3B Phil Soroka #25
Boston Terriers MLB
Age: 32 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
01/02/1978
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3B PHIL SOROKA #25 - AGE: 32 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
96 209 49 9 2 2 20 19 19 .234 .294 .325 6 -1.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 55 55 50 55
BABIP 55 55 55 55
Avoid K's 50 55 50 50
Gap 45 50 45 45
Power 25 25 25 25
Eye 60 65 55 60
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 50 45
Errors: - 60 60
Arm: 20 50 45
Turn DP: - 50 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 40
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: 55 Center Field: -
2nd Base: 50 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 45
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 50
Stealing Aggressiveness: 55
Stealing Ability: 60
Baserunning Inst.: 60
Sacrifice Bunt: 50
Bunt for Hit: 35
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/25/1977 NYE Loss, 4-6 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
09/24/1977 NYE Win, 5-3 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
09/23/1977 NYE Win, 2-0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/22/1977 TOR Loss, 3-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/21/1977 TOR Win, 5-3 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0
09/21/1977 TOR Loss, 1-3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/18/1977 MON Win, 5-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/17/1977 MON Win, 1-0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/16/1977 MON Win, 11-6 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
09/09/1977 @ TOR Loss, 3-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Enjoys some quiet time at his locker before first pitch.
Low: Leader, Loyalty, Adaptability
Birthday:05/07/1945
Born in:Florence, AL
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$180,000
Signed Through:1978 Season
Major Service:9 Years, 14 Days
Service This Yr:146 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:11 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1966, 21st Pick in Round 5
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1977 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 96 209 49 9 2 2 20 20 19 19 .234 .294 .325 .620 .274 .091 65
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 46 236 0 0 0 8 5 3 68 13 6 10 37.5 17.0 2.47 -1.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   57 15 1 0 1 5 6 6 7 1 0 0 .263 .328 .333 .661
Versus Right   152 34 8 2 1 15 12 13 12 2 5 0 .224 .281 .322 .604
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   72 19 0 1 1 3 6 3 6 1 1 0 .264 .289 .333 .623
May   13 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 .077 .188 .077 .264
June   17 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 .235 .235 .353 .588
July   27 6 1 0 0 7 3 3 0 1 2 0 .222 .290 .259 .550
August   44 9 4 0 0 1 4 7 6 0 0 0 .205 .314 .295 .609
September   36 10 2 1 1 7 4 4 4 0 2 0 .278 .350 .472 .822
Spring Training   61 16 2 0 0 7 6 9 10 0 2 0 .262 .357 .295 .652
Last Year   209 49 9 2 2 20 20 19 19 3 5 0 .234 .294 .325 .620
2 Years Ago   303 80 14 6 0 22 43 33 51 4 6 2 .264 .336 .350 .686
Career   1659 416 63 20 8 157 204 210 233 20 36 13 .251 .336 .327 .663
Home   97 27 2 1 2 16 12 11 5 3 4 0 .278 .342 .381 .724
Road   112 22 7 1 0 4 8 8 14 0 1 0 .196 .250 .277 .527
Grass   209 49 9 2 2 20 20 19 19 3 5 0 .234 .294 .325 .620
Day   133 37 8 2 1 16 13 12 9 2 1 0 .278 .333 .391 .724
Night   76 12 1 0 1 4 7 7 10 1 4 0 .158 .226 .211 .437
As Starter   177 40 8 2 1 15 16 15 15 1 4 0 .226 .285 .311 .596
As Reliever / Substitution   32 9 1 0 1 5 4 4 4 2 1 0 .281 .342 .406 .748
Pinch Hitting   10 5 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .500 .583 .800 1.383
Close/Late   66 11 1 0 0 3 4 6 6 1 1 0 .167 .233 .182 .415
Inning 1-3   65 19 3 1 1 8 7 6 3 0 2 0 .292 .352 .415 .767
Inning 4-6   59 13 4 1 0 5 6 4 9 1 2 0 .220 .266 .322 .588
Inning 7-9   65 13 2 0 1 5 4 8 6 1 0 0 .200 .284 .277 .561
Extra Innings   20 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 .200 .227 .200 .427
0 Outs   82 22 2 0 2 2 11 7 7 0 5 0 .268 .326 .366 .692
1 Outs   61 14 4 1 0 5 5 10 8 3 0 0 .230 .324 .328 .652
2 Outs   66 13 3 1 0 13 2 2 4 0 0 0 .197 .221 .273 .493
Scoring Position   52 10 1 1 0 18 2 1 7 3 5 0 .192 .196 .250 .446
Bases Empty   117 33 6 1 2 2 11 16 11 0 0 0 .282 .368 .402 .770
Runner on 1st   40 6 2 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 .150 .190 .200 .390
Runner on 2nd   24 4 0 0 0 3 1 1 4 0 5 0 .167 .200 .167 .367
Runner on 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 3rd   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   10 5 1 1 0 11 1 0 1 2 0 0 .500 .417 .800 1.217
Two Strikes   97 24 5 0 1 4 8 16 19 0 0 0 .247 .354 .330 .684
First Pitch   31 5 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 4 0 .161 .156 .226 .382
Count 0-1   21 10 3 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 .476 .476 .619 1.095
Count 0-2   21 7 0 0 1 1 3 0 6 0 0 0 .333 .333 .476 .810
Count 1-0   13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308
Count 1-1   23 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 .087 .080 .087 .167
Count 1-2   27 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 .222 .222 .296 .519
Count 2-0   9 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.000 1.333
Count 2-1   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-2   25 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 .240 .240 .320 .560
Count 3-0   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Count 3-1   8 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 .375 .500 .375 .875
Full Count   24 5 1 0 0 1 3 16 3 0 0 0 .208 .525 .250 .775
Behind in Count   69 23 5 0 1 6 9 0 9 0 0 0 .333 .333 .449 .783
Ahead in Count   37 8 1 1 1 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 .216 .275 .378 .653
Batting Leadoff   82 21 1 1 1 7 8 5 7 1 1 0 .256 .295 .329 .625
Batting 2nd   29 7 4 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 0 .241 .290 .379 .670
Batting 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Batting 4th   10 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 .200 .231 .300 .531
Batting 5th   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Batting 7th   68 13 3 1 0 7 5 9 5 0 2 0 .191 .286 .265 .550
Batting 9th   15 5 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 .333 .375 .533 .908
Low Leverage   75 16 5 1 1 3 6 11 7 1 0 0 .213 .310 .347 .657
Medium Leverage   82 19 2 0 1 4 8 4 8 0 4 0 .232 .267 .293 .560
High Leverage   52 14 2 1 0 13 4 3 4 2 1 0 .269 .298 .346 .644
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1968 Washington - MLB 23 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -120 -0.0
1969 Washington - MLB 24 38 49 11 0 0 0 3 4 9 0 0 9 0 2 .224 .345 .224 .569 70 70 -0.4
1970 Washington - MLB 25 75 97 29 5 2 1 14 21 15 2 4 9 0 2 .299 .390 .423 .813 127 128 1.0
1971 Washington - MLB 26 81 126 39 6 0 1 6 14 16 2 0 15 5 4 .310 .396 .381 .777 125 125 0.9
1972 Washington - MLB 27 89 151 38 5 2 0 10 22 27 1 1 14 9 3 .252 .367 .311 .678 102 105 0.7
1973 Washington - MLB 28 91 205 51 11 2 2 29 20 23 0 3 32 6 6 .249 .320 .351 .672 87 88 -0.3
1974 Washington - MLB 29 113 246 53 5 1 1 19 29 33 1 2 42 12 8 .215 .309 .256 .565 64 68 -1.3
1975 Seattle - MLB 30 111 270 66 8 5 1 34 31 35 5 3 40 19 8 .244 .339 .322 .661 89 90 0.0
1976 Seattle - MLB 31 107 303 80 14 6 0 22 43 33 2 4 51 23 12 .264 .336 .350 .686 103 100 0.6
1977 Boston - MLB 32 96 209 49 9 2 2 20 20 19 0 3 19 6 10 .234 .294 .325 .620 65 65 -1.1
Total MLB 803 1659 416 63 20 8 157 204 210 13 20 233 80 55 .251 .336 .327 .663 90 91 0.0
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1966 Total - 21 57 254 75 9 2 0 44 60 28 3 0 33 38 7 .295 .372 .346 .718 100 100 0.9
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1968 Washington - MLB SS 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 2.0 9.00 +0.1 1.071
1969 Washington - MLB 2B 5 0 2 2 1 4 0 1.000 8.0 4.50 -0.1 1.015
1969 Washington - MLB 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Washington - MLB SS 13 8 15 23 6 40 2 .950 74.1 4.60 -2.3 .833
1969 Washington - MLB LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Washington - MLB 2B 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 7.0 2.57 -0.5 .997
1970 Washington - MLB 3B 3 2 3 7 1 10 0 1.000 20.0 4.50 +0.6 1.200
1970 Washington - MLB SS 33 15 31 59 10 93 3 .968 166.0 4.88 -0.6 .967
1970 Washington - MLB LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 -0.1 .977
1971 Washington - MLB 2B 5 5 7 11 0 18 0 1.000 43.0 3.77 -0.3 .910
1971 Washington - MLB 3B 12 10 8 19 2 29 2 .931 75.2 3.21 -0.9 .959
1971 Washington - MLB SS 28 13 23 49 9 74 2 .973 135.1 4.79 +0.5 .966
1972 Washington - MLB 2B 13 7 13 24 2 37 0 1.000 71.0 4.69 +0.9 .952
1972 Washington - MLB 3B 15 5 9 13 1 23 1 .957 69.0 2.87 +0.6 .982
1972 Washington - MLB SS 23 15 21 51 8 75 3 .960 150.0 4.32 -4.8 .900
1972 Washington - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Washington - MLB 1B 20 18 183 11 19 196 2 .990 157.0 11.12 -1.8 .948
1973 Washington - MLB 2B 2 1 2 6 0 8 0 1.000 10.0 7.20 +0.2 1.033
1973 Washington - MLB 3B 14 1 6 12 0 20 2 .900 44.0 3.68 -0.9 .859
1973 Washington - MLB SS 30 24 58 86 24 146 2 .986 221.2 5.85 -2.0 .965
1973 Washington - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 Washington - MLB 1B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.0 1.039
1974 Washington - MLB 2B 17 9 27 39 10 67 1 .985 99.0 6.00 -1.4 .942
1974 Washington - MLB 3B 3 0 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 10.2 3.38 +0.1 1.056
1974 Washington - MLB SS 46 41 73 137 21 216 6 .972 376.1 5.02 -9.7 .920
1974 Washington - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.8 .000
1974 Washington - MLB CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 Seattle - MLB 1B 19 17 157 7 11 165 1 .994 147.0 10.04 -0.7 .996
1975 Seattle - MLB 2B 40 32 75 86 23 168 7 .958 286.1 5.06 -5.5 .899
1975 Seattle - MLB 3B 24 22 12 43 2 57 2 .965 189.0 2.62 -0.1 .989
1975 Seattle - MLB SS 4 0 0 4 0 5 1 .800 7.1 4.91 -0.3 .845
1976 Seattle - MLB 1B 25 22 238 9 9 249 2 .992 188.0 11.82 +1.0 1.025
1976 Seattle - MLB 2B 31 17 49 55 12 106 2 .981 195.0 4.80 -2.5 .932
1976 Seattle - MLB 3B 34 32 21 62 4 84 1 .988 275.1 2.71 -2.5 .944
1976 Seattle - MLB SS 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.2 1.031
1977 Boston - MLB 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1977 Boston - MLB SS 81 45 58 132 17 197 7 .964 468.1 3.65 -6.8 .937
1977 Boston - MLB CF 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 12.0 1.50 -0.0 .991
TOTAL 1B 65 57 579 27 39 611 5 .992 494.0 11.04 -1.5 .993
TOTAL 2B 115 71 176 224 48 410 10 .976 719.1 5.00 -9.3 .925
TOTAL 3B 107 72 60 159 10 227 8 .965 687.2 2.87 -3.1 .964
TOTAL SS 260 161 279 544 95 849 26 .969 1603.1 4.62 -25.6 .934
TOTAL LF 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 9.2 0.93 -0.9 .488
TOTAL CF 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 12.0 1.50 -0.0 .991
PLAYER HISTORY
12/11/1966 Drafted in the 1966 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 21, 133rd overall pick) by the Washington Rough Riders, out of college Mercer
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 20 (20); Eye: 40 (50).
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 20 (20); Eye: 45 (50).
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 50 (50).
11/17/1969 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $23,400.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 55 (55).
11/17/1970 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $24,800.
12/10/1970 Injured (shoulder inflammation),day-to-day for 5 days.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 55 (55).
08/23/1971 Wins the MLB NBL Player of the Week Award.
11/11/1971 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $48,000.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 55 (60).
11/10/1972 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $101,745.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 55 (65).
10/22/1973 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $115,000 with the Washington Eagles organization.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 55 (65).
11/16/1974 Became a free agent.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 55 (65).
01/30/1975 Signed a 2-year contract worth a total of $280,000 with the Seattle Emeralds organization.
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 55 (55).
11/13/1976 Became a free agent.
01/01/1977 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 55 (55).
01/31/1977 Signed a 2-year contract worth a total of $360,000 with the Boston Terriers organization.
01/01/1978 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 25 (25); Eye: 60 (60).
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