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Steve
Bilko		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 240
 
Born: November 13, 1928 in Usa, PA, NANTICOKE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1963   
All-Star Selections 1958    1959    1960    1961    1963   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 20 NYG NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 21 NYG NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 22 NYG NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 23 NYG NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 24 NYG NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 25 NYG NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 26 SEM AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 27 SEM AL $ 1,800,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 28 SEM AL $ 3,200,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 29 SEM AL $ 3,200,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 30 TAM AL $ 3,200,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 31 MON NL $ 3,200,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 32 MON NL $ 7,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 33 MON NL $ 7,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 34 MON NL $ 7,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 35 MON NL $ 7,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 36 KCR AL $ 1,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 20 NYG NL     4 4 4 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 4 4 4
1950 21 NYG NL     4 4 4 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 5 4 4
1951 22 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 5
1952 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 8 8 8 7 6 7 8 8 8 5 4 4
1953 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 8 8 8 7 6 6 9 8 8 5 4 4
1954 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 8 8 8 7 6 6 9 8 8 5 4 4
1955 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 6 10 9 9 5 4 4
1956 27 SEM AL $ 1,800,000   5 5 5 9 8 9 7 6 6 10 10 10 5 4 4
1957 28 SEM AL $ 3,200,000   6 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 6 10 10 10 6 5 5
1958 29 SEM AL $ 3,200,000   6 6 7 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 5 6
1959 30 TAM AL $ 3,200,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 5 6
1960 31 MON NL $ 3,200,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1961 32 MON NL $ 7,000,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1962 33 MON NL $ 7,000,000   7 7 7 10 9 9 7 6 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1963 34 MON NL $ 7,000,000   6 6 7 9 9 9 7 6 6 10 10 10 6 6 6
1964 35 MON NL $ 7,000,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 3 4 8 7 7 5 4 4
1965 36 KCR AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 4 3 4 8 7 7 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 7 6 6 4 3 4 7 6 7 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1951 22 NYG NL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 1 2 1 1 0 27.27 .500 .667 2.000 2.667 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 1 2 1 1 0 27.27 .500 .667 2.000 2.667 0.0
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs LH   1 2 1 1 0   .500 .667 2.000 2.667
Away 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 1 2 1 1 0 27.27 .500 .667 2.000 2.667
Mar/Apr 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 1 2 1 1 0 27.27 .500 .667 2.000 2.667
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
1949 20 AAA   136 523 86 131 24 2 32 77 6 5 86 143 .250 .356 .488 .844 93.0  
1950 21 AAA   136 529 99 142 16 3 45 115 2 0 92 117 .268 .377 .565 .942 112.9  
1951 22 NYG NL 48 155 15 37 8 0 8 16 0 0 16 33 .239 .310 .445 .755 21.2 2.3
1952 23 NYG NL 52 187 26 42 9 1 12 26 0 0 24 48 .225 .307 .476 .783 28.3 3.6
    AAA   106 380 82 133 25 1 40 89 3 5 85 95 .350 .469 .737 1.206 114.3  
1953 24 NYG NL 158 590 101 142 29 1 47 119 0 0 74 149 .241 .325 .532 .858 99.4 14.9
1954 25 NYG NL 155 563 101 130 35 1 30 89 0 0 95 154 .231 .337 .456 .794 90.9 10.9
1955 26 MIN AL 76 273 48 59 19 3 14 53 0 0 33 76 .216 .302 .462 .763 35.7 5.2
  SEM AL 79 266 47 56 14 1 14 37 0 0 42 78 .211 .319 .429 .748 35.7 4.3
  TOT   155 539 95 115 33 4 28 90 0 0 75 154 .213 .311 .445 .756 71.4 9.6
1956 27 SEM AL 144 443 71 100 26 2 27 79 0 0 70 136 .226 .331 .476 .807 72.4 13.4
1957 28 SEM AL 156 559 94 123 22 3 37 99 0 0 88 155 .220 .325 .469 .794 89.3 15.8
1958 29 SEM AL 155 582 97 152 31 1 37 102 0 0 83 152 .261 .353 .509 .861 102.0 20.8
1959 30 TAM AL 158 547 82 139 19 3 34 106 1 1 92 159 .254 .359 .486 .845 96.2 19.7
1960 31 TAM AL 104 379 50 89 19 5 24 80 2 0 49 95 .235 .320 .501 .822 59.7 12.1
  MON NL 48 116 35 39 4 1 12 25 0 0 22 32 .336 .436 .698 1.134 31.1 7.4
  TOT   152 495 85 128 23 6 36 105 2 0 71 127 .259 .348 .547 .896 90.8 19.4
1961 32 MON NL 153 535 115 151 24 3 51 111 0 0 94 126 .282 .389 .624 1.013 122.9 29.8
1962 33 MON NL 153 528 93 130 20 3 33 96 0 0 74 117 .246 .337 .483 .820 82.8 16.5
1963 34 MON NL 154 569 108 150 22 3 34 87 0 0 71 110 .264 .346 .492 .838 94.0 19.9
1964 35 MON NL 107 348 46 79 8 2 12 39 1 2 46 81 .227 .317 .365 .682 42.4 6.3
1965 36 KCR AL 107 305 47 80 7 1 10 37 1 1 36 71 .262 .340 .390 .730 41.4 7.5
15 Years Sim 2007 6945 1176 1698 316 34 436 1201 5 4 1009 1772 .244 .339 .488 .827 1145.3 210.3
3 Years AAA 378 1432 267 406 65 6 117 281 11 10 263 355 .284 .391 .582 .974 320.2  
162 Game Average 560 94 137 25 2 35 96 0 0 81 143 .244 .339 .488 .827 92.4  
Career Highs 158 590 115 152 35 6 51 119 2 2 95 159 .282 .389 .624 1.013 122.9  
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   4423 717 1062 194 24 284 774 3 4 590 1124 .240 .329 .487 .816 730.8
vs LH   2522 459 636 122 10 152 427 2 0 419 648 .252 .357 .489 .847 454.9
Home 1001 3397 573 835 168 13 212 591 3 2 490 867 .246 .340 .490 .830 581.3
Away 1006 3548 603 863 148 21 224 610 2 2 519 905 .243 .339 .486 .825 604.4
RISP   1689 0 430 77 9 106 727 0 0 302 439 .255 .360 .499 .859 318.3
Pinch Hitting   144 27 30 4 1 5 18 0 0 22 45 .208 .311 .354 .666 17.7
Close/Late   797 132 190 35 4 43 124 0 0 135 189 .238 .349 .454 .803 132.9
Mar/Apr 334 1192 191 269 44 6 72 190 2 0 161 318 .226 .316 .454 .770 181.6
May 362 1196 203 292 57 4 70 201 2 0 191 282 .244 .346 .474 .820 205.0
June 338 1194 205 317 59 6 87 236 1 1 156 296 .265 .351 .544 .895 225.2
July 311 1113 175 250 46 5 61 185 0 2 161 301 .225 .321 .439 .760 166.4
August 346 1205 216 316 57 6 76 205 0 0 182 285 .262 .358 .509 .867 221.8
Sep/Oct 316 1045 186 254 53 7 70 184 0 1 158 290 .243 .342 .508 .850 185.7
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
1951 22 NYG NL 1B 45 45 361.7 457 33 5 48 .990 12.19   1.2
    LF 3 0 6.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1952 23 NYG NL RF 50 49 434.7 66 0 1 0 .985 1.37   1.1
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1953 24 NYG NL RF 149 145 1306.7 270 4 2 1 .993 1.89   2.3
    1B 5 0 11.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 12.27   0.0
    LF 2 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1954 25 NYG NL LF 66 65 560.7 97 2 0 0 1.000 1.59   3.0
    RF 61 59 538.0 115 1 3 1 .975 1.94    
    1B 26 25 224.3 263 15 2 27 .993 11.15   0.5
1955 26 MIN AL RF 54 53 478.6 114 2 1 0 .991 2.18   2.4
    LF 21 20 179.5 42 0 0 0 1.000 2.11   0.0
    1B 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SEM AL RF 56 56 480.1 114 2 2 1 .983 2.17   0.7
    LF 21 21 180.1 43 1 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.0
    1B 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 110 109 958.7 228 4 3 1 .987 2.18   3.0
      LF 42 41 359.6 85 1 0 0 1.000 2.15   0.0
      1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1956 27 SEM AL LF 128 125 1081.3 239 4 1 3 .996 2.02   2.1
    1B 2 0 2.7 2 2 0 0 1.000 13.53   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1957 28 SEM AL LF 150 148 1326.0 247 4 1 2 .996 1.70   3.5
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1958 29 SEM AL 1B 146 145 1293.3 1606 129 13 157 .993 12.07   2.6
    RF 5 4 35.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.27   0.1
    LF 1 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1959 30 TAM AL 1B 82 80 717.7 789 67 6 67 .993 10.73   1.8
    RF 70 68 593.0 118 4 0 2 1.000 1.85   1.7
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1960 31 TAM AL RF 52 50 488.1 115 1 3 1 .975 2.14   0.0
    1B 26 16 180.7 218 20 2 16 .992 11.85   0.6
    3B 16 16 145.5 9 20 1 1 .967 1.79   0.2
    SS 1 1 6.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.1
    LF 1 0 4.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
  MON NL RF 24 23 157.1 37 0 1 0 .974 2.12   0.8
    1B 12 8 58.2 70 7 0 5 1.000 11.91   0.1
    3B 7 7 46.8 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.1
    SS 0 0 1.9 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.74   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 76 73 645.2 152 1 4 1 .975 2.13   0.8
      1B 38 24 238.9 288 27 2 21 .994 11.87   0.7
      3B 23 23 192.3 12 26 1 1 .974 1.78   0.4
      SS 1 1 7.9 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.70   0.1
      LF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
1961 32 MON NL 1B 140 139 1248.3 1506 102 18 134 .989 11.59   3.1
    LF 4 0 12.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 3.75   0.1
    RF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1962 33 MON NL 1B 98 93 839.7 996 59 5 84 .995 11.31   1.3
    RF 40 39 347.3 48 1 1 0 .980 1.27   0.8
    LF 12 0 33.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
1963 34 MON NL 1B 148 144 1298.0 1448 108 11 137 .993 10.79   3.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1964 35 MON NL 1B 91 89 790.0 975 55 4 70 .996 11.73   1.2
    LF 4 1 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69   0.1
    RF 4 0 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
1965 36 KCR AL 1B 86 80 709.7 819 60 5 58 .994 11.15   1.0
    RF 4 2 19.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.1
    LF 2 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
  1B 908 864 7736.2 9163 658 71 803 .993 11.43   16.4
  RF 575 548 4899.9 1012 15 14 6 .987 1.89   9.9
  LF 420 382 3428.9 687 12 2 5 .997 1.83   8.9
  3B 23 23 192.3 12 26 1 1 .974 1.78   0.4
  SS 1 1 7.9 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.70   0.1
  2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1929 1818 16268.2 10875 716 88 815 .992 6.41   35.6
Career Highs   156 150 1338.7 1613 129 18 157 .996 11.94    
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
1957 28 SEM AL 5 18 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .278 .333 .278 .611
1959 30 TAM AL 12 43 6 8 4 0 2 7 0 0 7 16 .186 .300 .419 .719
1960 31 MON NL 9 33 5 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 5 10 .242 .342 .364 .706
1961 32 MON NL 11 46 7 10 4 0 2 4 0 0 4 9 .217 .280 .435 .715
1962 33 MON NL 8 35 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .143 .189 .143 .332
1963 34 MON NL 19 71 4 14 3 0 1 6 0 1 8 17 .197 .278 .282 .560
Career Post-Season Batting 64 246 27 50 12 0 6 22 0 1 28 62 .203 .284 .325 .609
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
1961-4-.389
 Slugging Pct
1953-7-.532
1958-9-.509
1961-3-.624
1962-9-.483
1963-10-.492
 OPS
1958-10-.861
1959-10-.845
1961-3-1.013
1963-10-.838
 XR
1958-7-102.0
1959-9-96.2
1961-2-122.9
1963-9-94.0
 Games
1953-1-158
1955-8-155
1957-8-156
1958-8-155
1959-1-158
 At-Bats
1953-3-590
1963-9-569
Runs
1953-10-101
1958-9-97
1961-1-115
1962-4-93
1963-2-108
 Total Bases
1953-5-314
1958-6-296
1961-2-334
1962-9-255
1963-6-280
 Doubles
1954-3-35
 Homeruns
1953-3-47
1954-8-30
1956-10-27
1957-6-37
1958-5-37
1959-5-34
1961-1-51
1962-5-33
1963-5-34
CAR-20-436
 RBIs
1953-4-119
1958-7-102
1959-7-106
1961-5-111
1962-4-96
 Walks
1954-8-95
1957-8-88
1958-8-83
1959-3-92
1961-1-94
1962-6-74
1963-8-71
Strikeouts
1953-1-149
1954-1-154
1955-1-154
1956-3-136
1957-3-155
1958-2-152
1959-2-159
1961-10-126
1962-10-117
CAR-14-1772
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 109    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1949
Had first career hit on 4/6/1951, off Howie Pollet (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/1951, off Monte Kennedy (MON)
Injured on 6/11/1951 with a Broken Ankle, out for full season
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1953, hitting .364 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from New York (N) to Minnesota on 2/1/1955 (Going to NYG: LF Del Ennis, P Erv Palica. Going to MIN: LF Steve Bilko, LF Jerry Lynch, P Paul Foytack, P Jack Banta, P Don Johnson)
Traded from Minnesota to Seattle on 7/1/1955 (Going to MIN: RF Vic Wertz. Going to SEM: RF Steve Bilko)
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1956, hitting .273 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
9/1/1956: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $3,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 9/9/1956
Hit 3 homeruns against Brooklyn, driving in 4 runs on 6/2/1958
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1958, hitting .500 with 6 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Traded from Seattle to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1959 (Going to TAM: 1B Steve Bilko, P Frank Lary. Going to SEM: P Whammy Douglas)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1959, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 6/28/1959
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
6/1/1960: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $7,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 7 runs against Detroit on 6/1/1960
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1960, hitting .333 with 11 HR, 27 RBI
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Traded from Tampa Bay to Montreal on 7/31/1960 (Going to TAM: P Ralph Lumenti, P Stan Williams, CF Gary Geiger, 2B Julio Gotay, C Ozzie Virgil. Going to MON: RF Steve Bilko, C Stan Lopata, P Diomedes Olivo)
Won World Series with Montreal in 1960
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1961, hitting .476 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1961, hitting .366 with 11 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1961, hitting .277 with 11 HR, 25 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1962, hitting .316 with 8 HR, 25 RBI
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/16/1965 to a 4-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
 
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