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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 Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1999 Away 65 248 28 79 13 1 2 33 28 42 0 0 7 .789 .386 .403 .085 .319
1999 Home 62 228 26 62 8 0 2 31 30 24 0 0 2 .690 .357 .333 .061 .272
2000 Away 70 264 32 68 6 0 8 34 38 40 0 0 2 .726 .355 .371 .114 .258
2000 Home 65 247 29 63 8 1 5 30 31 44 0 0 1 .697 .341 .356 .101 .255
2001 Away 70 280 32 79 11 0 7 32 36 45 0 0 2 .757 .361 .396 .114 .282
2001 Home 66 249 39 73 13 0 6 35 38 30 0 0 7 .804 .387 .418 .124 .293
2002 Away 74 276 24 82 12 1 6 29 34 54 0 0 6 .786 .373 .413 .116 .297
2002 Home 70 270 30 83 12 3 5 35 24 39 0 0 9 .798 .368 .430 .122 .307
2003 Away 73 278 32 68 13 5 5 24 28 52 0 0 8 .702 .320 .381 .137 .245
2003 Home 71 241 29 62 10 1 4 23 28 35 0 0 5 .694 .337 .357 .100 .257
2004 Away 79 249 32 71 12 0 5 23 38 29 0 0 4 .773 .380 .394 .108 .285
2004 Home 75 271 41 78 12 3 2 28 27 42 0 0 6 .728 .351 .376 .089 .288
2005 Away 66 245 31 67 10 2 8 25 32 38 0 0 10 .785 .356 .429 .155 .273
2005 Home 70 252 32 68 12 3 3 22 22 40 0 0 5 .709 .332 .377 .107 .270
2006 Away 68 251 34 66 8 1 8 36 24 39 4 1 5 .726 .327 .398 .135 .263
2006 Home 69 233 28 65 8 1 6 34 32 33 2 1 5 .766 .367 .399 .120 .279
2007 Away 65 225 33 54 5 1 8 38 31 44 3 1 2 .709 .331 .378 .138 .240
2007 Home 67 229 19 63 11 0 1 17 25 35 4 2 4 .683 .346 .336 .061 .275
2008 Away 27 58 7 15 3 0 1 7 5 7 1 0 2 .680 .317 .362 .103 .259
2008 Home 32 64 6 15 3 1 1 8 10 6 0 0 3 .697 .338 .359 .125 .234
2009 Away 25 44 6 14 2 1 1 9 6 12 0 0 1 .877 .400 .477 .159 .318
2009 Home 30 44 7 11 0 0 2 10 6 7 0 1 1 .726 .340 .386 .136 .250
2010 Away 58 149 10 35 7 1 1 15 11 32 0 0 5 .608 .293 .315 .081 .235
2010 Home 64 166 20 35 5 1 2 22 16 30 0 0 6 .572 .283 .289 .078 .211
2011 Away 59 113 17 26 5 0 2 18 15 18 0 0 5 .651 .323 .327 .097 .230
2011 Home 51 130 11 21 1 0 0 6 16 23 0 0 4 .421 .252 .169 .008 .162
Total Away 799 2680 318 724 107 13 62 323 326 452 8 2 59 .739 .350 .389 .119 .270
Total Home 792 2624 317 699 103 14 39 301 305 388 6 4 58 .705 .344 .361 .095 .266
Total 1591 5304 635 1423 210 27 101 624 631 840 14 6 117 .722 .347 .375 .107 .268
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.