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Branch Rickey League
4-8-2229
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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1995 Minors 20 54.00 4 / 9 4 / 7 2 / 3 9 / 9 13 / 13 2 / 2 11 / 11 45 / 54
1996 Minors 21 37.00 1 / 2 2 / 5 7 / 8 6 / 7 9 / 9 2 / 3 3 / 3 30 / 37
1997 Minors 22 37.00 3 / 4 2 / 5 5 / 7 2 / 3 5 / 5 5 / 7 4 / 6 26 / 37
1998 Minors 23 61.00 7 / 13 2 / 6 7 / 12 3 / 6 5 / 8 5 / 7 4 / 9 33 / 61
1999 Minors 24 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1
1999 Majors 24 68.50 157 127 0 3 / 10 7 / 14 3 / 7 6 / 10 7 / 7 5 / 8 8 / 12 39 / 68
2000 Majors 25 68.52 162 135 0 1 / 11 2 / 7 2 / 4 3 / 13 8 / 11 6 / 10 4 / 12 26 / 68
2001 Majors 26 66.77 162 136 0 1 / 5 3 / 10 3 / 9 1 / 7 5 / 11 3 / 13 4 / 11 20 / 66
2002 Majors 27 53.82 162 144 0 0 / 7 1 / 8 3 / 10 1 / 4 4 / 11 1 / 3 6 / 10 16 / 53
2003 Majors 28 61.67 162 125 0 2 / 13 0 / 8 0 / 6 1 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 8 2 / 10 5 / 61
2004 Majors 29 62.51 162 117 0 1 / 12 0 / 5 0 / 9 2 / 12 1 / 7 0 / 12 1 / 5 5 / 62
2005 Majors 30 57.45 155 136 7 0 / 12 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 9 2 / 9 0 / 7 1 / 10 3 / 57
2006 Majors 31 61.17 162 126 0 0 / 13 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 6 1 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 8 1 / 61
2007 Majors 32 60.11 162 130 0 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 60
2008 Majors 33 29.20 162 26 0 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 7 1 / 29
2009 Majors 34 26.15 162 16 0 -5 / 4 -7 / 4 -4 / 1 -7 / 3 -5 / 2 -3 / 5 -4 / 7 -35 / 26
2010 Majors 35 49.61 162 82 0 -4 / 9 1 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 6 -8 / 6 -1 / 5 -2 / 12 -14 / 49
2011 Majors 36 43.00 162 61 0 -3 / 8 -3 / 8 -2 / 2 -5 / 8 -1 / 4 -3 / 8 -2 / 5 -19 / 43
Total 2094 1361 7 11 / 149 14 / 113 26 / 110 22 / 124 46 / 134 23 / 117 41 / 146 183 / 893
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.