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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 21	LAA	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
2	8 (1)	Apr 23 (2)	LAA	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
3	9	Apr 27	LAA		MIN	L,2-4	GS	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF 1B
4	10	Apr 28	LAA		MIN	W,6-5	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
5	11	Apr 29	LAA		MIN	W,4-1	GS	23	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
6	12	Apr 30 (1)	LAA		KCA	W,6-4	GS	26	6.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
7	13	Apr 30 (2)	LAA		KCA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	21 (7)	May 9	LAA		BOS	W,8-7	GF	18	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
9	22	May 10	LAA		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
10	25 (2)	May 14	LAA	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
11	26	May 15	LAA	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	1	5	3	1B
12	28 (1)	May 18	LAA		CHW	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
13	29	May 19 (1)	LAA		CHW	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
14	30	May 19 (2)	LAA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
15	32 (1)	May 21 (2)	LAA		WSA	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
16	33	May 22	LAA		WSA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	12	4	0	16	4	1B
17	36 (2)	May 25	LAA		CLE	L,5-13	GF	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
18	39 (2)	May 28	LAA		DET	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	43 (3)	Jun 2	LAA	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
20	46 (2)	Jun 4 (2)	LAA	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
21	49 (2)	Jun 6 (2)	LAA	@	BAL	L,0-2	GS	29	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
22	50	Jun 7	LAA	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
23	52 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	LAA	@	BOS	T,4-4	CG	50	11.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
24	54 (1)	Jun 9 (2)	LAA	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
25	57 (2)	Jun 11 (2)	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
26	60 (2)	Jun 13 (2)	LAA	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
27	62 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	LAA	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
28	63	Jun 15	LAA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
29	64	Jun 16	LAA	@	KCA	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
30	65	Jun 17	LAA	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
31	66	Jun 18	LAA	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
32	67	Jun 20	LAA		BOS	L,8-11	CG	48	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
33	70 (2)	Jun 23	LAA		BAL	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
34	71	Jun 24	LAA		BAL	W,4-1	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
35	72	Jun 25	LAA		BAL	L,8-9	CG	64	14.0	11	0	0	11	4	1B
36	73	Jun 26	LAA		NYY	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
37	74	Jun 27	LAA		NYY	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
38	76 (1)	Jun 30	LAA		CHW	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	78 (1)	Jul 2	LAA		CHW	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
40	79	Jul 3	LAA		KCA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
41	81 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	LAA		KCA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
42	82	Jul 5	LAA	@	MIN	W,6-2	GS	29	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
43	83	Jul 6	LAA	@	MIN	W,12-11	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
44	84	Jul 7	LAA	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	4	1B
45	85	Jul 8	LAA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
46	87 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	LAA	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
47	88	Jul 14	LAA	@	CLE	L,5-7	GF	18	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
48	89	Jul 15	LAA	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	12	3	0	15	1	1B
49	90	Jul 16 (1)	LAA	@	WSA	W,11-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
50	91	Jul 16 (2)	LAA	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
51	92	Jul 18	LAA		MIN	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
52	94 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	LAA		MIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
53	95	Jul 21	LAA		WSA	W,16-5	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
54	96	Jul 22	LAA		WSA	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
55	97	Jul 23	LAA		WSA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
56	99 (1)	Jul 25	LAA		DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
57	101 (1)	Jul 28	LAA		CLE	W,8-5	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
58	102	Jul 29	LAA		CLE	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
59	103	Jul 30	LAA		CLE	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	104	Aug 2 (1)	LAA	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
61	105	Aug 2 (2)	LAA	@	BOS	L,7-8	GF	10	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
62	106	Aug 3	LAA	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	39	8.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
63	107	Aug 4 (1)	LAA	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
64	110 (2)	Aug 7	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
65	111	Aug 8	LAA	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
66	113 (1)	Aug 10	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
67	114	Aug 11	LAA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
68	116 (1)	Aug 13	LAA	@	CLE	W,8-7	GF	13	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 1B
69	117	Aug 14	LAA	@	WSA	W,5-1	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
70	118	Aug 15	LAA	@	WSA	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
71	122 (3)	Aug 19	LAA		MIN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
72	123	Aug 20	LAA		MIN	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	1B
73	125 (1)	Aug 23	LAA		NYY	L,6-8	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
74	131 (5)	Aug 29 (1)	LAA		BAL	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
75	132	Aug 29 (2)	LAA		BAL	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
76	134 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	LAA		KCA	L,3-17	CG	50	9.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
77	135	Aug 31 (2)	LAA		KCA	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	136	Sep 1	LAA		KCA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
79	137	Sep 2	LAA		KCA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
80	138	Sep 4 (1)	LAA	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
81	140 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	LAA	@	KCA	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
82	142 (1)	Sep 8	LAA		CHW	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
83	144 (1)	Sep 10	LAA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
84	147 (2)	Sep 14 (2)	LAA	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
85	150 (2)	Sep 17 (1)	LAA	@	CHW	L,1-8	GF	13	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 1B
86	151	Sep 17 (2)	LAA	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	26	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
87	152	Sep 19	LAA	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
88	154 (1)	Sep 22	LAA		DET	L,4-6	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
							89gm		676.1	579	61	7	647	56