Eric Soderholm

Full Name: Eric Thane Soderholm	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/187	First Game: September 3, 1971
Birthdate: September 24, 1948	Final Game: October 5, 1980
Birthplace: Cortland, New York	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Eric Soderholm (Eric Thane Soderholm) was born on September 24, 1948 in Cortland, New York. He made his Major League debut on September 3, 1971 for the Minnesota Twins. In 1972, his rookie year, he hit .188 with 13 home runs and 39 RBI. Soderholm played for the Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Eric Soderholm's best season was 1977, when he slugged 25 home runs, hit for a .280 average and knocked in 67 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1971	MIN	A	21	64	9	10	1	4	.156	.299	.266	4	0	10	17	3	1	0	1	1
1972	MIN	A	93	287	28	54	13	39	.188	.245	.359	10	0	19	48	3	3	3	2	6
1973	MIN	A	35	111	22	33	1	9	.297	.414	.423	7	2	21	16	1	2	1	0	4
1974	MIN	A	141	464	63	128	10	51	.276	.349	.392	18	3	48	68	5	5	7	1	14
1975	MIN	A	117	419	62	120	11	58	.286	.365	.415	17	2	53	66	0	1	3	1	14
1977	CHI	A	130	460	77	129	25	67	.280	.350	.500	20	3	47	47	4	2	2	5	15
1978	CHI	A	143	457	57	118	20	67	.258	.318	.431	17	1	39	44	4	3	2	2	13
1979	TEX	A	63	147	15	40	4	19	.272	.325	.395	6	0	12	9	1	2	0	0	5
1979	CHI	A	56	210	31	53	6	34	.252	.313	.395	8	2	19	19	0	1	0	1	9
1979	TOT	A	119	357	46	93	10	53	.261	.318	.395	14	2	31	28	1	3	0	1	14
1980	NY	A	95	275	38	79	11	35	.287	.353	.462	13	1	27	25	1	1	0	2	9
Total			894	2894	402	764	102	383	.264	.335	.421	120	14	295	359	22	21	18	15	90

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1971	MIN	A	3B	20	20	176.2	17	48	4	2	.942
1972	MIN	A	3B	79	75	689.2	66	163	14	17	.942
1973	MIN	A	SS	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	MIN	A	3B	33	29	269.1	26	67	8	5	.921
1974	MIN	A	SS	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1.000
1974	MIN	A	3B	130	123	1113.1	100	273	17	19	.956
1974	MIN	A	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	MIN	A	3B	113	110	980.2	94	277	12	14	.969
1975	MIN	A	DH	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	CHI	A	3B	126	124	1085	99	249	8	18	.978
1977	CHI	A	DH	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	CHI	A	DH	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	CHI	A	3B	129	127	1022.1	128	245	14	17	.964
1979	TEX	A	3B	37	18	203	20	48	4	5	.944
1979	TEX	A	DH	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	TEX	A	1B	2	2	14	9	1	1	0	.909
1979	CHI	A	3B	56	55	477	55	154	3	12	.986
1979	TOT	A	3B	93	73	680	75	202	7	17	.975
1980	NY	A	DH	51	48	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	NY	A	3B	37	31	250	15	65	4	4	.952
Total			3B	760	712	6267	620	1589	88	113	.962
Total			DH	87	72	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	2	2	14	9	1	1	0	.909
Total			SS	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	1.000

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Selected by Kansas City Athletics in the 11th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1967).
Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (1st pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 27, 1968).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1976).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (November 26, 1976).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Texas Rangers in exchange for Ed Farmer and Gary Holle (June 15, 1979).
Traded by Texas Rangers to New York Yankees in exchange for cash and 2 players to be named later (November 14, 1979); Texas Rangers received Amos Lewis and Ricky Burdette (December 13, 1979).
Released by New York Yankees (October 13, 1981).

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