Bill Salkeld

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Full Name: William Franklin Salkeld	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/190	First Game: April 18, 1945
Birthdate: March 8, 1917	Final Game: April 21, 1950
Birthplace: Pocatello, Idaho	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: April 22, 1967
Deathplace: Los Angeles, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Bill Salkeld (William Franklin Salkeld) was born on March 8, 1917 in Pocatello, Idaho. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1945 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1945, his rookie year, he hit .311 with 15 home runs and 52 RBI. Salkeld played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 6 year career.

Most people believe that Bill Salkeld's best season was 1945, when he slugged 15 home runs, hit for a .311 average and knocked in 52 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1945	PIT	N	95	267	45	83	15	52	.311	.420	.547	16	1	50	16	0	0	2	0	8
1946	PIT	N	69	160	18	47	3	19	.294	.432	.400	8	0	39	16	0	1	2	0	1
1947	PIT	N	47	61	5	13	0	8	.213	.284	.246	2	0	6	8	0	1	0	0	2
1948	BOS	N	78	198	26	48	8	28	.242	.378	.414	8	1	42	37	1	9	1	0	3
1949	BOS	N	66	161	17	41	5	25	.255	.417	.379	5	0	44	24	1	3	1	0	5
1950	CHI	A	1	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		355	847	111	232	31	132	.274	.403	.434	39	2	181	101	2	14	6	0	19
Total	AL		1	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			356	850	111	232	31	132	.273	.402	.433	39	2	182	101	2	14	6	0	19

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1945	PIT	N	C	86	0	0	279	40	9	8	0	3	0	0	0	.973
1946	PIT	N	C	51	0	0	176	31	6	3	0	6	0	0	0	.972
1947	PIT	N	C	15	0	0	29	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.971
1948	BOS	N	C	59	0	0	254	32	3	5	0	5	0	0	0	.990
1949	BOS	N	C	63	0	0	230	21	5	3	0	4	0	0	0	.980
1950	CHI	A	C	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			C	275	0	0	972	128	24	19	0	19	0	0	0	.979

[edit] Transactions

Sold by San Diego (PCL) to Pittsburgh Pirates (September 14, 1944).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Jim Russell and Al Lyons to Boston Braves in exchange for Johnny Hopp and Danny Murtaugh (November 18, 1947).
Sold by Boston Braves to Chicago White Sox (September 26, 1949).

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