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	42-36 / in Starts: 38-21
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 12 bases loaded PA and 10 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 250 PAs	28
Actual Runners on Base	176 (88-58-30) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 250 PAs	28
Avg. Runners on Base	168 (86-54-27)

Most Driven In
Self	6
J Heath	3
J Russell	3
A Dark	2
T Holmes	2
M McCormick	2
B Elliott	1

Most Driven In By
Self	6
M McCormick	3
J Sain	3
A Dark	2
E Stanky	2
T Holmes	2
B Hogue	1
B Voiselle	1

1948 Batting Game Log

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1948 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	212	2 (1)	Apr 21	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	7	2.46	-0.023	5.84	-0.03%	0.17	C
2	213	4 (1)	Apr 23	BSN		NYG	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	8	2.57	-0.060	6.00	-0.08%	-0.29	PH
3	214	6 (1)	Apr 25 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-6	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	6	1.04	0.042	2.12	0.05%	-0.01	C
4	215	9 (2)	Apr 27	BSN		BRO	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.462	.300	.762	7	.69	0.014	1.16	0.01%	0.05	C
5	216	10	Apr 28	BSN		PHI	W,7-0	CG	4	4	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.429	.529	.571	1.101	7	1.16	0.077	2.18	0.09%	2.13	C
6	217	11	Apr 29	BSN		PHI	L,2-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.467	.556	.600	1.156	7	3.45	0.143	6.88	0.17%	0.61	PH
7	218	12	Apr 30	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	1	.400	.478	.500	.978	7	.36	-0.039	.68	-0.04%	-1.58	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
8	219	13	May 1	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-3	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.407	.417	.824	7	.29	-0.053	.64	-0.07%	-1.44	C
9	220	14	May 2	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-5	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.393	.400	.793	8	3.47	-0.088	8.46	-0.13%	-0.78	PH
10	221	15	May 5	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.321	.406	.393	.799	7	1.18	-0.003	2.56	0.00%	-0.07	C
11	222	16	May 7	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.400	.829	7	1.48	0.034	2.74	0.04%	0.21	C
12	223	19 (2)	May 10	BSN	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.385	.353	.738	7	.57	-0.064	1.26	-0.08%	-1.26	C
13	224	21 (1)	May 15	BSN	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.342	.419	.395	.813	7	1.01	0.141	2.64	0.22%	1.76	C
14	225	22	May 17	BSN	@	BRO	W,12-3	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	1	.341	.438	.415	.852	7	.76	0.008	2.08	0.01%	0.04	C
15	226	27 (4)	May 22	BSN		STL	L,4-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.341	.442	.477	.920	7	1.47	-0.034	4.99	-0.07%	0.63	C
16	227	28	May 23 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,8-5	3-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.341	.453	.477	.930	9	2.03	0.037	5.12	0.06%	0.33	PH
17	228	30 (1)	May 26	BSN		CIN	L,5-8	GS-6	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.356	.473	.556	1.028	7	.60	0.162	1.65	0.27%	1.22	C
18	229	31	May 28	BSN		BRO	L,5-7	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.356	.482	.556	1.038	9	.90	0.022	2.36	0.04%	0.11	PH
19	230	33 (1)	May 31 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,3-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.348	.474	.543	1.017	8	6.57	-0.195	16.56	-0.30%	-0.80	PH
20	231	34	May 31 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,10-4	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.327	.459	.510	.969	7	.47	-0.025	.99	-0.03%	-0.67	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
21	232	36 (1)	Jun 3	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS-9	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.477	.510	.987	7	.94	0.147	2.69	0.25%	1.10	C
22	233	37	Jun 4	BSN	@	PIT	W,10-7	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.345	.486	.509	.995	7	.63	0.022	1.70	0.04%	0.21	C
23	234	39 (1)	Jun 6	BSN	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.333	.472	.491	.963	7	1.27	-0.086	2.81	-0.11%	-0.92	C
24	235	43 (3)	Jun 10	BSN	@	STL	W,10-2	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.355	.481	.548	1.029	7						C
25	236	46 (2)	Jun 12 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	L,9-11	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.354	.475	.585	1.060	7	.60	0.068	2.32	0.16%	1.46	C
26	237	48 (1)	Jun 13 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,10-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.353	.470	.618	1.088	7	.76	0.077	2.94	0.18%	0.45	C
27	238	49	Jun 15	BSN		CHC	W,6-3	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.489	.614	1.103	7	1.19	0.080	4.74	0.19%	0.99	C
28	239	50	Jun 16	BSN		CHC	L,5-8	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.494	.614	1.109	9	.63	0.026	2.61	0.06%	0.13	PH
29	240	51	Jun 17 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,7-6	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.361	.495	.611	1.106	7	1.18	0.006	4.82	0.02%	-0.29	C
30	241	52	Jun 17 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,8-7	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.361	.500	.611	1.111	9	5.66	0.167	24.22	0.43%	1.00	PH
31	242	53	Jun 18	BSN		CIN	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.347	.490	.587	1.076	7	1.12	-0.021	5.19	-0.06%	-0.20	C
32	243	54	Jun 19	BSN		CIN	W,5-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.338	.485	.571	1.056	7	.48	-0.030	2.20	-0.08%	-0.78	C
33	244	55	Jun 20 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.325	.476	.550	1.026	7	.63	-0.025	3.08	-0.07%	-0.55	C
34	245	61 (5)	Jun 26	BSN		PIT	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.462	.530	.992	7	.52	-0.038	3.05	-0.14%	-0.63	C
35	246	63 (1)	Jun 29	BSN		NYG	L,3-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.445	.506	.951	7	.71	-0.074	3.86	-0.24%	-0.74	C
36	247	64	Jun 30	BSN		NYG	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.447	.516	.964	7	.75	0.009	4.13	0.03%	-0.12	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
37	248	65	Jul 1	BSN		NYG	W,4-1	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.449	.505	.955	7	.80	0.089	4.53	0.31%	0.50	C
38	249	68 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.446	.510	.957	7	.52	-0.017	3.23	-0.06%	0.29	C
39	250	69	Jul 4 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.443	.505	.948	9	.73	-0.018	4.55	-0.07%	-0.23	PH
40	251	70	Jul 5 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG(13)	6	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1			0	0	0	.294	.433	.520	.953	7						C
41	252	73 (2)	Jul 7	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.423	.505	.928	8	.43	-0.034	2.62	-0.12%	-0.33	C
42	253	75 (1)	Jul 9	BSN		PHI	W,13-2	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.278	.418	.491	.909	7	.53	-0.019	3.25	-0.07%	-0.76	C
43	254	77 (1)	Jul 11	BSN		PHI	W,9-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.277	.413	.491	.904	7						C
44	255	81 (3)	Jul 17	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.417	.491	.908	9	.24	0.008	1.26	0.03%	0.12	PH
45	256	85 (3)	Jul 20	BSN	@	CIN	L,6-9	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.420	.482	.902	7	.88	-0.080	4.63	-0.25%	-0.70	C
46	257	86	Jul 21	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.274	.418	.479	.896	7	.42	-0.005	2.39	-0.02%	-0.07	C
47	258	89 (2)	Jul 25 (1)	BSN	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.419	.504	.923	7	.61	0.066	4.66	0.30%	0.89	C
48	259	92 (2)	Jul 28	BSN		PIT	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.276	.414	.504	.919	7						C
49	260	93	Jul 29	BSN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.286	.419	.516	.935	7	.95	-0.004	6.01	-0.02%	-0.18	C
50	261	95 (1)	Jul 31	BSN		STL	W,7-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.417	.512	.928	9	1.37	-0.033	9.46	-0.14%	-0.29	PH
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
51	262	98 (2)	Aug 3	BSN		CIN	L,4-5	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.285	.419	.531	.950	7	1.99	0.217	13.06	0.85%	1.57	C
52	263	101 (2)	Aug 6	BSN		CHC	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.416	.527	.943	8	8.92	-0.265	60.76	-1.08%	-0.80	PH
53	264	104 (2)	Aug 10	BSN		NYG	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.410	.515	.924	7	1.41	-0.159	11.23	-0.76%	-0.98	C
54	265	105	Aug 11	BSN		NYG	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.406	.504	.909	6	.90	-0.066	7.46	-0.33%	-0.92	C
55	266	107 (1)	Aug 13	BSN		BRO	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.404	.500	.904	8	.49	-0.013	4.58	-0.07%	-0.16	PH
56	267	108	Aug 14	BSN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.400	.490	.890	6	1.54	-0.138	15.58	-0.84%	-0.90	C
57	268	109	Aug 15	BSN		BRO	L,2-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.399	.486	.885	6	.85	-0.020	8.39	-0.12%	-0.08	C
58	269	112 (2)	Aug 18	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.396	.477	.872	6	1.81	-0.023	14.10	-0.11%	-0.06	C
59	270	113	Aug 21 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,7-8	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.399	.477	.875	8	2.83	0.062	30.94	0.41%	0.21	PH
60	271	115 (1)	Aug 22	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.263	.401	.474	.875	6	1.72	-0.148	17.17	-0.88%	-0.90	C
61	272	116	Aug 23	BSN	@	BRO	W,3-2	10-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.404	.474	.878	9	2.35	0.050	25.82	0.33%	0.21	PH
62	273	119 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.406	.471	.877	7	.98	-0.028	7.25	-0.13%	-0.57	C
63	274	120	Aug 26 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.404	.468	.872	9	.38	-0.010	3.18	-0.05%	-0.15	PH
64	275	122 (1)	Aug 28	BSN	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS-6	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.408	.472	.880	7	.97	0.077	8.28	0.40%	0.56	C
65	276	123	Aug 29 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.402	.463	.865	7	.78	-0.064	7.84	-0.38%	-0.77	C
Sep/Oct		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
66	277	130 (6)	Sep 4 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.400	.460	.860	8	6.63	-0.170	63.07	-0.97%	-0.43	PH
67	278	131	Sep 4 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,8-1	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.257	.395	.449	.844	6						C
68	279	134 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,4-0	CG(7)	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.399	.459	.858	7	.51	0.071	6.98	0.58%	0.73	C
69	280	135	Sep 11 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.260	.396	.451	.847	6	.50	-0.046	4.38	-0.24%	-0.64	C
70	281	137 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.394	.448	.843	9	.39	-0.010	2.44	-0.04%	-0.16	PH
71	282	138	Sep 12 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG(13)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.384	.433	.817	6	1.99	-0.030	17.48	-0.16%	-0.99	C
72	283	139	Sep 14	BSN		CHC	W,10-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.384	.429	.813	6	.36	0.000	2.95	0.00%	0.46	C
73	284	140	Sep 15	BSN		CHC	W,5-2	GS-7	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.388	.435	.823	6	1.12	0.028	7.38	0.11%	0.29	C
74	285	147 (6)	Sep 25	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.251	.386	.433	.819	8	6.63	-0.170	.98	-0.02%	-0.43	PH
75	286	148	Sep 26	BSN		NYG	W,3-2	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.384	.426	.810	6	.29	-0.017	.09	0.00%	-0.37	C
76	287	150 (1)	Sep 29	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.249	.386	.425	.810	6	.98	0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.47	C
77	288	152 (1)	Oct 2 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.245	.381	.418	.799	5	.84	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.10	C
78	289	154 (1)	Oct 3	BSN	@	NYG	W,11-1	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.242	.378	.414	.792	6						C
							42-36		250	198	26	48	8	1	8	28	42	5	37	1	9		1	3	1	3	.242	.378	.414	.792		1.10	-0.544	5.71	-2.85%	-5.15

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