Bill Almon

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg)

Born: November 21, 1952 in Providence, RI us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 11th round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Veterans Memorial HS (Warwick, RI) and the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (1st) of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Brown University (Providence, RI).

High School: Veterans Memorial HS (Warwick, RI)

School: Brown University (Providence, RI)

Debut: September 2, 1974 (Age 21-285d, 13,539th in major league history)
vs. ATL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 14, 1988 (Age 35-206d)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Agents: Steve Greenberg

Full Name: William Francis Almon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

3330

846

.254

390

RBI

296

128

OBP

.305

SLG

.343

OPS

.648

OPS+

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

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	14 (13)	Apr 19	SDP		SFG	L,10-14		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
2	15	Apr 20	SDP	@	ATL	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
3	16	Apr 21	SDP	@	ATL	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
4	17	Apr 22	SDP	@	ATL	L,7-8	CG	46	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	26 (8)	May 4	SDP		MON	L,1-12	GF	14	4.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
6	28 (1)	May 6	SDP		MON	L,5-7	GF	9	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
7	29	May 7	SDP		PHI	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
8	31 (1)	May 9	SDP		PHI	L,0-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
9	32	May 10	SDP		PHI	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
10	33	May 11	SDP		NYM	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
11	34	May 12	SDP		NYM	W,2-1	GS	37	9.0	4	7	0	11	3	2B SS
12	35	May 13	SDP		NYM	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
13	36	May 14	SDP	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS	21	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	2B
14	37	May 15	SDP	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B SS
15	38	May 16	SDP	@	CIN	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
16	39	May 18	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B SS
17	40	May 19	SDP	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	39	11.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
18	41	May 20 (1)	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
19	44 (2)	May 22	SDP		LAD	W,7-6		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
20	46 (1)	May 25	SDP		HOU	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
21	47	May 26	SDP		HOU	L,0-9	GF	13	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B CF
22	48	May 27	SDP		HOU	L,2-4	GS	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
23	49	May 28	SDP		HOU	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
24	50	May 29 (1)	SDP		ATL	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	56 (5)	Jun 3	SDP	@	PIT	L,0-7	GF	12	3.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
26	57	Jun 5	SDP	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
27	58	Jun 6	SDP	@	CHC	L,0-3	GS	31	7.0	3	2	1	6	2	2B
28	60 (1)	Jun 8	SDP	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	48	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
29	61	Jun 9	SDP	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
30	62	Jun 10	SDP	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
31	65 (2)	Jun 14	SDP		PIT	W,2-1	GF	19	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	PR 2B
32	68 (2)	Jun 17	SDP		CHC	L,5-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
33	70 (1)	Jun 19	SDP		STL	L,2-7	GF	9	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	SS
34	72 (1)	Jun 22	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-2	GF	7	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	SS
35	74 (1)	Jun 24	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-4	GS	29	6.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
36	76 (1)	Jun 26	SDP	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
37	77	Jun 27 (1)	SDP		ATL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
38	78	Jun 27 (2)	SDP		ATL	L,2-5	GS	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
39	79	Jun 28	SDP		ATL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
40	80	Jun 29	SDP		HOU	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
41	81	Jun 30	SDP		HOU	L,0-3	GS	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	82	Jul 1	SDP		HOU	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
43	83	Jul 2	SDP		LAD	L,3-6	GS	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
44	84	Jul 3	SDP		LAD	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
45	85	Jul 4	SDP		LAD	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
46	86	Jul 6	SDP	@	NYM	W,6-5	GS	51	12.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B SS
47	87	Jul 7	SDP	@	NYM	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
48	89 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	SDP	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
49	90	Jul 10	SDP	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	1	3	0	4	0	2B
50	98 (7)	Jul 20	SDP		NYM	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
51	101 (2)	Jul 23	SDP		PHI	W,6-5	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
52	102	Jul 24	SDP		MON	W,4-3		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
53	103	Jul 25	SDP		MON	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	5	1	9	0	2B
54	104	Jul 26	SDP		SFG	L,2-6	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	112 (7)	Aug 4	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-7	GF	21	5.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
56	113	Aug 5	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-9	GS	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B SS
57	115 (1)	Aug 8	SDP	@	SFG	L,7-10	GS	39	7.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
58	119 (3)	Aug 12 (2)	SDP		CIN	W,5-4	GF	11	3.2	1	2	0	3	0	2B
59	120	Aug 14	SDP	@	PIT	L,1-7	GF	22	6.1	1	1	0	2	0	2B
60	121	Aug 15	SDP	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
61	122	Aug 16	SDP	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
62	126 (3)	Aug 20	SDP	@	STL	L,3-6	GS	19	5.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
63	127	Aug 21	SDP	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	37	11.0	5	6	0	11	1	2B
64	128	Aug 22	SDP	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
65	129	Aug 24	SDP		PIT	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
66	130	Aug 25	SDP		PIT	L,3-4	GS	36	9.0	2	8	0	10	3	2B
67	131	Aug 26	SDP		PIT	L,2-9	GS	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B SS
68	132	Aug 27	SDP		CHC	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	2	7	0	9	0	2B
69	133	Aug 28	SDP		CHC	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
70	134	Aug 29	SDP		CHC	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
71	135	Aug 31	SDP		STL	L,7-8	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	138 (2)	Sep 3	SDP		SFG	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
73	139	Sep 4	SDP		SFG	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
74	142 (2)	Sep 7	SDP	@	ATL	W,8-0	GF	27	7.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
75	143	Sep 8	SDP	@	ATL	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
76	156 (12)	Sep 23	SDP		LAD	L,2-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
77	157	Sep 25	SDP	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
78	158	Sep 26	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
79	160 (1)	Sep 29	SDP	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS	34	7.2	1	2	0	3	1	2B
80	161	Sep 30	SDP	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	40	10.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
							87gm		544.0	142	193	7	342	48