Bill Akers

William G. Akers (Bump)

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: December 25, 1904 in Chattanooga, TN(All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1929
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Braves 1929-1932

Final Game: July 27, 1932
Died: April 13, 1962 in Chattanooga, TN
Buried: Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1929	DET	AL	24	SS	24	24	22	107	43	57	7	13	.935	4.17	.937	5.21
1930	DET	AL	25	SS	49	46	44	267	97	155	15	38	.944	5.14	.940	5.12
1930	DET	AL	25	3B	26	17	17	56	22	29	5	5	.911	1.96	.945	3.04
1931	DET	AL	26	SS	21	16	16	92	44	42	6	8	.935	4.10	.936	5.18
1931	DET	AL	26	2B	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	.667	1.00	.967	5.85
1932	BSN	NL	27	3B	20	21	18	55	16	35	4	1	.927	2.55	.945	2.88
1932	BSN	NL	27	2B	5	0	0	7	5	2	0	0	1.000	1.40	.969	5.78
1932	BSN	NL	27	SS	5	3	3	18	6	9	3	3	.833	3.00	.946	5.50
	4 Seasons			SS	99	89	85	484	190	263	31	62	.936	4.58	.939	5.17
	2 Seasons			3B	46	38	35	111	38	64	9	6	.919	2.22	.945	2.97
	2 Seasons			2B	7	0	0	10	7	2	1	0	.900	1.29	.968	5.80
	4 Seasons			TOT	152	127	120	605	235	329	41	68	.932	3.71	.940	4.54

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1929	DET	AL	24	24	24	24	24	0	0	24	0	0
1930	DET	AL	25	85	63	85	75	0	26	49	5	5
1931	DET	AL	26	29	16	29	23	2	0	21	5	1
1932	BSN	NL	27	37	24	37	31	5	21	5	6	0
	4 Seasons			175	127	175	153	7	47	99	16	6

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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