Eric Soderholm
| Eric Soderholm | ||
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Runs batted in 383 | | |
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Eric Thane Soderholm (born September 24, 1948) is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, and New York Yankees from 1971 to 1980. Soderholm was selected with the 1st overall selection in the secondary phase of the 1968 Free Agent draft by the Twins.
Soderholm won the Twins regular job at
Comeback Player of the Year by The Sporting News
after the 1977 campaign.
Soderholm hit another 20 home runs in 1978 for the White Sox. During the 1979 season, Soderholm was dealt to the
Designated Hitter. He was invited to Chicago Cubs
spring training in 1982, but after many surgeries his beat-up knees could no longer handle the stress of everyday playing.
After retiring from baseball in early 1982, Cubs GM
Chicago.[1]
References
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference · Fangraphs · Baseball Reference (Minors) · Retrosheet