Bill Salkeld

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: March 8, 1917 in Pocatello, ID us

Died: April 22, 1967 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA

Debut: April 18, 1945 (Age 28-041d, 9,903rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 21, 1950 (Age 33-044d)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: William Franklin Salkeld

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Relatives: Grandfather of Roger Salkeld

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.8

850

232

.273

111

RBI

132

OBP

.402

SLG

.433

OPS

.835

OPS+

128

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	10 (9)	Apr 26	PIT		STL	L,2-3		24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	13 (2)	Apr 30	PIT		PHI	W,4-1	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	14	May 1	PIT		PHI	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
4	17 (2)	May 5 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	18	May 5 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	28	6.0	4	1	0	5	0
6	20 (1)	May 9	PIT		NYG	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
7	21	May 12	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	23 (1)	May 17	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-16	GS	39	6.0	4	0	2	6	0
9	29 (5)	May 26	PIT		CHC	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	30	May 28	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	GS	27	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
11	31	May 29	PIT		CIN	L,6-7	GS	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
12	33 (1)	May 30 (2)	PIT		STL	L,11-12	GS	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	39 (5)	Jun 5	PIT		BRO	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
14	41 (1)	Jun 7	PIT		NYG	W,10-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	44 (2)	Jun 9 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
16	45	Jun 10	PIT		BSN	L,5-10	CG	49	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
17	50 (4)	Jun 17	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
18	60 (9)	Jun 27	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	64 (3)	Jul 1	PIT	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	67 (2)	Jul 3 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
21	69 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
22	70	Jul 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	6	1.2	2	0	0	2	0
23	85 (14)	Jul 21 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	88 (2)	Jul 25 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
25	91 (2)	Jul 27 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS	25	6.0	8	0	0	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	99 (7)	Aug 9	PIT		CHC	L,3-9	GS	22	4.0	5	0	0	5	0
27	101 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	108 (6)	Aug 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	113 (4)	Aug 24	PIT		NYG	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
30	120 (6)	Aug 31	PIT		STL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	121	Sep 1 (1)	PIT		STL	L,6-7	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	123 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	GS	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	126 (2)	Sep 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
34	127	Sep 5	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	128	Sep 6	PIT	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	130 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	49	10.2	5	1	1	7	0
37	132 (1)	Sep 10	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	133	Sep 11 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	GF	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	134	Sep 11 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
40	135	Sep 12 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
41	137 (1)	Sep 13 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	53	14.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	139 (1)	Sep 14	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-9	GS	33	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	140	Sep 15	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	142 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
45	144 (1)	Sep 19	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	145	Sep 21	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	48	13.0	8	3	0	11	0
47	148 (2)	Sep 24 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-13	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	151 (2)	Sep 26	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
49	152	Sep 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
50	153	Sep 28	PIT	@	CIN	W,10-3	GS	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	155 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
							51gm		383.0	176	31	6	213	3