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Branch Rickey League
4-18-2229
Bill Sommers Third Base
Retired (2011, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .268 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .722 Status Deceased (2050) Option Years 0  
H 1423 Age at Death 75 Date of Birth 09-07-1975
HR 101 Drafted Round 1, Pick 14
(1995)		 Majors Svc Time 12 years
(157 games)
RBI 624
SB 14
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A  Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt B  Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * C+ (46.2%) SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B C- (30.5%) LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 2
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 2
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1999 C TEX 126 126 1125.0 986 928 49 9 5 8 105 33 23.9% 0 7.82 .991
1B TEX 1 1 9.0 12 12 0 0 0 -1 12.00 1.000
2000 C TEX 135 135 1195.2 1025 981 41 3 3 10 66 30 31.2% 0 7.69 .997
2001 C TEX 124 124 1100.0 953 916 33 4 1 8 74 23 23.7% -1 7.76 .996
3B TEX 12 12 102.0 27 7 15 5 0 -3 1.94 .815
2002 3B TEX 144 144 1151.1 338 89 234 15 7 -16 2.52 .956
2003 3B TEX 129 122 1056.2 316 80 223 13 20 -2 2.58 .959
C TEX 3 3 26.0 19 18 1 0 0 0 1 1 50.0% 0 6.58 1.000
2004 3B TEX 127 113 1029.2 324 88 228 8 18 +5 2.76 .975
C TEX 3 3 29.0 28 26 1 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% +1 8.38 .964
SS TEX 1 1 13.0 5 0 4 1 1 0 2.77 .800
2005 3B TEX 111 111 930.0 304 69 223 12 13 +3 2.83 .961
C TEX 25 25 216.2 182 171 8 3 0 0 37 8 17.8% 0 7.44 .984
2006 3B TEX 123 121 1015.0 299 67 223 9 13 -7 2.57 .970
SS TEX 3 3 27.0 10 3 6 1 1 -2 3.00 .900
C TEX 2 2 18.0 16 15 1 0 0 0 2 1 33.3% 0 8.00 1.000
2007 3B TEX 106 106 838.2 245 56 185 4 10 +2 2.59 .984
C TEX 25 24 193.0 155 149 4 2 1 0 29 1 3.3% 0 7.13 .987
2008 C TEX 26 26 232.0 200 185 10 5 0 0 32 7 17.9% 0 7.56 .975
2009 C TEX 16 16 144.1 123 119 2 2 0 2 24 0 0.0% +1 7.55 .984
2010 C TEX 59 59 492.0 371 348 13 10 3 4 86 12 12.2% -1 6.60 .973
1B TEX 23 23 212.0 238 232 5 1 20 -4 10.06 .996
SS TEX 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
2011 C TEX 58 58 483.0 411 383 19 9 3 3 84 14 14.3% 0 7.49 .978
1B TEX 5 3 29.2 39 38 1 0 1 0 11.83 1.000
Pos Total 3B 752 729 6123.1 1853 456 1331 66 81 -18 2.63 .964
C 602 601 5254.2 4469 4239 182 48 16 35 542 130 19.3% 0 7.57 .989
1B 29 27 250.2 289 282 6 1 21 -5 10.34 .997
SS 5 4 41.0 16 3 11 2 2 -2 3.07 .875
Total 1388 1361 11669.2 6627 4980 1530 117 120 35 542 130 19.3% -25 5.02 .982
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2011-11-01Bill Sommers has retired from the Texas Rangers
2005-08-30Bill Sommers of the Texas Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
2005-04-01The Texas Rangers have removed Bill Sommers from the trade block.
2002-06-28The Texas Rangers have placed Bill Sommers on the trade block.
1999-04-06The Texas Rangers have promoted Bill Sommers to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have promoted Bill Otten to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have designated Tom Kimsey for assignment. The Texas Rangers have designated Mario Aguila for assignment.
1997-04-25The Texas Rangers have acquired Bill Sommers from the waiver wire.
1997-04-01The Boston Band Of Brothers waive Bill Sommers.