Rick Sofield
1979–1981 · bats L / throws R · Minnesota Twins
207G
.243AVG
.293OBP
.342SLG
More career statistics
149H
9HR
66RBI
9SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 207 | 208 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 207 | 678 | 612 | 69 | 149 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 66 | 44 | 141 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 209 | .243 | .293 | .342 | .635 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1980-06-28 to 1980-07-05
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1980-06-17 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1979-04-18 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1980-05-18 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 102 | 313 | 81 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 65 | .286 | .319 | .392 |
| Away | 106 | 365 | 68 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 76 | .207 | .255 | .298 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 42 | 137 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 28 | .205 | .234 | .268 |
| May | 40 | 124 | 29 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 26 | .259 | .290 | .384 |
| June | 27 | 102 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | .253 | .294 | .352 |
| July | 24 | 79 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 15 | .292 | .316 | .486 |
| August | 27 | 106 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | .221 | .274 | .316 |
| September | 43 | 118 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 24 | .233 | .305 | .282 |
| October | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .417 | .417 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| toronto-blue-jays | 22 | 83 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | .197 | .241 | .303 |
| athletics | 21 | 78 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 16 | .208 | .218 | .319 |
| california-angels | 19 | 69 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | .230 | .304 | .262 |
| texas-rangers | 18 | 63 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | .333 | .365 | .463 |
| kansas-city-royals | 17 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | .275 | .362 | .325 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 17 | 53 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | .333 | .358 | .438 |
| boston-red-sox | 17 | 61 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 7 | .237 | .262 | .424 |
| seattle-mariners | 16 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | .275 | .295 | .400 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 |  Minnesota Twins | 35 | 93 | 28 | – | 12 | 2 | .301 | – | – |
| 1980 | Minnesota Twins | 131 | 417 | 103 | 9 | 49 | 4 | .247 | – | – |
| 1981 | Minnesota Twins | 42 | 102 | 18 | – | 5 | 3 | .176 | – | – |