Chico Salmon
Ruthford Eduardo Salmon
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 3, 1940 in Colon, Panama
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1964
Final Game: August 14, 1972
Died: September 17, 2000 in Bocas Del Toro, Panama
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Standard Batting

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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1964 23 CLE AL 86 302 283 43 87 17 2 4 25 10 6 13 37 .307 .340 .424 .764 113 120 2 2 2 2 0 943/7
1965 24 CLE AL 79 133 120 20 29 8 0 3 12 7 4 5 19 .242 .281 .383 .665 87 46 2 2 5 1 0 37/4598
1966 25 CLE AL 126 452 422 46 108 13 2 7 40 10 1 21 41 .256 .289 .346 .635 82 146 4 0 6 3 2 643/759
1967 26 CLE AL 90 224 203 19 46 13 1 2 19 10 4 17 29 .227 .288 .330 .618 81 67 4 1 2 1 1 3476/589
1968 27 CLE AL 103 297 276 24 59 8 1 3 12 7 7 12 30 .214 .253 .283 .536 63 78 5 3 5 1 0 45637/9
1969 28 BAL AL 52 104 91 18 27 5 0 3 12 0 0 10 22 .297 .375 .451 .826 130 41 1 2 0 1 1 3/4657
1970 29 BAL AL 63 184 172 19 43 4 0 7 22 2 2 8 30 .250 .287 .395 .683 86 68 3 1 3 0 0 645/3
1971 30 BAL AL 42 90 84 11 15 1 0 2 7 0 0 3 21 .179 .205 .262 .466 32 22 3 0 2 1 0 /3456
1972 31 BAL AL 17 16 16 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .063 .063 .125 .188 -46 2 1 0 0 0 0 /35
9 Seasons 658 1802 1667 202 415 70 6 31 149 46 24 89 233 .249 .290 .354 .644 84 590 25 11 25 10 4
162 Game Avg. 162 444 410 50 102 17 1 8 37 11 6 22 57 .249 .290 .354 .644 84 145 6 3 6 2 1
CLE (5 yrs) 484 1408 1304 152 329 59 6 19 108 44 22 68 156 .252 .292 .350 .642 86 457 17 8 20 8 3
BAL (4 yrs) 174 394 363 50 86 11 0 12 41 2 2 21 77 .237 .283 .366 .649 80 133 8 3 5 2 1

Advanced Batting

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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
1964 23 CLE AL 302 208 41 5.3 95 .340 .307 .254 .340 .323 .424 .395 .764 .718 113 .602 4.6 0.5 .681 .177 .117 5.7
1965 24 CLE AL 133 103 12 3.1 93 .263 .242 .252 .281 .322 .383 .386 .665 .708 87 .388 -2.3 -0.2 .577 .208 .142 4.2
1966 25 CLE AL 452 328 44 3.6 90 .268 .256 .248 .289 .315 .346 .383 .635 .698 82 .465 -10.7 -1.2 .552 .161 .090 8.2
1967 26 CLE AL 224 168 20 3.2 86 .254 .227 .245 .288 .315 .330 .368 .618 .683 81 .432 -4.6 -0.5 .552 .217 .103 3.3
1968 27 CLE AL 297 235 19 2.2 79 .230 .214 .237 .253 .306 .283 .351 .536 .657 63 .293 -12.9 -1.5 .406 .112 .069 4.2
1969 28 BAL AL 104 66 16 6.5 96 .358 .297 .255 .375 .332 .451 .385 .826 .718 130 .690 4.0 0.4 .815 .264 .154 .0
1970 29 BAL AL 184 137 19 3.7 98 .267 .250 .259 .287 .334 .395 .395 .683 .729 86 .435 -4.4 -0.4 .575 .192 .145 3.1
1971 30 BAL AL 90 75 4 1.4 91 .210 .179 .254 .205 .326 .262 .377 .466 .703 32 .131 -7.9 -0.8 .347 .119 .083 .0
1972 31 BAL AL 16 16 0 0.0 85 .083 .063 .250 .063 .319 .125 .361 .188 .680 -46 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .125 .063 .063
9 Seasons 1802 1336 175 3.5 90 .272 .249 .249 .290 .319 .354 .379 .644 .698 84 .449 -37.0 -4.1 .547 .172 .105 37.0
162 Game Avg. 444 329 43 3.5 90 .272 .249 .249 .290 .319 .354 .379 .644 .698 84 .449 -37.0 -4.1 .547 .172 .105 9
CLE (5 yrs) 1408 1042 136 3.5 88 .273 .252 .247 .292 .315 .350 .377 .642 .692 86 .455 -25.8 -2.9 .547 .167 .098 26.5
BAL (4 yrs) 394 294 39 3.6 96 .268 .237 .257 .283 .331 .366 .387 .649 .718 80 .427 -11.2 -1.2 .547 .187 .129 3.4

Postseason Batting

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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
1969 28 BAL AL ALCS MIN W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 28 BAL AL WS NYM L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 29 BAL AL WS CIN W 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1964 23 CLE AL 302 1.3% 12.3% 4.3% 7.6% 26% 2.85 7.6 70.8 11.3 1.09 81%
1965 24 CLE AL 133 2.3% 14.3% 3.8% 8.3% 38% 3.80 6.3 40.0 10.0 0.82 74%
1966 25 CLE AL 452 1.6% 9.1% 4.7% 4.9% 20% 1.95 10.3 60.3 10.6 1.06 83%
1967 26 CLE AL 224 0.9% 13.0% 7.6% 7.1% 35% 1.71 7.0 101.5 10.7 0.97 77%
1968 27 CLE AL 297 1.0% 10.1% 4.0% 4.0% 20% 2.50 9.2 92.0 23.0 1.14 82%
1969 28 BAL AL 104 2.9% 21.2% 9.6% 7.7% 30% 2.20 4.1 30.3 7.6 0.79 64%
1970 29 BAL AL 184 3.8% 16.3% 4.4% 6.0% 26% 3.75 5.7 24.6 7.8 1.04 73%
1971 30 BAL AL 90 2.2% 23.3% 3.3% 3.3% 20% 7.00 4.0 42.0 12.0 0.92 69%
1972 31 BAL AL 16 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 6.3% 100% 4.0 4.50 75%
9 Seasons 1802 1.7% 12.9% 4.9% 5.9% 26% 2.62 7.2 53.8 11.2 1.04 78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1964 23 CLE AL 5 0 40% 128 10 6 63% 10 6 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 11 55% 20 8 10 1 0 1 19 8 11
1965 24 CLE AL 0 0 52% 80 7 4 64% 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 62% 9 5 4 2 2 0 10 0 9
1966 25 CLE AL 8 0 32% 149 10 1 91% 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 10 51% 18 10 8 5 3 2 14 3 9
1967 26 CLE AL 5 0 27% 90 10 4 71% 8 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 53% 9 3 6 2 2 0 4 1 2
1968 27 CLE AL 5 0 30% 110 7 7 50% 7 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 8 36% 14 10 3 1 0 1 7 3 4
1969 28 BAL AL 1 0 42% 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 69% 6 3 3 0 0 0 7 0 6
1970 29 BAL AL 3 0 27% 56 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 53% 9 5 4 2 2 0 4 0 4
1971 30 BAL AL 4 0 56% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 33% 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 2
1972 31 BAL AL 1 0 200% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
9 Seasons 32 0 35% 699 46 24 66% 41 21 4 3 0 0 9 0 35 53 52% 86 45 38 16 12 4 70 18 47
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1964 23 CLE AL 302 44% 87 6 2 0 0 1.72 4 0 6 3 1 3 1 0 2 2 100% 52 2 4% 16 5 31% 155 22 14% 14 9 64% 10 5 50% 0
1965 24 CLE AL 133 55% 29 19 5 0 2 1.93 3 1 5 1 2 2 1 0 5 5 100% 28 2 7% 19 7 37% 95 9 9% 7 4 57% 10 4 40% 0
1966 25 CLE AL 452 36% 108 10 2 0 1 1.99 7 0 4 2 5 4 3 0 7 6 86% 79 4 5% 36 10 28% 235 35 15% 17 10 59% 24 9 38% 0
1967 26 CLE AL 224 50% 46 6 4 0 0 1.82 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 3 2 67% 44 4 9% 18 5 28% 114 17 15% 14 8 57% 7 4 57% 0
1968 27 CLE AL 297 29% 59 9 0 0 0 1.53 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 5 5 100% 46 5 11% 30 9 30% 131 9 7% 7 2 29% 12 4 33% 0
1969 28 BAL AL 104 39% 27 14 3 1 2 1.75 3 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 1 5% 7 1 14% 67 10 15% 3 1 33% 5 1 20% 0
1970 29 BAL AL 185 19% 43 14 2 0 2 1.76 7 0 9 6 1 3 4 0 5 3 60% 48 3 6% 21 6 29% 138 15 11% 10 3 30% 11 4 36% 0
1971 30 BAL AL 90 36% 15 19 3 0 0 1.58 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 3 2 67% 17 3 18% 18 6 33% 67 6 9% 4 2 50% 8 1 13% 0
1972 31 BAL AL 16 81% 1 14 1 0 0 1.70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 9 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1803 38% 415 111 22 1 7 1.75 31 1 34 18 13 15 16 0 30 25 83% 338 25 7% 166 49 30% 1011 123 12% 76 39 51% 87 32 37% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 23 86 302 283 43 87 17 2 4 25 10 6 13 37 .307 .340 .424 .764 113 120 2 2 2 2 0
1965 24 165 435 403 63 116 25 2 7 37 17 10 18 56 .288 .322 .412 .734 105 166 4 4 7 3 0
1966 25 291 887 825 109 224 38 4 14 77 27 11 39 97 .272 .305 .378 .684 93 312 8 4 13 6 2
1967 26 381 1111 1028 128 270 51 5 16 96 37 15 56 126 .263 .302 .369 .671 91 379 12 5 15 7 3
1968 27 484 1408 1304 152 329 59 6 19 108 44 22 68 156 .252 .292 .350 .642 86 457 17 8 20 8 3
1969 28 536 1512 1395 170 356 64 6 22 120 44 22 78 178 .255 .298 .357 .655 89 498 18 10 20 9 4
1970 29 599 1696 1567 189 399 68 6 29 142 46 24 86 208 .255 .296 .361 .658 88 566 21 11 23 9 4
1971 30 641 1786 1651 200 414 69 6 31 149 46 24 89 229 .251 .292 .356 .648 86 588 24 11 25 10 4
1972 31 658 1802 1667 202 415 70 6 31 149 46 24 89 233 .249 .290 .354 .644 84 590 25 11 25 10 4

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
1964 23 85 305 287 47 92 18 2 4 27 11 14 37 .321 .354 .439 .793 45 86
1965 24 79 130 122 23 31 9 0 3 14 7 5 19 .254 .292 .402 .694 14 79
1966 25 127 462 436 52 120 14 2 8 46 11 23 41 .275 .310 .372 .681 50 126
1967 26 90 229 208 22 51 14 1 2 22 11 19 29 .245 .310 .351 .661 23 90
1968 27 103 302 284 31 67 9 1 3 16 8 14 30 .236 .278 .306 .584 24 103
1969 28 52 107 93 19 29 5 0 3 13 0 11 22 .312 .393 .462 .855 17 52
1970 29 63 182 173 20 44 4 0 7 24 2 8 30 .254 .291 .399 .690 20 63
1971 30 42 89 85 14 16 1 0 2 9 0 3 21 .188 .213 .271 .484 5 42
1972 31 18 17 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17
9 Seasons 659 1823 1705 230 450 74 6 32 171 50 97 233 .264 .306 .371 .677 198 658
162 Game Avg. 162 448 419 57 111 18 1 8 42 12 24 57 .264 .306 .371 .677 49 658

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1964 AL  6 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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