Stephen Souchock (March 3, 1919 – July 28, 2002), nicknamed "Bud", was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman and a former veteran who served in the military during World War II.

Born in Yatesboro, Pennsylvania, Souchock worked on the assembly line at a Ford Motor Company factory during his early life.

In 1943, the Yankees were possibly going to call-up and use Souchock as a replacement for Buddy Hassett as first baseman in Major League Baseball, but he instead entered military service that January.

[1] Toward the end of his military service, Souchock earned a Bronze Star in Europe as commander of a five-man gun crew.

[4] He returned home with five battle stars in late 1945, Souchock said, "The war cost me three important years, as it did many ballplayers.