SS Phil Soroka #25
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Unhappy
10/23/1972
SS PHIL SOROKA #25 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
89 151 38 5 2 0 10 27 14 .252 .367 .311 9 0.8
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 55 55 55 55
Gap 45 45 45 50
Power 35 35 35 35
Eye 55 55 55 65
Avoid K's 50 50 50 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 55 50
Errors: - 60 65
Arm: 20 50 45
Turn DP: - 50 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 45
Catcher: - Left Field: 25
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 45 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 45
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 55
Stealing Aggressiveness: 60
Stealing Ability: 65
Baserunning Inst.: 60
Sacrifice Bunt: 55
Bunt for Hit: 35
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/24/1972 PIT Loss, 4-7 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
09/23/1972 PIT Loss, 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/22/1972 PIT Loss, 2-10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/21/1972 @ CIN Win, 4-2 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
09/18/1972 @ CIN Win, 6-3 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 1
09/17/1972 @ BRO Loss, 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/14/1972 @ PIT Loss, 0-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/10/1972 CIN Win, 6-2 5 1 4 1 0 0 1 0
09/10/1972 CIN Win, 4-3 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/08/1972 CIN Loss, 5-6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Good teammate who enjoys hanging with friends.
Low: Adaptability
Birthday:05/07/1945
Born in:Florence, AL
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:195 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$48,000
Signed Through:1972 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 14 Days
Service This Yr:175 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:5 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1966, 21st Pick in Round 5
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1972 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 89 151 38 5 2 0 10 22 27 14 .252 .367 .311 .678 .324 .060 113
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 27 180 1 0 0 5 2 1 47 7 9 3 75.0 19.3 4.20 .8  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   48 14 2 1 0 5 10 8 6 0 1 1 .292 .404 .375 .779
Versus Right   103 24 3 1 0 5 12 19 8 1 1 0 .233 .350 .282 .631
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   13 3 1 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 .231 .412 .308 .719
May   31 6 2 0 0 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 .194 .265 .258 .523
June   24 6 0 1 0 1 3 4 4 0 0 0 .250 .357 .333 .690
July   26 6 0 0 0 1 5 6 3 1 0 0 .231 .364 .231 .594
August   26 6 0 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 1 1 .231 .394 .231 .625
September   31 11 2 1 0 3 6 4 3 0 1 0 .355 .429 .484 .912
Spring Training   58 12 1 0 0 5 4 3 12 0 3 0 .207 .246 .224 .470
Last Year   126 39 6 0 1 6 14 16 15 0 4 2 .310 .396 .381 .777
2 Years Ago   97 29 5 2 1 14 21 15 9 4 0 2 .299 .390 .423 .813
Career   426 117 16 4 2 33 61 67 49 5 7 5 .275 .376 .345 .721
Home   84 24 5 1 0 6 16 15 4 1 2 1 .286 .396 .369 .765
Road   67 14 0 1 0 4 6 12 10 0 0 0 .209 .329 .239 .568
Grass   151 38 5 2 0 10 22 27 14 1 2 1 .252 .367 .311 .678
Day   101 25 3 2 0 6 15 18 13 1 1 1 .248 .364 .317 .680
Night   50 13 2 0 0 4 7 9 1 0 1 0 .260 .373 .300 .673
As Starter   105 23 4 2 0 6 13 16 9 0 2 1 .219 .328 .295 .623
As Reliever / Substitution   46 15 1 0 0 4 9 11 5 1 0 0 .326 .448 .348 .796
Pinch Hitting   31 10 1 0 0 2 8 8 3 1 0 0 .323 .450 .355 .805
Close/Late   49 16 3 1 0 3 11 11 7 0 0 1 .327 .459 .429 .888
Inning 1-3   43 7 0 1 0 0 5 5 3 0 1 0 .163 .250 .209 .459
Inning 4-6   37 8 2 0 0 6 2 7 3 0 1 0 .216 .341 .270 .611
Inning 7-9   66 23 3 1 0 4 14 12 8 1 0 1 .348 .450 .424 .874
Extra Innings   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .375 .000 .375
0 Outs   52 11 0 0 0 0 10 12 3 0 0 1 .212 .369 .212 .581
1 Outs   61 17 2 2 0 3 10 7 8 1 2 0 .279 .348 .377 .725
2 Outs   38 10 3 0 0 7 2 8 3 0 0 0 .263 .391 .342 .733
Scoring Position   29 8 1 0 0 9 1 4 2 1 2 0 .276 .353 .310 .663
Bases Empty   96 24 3 2 0 0 17 18 11 0 0 1 .250 .374 .323 .697
Runner on 1st   26 6 1 0 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 0 .231 .355 .269 .624
Runner on 2nd   10 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Runner on 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 .167 .375 .333 .708
Runner on 1st & 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   6 2 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .429 .333 .762
Two Strikes   59 9 2 1 0 4 8 11 14 0 0 0 .153 .286 .220 .506
First Pitch   19 8 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .421 .421 .526 .947
Count 0-1   9 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .400 .556 .956
Count 0-2   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095 .095 .095 .190
Count 1-1   16 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 1-2   16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-0   10 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .600 1.100
Count 2-1   13 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .462 .462 .462 .923
Count 2-2   25 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 .200 .200 .320 .520
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   4 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 1 0 0 .250 .692 .250 .942
Full Count   11 4 1 0 0 4 5 11 2 0 0 0 .364 .682 .455 1.136
Behind in Count   32 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 8 0 0 1 .094 .121 .156 .277
Ahead in Count   48 14 1 0 0 2 8 16 0 1 0 0 .292 .462 .312 .774
Batting Leadoff   42 10 1 0 0 2 5 10 2 0 1 0 .238 .385 .262 .647
Batting 2nd   54 16 3 2 0 3 9 3 5 0 1 1 .296 .345 .426 .771
Batting 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Batting 5th   11 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 .091 .167 .182 .348
Batting 6th   8 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 .000 .182 .000 .182
Batting 7th   3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Batting 8th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   27 11 0 0 0 3 7 9 2 0 0 0 .407 .556 .407 .963
Low Leverage   61 18 2 1 0 1 9 9 6 0 0 1 .295 .394 .361 .755
Medium Leverage   54 12 2 1 0 4 9 11 5 1 1 0 .222 .348 .296 .645
High Leverage   36 8 1 0 0 5 4 7 3 0 1 0 .222 .349 .250 .599
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 69 71 -0.4
1970 Washington - MLB 25 75 97 29 5 2 1 14 21 15 2 4 9 0 2 .299 .390 .423 .813 124 125 0.9
1971 Washington - MLB 26 81 126 39 6 0 1 6 14 16 2 0 15 5 4 .310 .396 .381 .777 126 132 1.0
1972 Washington - MLB 27 89 151 38 5 2 0 10 22 27 1 1 14 9 3 .252 .367 .311 .678 100 113 0.8
Total MLB 285 426 117 16 4 2 33 61 67 5 5 49 14 11 .275 .376 .345 .721 108 115 2.3
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 1.0
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
TOTAL 2B 25 12 23 38 3 61 0 1.000 129.0 4.26 +0.1 .944
TOTAL 3B 31 17 20 39 4 62 3 .952 165.2 3.21 +0.2 1.002
TOTAL SS 98 51 90 184 33 284 10 .965 527.2 4.67 -7.0 .931
TOTAL LF 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 7.2 1.17 -0.1 .977
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).
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