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Eric
Soderholm		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 192
 
Born: September 24, 1948 in Usa, NY, CORTLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974   
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
1971 22 COL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1972 23 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1973 24 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1974 25 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1975 26 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1976 27 COL NL $ 697,143   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1977 28 COL NL $ 3,400,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1978 29 COL NL $ 3,400,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1979 30 COL NL $ 3,400,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1980 31 KCR AL $ 3,400,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1981 32 KCR AL $ 4,750,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1982 33 KCR AL $ 4,750,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1983 34 KCR AL $ 4,750,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1984 35 SDP NL $ 4,750,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,750,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 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
1971 22 COL NL 26 98 16 24 4 1 2 15 0 0 13 17 .245 .339 .367 .707 12.5 2.3
    AAA   135 490 63 123 18 1 28 82 5 3 71 80 .251 .346 .463 .809 81.2  
1972 23 COL NL 67 220 22 44 7 0 5 25 1 0 29 32 .200 .295 .300 .595 20.3 1.2
    AAA   83 321 52 88 18 1 22 72 2 1 46 48 .274 .365 .542 .907 62.5  
1973 24 COL NL 110 335 48 101 17 2 18 59 0 2 35 50 .301 .371 .525 .896 58.4 13.3
1974 25 COL NL 126 385 52 78 16 2 12 48 1 1 49 64 .203 .293 .348 .641 40.5 2.2
1975 26 COL NL 90 301 29 56 12 2 4 30 0 0 25 60 .186 .246 .279 .525 18.1 0.0
1976 27 COL NL 124 431 68 100 21 2 14 61 4 1 47 78 .232 .308 .387 .695 52.0 7.7
1977 28 COL NL 116 293 36 70 15 3 5 32 0 2 54 49 .239 .356 .362 .718 40.9 7.5
1978 29 COL NL 136 431 56 103 21 2 12 70 0 2 56 59 .239 .329 .381 .710 55.6 9.0
1979 30 COL NL 147 531 68 136 30 1 23 79 2 2 52 82 .256 .321 .446 .767 73.7 14.4
1980 31 KCR AL 148 556 87 130 28 4 29 100 0 3 51 91 .234 .300 .455 .755 72.4 10.8
1981 32 KCR AL 151 549 73 130 32 2 16 80 0 1 59 78 .237 .314 .390 .704 65.2 9.2
1982 33 KCR AL 153 592 83 152 31 2 25 92 0 2 50 86 .257 .312 .443 .754 78.3 13.4
1983 34 KCR AL 126 456 57 109 18 2 19 63 2 0 28 101 .239 .285 .412 .698 53.0 7.5
1984 35 AAA   131 504 55 134 22 2 14 68 3 0 38 87 .266 .317 .401 .718 64.0  
13 Years Sim 1520 5178 695 1233 252 25 184 754 10 16 548 847 .238 .312 .403 .715 640.8 98.5
3 Years AAA 349 1315 170 345 58 4 64 222 10 4 155 215 .262 .341 .459 .799 207.7  
162 Game Average 551 74 131 26 2 19 80 1 1 58 90 .238 .312 .403 .715 68.3  
Career Highs 153 592 87 152 32 4 29 100 4 3 59 101 .301 .371 .525 .896 78.3  
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   3330 435 791 156 14 101 457 6 7 339 549 .238 .309 .384 .693 402.7
vs LH   1848 260 442 96 11 83 297 4 9 209 298 .239 .316 .438 .754 260.0
Home 752 2504 335 597 137 8 81 353 5 7 273 416 .238 .314 .397 .711 317.5
Away 768 2674 360 636 115 17 103 401 5 9 275 431 .238 .309 .409 .718 345.2
RISP   1331 0 325 67 9 48 534 0 0 171 232 .244 .324 .416 .741 188.8
Pinch Hitting   94 8 16 4 0 0 13 0 0 16 18 .170 .291 .213 .504 6.8
Close/Late   624 58 142 23 0 14 76 0 0 81 110 .228 .320 .332 .652 70.5
Mar/Apr 225 717 107 177 39 2 29 114 3 4 79 111 .247 .325 .428 .753 99.7
May 222 736 89 179 30 6 31 110 0 2 86 132 .243 .323 .427 .750 103.6
June 254 914 124 230 51 3 33 134 1 4 68 151 .252 .305 .422 .727 115.2
July 257 866 119 193 35 3 27 114 1 2 105 153 .223 .307 .364 .671 101.8
August 279 969 120 215 37 4 38 128 3 2 95 157 .222 .290 .386 .676 113.3
Sep/Oct 283 976 136 239 60 7 26 154 2 2 115 143 .245 .325 .401 .726 129.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1971 22 COL NL 1B 25 24 218.0 234 24 3 25 .989 10.65   0.3
    3B 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
1972 23 COL NL 1B 56 54 458.0 534 47 7 56 .988 11.42   0.9
    3B 11 11 92.0 11 16 1 2 .964 2.64   0.3
1973 24 COL NL 1B 47 39 341.0 370 33 2 31 .995 10.64   0.7
    3B 35 33 289.0 20 60 5 7 .941 2.49   1.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1974 25 COL NL 3B 93 77 693.7 39 169 7 11 .967 2.70   2.3
    1B 22 7 100.3 111 14 4 5 .969 11.21   0.2
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 26 COL NL 3B 42 42 333.3 20 93 6 10 .950 3.05   1.1
    1B 17 16 135.0 144 14 2 15 .988 10.53   0.2
1976 27 COL NL 3B 68 62 546.3 39 170 8 18 .963 3.44   3.0
    1B 45 44 375.0 429 29 2 56 .996 10.99   0.3
1977 28 COL NL 3B 91 68 633.7 40 159 15 14 .930 2.83   2.6
    1B 12 3 48.0 59 3 0 2 1.000 11.63   0.1
1978 29 COL NL 3B 123 108 968.3 67 265 15 21 .957 3.09   2.9
    1B 7 2 29.0 37 4 0 0 1.000 12.72   0.0
1979 30 COL NL 3B 143 135 1198.7 87 304 20 25 .951 2.94   5.0
    1B 3 2 20.0 28 3 0 2 1.000 13.95   0.0
1980 31 KCR AL 3B 147 145 1308.3 81 354 17 31 .962 2.99   5.5
1981 32 KCR AL 3B 150 142 1298.7 61 330 13 25 .968 2.71   5.9
1982 33 KCR AL 3B 151 145 1326.7 83 352 28 30 .940 2.95   5.4
1983 34 KCR AL 3B 126 123 1102.0 64 296 20 21 .947 2.94   3.4
  3B 1181 1091 9793.6 613 2570 155 215 .954 2.93   38.3
  1B 234 191 1724.3 1946 171 20 192 .991 11.05   2.8
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1417 1282 11521.0 2559 2742 175 408 .968 4.14   41.2
Career Highs   151 145 1326.7 545 354 28 74 .989 10.63    
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
1973 24 COL NL 8 20 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .300 .364 .400 .764
1974 25 COL NL 14 45 8 16 3 0 1 10 0 0 7 6 .356 .426 .489 .915
1975 26 COL NL 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .143 .222 .143 .365
1976 27 COL NL 18 64 8 11 4 0 0 7 0 0 9 8 .172 .274 .234 .508
1977 28 COL NL 17 50 6 11 2 0 2 10 0 0 7 10 .220 .310 .380 .690
1980 31 KCR AL 7 25 2 9 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 .360 .429 .480 .909
1981 32 KCR AL 7 27 2 4 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .148 .179 .259 .438
1982 33 KCR AL 5 18 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .222 .263 .389 .652
Career Post-Season Batting 79 256 31 62 15 1 4 37 0 1 31 35 .242 .320 .355 .675
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.
Homeruns
1980-4-29
1982-8-25
 RBIs
1980-6-100
1982-8-92
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Adolfo Phillips (940)
  2. Wayne Gross (926)
  3. Chuck Workman (918)
  4. Jim Tabor (911)
  5. Pete Ward (908)
  6. Dan Driessen (907)
  7. Joe Orengo (901)
  8. Hank Majeski (898)
  9. Rick Reichardt (895)
  10. Doug Rader (894)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 20th overall pick, by Colorado in 1971
Had first career hit on 9/2/1971, off Clyde Wright (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/5/1971, off Grant Jackson (LAD)
Injured on 7/9/1972 with a Bruised Wrist, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against San Diego on 9/21/1973
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1973, hitting .359 with 6 HR, 22 RBI
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
Injured on 5/3/1975 with a Broken Ankle, out for 7-8 weeks
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $697,143 through salary arbitration
Drove in 8 runs against New York (A) on 4/11/1976
6/1/1976: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $3,400,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 5/11/1979 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from Colorado to Kansas City on 2/2/1980 (Going to KCR: 3B Eric Soderholm. Going to COL: P Joe Moeller)
7/1/1980: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $4,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/25/1980 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 8/16/1981
 
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