Steve
Souchock
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 218
 
Born: March 3, 1919 in Usa, PA, YATESBORO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1946 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7
1947 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7
1948 29 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 3 3 7 7 7
1949 30 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
1950 31 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
1951 32 TAM AL $ 1,042,857   6 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
1952 33 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1953 34 SDP NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7
1954 35 SDP NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7
1955 36 SDP NL $ 1,500,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
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
1946 27 CIN NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0
    AAA   135 509 96 148 24 5 46 138 7 5 50 79 .291 .354 .629 .983 107.2  
1947 28 CIN NL 25 39 9 11 3 1 2 5 0 0 1 7 .282 .293 .564 .857 6.7 1.1
    AAA   81 307 57 84 18 2 16 45 8 4 30 52 .274 .338 .502 .840 51.0  
1948 29 CIN NL 32 71 12 19 6 1 2 11 0 0 2 6 .268 .293 .465 .758 9.2 1.3
1949 30 TAM AL 87 104 17 29 10 1 5 17 0 0 4 19 .279 .306 .538 .844 15.3 2.4
1950 31 TAM AL 127 454 53 105 14 7 18 62 1 0 32 60 .231 .281 .412 .693 54.1 4.9
1951 32 TAM AL 143 530 74 143 18 7 24 83 2 0 51 73 .270 .334 .466 .801 81.6 10.6
1952 33 TAM AL 124 290 39 81 18 5 10 48 0 0 15 37 .279 .312 .479 .791 41.2 6.0
1953 34 SDP NL 147 451 60 115 19 6 15 61 3 2 21 63 .255 .285 .424 .709 50.1 4.5
1954 35 SDP NL 146 401 47 107 19 3 10 56 1 2 32 57 .267 .319 .404 .723 48.2 5.7
1955 36 SDP NL 150 516 57 127 31 6 14 76 4 3 30 99 .246 .285 .411 .696 59.2 7.1
10 Years Sim 985 2860 368 737 138 37 100 419 11 7 189 421 .258 .302 .437 .739 365.6 43.6
2 Years AAA 216 816 153 232 42 7 62 183 15 9 80 131 .284 .349 .581 .930 158.3  
162 Game Average 470 60 121 22 6 16 68 1 1 31 69 .258 .302 .437 .739 60.1  
Career Highs 150 530 74 143 31 7 24 83 4 3 51 99 .282 .334 .564 .857 81.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1643 210 427 88 22 49 243 7 5 107 240 .260 .303 .430 .732 210.1
vs LH   1217 158 310 50 15 51 176 4 2 82 181 .255 .301 .446 .748 162.9
Home 480 1364 175 368 56 17 42 193 7 2 93 213 .270 .314 .428 .742 181.6
Away 505 1496 193 369 82 20 58 226 4 5 96 208 .247 .291 .445 .736 191.4
RISP   775 0 189 32 6 28 310 0 0 53 120 .244 .286 .409 .695 92.9
Pinch Hitting   217 32 57 14 2 7 43 2 0 8 26 .263 .284 .442 .726 27.0
Close/Late   414 55 112 17 4 17 79 0 0 29 59 .271 .314 .454 .768 58.7
Mar/Apr 157 450 55 119 22 5 20 80 0 0 32 59 .264 .309 .469 .778 64.9
May 143 405 55 112 15 5 15 48 2 1 33 59 .277 .332 .449 .781 59.2
June 161 467 67 123 21 6 17 80 0 1 33 64 .263 .311 .443 .754 63.2
July 166 505 72 135 22 8 22 82 3 0 30 82 .267 .305 .473 .778 72.6
August 181 543 61 142 34 9 15 70 4 2 32 79 .262 .301 .440 .741 69.9
Sep/Oct 177 490 58 106 24 4 11 59 2 3 29 78 .216 .260 .349 .609 43.2
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
1946 27 CIN NL CF 1 1 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 1 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1947 28 CIN NL C 7 4 33.3 14 1 0 0 1.000 4.05 1 1 1.000 0 0.3
    1B 6 3 32.0 36 2 0 4 1.000 10.69 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 7 1 13.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1948 29 CIN NL C 13 10 82.0 41 2 0 0 1.000 4.72 1 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 5 5 43.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.14 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 5 2 22.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.68 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
1949 30 TAM AL C 16 9 82.3 34 4 0 0 1.000 4.15 4 2 .500 0 0.6
    CF 5 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 4 0 3.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 21.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1950 31 TAM AL C 120 120 1052.7 538 36 7 3 .988 4.91 40 8 .200 1 2.0
    1B 2 0 6.0 11 1 0 3 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1951 32 TAM AL C 139 138 1248.0 612 41 5 0 .992 4.71 61 11 .180 1 4.2
    RF 2 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 6.7 6 1 0 0 1.000 9.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 33 TAM AL C 67 55 512.3 210 13 0 1 1.000 3.92 21 2 .095 0 2.6
    1B 19 0 33.0 47 1 0 1 1.000 13.09 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 5 2 22.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1953 34 SDP NL C 77 74 674.7 344 20 5 0 .986 4.86 35 4 .114 1 1.2
    RF 24 14 145.0 28 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    1B 14 9 85.7 102 5 1 5 .991 11.24 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 11 6 67.3 15 1 0 1 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 6 2 26.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0  
1954 35 SDP NL C 63 61 533.0 286 23 3 1 .990 5.22 24 6 .250 1 2.8
    RF 20 8 99.7 21 0 1 0 .955 1.90 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    1B 29 8 98.7 116 8 1 9 .992 11.31 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 9 8 72.0 24 0 1 0 .960 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 9 6 57.3 13 1 1 0 .933 2.20 0 0 .000 0  
1955 36 SDP NL C 134 130 1158.0 608 45 6 1 .991 5.08 45 11 .244 3 6.1
    CF 6 0 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 636 601 5376.3 2687 185 26 6 .991 4.81 232 45 .194 7 20.4
  RF 69 28 324.0 67 0 1 0 .985 1.86 0 0 .000 0 1.7
  1B 78 20 266.6 328 18 2 22 .994 11.68 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  CF 43 21 228.3 62 1 1 1 .984 2.48 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  LF 20 10 102.3 20 1 1 0 .955 1.85 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   846 680 6297.6 3164 205 31 29 .991 4.81 232 45 .194 7 23.0
Career Highs   144 138 1262.7 620 45 7 10 1.000 5.89 61 11 1.000 3  
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
1948 29 CIN NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1949 30 TAM AL 6 8 3 4 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Career Post-Season Batting 8 9 3 4 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 .444 .444 .889 1.333
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.
Triples
1950-4-7
1951-6-7
1953-4-6
1955-7-6
Strikeouts
1955-6-99
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  5. Hank Foiles (928)
  6. Frankie Hayes (927)
  7. Harry Danning (927)
  8. Matt Nokes (925)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 28th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1946
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/31/1947, off Ken Heintzelman (NYG)
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1947
Traded from Cincinnati to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1949 (Going to TAM: C Steve Souchock, C Clyde Mccullough, LF Jeff Heath. Going to CIN: P Jack Hallett, LF Babe Young, CF Guy Curtright)
Injured on 5/4/1950 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Injured on 5/22/1950 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,042,857 through salary arbitration
6/1/1951: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Tampa Bay to San Diego on 2/1/1953 (Going to SDP: RF Hank Edwards, CF Clyde Vollmer, C Steve Souchock. Going to TAM: P Dave Ferriss, C Phil Masi)