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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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1964 LHP 43 72 11 2 1 1 7 9 17 .497 .247 .250 .097 .153
1964 RHP 109 357 99 20 2 13 61 38 64 .801 .347 .454 .176 .277
1965 LHP 49 91 14 1 0 1 7 4 18 .387 .189 .198 .044 .154
1965 RHP 122 420 130 24 0 20 64 38 50 .876 .366 .510 .200 .310
1966 LHP 30 45 10 1 0 1 5 1 9 .550 .239 .311 .089 .222
1966 RHP 131 431 99 15 2 10 52 44 72 .641 .298 .343 .114 .230
1967 LHP 44 72 16 1 0 1 6 5 11 .560 .282 .278 .056 .222
1967 RHP 125 371 101 18 2 15 57 34 67 .787 .334 .453 .181 .272
1968 LHP 45 50 14 3 0 2 6 2 10 .768 .308 .460 .180 .280
1968 RHP 129 373 108 19 1 21 66 40 55 .874 .359 .515 .225 .290
1969 LHP 51 65 18 1 0 1 9 1 13 .626 .288 .338 .062 .277
1969 RHP 135 448 156 24 5 26 95 49 62 1.008 .410 .598 .250 .348
1970 LHP 63 104 24 4 1 2 14 10 23 .644 .298 .346 .115 .231
1970 RHP 130 408 136 21 9 20 73 41 59 .972 .396 .576 .243 .333
1971 LHP 40 50 12 4 0 3 13 5 7 .821 .321 .500 .260 .240
1971 RHP 103 318 87 12 6 14 57 36 60 .834 .353 .481 .208 .274
1972 LHP 42 52 12 1 0 1 4 5 9 .606 .298 .308 .077 .231
1972 RHP 129 421 113 18 1 22 61 55 58 .825 .353 .473 .204 .268
1973 LHP 24 31 5 0 1 1 2 4 5 .580 .257 .323 .161 .161
1973 RHP 122 273 90 17 0 7 46 30 35 .866 .397 .469 .139 .330
1974 LHP 24 24 7 1 0 0 3 4 4 .726 .393 .333 .042 .292
1974 RHP 130 297 77 14 0 9 44 34 48 .734 .336 .397 .138 .259
1975 LHP 34 36 6 1 0 0 3 5 6 .463 .268 .194 .028 .167
1975 RHP 131 343 96 14 2 11 48 27 49 .758 .330 .429 .149 .280
1976 LHP 25 47 14 2 0 1 6 4 12 .750 .346 .404 .106 .298
1976 RHP 105 234 65 9 1 11 32 25 29 .812 .346 .466 .188 .278
1977 LHP 13 23 6 1 0 0 3 2 5 .612 .308 .304 .043 .261
1977 RHP 117 200 59 8 1 6 26 19 37 .798 .363 .435 .140 .295
1978 LHP 10 24 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .367 .200 .167 .000 .167
1978 RHP 32 76 15 7 0 2 13 7 9 .627 .259 .368 .171 .197
Total LHP 537 786 173 23 3 15 88 62 152 .592 .278 .314 .094 .220
Total RHP 1750 4970 1431 240 32 207 795 517 754 .829 .355 .474 .186 .288
Total 2142 6813 1871 308 41 249 1009 683 1078 .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.