Steve Bilko

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Full Name: Stephen Thomas Bilko	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/230	First Game: September 22, 1949
Birthdate: November 13, 1928	Final Game: August 23, 1962
Birthplace: Nanticoke, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: March 7, 1978
Deathplace: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
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7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Steve Bilko (Stephen Thomas Bilko) was born on November 13, 1928 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on September 22, 1949 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1953, his rookie year, he hit .251 with 21 home runs and 84 RBI. Bilko played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Steve Bilko's best season was 1953, when he slugged 21 home runs and knocked in 84 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1949	STL	N	6	17	3	5	0	2	.294	.455	.412	2	0	5	6	0	0	0	0	0
1950	STL	N	10	33	1	6	0	2	.182	.270	.212	1	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	1
1951	STL	N	21	72	5	16	2	12	.222	.309	.361	4	0	9	10	0	1	0	0	1
1952	STL	N	20	72	7	19	1	6	.264	.303	.417	6	1	4	15	0	2	0	0	2
1953	STL	N	154	570	72	143	21	84	.251	.334	.412	23	3	70	125	1	0	0	0	17
1954	STL	N	8	14	1	2	0	1	.143	.294	.143	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	2
1954	CHI	N	47	92	11	22	4	12	.239	.320	.478	8	1	11	24	0	0	0	1	6
1954	TOT	N	55	106	12	24	4	13	.226	.317	.434	8	1	14	25	0	0	0	1	8
1958	LA	N	47	101	13	21	7	18	.208	.264	.465	1	2	8	37	0	0	0	0	4
1958	CIN	N	31	87	12	23	4	17	.264	.330	.494	4	2	10	20	0	0	0	0	5
1958	TOT	N	78	188	25	44	11	35	.234	.295	.479	5	4	18	57	0	0	0	0	9
1960	DET	A	78	222	20	46	9	25	.207	.292	.396	11	2	27	31	0	0	0	0	6
1961	LA	A	114	294	49	82	20	59	.279	.395	.544	16	1	58	81	0	0	1	2	9
1962	LA	A	64	164	26	47	8	38	.287	.374	.500	9	1	25	35	2	0	1	0	5
Total	NL		344	1058	125	257	39	154	.243	.322	.417	49	9	124	248	1	3	0	1	38
Total	AL		256	680	95	175	37	122	.257	.358	.485	36	4	110	147	2	0	2	2	20
Total			600	1738	220	432	76	276	.249	.336	.444	85	13	234	395	3	3	2	3	58

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1949	STL	N	1B	5	0	0	42	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	STL	N	1B	9	0	0	81	7	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1951	STL	N	1B	19	0	0	170	13	3	18	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1952	STL	N	1B	20	0	0	177	24	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1953	STL	N	1B	154	0	0	1446	124	15	145	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1954	STL	N	1B	6	4	34.1	21	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	CHI	N	1B	22	21	175.2	182	28	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	TOT	N	1B	28	25	210	203	35	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	LA	N	1B	25	25	185	173	17	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1958	CIN	N	1B	21	21	174	172	11	1	19	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1958	TOT	N	1B	46	46	359	345	28	2	39	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1960	DET	A	1B	62	59	497.1	501	36	5	47	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1961	LA	A	RF	3	3	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	LA	A	OF	3	3	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1961	LA	A	1B	86	72	653.1	577	61	7	56	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1962	LA	A	1B	49	43	378.1	371	28	2	36	0	0	0	0	0	.995
Total			1B	478	245	2098	3913	359	36	384	0	0	0	0	0	.992
Total			OF	3	3	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			RF	3	3	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1945).
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago Cubs for $12500 (April 30, 1954).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to Cincinnati Reds (October 8, 1957).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Johnny Klippstein and 2 players to be named later to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Don Newcombe (June 15, 1958); Los Angeles Dodgers received Art Fowler and Charlie Rabe (June 23, 1958).
Selected by Detroit Tigers from Los Angeles Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 30, 1959).
Selected by Los Angeles Angels from Detroit Tigers in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).

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