Eric
Soderholm
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 192
 
Born: September 24, 1948 in Cortland, NY, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1983   
All-Star Selections 1977    1978    1979   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1972 23 MIN   93 287 28 54 10 0 13 39 3 3 19 48 .188 .239 .359 .597 25.1  
1973 24 MIN   35 111 22 33 7 2 1 9 1 2 21 16 .297 .409 .423 .833 19.3  
1974 25 MIN   141 464 63 128 18 3 10 51 7 3 48 68 .276 .344 .392 .736 63.3  
1975 26 MIN   117 419 62 120 17 2 11 58 3 5 53 66 .286 .367 .415 .782 63.4  
1977 28 CHW AL 153 554 84 133 24 3 26 94 0 1 51 36 .240 .310 .435 .745 74.8 12.8
1978 29 HOU NL 156 572 77 153 26 4 18 81 4 4 64 48 .267 .346 .421 .767 77.5 14.3
1979 30 HOU NL 155 557 62 161 27 7 14 77 6 3 68 52 .289 .368 .438 .806 83.8 15.9
1980 31 HOU NL 156 570 69 150 27 6 13 87 0 0 50 54 .263 .331 .400 .731 69.7 14.7
1981 32 MIL AL 157 611 68 163 26 3 18 91 0 1 42 67 .267 .314 .408 .722 73.2 10.3
1982 33 MIL AL 162 640 75 131 24 9 21 87 1 0 45 90 .205 .268 .369 .637 62.5 5.1
1983 34 MIL AL 157 586 63 124 45 7 13 78 0 0 46 79 .212 .280 .379 .659 60.4 7.4
1984 35 LAD NL 155 542 44 125 31 6 8 57 0 1 36 88 .231 .284 .354 .638 51.8 10.6
1985 36 LAD NL 109 227 17 59 11 2 2 19 0 0 10 44 .260 .295 .352 .648 22.4 3.9
9 Years Sim 1360 4859 559 1199 241 47 133 671 11 10 412 558 .247 .311 .398 .709 576.1 95.1
13 Years Pro 1746 6140 734 1534 293 54 168 828 25 23 553 756 .250 .312 .397 .709 747.2  
162 Game Average 578 66 142 28 5 15 79 1 1 49 66 .247 .311 .398 .709 68.6  
Career Highs 162 640 84 163 45 9 26 94 6 4 68 90 .289 .368 .438 .806 83.8  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 28 CHW AL 3B 144 143 1254.3 102 328 20 28 .956 3.09 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    C 1 1 9.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.00 1 0 .000 5 0.0
1978 29 HOU NL 3B 155 152 1376.3 103 363 9 24 .981 3.05 0 0 .000 0 5.5
1979 30 HOU NL 3B 155 151 1367.3 110 365 14 30 .971 3.13 0 0 .000 0 6.5
1980 31 HOU NL 3B 154 151 1366.3 111 405 19 24 .964 3.40 0 0 .000 0 5.0
1981 32 MIL AL 3B 157 156 1372.0 105 383 16 41 .968 3.20 0 0 .000 0 8.6
1982 33 MIL AL 3B 162 162 1467.3 109 398 11 28 .979 3.11 0 0 .000 0 6.1
1983 34 MIL AL 3B 157 156 1397.3 103 415 15 37 .972 3.34 0 0 .000 0 7.0
1984 35 LAD NL 3B 150 145 1267.7 79 368 16 30 .965 3.17 0 0 .000 0 7.7
1985 36 LAD NL 3B 50 47 405.3 19 111 1 8 .992 2.89 0 0 .000 0 2.6
  3B 1284 1263 11274.0 841 3136 121 250 .970 3.17 0 0 .000 0 52.1
  C 1 1 9.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.00 1 0 .000 5 0.0
Career Totals   1285 1264 11283.0 845 3137 121 250 .971 3.18 1 0 .000 5 52.1
Career Highs   162 162 1467.3 111 415 20 41 .992 3.40 1 0 .000 5  
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
1979 30 HOU NL 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .083 .000 .083
1980 31 HOU NL 8 29 5 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 .172 .250 .345 .595
Career Post-Season Batting 11 40 5 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 8 .125 .205 .250 .455
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.
Games
1982-1-162
At-Bats
1981-8-611
1982-3-640
Doubles
1983-4-45
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Travis Fryman (933)
  2. Wayne Gross (928)
  3. Scott Rolen (918)
  4. Joe Charboneau (914)
  5. Butch Hobson (912)
  6. Mike Ivie (909)
  7. Jeff King (902)
  8. George Hendrick (902)
  9. Toby Harrah (902)
  10. Chet Lemon (901)
History
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/16/1981 to a 3-year deal worth $5,500,000 per year
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1983
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/16/1984 to a 1-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year