#3 Steve Bilko, First Base, 27 yrs, St. Louis (N) Cardinals Thursday, 10/5/1956 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Steve Bilko
11/13/1928 27 USA,PA,NANTICOKE 6"1 230
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 4 / 6 (Popular) 6 / 6 (Extremely Popular) Good Normal Normal 4.0 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 8 Year(s), 2 Days (1378 total Days) 172 Day(s) 8 Year(s), 30 Days (1406 total Days) 8 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
Versus LHP | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
Versus RHP | 7 | 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 | | |
9/13 | CIN | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/15 | @BRO | L 7-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/16 | @BRO | L 3-6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #3 | | |
9/17 | @BRO | L 5-14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | #3 | | |
9/18 | @NYN | W 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/19 | @NYN | W 10-7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/20 | @NYN | W 15-4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/22 | PHI | W 4-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #3 | | |
9/23 | PHI | W 15-10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/24 | PHI | L 4-7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 148 | 523 | 157 | 26 | 3 | 32 | 127 | 94 | 93 | 108 | .300 | .406 | .545 | .951 | .987 | .245 |
Projected | 156 | 550 | 165 | 27 | 3 | 34 | 134 | 99 | 98 | 114 | .300 | .406 | .545 | .951 | .987 | .245 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 136 | 623 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 285 | 61 | 0 | 3 | .0 | 120.1 | 8.3 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 172 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 35 | 31 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .406 | .576 | .981 |
vs. RHP | 351 | 110 | 16 | 3 | 18 | 92 | 63 | 54 | 70 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .313 | .406 | .530 | .936 |
Close/Late | 51 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .294 | .373 | .471 | .843 |
Scoring Position | 170 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 97 | 0 | 24 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .306 | .382 | .600 | .982 |
Pinch Hitting | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 74 | 248 | 82 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 66 | 47 | 48 | 55 | .331 | .440 | .601 | 1.041 |
Road | 74 | 275 | 75 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 61 | 47 | 45 | 53 | .273 | .372 | .495 | .866 |
March/April | 25 | 83 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 15 | .325 | .462 | .590 | 1.053 |
May | 27 | 101 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 22 | .228 | .298 | .396 | .694 |
June | 25 | 90 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 24 | .344 | .439 | .656 | 1.095 |
July | 23 | 85 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 15 | .306 | .392 | .518 | .909 |
August | 28 | 94 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 23 | 19 | 14 | .319 | .439 | .660 | 1.098 |
Sept/Oct | 20 | 70 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 18 | .286 | .400 | .443 | .843 |
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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 |
Total | 1144 | 3825 | 997 | 178 | 24 | 213 | 745 | 640 | 568 | 5 | 38 | 885 | 3 | 11 | .261 | .354 | .487 | .841 | |
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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 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
First Base | 141 | 136 | 1425 | 101 | 126 | 1537 | 11 | .993 | 1189.1 | 11.63 | | | | |
Rightfield | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 7.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
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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...
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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
| Runs 1953 - 102 - 8th 1955 - 117 - 8th
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BB 1955 - 98 - 5th
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