .388| .837  .722| 133  .660   6.1   0.6  33%
 1974 25 MIN AL  524  360   63   4.7    92| .276  .263| .349  .328| .392  .378| .741  .706| 110  .560   6.4   0.7  70%
 1975 26 MIN AL  475  321   62   5.2    94| .286  .260| .365  .330| .415  .382| .780  .713| 119  .585  11.3   1.1  37%
 1977 28 CHW AL  516  355   77   5.8   100| .280  .266| .350  .330| .500  .405| .850  .735| 129  .602  18.1   1.8  33%
 1978 29 CHW AL  510  364   61   4.5    94| .258  .262| .318  .328| .431  .386| .749  .714| 108  .517   4.3   0.4  50%
 1979 30 TOT AL  396  286   43   4.0   102| .261  .269| .318  .334| .395  .408| .713  .741|  92  .427  -4.3  -0.4   0%
         CHW AL  231  169   24   3.8   102| .252  .270| .313  .334| .395  .408| .708  .743|  90  .402  -3.4  -0.3   0%
         TEX AL  165  117   19   4.3   101| .272  .269| .325  .333| .395  .407| .720  .740|  95  .462  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1980 31 NYY AL  304  206   43   5.6    97| .287  .267| .353  .329| .462  .396| .815  .724| 124  .591   8.8   0.9   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3251 2281  399   4.7    95| .264  .263| .335  .329| .421  .389| .756  .718| 110  .535  37.0   3.6  46%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1971 22 MIN AL 3B 20 17 48 4 2 .942 .956 3.25 2.74 3.31 3.04 20 176.7 1972 23 MIN AL 3B 79 66 163 14 17 .942 .954 2.90 2.70 2.99 2.98 75 689.7 1973 24 MIN AL 3B 33 26 67 8 5 .921 .950 2.82 2.68 3.11 3.00 29 269.3 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 0.00 4.95 0 2.0 1974 25 MIN AL 3B 130 100 273 17 19 .956 .954 2.87 2.77 3.02 3.12 123 1113.3 SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.20 4.50 4.95 0 2.0 1975 26 MIN AL 3B 113 94 277 12 14 .969 .954 3.28 2.81 3.40 3.16 110 980.7 DH 3 1977 28 CHW AL 3B 126 99 249 8 18 .978 .957 2.76 2.72 2.89 2.97 124 1085.0 DH 3 1978 29 CHW AL 3B 128 128 245 14 17 .964 .954 2.91 2.59 3.28 3.00 127 1022.3 DH 11 2B 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.70 1979 30 TOT AL 3B 93 75 202 7 17 .975 .953 2.98 2.66 3.67 3.07 73 680.0 CHW AL 3B 56 55 154 3 12 .986 .953 3.73 2.66 3.94 3.07 55 477.0 TEX AL 3B 37 20 48 4 5 .944 .952 1.84 2.66 3.01 3.07 18 203.0 DH 14 1B 2 9 1 1 0 .909 .990 5.00 8.85 6.43 10.09 2 14.0 1980 31 NYY AL DH 51 3B 37 15 65 4 4 .952 .951 2.16 2.59 2.88 3.01 31 250.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1979 30 TEX AL 1B 2 9 1 1 0 .909 .990 5.00 8.85 6.43 10.09 2 14.0 1978 29 CHW AL 2B 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.70 1971 22 MIN AL 3B 20 17 48 4 2 .942 .956 3.25 2.74 3.31 3.04 20 176.7 1972 23 MIN AL 3B 79 66 163 14 17 .942 .954 2.90 2.70 2.99 2.98 75 689.7 1973 24 MIN AL 3B 33 26 67 8 5 .921 .950 2.82 2.68 3.11 3.00 29 269.3 1974 25 MIN AL 3B 130 100 273 17 19 .956 .954 2.87 2.77 3.02 3.12 123 1113.3 1975 26 MIN AL 3B 113 94 277 12 14 .969 .954 3.28 2.81 3.40 3.16 110 980.7 1977 28 CHW AL 3B 126 99 249 8 18 .978 .957 2.76 2.72 2.89 2.97 124 1085.0 1978 29 CHW AL 3B 128 128 245 14 17 .964 .954 2.91 2.59 3.28 3.00 127 1022.3 1979 30 TOT AL 3B 93 75 202 7 17 .975 .953 2.98 2.66 3.67 3.07 73 680.0 CHW AL 3B 56 55 154 3 12 .986 .953 3.73 2.66 3.94 3.07 55 477.0 TEX AL 3B 37 20 48 4 5 .944 .952 1.84 2.66 3.01 3.07 18 203.0 1980 31 NYY AL 3B 37 15 65 4 4 .952 .951 2.16 2.59 2.88 3.01 31 250.0 1975 26 MIN AL DH 3 1977 28 CHW AL DH 3 1978 29 CHW AL DH 11 1979 30 TEX AL DH 14 1980 31 NYY AL DH 51 1973 24 MIN AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 0.00 4.95 0 2.0 1974 25 MIN AL SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.20 4.50 4.95 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 759 620 1589 88 113 .962 .954 2.91 2.70 712 6267.0 DH 82 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 2 9 1 1 0 .909 .990 5.00 8.85 2 14.0 SS* 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.30 0 4.0 2B 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.70 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 764 630 1594 89 113 .962 .954 2.91 2.73
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1980   ALCS  NYY KCR     L   2   6   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .167  .167  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

At Bats per Home Run
1977 AL-18.4-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1918) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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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 (Secondary Phase).

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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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