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	7-39 / in Starts: 2-5
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	43 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 69 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	62 (30-20-12) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 69 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	45 (23-14-7)

Most Driven In
W Westlake	4
C Kluttz	2
W Wietelmann	1
H Greenberg	1
J Bloodworth	0

Most Driven In By
E Basinski	2
J Russell	1
B Cox	1

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 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	165	5 (4)	Apr 20 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-13	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.27	-0.028	.92	-0.06%	-1.06	C
2	166	8 (2)	Apr 24	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	2.40	0.111	8.57	0.24%	0.67	PH
3	167	13 (4)	Apr 30	PIT	@	PHI	W,11-4	6-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	2.17	0.152	6.49	0.27%	0.87	PH
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
4	168	63 (49)	Jun 28 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.444	.444	.556	1.000	7	1.14	0.127	.30	0.02%	1.24	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
5	169	66 (2)	Jul 2	PIT		CIN	L,6-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.500	.900	1	1.92	-0.050	.36	-0.01%	-0.25	PH
6	170	68 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.429	.462	.890	7	.47	-0.037	.11	-0.01%	0.24	C
7	171	70 (1)	Jul 5	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.385	.429	.462	.890	9	5.40	-0.057	.51	0.00%	-0.22	PH
8	172	72 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,10-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.389	.412	.801	8	.12	0.016	.01	0.00%	-0.13	C
9	173	73	Jul 10 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.350	.683	8	.24	-0.018	.03	0.00%	-0.36	C
10	174	79 (5)	Jul 14	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-5	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.350	.714	8	1.16	0.031	.05	0.00%	0.21	PH C
11	175	82 (2)	Jul 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-10	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.348	.333	.681	9	3.92	-0.092	.30	0.00%	-0.82	PH
12	176	85 (2)	Jul 19	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.318	.652	9	1.49	-0.043	.16	0.00%	-0.33	PH
13	177	90 (4)	Jul 24 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.360	.318	.678	8	4.08	0.005	.22	0.00%	0.17	PH
14	178	93 (2)	Jul 27 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,4-8	7-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.370	.304	.675	8	1.65	-0.062	.03	0.00%	-0.15	C
15	179	94	Jul 27 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,4-11	6-GF(7)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.292	.649	9	1.86	-0.043	.03	0.00%	-0.49	PH C
16	180	97 (2)	Jul 30 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,5-8	4-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.355	.269	.624	8	.49	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.24	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
17	181	100 (2)	Aug 2 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.353	.250	.603	8	1.09	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.82	C
18	182	101	Aug 3 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,8-11	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.343	.241	.584	9	1.57	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
19	183	102	Aug 3 (2)	PIT		NYG	T,6-6	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.233	.567	9	1.78	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.06	PH
20	184	103	Aug 4	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.351	.258	.609	9	.98	0.049	.00	0.00%	0.62	PH
21	185	109 (5)	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.342	.250	.592	8	.30	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH C
22	186	110	Aug 10 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-7	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.333	.242	.576	9	1.60	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.32	PH
23	187	111	Aug 11	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.350	.265	.615	8	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.13	PH
24	188	112	Aug 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.366	.286	.652	8	3.89	0.202	.00	0.00%	0.66	PH
25	189	115 (2)	Aug 15	PIT		STL	L,4-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.278	.635	9	1.95	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.45	PH
26	190	120 (4)	Aug 21	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.349	.270	.619	8	1.00	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.37	PH C
27	191	121	Aug 22	PIT	@	NYG	L,7-8	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.341	.263	.604	9	2.11	-0.092	.00	0.00%	-0.66	PH
28	192	122	Aug 23 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,11-10	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.356	.282	.638	8	4.03	0.183	.00	0.00%	1.34	PH
29	193	124 (1)	Aug 24	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.370	.300	.670	9	.57	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.27	PH
30	194	125	Aug 25	PIT	@	BRO	L,10-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.362	.293	.654	9	.79	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
31	195	128 (2)	Aug 28	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.354	.286	.640	9	.07	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.29	PH
32	196	130 (1)	Aug 31	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.256	.347	.279	.626	9	1.69	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.78	PH
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
33	197	132 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-8	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.340	.273	.613	9						PH
34	198	133	Sep 3	PIT		CIN	L,6-13	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.333	.267	.600	9	.04	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.37	PH
35	199	134	Sep 4	PIT		CIN	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.327	.261	.588	8	.97	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
36	200	137 (2)	Sep 8	PIT		NYG	L,8-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.321	.255	.576	9	2.69	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.31	PH
37	201	139 (1)	Sep 10	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.315	.250	.565	8	5.12	-0.148	.00	0.00%	-0.34	PH
38	202	143 (3)	Sep 13	PIT		BSN	L,1-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.309	.245	.554	9	.33	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH
39	203	144	Sep 14 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.304	.240	.544	8	.22	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
40	204	145	Sep 14 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,7-9	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.298	.235	.534	9	1.33	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.45	PH
41	205	147 (1)	Sep 16	PIT		PHI	L,1-2	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.310	.269	.580	8	3.28	0.246	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
42	206	148	Sep 17	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.226	.305	.264	.569	9	1.47	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.55	PH
43	207	149	Sep 18	PIT		BRO	W,8-7	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.317	.264	.581	9	4.66	0.164	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
44	208	152 (2)	Sep 23	PIT		STL	L,4-8	0-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.241	.328	.278	.606	8						PH
45	209	153	Sep 24	PIT		STL	L,1-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.236	.323	.273	.595	8						C
46	210	154	Sep 25 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-15	8-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.313	.263	.576	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.87	PH C
47	211	155	Sep 25 (2)	PIT		STL	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.294	.246	.540	7	2.00	-0.212	.00	0.00%	-1.26	C
							7-39		69	61	5	13	2	0	0	8	7	2	9	0	1		0	2	0	0	.213	.294	.246	.540		1.37	-0.114	.33	0.45%	-4.99

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