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Bill Salkeld

William Franklin Salkeld

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 8, 1917 in Pocatello, ID (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1945
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Braves/WhiteSox 1945-1950

Final Game: April 21, 1950
Died: April 22, 1967 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA
Relatives: Grandfather of Roger Salkeld
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1934	17	SAC	AA	89	204	204		52	8	1	1						.255	.255	.319	.574		65					SAC · PCL
1935	18	LAD-min	AA	111	322	322		84	11	7	2						.261	.261	.357	.618		115					SAC · PCL
1936	19	SFR	AA	69	204	204		45	5	2	0						.221	.221	.265	.485		54					SFR · PCL
1938		Did not play in major leagues (Voluntarily Retired)
1939	22	TUC,SFR	D,AA	120	406	406		126	24	14	9						.310	.310	.505	.815		205					TUC,SFR · AZTX,PCL
1940	23	SDG	AA	127	431	431		124	20	4	20						.288	.288	.492	.780		212					SDG · PCL
1941	24	SDG	AA	116	395	324	39	73	12	3	7	51	1		63	49	.225	.353	.346	.699		112		1	7		SDG · PCL
1942	25	SDG	AA	121	447	354	59	101	20	2	7	60	3		81	43	.285	.425	.412	.837		146		5	7		SDG · PCL
1943	26	SDG	AA	111	370	309	32	85	18	4	2	47	3		52	24	.275	.386	.379	.765		117		4	5		SDG · PCL
1944	27	SDG	AA	115	395	340	49	82	16	0	3	49	4		50	26	.241	.338	.315	.653		107		0	5		SDG · PCL
1945	28	PIT	NL	95	317	267	45	83	16	1	15	52	2		50	16	.311	.420	.547	.966	163	146	8	0	0	2	MVP-24
1946	29	PIT	NL	69	200	160	18	47	8	0	3	19	2		39	16	.294	.432	.400	.832	134	64	1	0	1	2
1947	30	PIT-min	AAA	34	128	112	16	27	6	0	2	10	0		16	13	.241	.336	.348	.684		39	0	0	0		INA · AA
1947	30	PIT	NL	47	68	61	5	13	2	0	0	8	0		6	8	.213	.284	.246	.529	40	15	2	0	1	2
1948	31	BSN	NL	78	250	198	26	48	8	1	8	28	1		42	37	.242	.378	.414	.792	115	82	3	1	9	2
1949	32	BSN	NL	66	210	161	17	41	5	0	5	25	1		44	24	.255	.417	.379	.796	120	61	5	1	3	2
1950	33	SLE	AAA	104	323	249	26	51	6	0	10	39	1		69	56	.205	.381	.349	.731		87		2	3		SLE · PCL
1950	33	CHW	AL	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-31	0	0	0	0	/2
1951	34	POR	AAA	32	106	78	13	15	4	1	1	9	0		25	13	.192	.394	.308	.702		24		1	2		POR · PCL
1953	36	CHC-min	C	91	251	251		57	8	0	13						.227	.227	.414	.641		104					STK · CALL
6 Yrs				356	1049	850	111	232	39	2	31	132	6	0	182	101	.273	.402	.433	.835	128	368	19	2	14
162 Game Avg.				162	477	387	51	106	18	1	14	60	3		83	46	.273	.402	.433	.835	128	167	9	1	6

PIT (3 yrs)				211	585	488	68	143	26	1	18	79	4		95	40	.293	.408	.461	.869	138	225	11	0	2
BSN (2 yrs)				144	460	359	43	89	13	1	13	53	2		86	61	.248	.396	.398	.794	117	143	8	2	12
CHW (1 yr)				1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-31	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				355	1045	847	111	232	39	2	31	132	6		181	101	.274	.403	.434	.837	129	368	19	2	14
AL (1 yr)				1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-31	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1945	28	PIT	NL	95	317	24	-0	0	0	3	26	2.7	10	36	3.7	.528	.516	3.7	0.3	36	$	2	MVP-24
1946	29	PIT	NL	69	200	9	-0	0	-1	2	9	1.0	7	16	1.7	.515	.506	1.9	0.1	17	$	2
1947	30	PIT	NL	47	68	-5	0	0	0	0	-5	-0.5	2	-2	-0.2	.490	.497	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	2
1948	31	BSN	NL	78	250	5	0	0	1	2	9	0.9	9	18	1.8	.512	.506	1.7	0.3	16	$	2
1949	32	BSN	NL	66	210	7	-1	0	0	2	8	0.8	7	16	1.5	.513	.505	1.6	0.2	16	$	2
1950	33	CHW	AL	1	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.441	.500	0.0	0.0	-1	$	/2
6 Seasons				356	1049	39	-1	1	0	9	47	4.9	35	82	8.5	.514	.505	8.7	1.0	82	$

PIT (3 yrs)				211	585	27	-0	0	-1	5	31	3.3	19	50	5.2	.515	.507	5.4	0.5	51	$
BSN (2 yrs)				144	460	12	-1	1	1	4	17	1.7	16	33	3.3	.512	.505	3.3	0.5	32	$
CHW (1 yr)				1	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.441	.500	0.0	0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1945	28	PIT	NL	317	192	61	8.5	100	.288	.311	.278	.420	.348	.547	.384	.966	.732	163	.779	24.6	2.5	1.031	.431	.236	3.5
1946	29	PIT	NL	200	115	28	6.5	95	.312	.294	.266	.432	.342	.400	.372	.832	.714	134	.706	10.2	1.1	.921	.363	.106	2.4
1947	30	PIT	NL	68	51	4	2.1	108	.245	.213	.278	.284	.353	.246	.412	.529	.765	40	.188	-5.3	-0.5	.420	.131	.033
1948	31	BSN	NL	250	162	31	5.1	101	.261	.242	.268	.378	.342	.414	.396	.792	.738	115	.560	5.8	0.6	.824	.389	.172	1.8
1949	32	BSN	NL	210	128	25	5.2	100	.273	.255	.264	.417	.337	.379	.396	.796	.733	120	.560	7.7	0.8	.856	.404	.124	1.7
1950	33	CHW	AL	4	3	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.275	.250	.361	.000	.412	.250	.773	-31	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.333	.333	.000
6 Yrs				1049	651	149	6.1	100	.280	.273	.271	.402	.344	.433	.389	.835	.733	128	.650	42.3	4.3	.876	.381	.160	10.1
162 Game Avg.				477	296	68	6.1	100	.280	.273	.271	.402	.344	.433	.389	.835	.733	128	.650	19	2	.876	.381	.160	5

PIT (3 yrs)				585	358	93	6.9	99	.291	.293	.274	.408	.347	.461	.383	.869	.730	138	.712	29.4	3.0	.910	.371	.168	6.5
BSN (2 yrs)				460	290	56	5.1	100	.267	.248	.266	.396	.340	.398	.396	.794	.736	117	.560	13.5	1.3	.838	.396	.150	3.5
CHW (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.275	.250	.361	.000	.412	.250	.773	-31	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.333	.333	.000

NL (5 yrs)				1045	648	149	6.1	100	.281	.274	.271	.403	.344	.434	.389	.837	.732	129	.652	42.9	4.3	.879	.381	.161	10.1
AL (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.275	.250	.361	.000	.412	.250	.773	-31	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.333	.333	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1948	31	BSN	NL	WS	CLE	L	5	15	9	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	.222	.500	.556	1.056	5	0	0	1	0	0
1 WS							5	15	9	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	.222	.500	.556	1.056	5	0	0	1	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1945	28	PIT	NL	317	4.7%	5.1%	15.8%	10.1%	39%	0.32	16.7	17.8	5.1		74%
1946	29	PIT	NL	200	1.5%	8.0%	19.5%	5.5%	23%	0.41	10.0	53.3	8.4		71%
1947	30	PIT	NL	68	0.0%	11.8%	8.8%	2.9%	15%	1.33	7.6		7.6		78%
1948	31	BSN	NL	250	3.2%	14.8%	16.8%	6.8%	35%	0.88	5.4	24.8	7.1	0.47	61%
1949	32	BSN	NL	210	2.4%	11.4%	21.0%	4.8%	24%	0.55	6.7	32.2	6.4	0.63	63%
1950	33	CHW	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%		0.00				2.00	75%
6 Yrs				1049	3.0%	9.6%	17.4%	6.9%	31%	0.55	8.4	27.4	6.4	0.57	68%
MLB Averages					1.6%	9.5%	9.8%	6.2%	27%	0.97	9.3	55.6	8.3	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1945	28	PIT	NL	24.6	2.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	29	PIT	NL	10.2	1.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	30	PIT	NL	-5.3	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	31	BSN	NL	5.8	0.6	176	-0.4	2.7	-3.1	1.16	0.3	-0.6	-1.4	-0.1	1.02	3.8	2.72	9
1949	32	BSN	NL	7.7	0.8	176	0.5	3.3	-2.8	1.04	0.6	-0.1	2.2	0.2	1.04	5.3	3.00	4
1950	33	CHW	AL	-0.6	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.03	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.89	-0.9		0
6 Yrs				42.3	4.3	356	0.1	6.0	-5.9	1.10	0.8	-0.8	0.0	0.0	1.03	8.3	2.81	13

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	31	BSN	NL	0	22%	66	1		1	2	3	0	5	45%	10	7	3	2	1	1	8	2	5
1949	32	BSN	NL	1	15%	74	1		1	1	0	2	0	35%	9	7	1	2	1	1	6	2	4
1950	33	CHW	AL	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1	21%	140	6	0	2	3	3	2	5	41%	19	14	4	4	2	2	14	4	9

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	31	BSN	NL	250	89%	48			9	1	0	0	2.72	8	0	7	3	0	3	5	0	5	9	180%	42	3	7%	19	10	53%	132	11	8%	8	4	50%	12	5	42%	0
1949	32	BSN	NL	210	89%	41			4	0	0	0	3.00	5	0	4	5	0	4	1	0	4	3	75%	40	5	13%	19	8	42%	135	16	12%	9	4	44%	9	5	56%	0
1950	33	CHW	AL	4	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				464	89%	232			13	1	0	0	2.81	31	0	11	8	0	7	6	0	9	14	156%	82	19	23%	38	18	47%	270	27	10%	17	8	47%	21	10	48%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			244%			27%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1945	28	95	317	267	45	83	16	1	15	52	2		50	16	.311	.420	.547	.966	163	146	8	0	0
1946	29	164	517	427	63	130	24	1	18	71	4		89	32	.304	.424	.492	.916	152	210	9	0	1
1947	30	211	585	488	68	143	26	1	18	79	4		95	40	.293	.408	.461	.869	138	225	11	0	2
1948	31	289	835	686	94	191	34	2	26	107	5		137	77	.278	.399	.448	.847	131	307	14	1	11
1949	32	355	1045	847	111	232	39	2	31	132	6		181	101	.274	.403	.434	.837	129	368	19	2	14
1950	33	356	1049	850	111	232	39	2	31	132	6	0	182	101	.273	.402	.433	.835	128	368	19	2	14

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1945	28	99	327	276	45	84	16	1	15	51	2	51	17	.304	.413	.533	.945	61	95
1946	29	72	214	170	20	52	9	0	3	22	2	43	17	.306	.446	.412	.858	31	69
1947	30	49	70	63	5	13	2	0	0	8	0	6	8	.206	.275	.238	.513	4	47
1948	31	82	261	207	27	50	8	1	8	30	1	44	39	.242	.377	.406	.783	32	78
1949	32	69	218	168	18	43	5	0	5	27	1	46	25	.256	.419	.375	.794	27	66
1950	33	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	1
6 Yrs		372	1094	887	115	242	40	2	31	138	6	191	106	.273	.403	.427	.830	155	356
162 Game Avg.		162	476	386	50	105	17	1	14	60	3	83	46	.273	.403	.427	.830	68	356

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1945 NL (24, 2%) 0.02 Career Shares (1361st)	Home Runs s c a p y 1945 NL 15 (9th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1945 NL 25 (9th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1945 NL 2.5 (9th)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1948 NL 9 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Batting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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