Rick Sofield

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: December 16, 1956 in Cheyenne, WY us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (13th) of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Morristown HS (Morristown, NJ).

High School: Morristown HS (Morristown, NJ)

Debut: April 6, 1979 (Age 22-111d, 14,150th in major league history)
vs. OAK 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1981 (Age 24-292d)
vs. CHW 6 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Full Name: Richard Michael Sofield

Nicknames: Hollywood

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.7

612

149

.244

RBI

OBP

.293

SLG

.342

OPS

.634

OPS+

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

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	MIN	@	OAK	W,9-7	CG	45	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	2	Apr 11	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
3	3	Apr 12	MIN	@	OAK	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
4	4	Apr 13	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
5	5	Apr 14	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
6	7 (1)	Apr 16	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	GS	38	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
7	10 (2)	Apr 18 (2)	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
8	11	Apr 19	MIN	@	SEA	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
9	12	Apr 20	MIN	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
10	13	Apr 22	MIN		CAL	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
11	14	Apr 23	MIN		CAL	L,0-17	CG	51	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
12	15	Apr 25	MIN		OAK	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
13	16	Apr 26	MIN		OAK	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
14	17	Apr 27	MIN		OAK	W,20-11	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
15	18	Apr 28	MIN		SEA	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
16	19	Apr 29	MIN		SEA	L,3-5	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
17	20	Apr 30	MIN		SEA	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	22 (1)	May 3	MIN		NYY	L,3-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
19	23	May 4	MIN		NYY	L,1-10	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	24	May 5	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
21	25	May 6	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
22	26	May 7	MIN	@	BAL	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
23	30 (3)	May 12	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
24	31	May 13	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-10	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
25	32	May 14	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	37	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF
26	33	May 16	MIN		MIL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH RF
27	34	May 17	MIN		MIL	L,11-14	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
28	35	May 18	MIN		MIL	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	36	May 19	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	37	May 20	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
31	38	May 21	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
32	39	May 23	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
33	40	May 24	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
34	41	May 25	MIN	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
35	42	May 26	MIN		CHW	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
36	44 (1)	May 28	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
37	45	May 29	MIN		CHW	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	48 (2)	Jun 2	MIN		BOS	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
39	49	Jun 3	MIN		BOS	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
40	50	Jun 6	MIN		TOR	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	51	Jun 7	MIN		TOR	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	52	Jun 8 (1)	MIN		TOR	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
43	53	Jun 8 (2)	MIN		TOR	L,4-6	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	54	Jun 10	MIN	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	55	Jun 11	MIN	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	56	Jun 12	MIN	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	57	Jun 13	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
48	58	Jun 14	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
49	59	Jun 15	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-14	CG	49	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	60	Jun 16	MIN	@	TOR	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	61	Jun 17	MIN	@	TOR	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
52	63 (1)	Jun 20	MIN		CLE	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
53	65 (1)	Jun 22	MIN		CLE	L,6-11	GF	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	66	Jun 23	MIN		KCR	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
55	67	Jun 24 (1)	MIN		KCR	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
56	68	Jun 24 (2)	MIN		KCR	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	70 (1)	Jun 27	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	71	Jun 28	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
59	72	Jun 29	MIN	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	73	Jun 30	MIN	@	KCR	W,12-3	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	74	Jul 1	MIN	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	75	Jul 2	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
63	76	Jul 3	MIN		TEX	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
64	77	Jul 4	MIN		TEX	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	78	Jul 5	MIN		TEX	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	79	Jul 6	MIN		TEX	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	81 (1)	Jul 11	MIN	@	SEA	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	82	Jul 12	MIN		SEA	W,8-3	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
69	83	Jul 13	MIN		SEA	W,7-6	CG	59	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
70	86 (2)	Jul 16	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-11	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	88 (1)	Jul 18	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	38	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
72	89	Jul 19	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
73	90	Jul 20	MIN	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF LF
74	91	Jul 21 (1)	MIN		BAL	W,8-7	GS	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
75	92	Jul 21 (2)	MIN		BAL	L,5-12	CG	51	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
76	94 (1)	Jul 23	MIN		BAL	L,7-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
77	95	Jul 25 (1)	MIN		BOS	L,5-7	GF	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH LF
78	96	Jul 25 (2)	MIN		BOS	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
79	97	Jul 26	MIN		BOS	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
80	98	Jul 27	MIN		BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
81	99	Jul 28	MIN		NYY	L,6-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
82	100	Jul 29	MIN		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
83	101	Jul 30	MIN		NYY	W,2-1	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	103 (1)	Aug 2	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	LF
85	104	Aug 3	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	105	Aug 4	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	106	Aug 5	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
88	108 (1)	Aug 7	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-4	GF	23	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
89	109	Aug 8	MIN	@	CAL	L,5-9	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
90	111 (1)	Aug 10	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
91	112	Aug 12	MIN		OAK	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
92	113	Aug 13	MIN		OAK	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
93	114	Aug 14	MIN		OAK	L,1-2	GS	42	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF CF
94	115	Aug 15	MIN		CAL	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
95	116	Aug 17 (1)	MIN		CAL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
96	117	Aug 17 (2)	MIN		CAL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
97	118	Aug 18	MIN		CAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
98	119	Aug 19	MIN		TOR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
99	120	Aug 20	MIN		TOR	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	CF
100	121	Aug 21 (1)	MIN		DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
101	122	Aug 21 (2)	MIN		DET	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
102	123	Aug 22	MIN		DET	W,6-5	GS	48	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
103	124	Aug 23	MIN		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
104	125	Aug 24	MIN		DET	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
105	126	Aug 25	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
106	128 (1)	Aug 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
107	129	Aug 28 susp	MIN	@	TOR	W,7-5	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
108	130	Aug 29	MIN	@	TOR	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
109	131	Aug 30	MIN	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
110	132	Aug 31	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	133	Sep 1	MIN		CLE	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
112	134	Sep 2	MIN		CLE	W,5-3	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
113	135	Sep 3	MIN		CLE	L,1-7	CG	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
114	137 (1)	Sep 6	MIN	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
115	138	Sep 7	MIN	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
116	139	Sep 9	MIN		MIL	W,15-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
117	140	Sep 10	MIN		MIL	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
118	144 (3)	Sep 17 (1)	MIN	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
119	145	Sep 17 (2)	MIN	@	MIL	W,6-1	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
120	146	Sep 18 (1)	MIN	@	MIL	L,8-9	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
121	147	Sep 18 (2)	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
122	148	Sep 19	MIN		CHW	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
123	149	Sep 21 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
124	151 (1)	Sep 22	MIN		TEX	W,1-0	GS	27	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
125	154 (2)	Sep 26	MIN		KCR	W,3-0	GS	19	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
126	160 (5)	Oct 4	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-17	GF	18	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							131gm		977.1	266	7	6	279	0