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Name Team Age
Bill Sommers Retired (2011, Age 36) Died (2050, Age 75)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 14
(1995)
3B L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Branch Rickey League 0 12 years (157 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
A- C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C+ 0 9/7/1975
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 2
Alt Pos (C) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (---)
C+ (46.2 %) C- (30.5 %) (0.0 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1995 Minors 54.00 4 / 9 4 / 7 2 / 3 9 / 9 13 / 13 2 / 2 11 / 11 45 / 54
1996 Minors 37.00 1 / 2 2 / 5 7 / 8 6 / 7 9 / 9 2 / 3 3 / 3 30 / 37
1997 Minors 37.00 3 / 4 2 / 5 5 / 7 2 / 3 5 / 5 5 / 7 4 / 6 26 / 37
1998 Minors 61.00 7 / 13 2 / 6 7 / 12 3 / 6 5 / 8 5 / 7 4 / 9 33 / 61
1999 Minors 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1
1999 Majors 68.50 157 127 0 3 / 10 7 / 14 3 / 7 6 / 10 7 / 7 5 / 8 8 / 12 39 / 68
2000 Majors 68.52 162 135 0 1 / 11 2 / 7 2 / 4 3 / 13 8 / 11 6 / 10 4 / 12 26 / 68
2001 Majors 66.77 162 136 0 1 / 5 3 / 10 3 / 9 1 / 7 5 / 11 3 / 13 4 / 11 20 / 66
2002 Majors 53.82 162 144 0 0 / 7 1 / 8 3 / 10 1 / 4 4 / 11 1 / 3 6 / 10 16 / 53
2003 Majors 61.67 162 125 0 2 / 13 0 / 8 0 / 6 1 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 8 2 / 10 5 / 61
2004 Majors 62.51 162 117 0 1 / 12 0 / 5 0 / 9 2 / 12 1 / 7 0 / 12 1 / 5 5 / 62
2005 Majors 57.45 155 136 7 0 / 12 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 9 2 / 9 0 / 7 1 / 10 3 / 57
2006 Majors 61.17 162 126 0 0 / 13 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 6 1 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 8 1 / 61
2007 Majors 60.11 162 130 0 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 60
2008 Majors 29.20 162 26 0 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 7 1 / 29
2009 Majors 26.15 162 16 0 -5 / 4 -7 / 4 -4 / 1 -7 / 3 -5 / 2 -3 / 5 -4 / 7 -35 / 26
2010 Majors 49.61 162 82 0 -4 / 9 1 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 6 -8 / 6 -1 / 5 -2 / 12 -14 / 49
2011 Majors 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.