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Bill Salkeld
William Franklin Salkeld

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

Debut April 18, 1945
Final Game April 21, 1950
Born March 8, 1917 in Pocatello, ID
Died April 22, 1967 in Los Angeles, CA

Grandfather of Roger Salkeld

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1945 28 PIT NL  95  267   45   83  16  1  15   52   2     50  16  .311  .420  .547  163  146   0           0   8 MVP-24
 1946 29 PIT NL  69  160   18   47   8  0   3   19   2     39  16  .294  .432  .400  135   64   1           0   1
 1947 30 PIT NL  47   61    5   13   2  0   0    8   0      6   8  .213  .284  .246   40   15   1           0   2
 1948 31 BSN NL  78  198   26   48   8  1   8   28   1     42  37  .242  .378  .414  115   82   9           1   3
 1949 32 BSN NL  66  161   17   41   5  0   5   25   1     44  24  .255  .417  .379  120   61   3           1   5
 1950 33 CHW AL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .250  .000  -31    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      356  850  111  232  39  2  31  132   6  0 182 101  .273  .402  .433  129  368  14   0   0   2  19
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        387   51  106  18  1  14   60   3  0  83  46  .273  .402  .433  129  167   6   0   0   1   9
 Career High     95  267   45   83  16  1  15   52   2  0  50  37  .311  .420  .547  163  146   9   0   0   1   8
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1945 28 PIT NL  317  192   61   8.5   100| .311  .278| .420  .348| .547  .384| .967  .732| 163  .779  24.6   2.5     
 1946 29 PIT NL  200  115   28   6.5    94| .294  .265| .432  .341| .400  .371| .832  .711| 135  .706  10.4   1.1     
 1947 30 PIT NL   68   51    4   2.1   108| .213  .278| .284  .353| .246  .411| .530  .765|  40  .188  -5.3  -0.5     
 1948 31 BSN NL  250  162   31   5.1   101| .242  .268| .378  .342| .414  .396| .792  .738| 115  .560   5.8   0.6     
 1949 32 BSN NL  209  128   25   5.2   100| .255  .264| .417  .337| .379  .396| .796  .733| 120  .560   7.7   0.8     
 1950 33 CHW AL    4    3    0   0.0   111| .000  .275| .250  .362| .000  .412| .250  .773| -31  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1048  651  149   6.1   100| .273  .270| .402  .343| .433  .388| .835  .732| 129  .650  42.6   4.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1945 28 PIT NL C 86 279 40 9 8 .973 .978 3.71 3.83 3 1946 29 PIT NL C 51 176 31 6 3 .972 .980 4.06 4.24 6 1947 30 PIT NL C 15 29 4 1 0 .971 .982 2.20 4.37 1 1948 31 BSN NL C 59 254 32 3 5 .990 .980 4.85 4.41 5 1949 32 BSN NL C 63 230 21 5 3 .980 .982 3.98 4.39 4 1950 33 CHW AL C 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.20 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1945 28 PIT NL C 86 279 40 9 8 .973 .978 3.71 3.83 3 1946 29 PIT NL C 51 176 31 6 3 .972 .980 4.06 4.24 6 1947 30 PIT NL C 15 29 4 1 0 .971 .982 2.20 4.37 1 1948 31 BSN NL C 59 254 32 3 5 .990 .980 4.85 4.41 5 1949 32 BSN NL C 63 230 21 5 3 .980 .982 3.98 4.39 4 1950 33 CHW AL C 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.20 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 275 972 128 24 19 .979 .980 4.00 4.19 19 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 275 972 128 24 19 .979 .980 4.00 4.19
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1948   WS    BSN CLE     L   5   9   2   2  0  0  1   1   5   1  .222  .500  .556   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1945-NL-24-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Home Runs
1945 NL-15-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1945 NL-25-9

Batting Wins
1945 NL-2.5-9

Sac. Hits
1948 NL-9-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.0 (891) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

September 14, 1944: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the San Diego (PCL).

November 18, 1947: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Al Lyons and Jim Russell to the Boston Braves for Johnny Hopp and Danny Murtaugh.

September 26, 1949: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Braves.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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