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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	STL	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.1	12	0	0	12	0	1B
2	2	Apr 16	STL		CHC	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
3	3	Apr 19	STL		MLN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
4	4	Apr 20	STL		MLN	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
5	5	Apr 21	STL		CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
6	6	Apr 22	STL		CIN	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
7	7	Apr 25	STL	@	CHC	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
8	8	Apr 26	STL	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
9	9	Apr 28	STL	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
10	10	Apr 29	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	GS	31	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
11	11	Apr 30	STL	@	PHI	T,1-1	CG	24	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
13	13	May 3	STL	@	PIT	L,2-8	GS	0	6.0	7	0	0	7	1
14	14	May 4	STL	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
15	15	May 6	STL	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
16	16	May 8	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
17	17	May 9	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
18	18	May 10 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
19	19	May 10 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
20	20	May 12	STL		PHI	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
21	21	May 14	STL		BRO	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	17	0	0	17	1	1B
22	22	May 15	STL		BRO	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
23	23	May 16	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
24	24	May 17	STL		NYG	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
25	25	May 18	STL		NYG	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
26	26	May 19	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
27	27	May 20	STL		PIT	W,11-6	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	28	May 21	STL		CIN	W,11-9	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
29	29	May 22	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
30	30	May 23	STL		CIN	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
31	31	May 24	STL		CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
32	32	May 25	STL	@	CHC	W,14-3	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
33	33	May 26 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
34	34	May 26 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
35	35	May 27	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	2	13	1	1B
36	36	May 28	STL	@	CIN	T,10-10	CG	52	10.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
37	37	May 29	STL		MLN	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
38	38	May 30 (1)	STL		MLN	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
39	39	May 30 (2)	STL		MLN	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
40	40	May 31	STL		CHC	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	41	Jun 2	STL	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
42	42	Jun 3 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
43	43	Jun 3 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
44	44	Jun 4	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	40	9.1	9	0	0	9	0	1B
45	45	Jun 5	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
46	46	Jun 6	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
47	47	Jun 7	STL	@	BRO	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
48	48	Jun 8	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	12.0	10	2	0	12	1
49	49	Jun 9	STL	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
50	50	Jun 10	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
51	51	Jun 11	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
52	52	Jun 12	STL	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
53	53	Jun 14 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
54	54	Jun 14 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
55	55	Jun 15	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
56	56	Jun 16	STL		BRO	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
57	57	Jun 17	STL		BRO	W,9-3	CG	44	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
58	58	Jun 18	STL		BRO	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
59	59	Jun 19	STL		PIT	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
60	60	Jun 20	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	2
61	61	Jun 21	STL		PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
62	62	Jun 22	STL		PIT	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
63	63	Jun 23	STL		NYG	W,15-8	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
64	64	Jun 24	STL		NYG	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
65	65	Jun 25	STL		NYG	L,4-9	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
66	66	Jun 26	STL		PHI	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
67	67	Jun 27 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	2
68	68	Jun 27 (2)	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
69	69	Jun 28	STL		PHI	L,3-4	CG	42	11.0	11	3	1	15	1
70	70	Jun 29	STL		CHC	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
71	71	Jun 30	STL		CHC	L,3-10	CG	49	9.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	72	Jul 1	STL		CHC	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	14	0	1	15	2
73	73	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	L,3-10	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
74	74	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
75	75	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	32	8.1	8	0	0	8	2
76	76	Jul 5 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
77	77	Jul 5 (2)	STL	@	MLN	W,4-1	GS	0	5.0	6	1	0	7	1
78	78	Jul 7	STL	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS	32	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
79	79	Jul 8	STL	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
80	80	Jul 10	STL		MLN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
81	81	Jul 11	STL		MLN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	10	4	0	14	1
82	82	Jul 12 (1)	STL		MLN	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
83	83	Jul 12 (2)	STL		MLN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
84	84	Jul 16	STL	@	BRO	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
85	85	Jul 17 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-14	GS	39	6.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
86	89 (3)	Jul 19 susp	STL	@	PIT	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	90	Jul 20	STL	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	44	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
88	91	Jul 21	STL	@	NYG	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
89	92	Jul 22	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	12	0	0	12	1	1B
90	93	Jul 24	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	12	0	0	12	1	1B
91	94	Jul 25	STL	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
92	95	Jul 26	STL	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	9	1	1	11	2	1B
93	96	Jul 28	STL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	11	1	1	13	0
94	97	Jul 29	STL		PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
95	98	Jul 30	STL		PIT	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
96	99	Jul 31	STL		BRO	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	100	Aug 1	STL		BRO	L,4-11	GS	27	5.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
98	101	Aug 2	STL		BRO	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
99	102	Aug 3	STL		PHI	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
100	103	Aug 4	STL		PHI	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
101	104	Aug 5	STL		PHI	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
102	105	Aug 6	STL		PHI	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
103	106	Aug 7	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
104	107	Aug 8	STL		NYG	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
105	108	Aug 9	STL		NYG	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
106	109	Aug 10	STL	@	MLN	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
107	110	Aug 11	STL	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
108	111	Aug 12 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
109	112	Aug 12 (2)	STL	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
110	113	Aug 14	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	44	10.1	8	2	0	10	0	1B
111	114	Aug 15	STL	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	2	1B
112	115	Aug 16 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	9	1	0	10	1	1B
113	116	Aug 16 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
114	117	Aug 18	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
115	118	Aug 19	STL		CHC	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
116	119	Aug 20	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
117	120	Aug 21	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
118	121	Aug 22	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	7	2	1	10	4	1B
119	122	Aug 23	STL		CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
120	123	Aug 25 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
121	124	Aug 25 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
122	125	Aug 26	STL	@	NYG	L,4-13	CG	42	8.0	10	3	0	13	3	1B
123	126	Aug 27	STL	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	13	3	0	16	2	1B
124	127	Aug 28	STL	@	PIT	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
125	128	Aug 29	STL	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
126	129	Aug 30	STL	@	BRO	L,4-20	CG	52	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
127	130	Aug 31	STL	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	131	Sep 1	STL	@	BRO	L,5-12	CG	48	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
129	132	Sep 2	STL	@	PHI	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
130	133	Sep 3	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
131	134	Sep 4	STL	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
132	135	Sep 5	STL	@	MLN	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
133	136	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
134	137	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	MLN	T,3-3	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
135	138	Sep 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
136	139	Sep 7 (2)	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	14	0	1	15	3	1B
137	140	Sep 9	STL		NYG	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
138	141	Sep 10	STL		NYG	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
139	142	Sep 11	STL		PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
140	143	Sep 12	STL		PIT	L,7-8	CG	0	12.0	13	2	0	15	2
141	144	Sep 13	STL		PHI	W,17-3	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
142	145	Sep 14	STL		PHI	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
143	146	Sep 15	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
144	147	Sep 16	STL		BRO	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
145	148	Sep 17	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
146	149	Sep 19	STL		CHC	L,2-5	GS	0	11.0	13	0	0	13	0
147	150	Sep 20	STL		CHC	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
148	151	Sep 21	STL		CHC	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	3	1B
149	152	Sep 22 (1)	STL		MLN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
150	153	Sep 22 (2)	STL		MLN	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
151	154	Sep 23	STL		MLN	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
152	155	Sep 25	STL	@	CHC	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
153	156	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	2
154	157	Sep 27	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
							154gm		1338.2	1446	124	15	1585	145