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Tim Salmon
Timothy James Salmon (Mr. Angel or Kingfish)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 220 lb.
School Grand Canyon University

Debut August 21, 1992
  vs. NYY 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Born August 24, 1968 in Long Beach, CA

Drafted by the California Angels in the 3rd round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1989. (All Transactions)

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        Tim Salmon, the greatest hitter the Angels system has ever produced, and the best player never to appear in an All-Star game. What Angel fan can forget his 2002 World Series Game 2 game-winner?

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1992 23 CAL AL  23   79    8   14   1  0   2    6   1  1  11  23  .177  .283  .266   55   21   0   1   1   1   1
 1993 24 CAL AL 142  515   93  146  35  1  31   95   5  6  82 135  .283  .382  .536  142  276   0   8   5   5   6 RoY-1
 1994 25 CAL AL 100  373   67  107  18  2  23   70   1  3  54 102  .287  .382  .531  132  198   0   3   2   5   3
 1995 26 CAL AL 143  537  111  177  34  3  34  105   5  5  91 111  .330  .429  .594  165  319   0   4   2   6   9 SS,MVP-7
 1996 27 CAL AL 156  581   90  166  27  4  30   98   4  2  93 125  .286  .386  .501  125  291   0   3   7   4   8
 1997 28 ANA AL 157  582   95  172  28  1  33  129   9 12  95 142  .296  .394  .517  134  301   0  11   5   7   7 MVP-7
 1998 29 ANA AL 136  463   84  139  28  1  26   88   0  1  90 100  .300  .410  .533  142  247   0  10   5   3   4 MVP-14
 1999 30 ANA AL  98  353   60   94  24  2  17   69   4  1  63  82  .266  .372  .490  119  173   0   6   2   0   7
 2000 31 ANA AL 158  568  108  165  36  2  34   97   0  2 104 139  .290  .404  .540  135  307   0   2   5   6  14
 2001 32 ANA AL 137  475   63  108  21  1  17   49   9  3  96 121  .227  .365  .383   98  182   0   2   4   8  11
 2002 33 ANA AL 138  483   84  138  37  1  22   88   6  3  71 102  .286  .380  .503  133  243   0   7   3   7   6
 2003 34 ANA AL 148  528   78  145  35  4  19   72   3  1  77  93  .275  .374  .464  122  245   0   6   3  10  12
 2004 35 ANA AL  60  186   15   47   7  0   2   23   1  0  14  41  .253  .306  .323   67   60   0   4   0   2   2
 2006 37 LAA AL  76  211   30   56   8  2   9   27   0  2  29  44  .265  .361  .450  109   95   0   1   1   3   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         5934      1674     24     1016     42    1360  .282  .385  .498  128        0  68  45  67  98
               1672       986      339    299       48    970                            2958
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        575   96  162  33  2  29   98   5  4  94 132  .282  .385  .498  128  287   0   7   4   6   9
 Career High    158  582  111  177  37  4  34  129   9 12 104 142  .330  .429  .594  165  319   0  11   7  10  14
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1992 23 CAL AL   92   68    6   2.4    94| .177  .259| .283  .328| .266  .385| .549  .713|  55  .244  -4.7  -0.5  50%
 1993 24 CAL AL  610  389  110   7.6   105| .283  .270| .382  .341| .536  .413| .918  .754| 142  .695  32.6   3.1  45%
 1994 25 CAL AL  435  275   79   7.7   112| .287  .274| .382  .346| .531  .436| .913  .782| 132  .660  18.2   1.6  25%
 1995 26 CAL AL  638  378  142  10.0   109| .330  .269| .429  .343| .594  .425|1.023  .768| 165  .768  54.9   5.0  50%
 1996 27 CAL AL  681  428  118   7.4   114| .286  .275| .386  .348| .501  .441| .887  .789| 125  .625  23.5   2.1  66%
 1997 28 ANA AL  695  440  124   7.5   111| .296  .273| .394  .343| .517  .433| .911  .776| 134  .667  33.0   3.0  42%
 1998 29 ANA AL  566  339  110   8.7   111| .300  .274| .410  .343| .533  .436| .943  .779| 142  .718  33.5   3.1   0%
 1999 30 ANA AL  422  273   69   6.7   113| .266  .274| .372  .346| .490  .438| .862  .785| 119  .600  12.2   1.1  80%
 2000 31 ANA AL  680  421  128   8.1   117| .290  .279| .404  .352| .540  .448| .944  .800| 135  .669  33.7   3.0   0%
 2001 32 ANA AL  581  383   73   5.1   108| .227  .269| .365  .336| .383  .431| .748  .766|  98  .504   1.6   0.2  75%
 2002 33 ANA AL  568  361   98   7.2   105| .286  .264| .380  .332| .503  .425| .883  .757| 133  .669  26.1   2.5  66%
 2003 34 ANA AL  621  402   96   6.4   105| .275  .265| .374  .331| .464  .425| .838  .756| 122  .607  20.2   1.9  75%
 2004 35 ANA AL  206  145   20   3.7   107| .253  .267| .306  .334| .323  .428| .629  .763|  67  .350  -8.5  -0.8 100%
 2006 37 LAA AL  244  166   33   5.3   111| .265  .275| .361  .340| .450  .438| .811  .778| 109  .507   3.0   0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     7039 4468 1206   7.2   110| .282  .271| .385  .341| .498  .431| .883  .773| 128  .645 279.2  25.6  53%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1992 23 CAL AL RF 21 40 1 2 1 .953 .981 1.95 1.87 1.95 2.23 21 189.3 1993 24 CAL AL RF 141 334 12 7 2 .980 .978 2.45 1.85 2.55 2.23 141 1219.7 OF 140 335 12 7 2 .980 .983 2.48 2.09 2.55 2.41 141 1222.7 CF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.40 6.00 2.70 0 3.0 DH 1 1994 25 CAL AL RF 99 219 9 8 4 .966 .980 2.30 1.88 2.35 2.20 97 871.7 1995 26 CAL AL RF 142 320 7 4 0 .988 .979 2.30 1.63 2.34 2.05 142 1257.3 DH 1 1996 27 CAL AL RF 153 299 13 8 0 .975 .979 2.04 1.72 2.10 2.17 152 1339.7 DH 3 1997 28 ANA AL RF 153 352 15 11 6 .971 .978 2.40 1.79 2.41 2.18 153 1372.7 DH 4 1998 29 ANA AL DH 111 RF 19 45 1 2 0 .958 .983 2.42 1.81 2.54 2.14 19 162.7 1999 30 ANA AL RF 89 204 7 4 1 .981 .982 2.37 1.82 2.42 2.11 89 786.3 DH 9 2000 31 ANA AL RF 124 275 12 6 4 .980 .983 2.31 1.76 2.41 2.16 123 1069.7 DH 33 2001 32 ANA AL RF 125 253 13 3 5 .989 .982 2.13 1.82 2.20 2.09 124 1087.3 DH 12 2002 33 ANA AL RF 111 201 4 3 0 .986 .982 1.85 1.82 2.01 2.12 109 918.7 DH 25 2003 34 ANA AL RF 78 133 4 6 1 .958 .980 1.76 1.79 2.04 2.11 78 604.3 DH 68 2004 35 ANA AL DH 39 OF 8 15 1 0 0 1.000 .988 2.00 2.05 2.72 2.29 7 53.0 RF 6 15 1 0 0 1.000 .982 2.67 1.92 3.69 2.22 5 39.0 LF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.73 0.00 2.06 2 14.0 2006 37 LAA AL DH 54 OF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.75 2.00 1.04 2.28 4 26.0 RF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.87 0.47 2.18 3 19.0 LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.70 2.57 2.06 1 7.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1993 24 CAL AL CF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.40 6.00 2.70 0 3.0 1993 24 CAL AL DH 1 1995 26 CAL AL DH 1 1996 27 CAL AL DH 3 1997 28 ANA AL DH 4 1998 29 ANA AL DH 111 1999 30 ANA AL DH 9 2000 31 ANA AL DH 33 2001 32 ANA AL DH 12 2002 33 ANA AL DH 25 2003 34 ANA AL DH 68 2004 35 ANA AL DH 39 2006 37 LAA AL DH 54 2004 35 ANA AL LF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.73 0.00 2.06 2 14.0 2006 37 LAA AL LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.70 2.57 2.06 1 7.0 1992 23 CAL AL OF 21 40 1 2 1 .953 .983 1.95 2.17 1.95 2.47 21 189.3 1993 24 CAL AL OF 140 335 12 7 2 .980 .983 2.48 2.09 2.55 2.41 141 1222.7 1994 25 CAL AL OF 99 219 9 8 4 .966 .982 2.30 2.09 2.35 2.37 97 871.7 1995 26 CAL AL OF 142 320 7 4 0 .988 .983 2.30 1.99 2.34 2.33 142 1257.3 1996 27 CAL AL OF 153 302 13 8 0 .975 .983 2.06 2.02 2.12 2.37 152 1339.7 1997 28 ANA AL OF 153 353 15 12 5 .968 .982 2.41 2.02 2.41 2.32 153 1372.7 1998 29 ANA AL OF 19 50 1 2 0 .962 .985 2.68 2.02 2.82 2.31 19 162.7 1999 30 ANA AL OF 89 204 7 4 1 .981 .984 2.37 2.03 2.42 2.30 89 786.3 2000 31 ANA AL OF 124 273 13 6 4 .979 .985 2.31 2.02 2.41 2.36 123 1069.7 2001 32 ANA AL OF 125 254 13 3 5 .989 .984 2.14 2.01 2.21 2.30 124 1087.3 2002 33 ANA AL OF 111 199 4 3 0 .985 .985 1.83 2.05 1.99 2.35 109 918.7 2003 34 ANA AL OF 78 133 4 6 1 .958 .985 1.76 2.08 2.04 2.35 78 604.3 2004 35 ANA AL OF 8 15 1 0 0 1.000 .988 2.00 2.05 2.72 2.29 7 53.0 2006 37 LAA AL OF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.75 2.00 1.04 2.28 4 26.0 1992 23 CAL AL RF 21 40 1 2 1 .953 .981 1.95 1.87 1.95 2.23 21 189.3 1993 24 CAL AL RF 141 334 12 7 2 .980 .978 2.45 1.85 2.55 2.23 141 1219.7 1994 25 CAL AL RF 99 219 9 8 4 .966 .980 2.30 1.88 2.35 2.20 97 871.7 1995 26 CAL AL RF 142 320 7 4 0 .988 .979 2.30 1.63 2.34 2.05 142 1257.3 1996 27 CAL AL RF 153 299 13 8 0 .975 .979 2.04 1.72 2.10 2.17 152 1339.7 1997 28 ANA AL RF 153 352 15 11 6 .971 .978 2.40 1.79 2.41 2.18 153 1372.7 1998 29 ANA AL RF 19 45 1 2 0 .958 .983 2.42 1.81 2.54 2.14 19 162.7 1999 30 ANA AL RF 89 204 7 4 1 .981 .982 2.37 1.82 2.42 2.11 89 786.3 2000 31 ANA AL RF 124 275 12 6 4 .980 .983 2.31 1.76 2.41 2.16 123 1069.7 2001 32 ANA AL RF 125 253 13 3 5 .989 .982 2.13 1.82 2.20 2.09 124 1087.3 2002 33 ANA AL RF 111 201 4 3 0 .986 .982 1.85 1.82 2.01 2.12 109 918.7 2003 34 ANA AL RF 78 133 4 6 1 .958 .980 1.76 1.79 2.04 2.11 78 604.3 2004 35 ANA AL RF 6 15 1 0 0 1.000 .982 2.67 1.92 3.69 2.22 5 39.0 2006 37 LAA AL RF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.87 0.47 2.18 3 19.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1266 2700 100 65 23 .977 .983 2.21 2.04 2.30 2.35 1259 10961.3 4 1 1264# RF*1264 2691 99 64 24 .978 .980 2.21 1.78 2.30 2.15 1256 10937.3 DH 360 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.73 0.86 2.06 3 21.0 CF* 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.40 6.00 2.70 0 3.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1266 2700 100 65 23 .977 .983 2.21 2.04 2.30 2.35 1259 10961
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2002   ALDS  ANA NYY     W   4  19   3   5  1  0  2   7   1   5  .263  .300  .632   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  ANA MIN     W   5  14   0   3  0  0  0   0   3   1  .214  .353  .214   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ANA SFG     W   7  26   7   9  1  0  2   5   4   7  .346  .452  .615   1  0   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   3-0  16  59  10  17  2  0  4  12   8  13  .288  .382  .525   1  0   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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.

Awards
1993-AL-ROY
2002-ML-Hutch Award

Silver Sluggers
1995-AL--OF

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1995-AL-7-0.28
1997-AL-7-0.21
1998-AL-14-0.02
Car-416-0.51 shares

Batting Average
1995 AL-.330-3

On-base %
1995 AL-.429-4
1997 AL-.394-10
1998 AL-.410-4

Slugging %
1993 AL-.536-8
1995 AL-.594-5

OPS
1993 AL-.918-8
1995 AL-1.024-5
Car-.884-83

Games
1995 AL-143-8
1997 AL-157-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1995 AL-638-10
1997 AL-695-9

Runs
1995 AL-111-5
2000 AL-108-10

Hits
1995 AL-177-4

Total Bases
1995 AL-319-4
1997 AL-301-9

Doubles
1995 AL-34-6

Home Runs
1993 AL-31-9
1994 AL-23-10
1995 AL-34-8
1997 AL-33-10

RBI
1995 AL-105-9
1997 AL-129-4

Bases on Balls
1995 AL-91-6
1997 AL-95-6
1998 AL-90-4
2000 AL-104-7
2001 AL-96-6

Strikeouts
1993 AL-135-6
1994 AL-102-7
1997 AL-142-6
2000 AL-139-6
Car-1360-76

Adjusted OPS+
1993 AL-142-10
1995 AL-165-4

Runs Created
1995 AL-142-4
1997 AL-124-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1995 AL-55-4

Batting Wins
1995 AL-5.0-4

Extra-Base Hits
1993 AL-67-8
1995 AL-71-3

Times on Base
1995 AL-274-3
1997 AL-274-5
2000 AL-275-10

Offensive Win%
1993 AL-.695-10
1995 AL-.768-3
1998 AL-.718-5
2002 AL-.669-10

Sac. Flies
1993 AL-8-10
1997 AL-11-5
1998 AL-10-6

Caught Stealing
1997 AL-12-7

At Bats per Home Run
1993 AL-16.6-10

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 57 (427) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 31.5 (238) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 34.0 (528) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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 

June 2, 1986: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 18th round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the California Angels in the 3rd round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1989.

November 10, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 25, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

September 28, 2006: Retired from the Anaheim Angels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1993California Angels$127,500
1994California Angels$600,000
1995California Angels$950,000
1996California Angels$2,500,000
1997Anaheim Angels$3,500,000
1998Anaheim Angels$5,000,000
1999Anaheim Angels$5,500,000
2000Anaheim Angels$6,000,000
2001Anaheim Angels$6,500,000
2002Anaheim Angels$9,650,000
2003Anaheim Angels$9,900,000
2004Anaheim Angels$9,900,000
2005Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$10,150,000
2006Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$70,677,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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