Steve Bilko Baseball player

Stephen Thomas Bilko (November 13, 1928 – March 7, 1978) was an American professional baseball player known for his home run hitting as a minor league player during the 1950s. He was 20 years old when he broke into Major League Baseball on September 22, 1949, with the St. Louis Cardinals.Nat Hiken, creator of The Phil Silvers Show, supposedly took the name of the character Sgt. Bilko from Steve Bilko.

Personal facts

Steve Bilko
Birth dateNovember 13, 1928
Date of deathMarch 07, 1978

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 22, 1949
Career endAugust 14, 1962
batting sideRight
former teams
St. Louis Cardinals
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
position
First baseman
teams
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Detroit Tigers
Los Angeles Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
throwing sideRight

Steve Bilko on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=bilko-001ste
  2. http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_B/Bilko.Steve.Obit.html