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Bill
Sudakis		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: March 27, 1946 in Usa, IL, JOLIET
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1976    1977   
All-Star Selections 1975    1976    1978   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 22 CLE AL     5 5 4 6 7 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 5 5
1969 23 CLE AL     5 5 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 4 5 5
1970 24 CLE AL     5 5 4 6 7 7 5 6 5 8 9 9 4 5 5
1971 25 CLE AL     5 5 5 7 8 8 5 6 5 9 10 10 4 5 5
1972 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 8 8 8 5 6 6 9 10 10 5 6 5
1973 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 9 9 9 5 6 6 9 10 10 6 6 6
1974 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 9 10 10 5 6 6 9 10 10 6 6 6
1975 29 CLE AL $ 3,957,143   7 7 6 9 10 10 5 6 6 9 10 10 6 6 6
1976 30 KCR AL $ 5,500,000   7 7 6 9 9 9 5 6 6 9 10 10 6 6 6
1977 31 KCR AL $ 5,500,000   7 7 6 8 9 8 5 6 5 9 10 10 5 6 6
1978 32 KCR AL $ 4,250,000   7 7 6 8 9 8 5 6 5 9 10 10 6 6 6
1979 33 KCR AL $ 4,250,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 9 9 5 6 5
1980 34 COL NL $ 4,250,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 5 5
1981 35 COL NL $ 4,250,000   5 5 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 7 8 8 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000   7 7 6 9 10 10 5 6 6 9 10 10 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1968 22 AA   137 512 75 114 12 2 35 73 2 4 74 92 .223 .321 .459 .780 79.7  
1969 23 AA   129 484 93 145 24 2 47 126 4 5 72 87 .300 .390 .649 1.039 114.1  
1970 24 AA   136 504 100 130 17 2 31 56 11 4 105 105 .258 .386 .484 .870 99.5  
1971 25 AAA   83 277 71 75 16 1 27 70 3 2 79 62 .271 .433 .628 1.061 74.3  
    AA   45 164 27 38 11 0 9 30 2 2 34 36 .232 .364 .463 .827 29.1  
1972 26 CLE AL 143 458 81 121 28 4 23 90 0 0 80 110 .264 .376 .493 .869 82.6 18.4
1973 27 CLE AL 120 424 69 113 28 1 21 78 0 1 68 84 .267 .367 .486 .853 73.5 14.9
1974 28 CLE AL 147 498 98 126 27 3 22 94 2 1 92 86 .253 .366 .452 .818 85.5 14.1
1975 29 CLE AL 152 513 87 154 24 3 30 126 2 2 96 89 .300 .408 .534 .942 108.6 23.3
1976 30 KCR AL 156 559 103 146 22 1 33 112 0 0 103 86 .261 .374 .481 .855 104.5 19.8
1977 31 KCR AL 151 569 88 142 27 1 21 78 0 1 91 94 .250 .350 .411 .762 82.1 13.4
1978 32 KCR AL 154 603 87 158 29 4 25 97 0 1 77 114 .262 .346 .448 .794 93.0 18.8
1979 33 KCR AL 152 570 77 143 29 4 22 87 0 1 93 86 .251 .354 .432 .785 86.8 15.4
1980 34 COL NL 132 464 38 95 27 0 10 38 0 0 44 98 .205 .273 .328 .600 38.6 1.9
1981 35 COL NL 117 390 39 80 11 0 8 35 0 1 58 96 .205 .310 .295 .605 39.1 4.1
10 Years Sim 1424 5048 767 1278 252 21 215 835 4 8 802 943 .253 .354 .439 .794 794.4 144.3
1 Years AAA 83 277 71 75 16 1 27 70 3 2 79 62 .271 .429 .628 1.057 74.3  
4 Years AA 447 1664 295 427 64 6 122 285 19 15 285 320 .257 .366 .522 .888 322.3  
5 Years Minors 530 1941 366 502 80 7 149 355 22 17 364 382 .259 .376 .537 .913 396.6  
162 Game Average 574 87 145 28 2 24 94 0 0 91 107 .253 .354 .439 .794 90.4  
Career Highs 156 603 103 158 29 4 33 126 2 2 103 114 .300 .408 .534 .942 108.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3617 545 940 197 15 145 591 2 6 592 612 .260 .363 .443 .806 600.5
vs LH   1431 222 338 55 6 70 244 2 2 210 331 .236 .332 .430 .762 216.3
Home 701 2434 359 611 115 8 114 410 2 5 379 464 .251 .352 .445 .797 394.9
Away 723 2614 408 667 137 13 101 425 2 3 423 479 .255 .357 .433 .791 421.9
RISP   1314 0 358 64 3 57 583 0 0 244 241 .272 .378 .456 .833 239.5
Pinch Hitting   85 14 24 5 0 4 20 0 0 12 20 .282 .371 .482 .853 15.1
Close/Late   557 90 144 25 5 26 104 0 0 101 124 .259 .369 .461 .830 99.3
Mar/Apr 234 837 136 204 44 4 41 135 0 0 133 176 .244 .345 .453 .798 136.8
May 250 856 133 225 46 0 40 144 0 2 148 148 .263 .371 .457 .828 149.3
June 234 828 125 210 35 3 29 137 0 2 136 139 .254 .360 .408 .768 127.9
July 227 818 117 200 43 3 38 130 2 1 116 162 .244 .335 .444 .779 127.0
August 227 816 120 196 32 8 29 122 2 2 136 144 .240 .348 .406 .754 123.1
Sep/Oct 252 893 136 243 52 3 38 167 0 1 133 174 .272 .366 .465 .831 152.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1972 26 CLE AL 3B 125 114 1001.0 68 212 16 28 .946 2.52 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    C 13 11 95.7 53 2 1 0 .982 5.17 7 2 .286 1 0.1
    1B 2 2 14.0 17 0 0 1 1.000 10.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 27 CLE AL C 107 101 914.3 621 62 2 2 .997 6.72 96 41 .427 0 6.3
    1B 4 4 34.7 45 3 0 2 1.000 12.46 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 7 0 14.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 28 CLE AL C 135 134 1186.3 723 71 7 0 .991 6.02 133 52 .391 2 8.2
    3B 8 0 14.7 0 9 1 1 .900 5.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 5 0 10.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 9.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 29 CLE AL C 132 132 1173.7 722 72 12 0 .985 6.09 134 49 .366 2 5.9
    1B 9 0 16.3 20 0 0 4 1.000 11.02 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 7 0 9.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 30 KCR AL 3B 147 145 1273.3 83 308 22 15 .947 2.76 0 0 .000 0 5.0
    SS 6 6 57.0 11 18 1 7 .967 4.58 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 31 KCR AL 3B 147 146 1285.0 93 315 14 29 .967 2.86 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    C 2 0 4.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 32 KCR AL 3B 152 147 1341.0 82 301 26 25 .936 2.57 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    SS 2 2 18.0 3 9 1 1 .923 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1979 33 KCR AL C 74 74 664.3 385 33 9 1 .979 5.66 70 26 .371 4 2.7
    3B 73 73 663.7 47 140 11 12 .944 2.54 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    1B 2 2 21.0 31 1 0 2 1.000 13.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1980 34 COL NL C 97 97 877.3 511 42 5 1 .991 5.67 83 26 .313 0 5.4
    1B 10 9 74.0 73 7 0 7 1.000 9.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 17 5 67.0 4 14 3 3 .857 2.42 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1981 35 COL NL C 110 108 955.3 487 57 8 1 .986 5.12 113 38 .336 3 5.1
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 671 657 5872.0 3508 339 44 5 .989 5.90 636 234 .368 12 33.8
  3B 685 630 5671.3 378 1302 93 113 .948 2.67 0 0 .000 0 19.7
  1B 32 17 170.0 197 11 0 16 1.000 11.01 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  SS 8 8 75.0 14 27 2 8 .953 4.92 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  CF 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1398 1312 11798.3 4098 1679 139 142 .977 4.41 636 234 .368 12 54.3
Career Highs   154 151 1359.0 742 326 27 29 .997 6.84 134 52 .427 4  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1972 26 CLE AL 4 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 .143 .250 .143 .393
1974 28 CLE AL 5 16 1 4 2 0 1 2 0 1 5 3 .250 .429 .563 .991
1976 30 KCR AL 18 70 15 21 4 0 6 19 0 1 11 17 .300 .390 .614 1.005
1977 31 KCR AL 18 71 14 16 1 0 5 9 0 0 11 14 .225 .329 .451 .780
1978 32 KCR AL 7 24 4 6 2 0 2 3 0 0 10 7 .250 .471 .583 1.054
1979 33 KCR AL 14 47 7 11 1 1 2 6 0 0 11 8 .234 .379 .426 .805
Career Post-Season Batting 66 242 41 60 10 1 16 39 0 3 50 50 .248 .375 .496 .871
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1975-4-.408
 Slugging Pct
1972-8-.493
1973-10-.477*
1975-2-.534
1976-10-.481
 OPS
1972-5-.869
1975-2-.942
1976-10-.855
 XR
1975-4-108.6
1976-7-104.5
1979-10-86.8
 Games
1976-6-156
 At-Bats
1978-5-603
Runs
1974-10-98
1976-8-103
 Total Bases
1975-7-274
1976-10-269
 Homeruns
1975-3-30
1976-5-33
1978-7-25
1979-9-22
 RBIs
1975-1-126
1976-6-112
1978-10-97
 Walks
1974-7-92
1975-6-96
1976-4-103
1977-6-91
1978-10-77
1979-3-93
 Strikeouts
1978-4-114
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 60    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Brian Downing (936)
  2. Duke Sims (923)
  3. Yogi Berra (913)
  4. Roy Campanella (907)
  5. Del Rice (903)
  6. Butch Nieman (893)
  7. Billy Bryan (893)
  8. Stan Lopata (892)
  9. Tim Hosley (891)
  10. Darrell Porter (879)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1968
Injured on 4/24/1969 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 5/16/1971 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/2/1972, off Nolan Ryan (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/1972, off Don Drysdale (DET)
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 4/7/1972
Injured on 7/27/1973 with a Fractured Ulna, out for 4-5 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 9/17/1973
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1973, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 9/21/1974
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,957,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1975, hitting .409 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Oakland on 8/11/1975
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,500,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Kansas City on 3/3/1976 (Going to CLE: 3B Tucker Ashford, P Ron Guidry, RF Otto Velez. Going to KCR: C Bill Sudakis)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1976, hitting .417 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1976, hitting .409 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1976
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,500,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $4,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1977
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/13/1979, hitting .385 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Traded from Kansas City to Colorado on 2/4/1980 (Going to KCR: P Mike Chris. Going to COL: C Bill Sudakis, P Wayne Twitchell, LF Boog Powell, P Chris Zachary)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 4/28/1980
Injured on 5/22/1981 with a Strained Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 4 weeks
 
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