Bill Salkeld

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: March 8, 1917 in Pocatello, ID us

Died: April 22, 1967 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA

Debut: April 18, 1945 (Age 28-041d, 9,903rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 21, 1950 (Age 33-044d)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: William Franklin Salkeld

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Relatives: Grandfather of Roger Salkeld

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.8

850

232

.273

111

RBI

132

OBP

.402

SLG

.433

OPS

.835

OPS+

128

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	34-31 / in Starts: 30-24
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 210 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	157 (81-51-25) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 210 PAs	23
Avg. Runners on Base	141 (73-45-22)

Most Driven In
T Holmes	6
Self	5
P Reiser	4
A Dark	2
B Elliott	2
M Rickert	1
J Heath	1
C Conatser	1

Most Driven In By
Self	5
E Stanky	5
A Dark	2
E Fletcher	2
V Bickford	1
J Russell	1
B Elliott	1
C Ryan	0

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	290	3 (2)	Apr 19 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,11-2	CG	4	3	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.333	2.333	8	.50	0.112	1.25	0.17%	2.32	C
2	291	5 (1)	Apr 22	BSN	@	NYG	T,6-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.600	.667	.800	1.467	8	1.28	-0.030	3.61	-0.05%	-0.53	C
3	292	7 (1)	Apr 24	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.571	.667	.714	1.381	8	.43	0.015	1.12	0.02%	0.41	C
4	293	10 (2)	Apr 27	BSN	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.583	.600	1.183	8	.79	-0.014	1.90	-0.02%	-0.20	C
5	294	12 (1)	Apr 29	BSN		NYG	L,9-10	GS-6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.583	1.183	8	1.15	0.088	3.51	0.16%	1.14	C
6	295	13	Apr 30	BSN		NYG	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.467	.967	8	.39	-0.030	1.13	-0.05%	-0.76	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	296	15 (1)	May 1 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.368	.455	.421	.876	8	.40	-0.015	1.27	-0.03%	-0.61	C
8	297	16	May 3	BSN		CHC	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.400	.364	.764	7	1.21	-0.093	4.11	-0.19%	-0.83	C
9	298	17	May 4	BSN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.393	.333	.726	7	.28	-0.003	.86	-0.01%	-0.15	C
10	299	19 (1)	May 7	BSN		CIN	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.286	.375	.321	.696	8	1.39	-0.143	5.09	-0.32%	-1.47	C
11	300	20	May 8 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,3-8	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.300	.382	.333	.716	8	.82	-0.063	2.71	-0.13%	-0.91	PH C
12	301	21	May 8 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,8-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.382	.333	.716	8						C
13	302	22	May 9	BSN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.368	.303	.671	8	1.19	-0.086	3.32	-0.14%	-0.97	C
14	303	23	May 11	BSN		STL	W,7-0	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.257	.381	.286	.667	8	.25	0.011	.75	0.02%	-0.92	C
15	304	27 (3)	May 17	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.378	.270	.648	8	1.10	-0.001	4.51	0.00%	0.02	C
16	305	29 (1)	May 19	BSN	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS-9	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.408	.308	.716	8	2.15	0.383	7.64	0.82%	1.49	C
17	306	31 (1)	May 21	BSN	@	PIT	W,8-2	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.415	.310	.725	8	2.48	0.034	8.87	0.07%	0.02	C
18	307	33 (1)	May 23	BSN	@	CHC	W,11-4	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.431	.295	.726	8	.24	-0.003	.98	-0.01%	0.24	C
19	308	37 (3)	May 28	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-6	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.443	.304	.747	8	.90	-0.016	3.60	-0.04%	-0.20	C
20	309	40 (2)	May 30 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-9	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.477	.304	.781	8	.83	0.128	3.42	0.32%	1.35	C
21	310	41	May 31	BSN	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.493	.327	.819	8	1.01	0.088	3.81	0.20%	1.22	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	311	43 (1)	Jun 2	BSN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.472	.308	.780	8	.41	-0.030	1.61	-0.07%	-0.54	C
23	312	46 (2)	Jun 6	BSN		STL	L,3-7	GS-8	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.474	.327	.801	8	1.54	0.057	6.55	0.15%	0.20	C
24	313	47	Jun 7	BSN		CIN	W,6-5	GS-6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.487	.339	.826	8	1.02	0.105	3.66	0.23%	0.91	C
25	314	48	Jun 8	BSN		CIN	W,8-7	12-GF(15)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.286	.494	.339	.833	8	3.19	-0.003	11.99	-0.01%	0.03	PH C
26	315	49	Jun 9	BSN		CIN	W,10-2	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.500	.400	.900	8	.54	-0.022	2.07	-0.05%	0.91	C
27	316	50	Jun 10	BSN		CHC	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.489	.381	.870	8	.41	-0.026	1.59	-0.06%	-0.63	C
28	317	51	Jun 11	BSN		CHC	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.478	.364	.842	8	1.30	-0.109	5.28	-0.27%	-1.06	C
29	318	52	Jun 12 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,2-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.473	.358	.831	9	.67	-0.017	2.47	-0.04%	-0.23	PH C
30	319	53	Jun 12 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.479	.386	.865	8	1.22	0.094	4.16	0.19%	1.08	C
31	320	54	Jun 14	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.470	.378	.848	8	.99	-0.049	3.51	-0.11%	-0.73	C
32	321	56 (1)	Jun 16	BSN	@	PIT	W,7-2	GS-6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.471	.373	.844	8	.77	0.000	2.42	0.00%	-0.04	C
33	322	57	Jun 17	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-7	GS-9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.481	.385	.866	8	.47	0.046	1.53	0.09%	1.76	C
34	323	59 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.482	.383	.865	8	.89	0.009	2.52	0.02%	0.03	C
35	324	60	Jun 19 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.482	.383	.865	8						C
36	325	61	Jun 20	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.491	.386	.877	8	1.45	-0.004	4.67	-0.01%	0.56	C
37	326	62	Jun 21	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-8	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.487	.376	.864	8	1.09	-0.023	3.79	-0.05%	-0.09	C
38	327	67 (4)	Jun 26	BSN	@	STL	L,0-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.483	.372	.855	9	.54	-0.014	2.29	-0.04%	-0.11	PH
39	328	68	Jun 28	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.479	.364	.843	7	.86	-0.041	2.68	-0.08%	-0.20	C
40	329	69	Jun 29	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-9	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.479	.364	.843	8						C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	330	91 (21)	Jul 23	BSN		PIT	L,9-12	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.460	.344	.804	8	.82	-0.093	1.64	-0.11%	-1.56	C
42	331	93 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.457	.340	.797	9	6.59	-0.167	9.60	-0.15%	-0.43	PH
43	332	95 (1)	Jul 27	BSN	@	CIN	W,9-7	8-GF(13)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.454	.333	.787	8	1.67	-0.088	1.70	-0.05%	-0.23	PH C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	333	100 (4)	Aug 2	BSN	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.253	.444	.323	.767	8	.85	-0.117	1.56	-0.13%	-1.15	C
45	334	103 (2)	Aug 5	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.438	.320	.758	8	.76	-0.064	.29	-0.01%	-0.91	C
46	335	106 (2)	Aug 7 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.245	.433	.311	.744	8	1.08	-0.067	.31	-0.01%	-1.00	C
47	336	107	Aug 9	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.428	.336	.764	8	1.75	-0.040	.20	0.00%	0.16	C
48	337	110 (2)	Aug 12	BSN	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.430	.336	.766	8	.53	-0.010	.04	0.00%	0.25	C
49	338	113 (2)	Aug 17	BSN		NYG	W,13-4	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.259	.442	.345	.786	8	.55	0.107	.02	0.00%	2.37	C
50	339	114	Aug 18	BSN		NYG	W,10-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.437	.342	.778	8	.24	-0.017	.01	0.00%	0.79	C
51	340	115	Aug 19	BSN		BRO	L,4-6	11-GF(12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.440	.342	.782	9	4.31	0.127	.44	0.01%	0.66	PH C
52	341	117 (1)	Aug 21	BSN		BRO	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.438	.350	.788	7	.38	0.115	.02	0.00%	0.71	C
53	342	118	Aug 22	BSN		BRO	W,7-6	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.440	.373	.813	7	.60	0.079	.05	0.00%	0.59	C
54	343	119	Aug 23	BSN		PIT	W,5-2	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.266	.444	.375	.819	7	1.79	-0.041	.16	0.00%	-0.20	C
55	344	123 (3)	Aug 27	BSN		CIN	W,6-5	1-GF(10)	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.262	.445	.369	.814	8	1.29	0.206	.21	0.02%	0.83	C
56	345	124	Aug 28 (1)	BSN		STL	L,7-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.443	.366	.809	8	1.78	-0.045	.27	0.00%	-0.23	PH
57	346	126 (1)	Aug 29	BSN		STL	L,2-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.435	.358	.793	8	.46	-0.034	.01	0.00%	-0.66	C
58	347	127	Aug 30	BSN		STL	W,12-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.434	.377	.811	7	.42	0.220	.00	0.00%	0.79	C
59	348	128	Aug 31	BSN		CHC	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.248	.427	.369	.796	8	1.74	-0.144	.00	0.00%	-0.81	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
60	349	129	Sep 1	BSN		CHC	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.434	.400	.834	7	1.65	0.379	.02	0.00%	3.86	C
61	350	130	Sep 2	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.430	.396	.826	7	1.17	-0.059	.01	0.00%	-0.60	C
62	351	131	Sep 3	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-10	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.429	.391	.819	7	.91	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.28	C
63	352	138 (6)	Sep 8	BSN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.422	.383	.805	8	1.36	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-0.56	C
64	353	139	Sep 10	BSN		PHI	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.421	.378	.799	8	.83	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.27	C
65	354	141 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.417	.375	.792	6						C
66	355	143 (1)	Sep 16	BSN	@	STL	L,5-7	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.420	.379	.799	8	1.67	0.076	.00	0.00%	1.00	C
							34-31		210	161	17	41	5	0	5	25	45	7	25	1	3		1	4	1	1	.255	.420	.379	.799		1.02	0.506	2.16	0.27%	5.64

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