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Amos Otis League
5-15-2139
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
Power vs. R Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed 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 (2.1%) CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 4
3B (0.2%) RF C+ (47.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* 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
1969 1B KC 119 117 1071.1 1187 1142 41 4 64 +6 9.94 .997
C KC 4 4 35.0 23 23 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0% 0 5.91 1.000
RF KC 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1970 1B KC 115 109 986.0 1093 1056 37 0 64 -2 9.98 1.000
RF KC 9 9 77.0 19 18 0 1 0 -3 2.10 .947
C KC 4 4 34.0 21 19 1 1 0 0 9 0 0.0% 0 5.29 .952
1971 1B KC 95 86 790.0 890 860 26 4 48 -6 10.09 .996
RF KC 1 1 8.0 3 2 0 1 0 0 2.25 .667
1972 1B KC 114 111 1003.1 1136 1098 37 1 61 -4 10.18 .999
2B KC 2 2 18.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
3B KC 2 2 16.0 4 0 4 0 0 -1 2.25 1.000
1973 1B KC 36 33 303.0 347 337 9 1 18 -1 10.28 .997
LF KC 23 23 194.2 41 40 0 1 0 -2 1.85 .976
3B KC 4 4 36.0 8 2 6 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
RF KC 4 4 32.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
2B KC 2 2 18.0 15 6 9 0 0 -1 7.50 1.000
SS KC 1 1 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.12 1.000
1974 1B KC 64 52 479.2 528 507 21 0 32 +1 9.91 1.000
3B KC 9 9 80.2 30 7 20 3 1 -4 3.01 .900
2B KC 8 8 71.1 49 20 29 0 2 -1 6.18 1.000
RF KC 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1975 1B KC 43 32 303.2 346 332 14 0 9 +3 10.25 1.000
LF KC 28 28 252.0 62 61 0 1 0 -2 2.18 .984
2B KC 15 15 120.0 60 20 36 4 4 -7 4.20 .933
RF KC 11 11 101.2 32 31 0 1 0 0 2.74 .969
3B KC 8 8 73.2 28 7 21 0 1 -3 3.42 1.000
1976 1B KC 32 32 279.0 302 292 10 0 14 -3 9.74 1.000
RF KC 14 14 121.0 18 17 0 1 0 -3 1.26 .944
C KC 12 12 101.2 81 70 8 3 0 1 28 5 15.2% -1 6.91 .963
3B KC 11 11 97.0 47 10 34 3 0 -1 4.08 .936
2B KC 3 2 21.1 11 6 4 1 0 -1 4.22 .909
1977 RF KC 18 18 160.1 32 32 0 0 0 -2 1.80 1.000
C KC 9 9 94.1 62 58 2 2 0 0 14 2 12.5% 0 5.72 .968
1B KC 8 8 67.0 73 73 0 0 5 -1 9.81 1.000
2B KC 3 3 23.0 21 6 12 3 0 0 7.04 .857
3B KC 2 2 19.0 6 3 3 0 0 0 2.84 1.000
1978 2B KC 9 6 59.1 41 16 23 2 7 -1 5.92 .951
1B KC 6 6 56.1 56 53 1 2 0 0 8.63 .964
RF KC 7 7 56.0 14 14 0 0 0 -1 2.25 1.000
C KC 3 3 25.0 21 21 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.0% 0 7.56 1.000
3B KC 3 3 24.0 5 2 3 0 0 0 1.88 1.000
Pos Total 1B 632 586 5339.1 5958 5750 196 12 315 -7 10.02 .998
RF 66 65 567.0 129 125 0 4 0 -9 1.98 .969
LF 51 51 446.2 103 101 0 2 0 -4 2.04 .981
3B 39 39 346.1 128 31 91 6 2 -9 3.17 .953
2B 42 38 331.0 201 76 115 10 13 -11 5.19 .950
C 32 32 290.0 208 191 11 6 1 1 60 7 10.4% -1 6.27 .971
SS 1 1 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.12 1.000
Total 863 812 7328.1 6728 6274 414 40 331 1 60 7 10.4% -41 8.21 .994
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.