#3 Steve Bilko, First Base, 29 yrs, New York (A) Yankees Friday, 10/6/1958 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Steve Bilko
11/13/1928 29 USA,PA,NANTICOKE 6"1 235
First Base R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Loyal Some ability 3 / 6 (Well Known) 5 / 6 (Very Popular) Good Normal Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 5,000,000 1959 10 Year(s), 2 Days (1722 total Days) 172 Day(s) 10 Year(s), 30 Days (1750 total Days) 10 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
Versus LHP | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
Versus RHP | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
Talent | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 4 2 1 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings 1B : 4 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 3 (Range), .956 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 4 Outfield Arm : 3
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/19 | @DET | W 8-4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | #5 | PoG | |
9/20 | @DET | W 5-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/22 | BOS | L 7-8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/24 | BOS | L 4-7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #6 | | |
9/27 | @LA | L 5-10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/28 | @LA | L 3-10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #6 | | |
9/30 | LA | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
10/1 | LA | W 4-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | #6 | PoG | |
10/2 | LA | W 5-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | #6 | | |
10/5 | @LA | L 5-8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #6 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 124 | 432 | 128 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 62 | 74 | 66 | 88 | .296 | .389 | .463 | .852 | .854 | .167 |
Projected | 130 | 454 | 135 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 65 | 78 | 69 | 93 | .296 | .389 | .463 | .852 | .854 | .167 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 112 | 501 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 200 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 80.8 | 6.9 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 136 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .329 | .338 | .667 |
vs. RHP | 296 | 96 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 45 | 52 | 47 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .324 | .416 | .520 | .936 |
Close/Late | 55 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .345 | .439 | .509 | .948 |
Scoring Position | 109 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .266 | .354 | .321 | .675 |
Pinch Hitting | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .455 | .500 | .545 | 1.045 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 60 | 205 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 34 | 29 | 48 | .259 | .350 | .400 | .750 |
Road | 64 | 227 | 75 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 39 | 40 | 37 | 40 | .330 | .424 | .520 | .944 |
This Week | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .375 | .429 | .804 |
Last Week | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .250 | .462 | .625 | 1.087 |
March/April | 24 | 92 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 15 | .348 | .440 | .554 | .995 |
May | 29 | 99 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 21 | .232 | .327 | .343 | .671 |
June | 26 | 94 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 16 | .255 | .346 | .383 | .729 |
July | 6 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .389 | .450 | .444 | .894 |
August | 22 | 74 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 23 | .338 | .405 | .514 | .918 |
Sept/Oct | 17 | 55 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 10 | .309 | .441 | .600 | 1.041 |
Postseason | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .267 | .429 | .533 | .962 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1949 | 162 | 500 | 108 | 21 | 3 | 19 | 70 | 56 | 58 | 1 | 6 | 130 | 1 | 1 | .216 | .296 | .384 | .680 | SLN |
1950 | 104 | 134 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 33 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .365 | .537 | .902 | SLN |
1951 | 151 | 566 | 140 | 26 | 3 | 27 | 97 | 82 | 76 | 0 | 4 | 134 | 0 | 3 | .247 | .334 | .447 | .781 | SLN |
1952 | 146 | 541 | 130 | 25 | 4 | 28 | 111 | 81 | 66 | 0 | 4 | 144 | 0 | 1 | .240 | .321 | .457 | .777 | SLN |
1953 | 148 | 545 | 161 | 21 | 4 | 40 | 126 | 102 | 79 | 0 | 9 | 118 | 2 | 1 | .295 | .379 | .569 | .948 | SLN,NL |
1954 | 143 | 515 | 119 | 26 | 5 | 24 | 80 | 85 | 77 | 1 | 5 | 118 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .329 | .441 | .770 | SLN |
1955 | 142 | 501 | 146 | 26 | 1 | 34 | 101 | 117 | 98 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 0 | 1 | .291 | .405 | .551 | .956 | SLN |
1956 | 148 | 523 | 157 | 26 | 3 | 32 | 127 | 94 | 93 | 2 | 3 | 108 | 0 | 3 | .300 | .406 | .545 | .951 | SLN |
1957 | 149 | 533 | 156 | 24 | 2 | 30 | 97 | 104 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 0 | 1 | .293 | .404 | .514 | .918 | SLN |
1958 | 124 | 432 | 128 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 62 | 74 | 66 | 1 | 2 | 88 | 1 | 0 | .296 | .389 | .463 | .852 | SLN NYY |
Total | 1417 | 4790 | 1281 | 220 | 26 | 261 | 904 | 818 | 734 | 6 | 41 | 1095 | 4 | 12 | .267 | .363 | .488 | .850 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1958 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .429 | .533 | .962 |
Total | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .450 | .533 | .983 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
First Base | 106 | 105 | 1078 | 73 | 95 | 1160 | 9 | .992 | 908.2 | 11.49 | | | | |
Shortstop | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1.000 | 44.0 | 3.48 | | | | |
Rightfield | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | .889 | 26.0 | 3.12 | | | | |
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Achievements Drove in 7 runs against Pittsburgh on 7/8/1952... Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 6/6/1953... Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1953, hitting .389 with 2 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1953, hitting .389 with 11 HR, 28 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 4/27/1954... 9/25/1954: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (N), $5,000,000 per year, for 5 years. Injured on 7/1/1955 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week... Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 8/6/1956... Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1956, hitting .391 with 5 HR, 7 RBI... Injured on 7/6/1958 with a Torn Hip Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks... Traded from St. Louis (N) to New York (A) on 7/30/1958 (Going to STL: CF Jim Small. Going to NYY: 1B Steve Bilko, P Al Worthington)...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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SLG 1953 - .569 - 3rd
| OPS 1953 - .948 - 6th
| Homeruns 1953 - 40 - 3rd
| RBI 1952 - 111 - 6th 1953 - 126 - 4th 1956 - 127 - 5th
| Runs 1953 - 102 - 8th 1955 - 117 - 8th
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BB 1955 - 98 - 5th 1956 - 93 - 7th 1957 - 100 - 3rd
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