Steve Bilko

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 230lb (185cm, 104kg)

Born: November 13, 1928 in Nanticoke, PA us

Died: March 7, 1978 in Wilkes-Barre, PA

Buried: St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery, Nanticoke, PA

Debut: September 22, 1949 (Age 20-313d, 10,655th in major league history)
vs. BRO 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 23, 1962 (Age 33-283d)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Stephen Thomas Bilko

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.0

1738

432

.249

220

RBI

276

OBP

.336

SLG

.444

OPS

.780

OPS+

103

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 76 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 25 go ahead

6 Tms
LAA	28
STL	24
DET	9
LAD	7
CIN	4
CHC	4

Platoon
vs LHP	39
vs RHP	37

Home/Road
Away	39
Home	37

Outs
2	32
0	23
1	21

17 Opps
DET	8
PHI	8
CIN	6
BAL	6
CHW	6
CHC	5
PIT	5
BRO	5
MIN/WSH	4
NYG/SFG	4
WSA	4
BSN/MLN	4
CLE	3
STL	2
KCA	2
NYY	2
BOS	2

59 Pitchers
Don Mossi	4
Joe Nuxhall	4
Preacher Roe	3
Jim Konstanty	2
Johnny Antonelli	2
Pete Burnside	2
Steve Barber	2
Warren Hacker	2
Billy Hoeft	2
Chuck Stobbs	2
Jack Kralick	2
Hoyt Wilhelm	2
Ed Hobaugh	1
Don Cardwell	1
Jim Hearn	1
Bubba Church	1
Lindy McDaniel	1
Jim Hughes	1
Bob Rush	1
Mike Lee	1
Harry Perkowski	1
Mike Fornieles	1
Billy Pierce	1
Eddie O'Brien	1
Mudcat Grant	1
Ron Kline	1
Jim Bunning	1
Bud Daley	1
Johnny Sain	1
Joe McClain	1
Herb Score	1
Frank Baumann	1
Roy Face	1
Whitey Ford	1
Mike Garcia	1
Ben Wade	1
Juan Pizarro	1
Dick Stigman	1
Bob Kelly	1
Hal Brown	1
Harvey Haddix	1
Johnny Gray	1
Virgil Jester	1
Curt Simmons	1
Hank Aguirre	1
Tom Qualters	1
Alex Kellner	1
Bob Hall	1
Bob Friend	1
Robin Roberts	1
Turk Lown	1
Terry Fox	1
Phil Regan	1
Herm Wehmeier	1
Carl Willey	1
Joe Hatten	1
Bill Monbouquette	1
Bobby Shantz	1
Chet Nichols	1

21 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	12
Wrigley (LA) (LOS)	11
Tiger Stad (DET)	9
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	5
LA Coliseum (LOS)	5
Forbes Fld (PIT)	5
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	4
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	3
GriffithStad (WAS)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
RFK Stad (WAS)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Crosley Fld (CIN)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Seals Stad (SFO)	2
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	2
Munic. Stad (KAN)	1
Braves Fld (BOS)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Polo Grounds (NYC)	1

Where Hit
7	36
8	15
9	12
78	7

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	70
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	46
1--	10
-2-	8
12-	7
--3	2
1-3	2
123	1

117 RBI
RISP	20
0 on	46
1 on	20
2 on	9
3 on	1
Any on	30

Inning
1	7
2	12
3	3
4	12
5	12
6	9
7	3
8	9
9	8
Extra	1

1-3	22
4-6	33
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	4
+2	5
+1	12
Tied	21
-1	6
-2	4
-3	3
-4..	13

Ahead	29
Tied	21
Behind	26

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	75
PH	1

OrderPos
4th	31
6th	23
5th	11
7th	10
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	24
Low Lev	34

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1951-04-22	STL		CHC	Bob Rush	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	3
2	2	2	1	1951-05-01	STL	@	BSN	Johnny Sain	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	---	1	6	3	0.094	81%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1952-04-20	STL	@	CHC	Joe Hatten	tied 0-0	t 5	0	-2-	2	6	3	0.179	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Slaughter Scores
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1953-04-20	STL		MLN	Virgil Jester	ahead 4-3	b 5	2	12-	3	4	3
5	5	2	1	1953-05-10 (1)	STL	@	CIN	Bubba Church	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1	6	3	0.126	58%		Home Run (Deep CF)
6	6	3	1	1953-05-12	STL		PHI	Jim Konstanty	behind 1-6	b 9	0	---	1	6	3
7	7	4	1	1953-05-15	STL		BRO	Preacher Roe	ahead 4-0	b 2	2	1--	2	4	3	0.075	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Musial Scores
8	8	5	1	1953-05-17	STL		NYG	Hoyt Wilhelm	behind 5-9	b 9	2	---	1	6	3	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	6	1	1953-05-25	STL	@	CHC	Bob Kelly	ahead 11-2	t 8	2	-2-	2	6	3	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Slaughter Scores
10	10	7	1	1953-06-03 (1)	STL	@	PHI	Curt Simmons	behind 1-2	t 4	2	1--	2	6	3	0.232	58%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Lowrey Scores
11	11	8	1	1953-06-17	STL		BRO	Ben Wade	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	--3	2	4	3	0.168	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Musial Scores
12	12	9	1	1953-06-27 (1)	STL		PHI	Robin Roberts	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	7	3	0.100	45%		Home Run
13	13	10	1	1953-07-01	STL		CHC	Warren Hacker	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	3	0.089	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	11	1	1953-07-20	STL	@	PIT	Bob Friend	behind 1-4	t 4	1	---	1	7	3	0.080	25%		Home Run (LF-CF)
15	15	12	2	1953-07-20	STL	@	PIT	Bob Hall	ahead 7-4	t 9	1	-2-	2	7	3	0.025	99%		Home Run; E. Stanky Scores
16	16	13	1	1953-07-22	STL	@	NYG	Jim Hearn	ahead 2-1	t 4	1	12-	3	7	3	0.203	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Slaughter Scores; R. Repulski Scores
17	17	14	1	1953-08-02	STL		BRO	Jim Hughes	ahead 6-1	b 7	2	123	4	6	3	0.014	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Musial Scores; P. Castiglione Scores; E. Slaughter Scores
18	18	15	1	1953-08-19	STL		CHC	Warren Hacker	behind 2-4	b 6	1	---	1	6	3	0.131	36%		Home Run (LF-CF)
19	19	16	1	1953-08-21	STL		CIN	Harry Perkowski	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	3	0.105	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	17	1	1953-08-29	STL	@	PIT	Roy Face	ahead 2-1	t 6	2	---	1	7	3
21	21	18	1	1953-09-01	STL	@	BRO	Preacher Roe	behind 3-9	t 7	0	---	1	6	3	0.017	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	19	2	1953-09-01	STL	@	BRO	Preacher Roe	behind 4-12	t 9	2	---	1	6	3	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
23	23	20	1	1953-09-02	STL	@	PHI	Jim Konstanty	ahead 7-5	t 7	1	---	1	6	3	0.086	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	21	1	1953-09-13	STL		PHI	Tom Qualters	ahead 11-1	b 8	0	---	1	6	3	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1954-06-24	CHC	@	PHI	Herm Wehmeier	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	1	7	3	0.101	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	2	1	1954-08-21	CHC		MLN	Chet Nichols	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	--3	2	6	3	0.122	85%		Home Run; E. Banks Scores
27	27	3	1	1954-09-21 (2)	CHC		STL	Harvey Haddix	behind 0-1	b 2	2	1--	2	7	3	0.208	62%		Home Run; R. Kiner Scores
28	28	4	1	1954-09-26	CHC		CIN	Joe Nuxhall	tied 2-2	b 6	1	-2-	2	7	3	0.227	83%		Home Run; R. Kiner Scores
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1958-04-19	CIN	@	PIT	Eddie O'Brien	ahead 7-1	t 8	2	1--	2	4	3	0.006	100%		Home Run; F. Robinson Scores
30	30	2	1	1958-05-25 (2)	CIN		STL	Lindy McDaniel	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---	1	4	3	0.136	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	3	1	1958-05-30	CIN	@	PHI	Johnny Gray	ahead 9-1	t 8	1	---	1	4	3	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	4	1	1958-06-09	CIN	@	SFG	Johnny Antonelli	tied 0-0	t 4	1	-2-	2	4	3	0.198	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Whisenant Scores/unER
33	33	5	1	1958-07-09	LAD		MLN	Carl Willey	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	1-3	3	6	3	0.202	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); C. Furillo Scores; J. Roseboro Scores
34	34	6	1	1958-07-13 (2)	LAD		CIN	Joe Nuxhall	tied 2-2	b 8	2	---	1	4	3	0.316	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	7	1	1958-07-14	LAD		CIN	Alex Kellner	ahead 7-5	b 6	0	---	1	6	3	0.066	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
36	36	8	1	1958-07-18	LAD		PHI	Don Cardwell	behind 1-5	b 5	1	12-	3	4	3	0.222	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Gilliam Scores; G. Cimoli Scores
37	37	9	1	1958-07-23 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	Ron Kline	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1--	2	5	3	0.172	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); N. Larker Scores
38	38	10	1	1958-08-27	LAD		CIN	Joe Nuxhall	behind 2-7	b 6	2	---	1	5	3	0.030	7%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
39	39	11	1	1958-09-01 (2)	LAD	@	SFG	Johnny Antonelli	tied 0-0	t 6	0	1--	2	5	3	0.236	79%		Home Run (LF-CF); G. Hodges Scores
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1960-04-22	DET		CHW	Mike Garcia	behind 4-5	b 6	1	---	1	6	3	0.187	54%		Home Run (Deep CF)
41	41	2	1	1960-04-23	DET		CHW	Billy Pierce	tied 0-0	b 4	1	1--	2	6	3	0.209	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Colavito Scores
42	42	3	1	1960-06-05 (1)	DET	@	CLE	Mike Lee	ahead 6-2	t 9	2	---	1	5	3	0.009	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	4	1	1960-06-07	DET	@	BAL	Hoyt Wilhelm	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	3	0.097	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	5	1	1960-06-10	DET	@	WSH	Chuck Stobbs	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	12-	3	5	3	0.190	82%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); C. Maxwell Scores; A. Kaline Scores
45	45	6	1	1960-06-18	DET		BAL	Hal Brown	ahead 4-3	b 8	0	---	1	4	3	0.072	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	7	1	1960-08-14 (1)	DET	@	CLE	Dick Stigman	ahead 4-0	t 5	1	---	1	4	3	0.041	94%		Home Run (Deep CF)
47	47	8	1	1960-08-28 (2)	DET	@	NYY	Bobby Shantz	behind 4-8	t 9	2	---	1	9	3	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	9	1	1960-09-04 (1)	DET	@	CHW	Frank Baumann	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	-2-	2	6	3	0.108	90%		Home Run (Deep CF); F. Bolling Scores
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1961-04-21	LAA	@	DET	Don Mossi	behind 0-3	t 4	0	---	1	4	3	0.084	27%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
50	50	2	1	1961-05-15	LAA	@	KCA	Bud Daley	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1	4	3	0.124	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	3	1	1961-05-19 (1)	LAA		CHW	Herb Score	behind 1-2	b 3	1	1--	2	4	3	0.196	64%		Home Run (Deep CF); K. Aspromonte Scores
52	52	4	1	1961-06-07	LAA	@	BAL	Billy Hoeft	ahead 3-0	t 6	0	---	1	4	3	0.054	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	5	1	1961-06-14 (2)	LAA	@	CHW	Turk Lown	behind 7-9	t 9	0	---	1	5	3	0.089	16%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	6	1	1961-06-20	LAA		BOS	Bill Monbouquette	behind 3-10	b 5	2	1--	2	6	3	0.037	6%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Hunt Scores
55	55	7	1	1961-06-23	LAA		BAL	Steve Barber	tied 4-4	b 3	2	---	1	5	3	0.114	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	8	1	1961-06-26	LAA		NYY	Whitey Ford	tied 3-3	b 5	2	-2-	2	4	3	0.230	78%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); A. Pearson Scores
57	57	9	1	1961-07-02	LAA		CHW	Juan Pizarro	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1-3	3	4	3	0.172	78%		Home Run (Deep RF Line); A. Pearson Scores; B. Moran Scores
58	58	10	1	1961-07-06	LAA	@	MIN	Chuck Stobbs	behind 4-6	t 2	2	12-	3	4	3	0.265	56%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Koppe Scores; K. Hunt Scores
59	59	11	1	1961-07-07	LAA	@	DET	Terry Fox	tied 2-2	t 8	2	---	1	4	3	0.284	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
60	60	12	1	1961-07-09 (2)	LAA	@	DET	Jim Bunning	behind 2-6	t 8	0	---	1	5	3	0.036	7%		Home Run (Deep CF)
61	61	13	1	1961-07-16 (1)	LAA	@	WSA	Ed Hobaugh	ahead 4-2	t 5	2	12-	3	4	3	0.179	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Pearson Scores; L. Thomas Scores
62	62	14	1	1961-07-23	LAA		WSA	Joe McClain	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	3	0.165	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Wagner Scores
63	63	15	1	1961-07-25	LAA		DET	Don Mossi	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	0.099	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
64	64	16	1	1961-08-29 (1)	LAA		BAL	Steve Barber	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	3	4	3	0.198	78%		Home Run (Deep CF); A. Pearson Scores; G. Thomas Scores
65	65	17	1	1961-08-29 (2)	LAA		BAL	Billy Hoeft	tied 5-5	b 11	1	---	1	4	3	0.412	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
66	66	18	1	1961-09-01	LAA		KCA	Joe Nuxhall	ahead 5-4	b 5	2	---	1	4	3	0.113	78%		Home Run (Deep CF)
67	67	19	1	1961-09-19	LAA	@	DET	Don Mossi	behind 1-4	t 5	0	---	1	6	3	0.085	25%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	20	1	1961-10-01	LAA		CLE	Mudcat Grant	behind 4-8	b 9	2	---	1	7	PH	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1962-04-15	LAA	@	MIN	Jack Kralick	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	3	0.123	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
70	70	2	2	1962-04-15	LAA	@	MIN	Jack Kralick	ahead 3-0	t 5	1	1--	2	4	3	0.094	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Koppe Scores
71	71	3	1	1962-05-08	LAA		DET	Phil Regan	behind 0-7	b 5	0	---	1	7	3	0.017	4%		Home Run (Deep CF)
72	72	4	1	1962-05-23	LAA	@	WSA	Pete Burnside	behind 1-7	t 4	0	---	1	4	3	0.029	7%		Home Run (Deep CF)
73	73	5	1	1962-07-02	LAA	@	WSA	Pete Burnside	tied 0-0	t 6	1	---	1	4	3	0.173	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
74	74	6	1	1962-07-27	LAA	@	DET	Hank Aguirre	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	3	0.106	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
75	75	7	1	1962-07-29 (2)	LAA	@	DET	Don Mossi	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	3	0.103	60%		Home Run (Deep CF)
76	76	8	1	1962-08-14 (2)	LAA		BOS	Mike Fornieles	behind 4-9	b 8	0	---	1	4	3	0.021	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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