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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1924	19	-min	A	12	44	44		9	1	1	0						.205	.205	.273	.477		12			CNG · SOUA
1925	20	-min	D	105	381	381		121	17	7	14						.318	.318	.509	.827		194			JBO · TRIS
1926	21	-min	C	146	516	516		140	33	12	17						.271	.271	.481	.752		248			DHM,DAN · PIED
1927	22	-min	C	110	388	388		128	27	6	8						.330	.330	.492	.822		191			DHM · PIED
1928	23	-min	B,A	118	371	371		95	18	11	3						.256	.256	.388	.644		144			DEC,NOR · IIIL,SOUA
1929	24	-min	A	143	528	528		163	35	6	17						.309	.309	.494	.803		261			BMT · TL
1929	24	DET	AL	24	98	83	15	22	4	1	1	9	2	0	10	9	.265	.351	.373	.725	86	31	1	4	6
1930	25	DET	AL	85	277	233	36	65	8	5	9	40	5	5	36	34	.279	.375	.472	.848	112	110	0	8	65
1931	26	-min	AA	119	456	456		151	34	7	20						.331	.331	.568	.899		259			KCY · AA
1931	26	DET	AL	29	73	66	5	13	2	2	0	3	0	1	7	6	.197	.274	.288	.562	46	19	0	0	6/4
1932	27	-min	AA	45	153	153		46	8	2	3						.301	.301	.438	.739		67			BLT · IL
1932	27	BSN	NL	36	105	93	8	24	3	1	1	17	0		10	15	.258	.330	.344	.674	85	32	0	2	5/46
1933	28	-min	A,AA	122	386	386		100	21	14	3						.259	.259	.409	.668		158			LRK,BLT · SOUA,IL
1934	29	PIT-min	A	60	235	235		57	7	5	4						.243	.243	.366	.609		86			LRK · SOUA
4 Seasons				174	553	475	64	124	17	9	11	69	7	6	63	64	.261	.349	.404	.753	93	192	1	14
162 Game Avg.				162	515	442	60	115	16	8	10	64	7		59	60	.261	.349	.404	.753	93	179	1	13

DET (3 yrs)				138	448	382	56	100	14	8	10	52	7	6	53	49	.262	.353	.419	.772	95	160	1	12
BSN (1 yr)				36	105	93	8	24	3	1	1	17	0		10	15	.258	.330	.344	.674	85	32	0	2

AL (3 yrs)				138	448	382	56	100	14	8	10	52	7	6	53	49	.262	.353	.419	.772	95	160	1	12
NL (1 yr)				36	105	93	8	24	3	1	1	17	0		10	15	.258	.330	.344	.674	85	32	0	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1929	24	DET	AL	98	-1	1	0	0	-4	2	3	1	0.1	5	0.5	-0.4	$	6
1930	25	DET	AL	277	3	-1	0	0	-1	4	9	14	1.4	15	1.4	0.0	$	65
1931	26	DET	AL	73	-6	0	0	0	-3	1	2	-6	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$	6/4
1932	27	BSN	NL	105	-1	-1	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$	5/46
4 Seasons				553	-5	-1	0	0	-9	8	17	10	1.1	19	1.8	-0.7	$

DET (3 yrs)				448	-4	0	0	0	-8	7	14	9	1.0	17	1.6	-0.6	$
BSN (1 yr)				105	-1	-1	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

November 17, 1931: Purchased by the Boston Braves from Kansas City (American Association).
August 5, 1932: Traded by the Boston Braves with Bruce Cunningham and Bill McAfee to Baltimore (International) for Buck Jordan.

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