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Steve Bilko was born on 13 November, 1928 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, U.S., is an American baseball player (1928-1978). Discover Steve Bilko's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 50 years old?
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13 November 1928 |
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13 November |
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Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Date of death |
1978 |
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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Steve Bilko Height, Weight & Measurements
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Steve Bilko Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Steve Bilko worth at the age of 50 years old? Steve Bilko’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. He is from . We have estimated Steve Bilko's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Stephen Thomas Bilko (November 13, 1928 – March 7, 1978) was an American professional baseball player known for his home run hitting as a minor leaguer during the 1950s.
Bilko was born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, in coal mining country, and made his debut with the Allentown Cardinals in 1945 at the age of 16 during the final year of World War II.
He was 20 years old when he broke into Major League Baseball on September 22, 1949, with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Bilko threw and batted right-handed; he was listed as 6 ft tall, and 230 lb, and was nicknamed "Stout Steve" during his career because of his ample girth.
Nat Hiken, creator of The Phil Silvers Show, supposedly took the name of the character Sgt. Bilko from the ballplayer, whose long-ball heroics for one of Los Angeles' two minor-league teams of the mid-1950s made him a local celebrity.
In addition to the Cardinals (–), Bilko also appeared in the majors for the Chicago Cubs (1954), Cincinnati Redlegs, Los Angeles Dodgers (1958), Detroit Tigers and the American League's Los Angeles Angels (–), but he never enjoyed the phenomenal success he had with the PCL Angels in the 1950s.
He was the Cardinals' regular first baseman in and smashed 21 homers with 84 RBI in 154 games, but led National League hitters in strikeouts with 125.
Still, it was his most productive big-league season.
As an original member of the American League Angels, an expansion team, he became the first player to appear for each of Los Angeles' MLB teams.
During his stay with the 1954 Cubs, announcer Bert Wilson placed Bilko at the end of what he hoped would be a soon-to-be-famous double play combination of Ernie Banks, Gene Baker and Bilko.
His fanciful name for that trio was "Bingo to Bango to Bilko".
However, Bilko got into only 47 games with the Wrigleys (only 22 of them at first base) before he was sent at season's end to the PCL Angels, the Cubs' top minor league affiliate, where he would become a legend.
A first baseman, Bilko enjoyed his greatest fame with the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League from 1955–1957, when he won three consecutive PCL Most Valuable Player awards and home run titles.
His Triple Crown year came for a pennant-winning Angels' team that won 107 games, and was sandwiched in between seasons in which Bilko belted 37 (1955) and 56 (1957) long balls.
His greatest year came in 1956, when he won the PCL Triple Crown with a .360 batting average, 55 home runs and 164 runs batted in; he also led the league in runs scored (163) and hits (215).
Playing in his old minor-league haven, Los Angeles' Wrigley Field, Bilko responded with his second-best MLB campaign with 20 homers and 59 RBI in 1961.
In 600 games over ten major-league seasons, Bilko posted a .249 batting average (432-for-1,738) with 220 runs, 76 home runs, 276 RBI, 234 bases on balls and a .444 slugging percentage.
Defensively, he recorded a .992 fielding percentage as a first baseman.
He was posthumously inducted into the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame in 2003.
His granddaughter, Barbara Bilko, was a goaltender in ice hockey for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 2008–09 through 2010–2011.
Bilko was inducted into the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals in 2015.
