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Amos Otis League
5-13-2139
Fred Salmon First Base
Retired (1978, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .275 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .783 Status Deceased (2016) Option Years 0  
H 1871 Age at Death 76 Date of Birth 05-11-1940
HR 249 Drafted Round 2, Pick 31
(1961)		 Majors Svc Time 16 years
(60 games)
RBI 1009
SB 81
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C  Bunt D+ Control D+   Mentor vL B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 2
1B A+ (100%) LF C+ (50.1%) Arm B- WS Appearances 3
2B F  (2.1%) CF ---   Health C  LCS Appearances 4
3B F  (0.2%) RF C+ (47.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1961 PIT-KC
27
107
17
36
4
1
2
12
13
 11 0 0
0
 0 3
.857
.408
.449
.112
.336
1962 KC
119
429
43
102
18
0
8
36
37
 71 2 3
4
 7 8
.635
.299
.336
.098
.238
1963 KC
138
521
66
129
23
5
17
78
54
 90 4 3
5
 6 15
.730
.321
.409
.161
.248
1964 KC
120
429
44
110
22
3
14
68
47
 81 1 2
7
 9 9
.749
.330
.420
.163
.256
1965 KC
138
511
76
144
25
0
21
71
42
 68 2 4
3
 1 3
.790
.336
.454
.172
.282
1966 KC
136
476
47
109
16
2
11
57
45
 81 0 5
5
 1 2
.633
.293
.340
.111
.229
1967 KC
137
443
46
117
19
2
16
63
39
 78 3 3
2
 4 3
.750
.326
.424
.160
.264
1968 KC
138
423
77
122
22
1
23
72
42
 65 2 3
6
 2 3
.861
.353
.508
.220
.288
1969 KC
138
513
101
174
25
5
27
104
50
 75 0 3
9
 5 4
.961
.396
.565
.226
.339
1970 KC
139
512
96
160
25
10
22
87
51
 82 1 0
10
 3 2
.905
.376
.529
.217
.312
1971 KC
107
368
61
99
16
6
17
70
41
 67 5 2
6
 3 5
.832
.349
.484
.215
.269
1972 KC
132
473
82
125
19
1
23
65
60
 67 2 4
8
 6 1
.801
.347
.455
.190
.264
1973 KC
124
304
47
95
17
1
8
48
34
 40 1 1
7
 2 2
.836
.382
.454
.141
.312
1974 KC
141
321
37
84
15
0
9
47
38
 52 2 3
2
 3 3
.733
.341
.393
.131
.262
1975 KC
142
379
49
102
15
2
11
51
32
 55 0 3
2
 3 6
.730
.324
.406
.137
.269
1976 KC
112
281
39
79
11
1
12
38
29
 41 0 2
1
 1 8
.802
.346
.456
.174
.281
1977 KC
118
223
32
65
9
1
6
29
21
 42 3 2
2
 2 5
.779
.357
.422
.130
.291
1978 KC
36
100
13
19
7
0
2
13
8
 12 0 2
2
 0 4
.565
.245
.320
.130
.190
Total
2142
6813
973
1871
308
41
249
1009
683
 1078 28 45
81
 58 86
.783
.341
.442
.167
.275
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1978-11-01Fred Salmon has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1978-07-29The Kansas City Royals have waived Fred Salmon.
1978-06-15The Kansas City Royals have designated Fred Salmon for assignment.
1972-09-22Fred Salmon of the Kansas City Royals is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1967-03-03The Kansas City Royals have renamed Willie Aikens to Fred Salmon.
1965-09-29The Kansas City Royals have promoted Willie Aikens to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have sent Liu Chamberlain to the minors.
1965-09-23The Kansas City Royals have promoted Liu Chamberlain to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have sent Willie Aikens to the minors.
1962-04-11The Kansas City Royals have renamed Fred Salmon to Willie Aikens.
1961-09-01A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Penzancers and the Kansas City Athletics. The Kansas City Athletics receive Fred Salmon, Draft Pick - 1964 Round 3 (PIT), Draft Pick - 1964 Round 2 (PIT), Draft Pick - 1964 Round 1 (PIT), Draft Pick - 1963 Round 1 (PIT) from the Pittsburgh Penzancers in exchange for Warren Orton.