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Name Team Age
Fred Salmon Retired (1978, Age 38) Died (2016, Age 76)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 31
(1961)		 1B L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Amos Otis League 0 16 years (60 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- B- B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ B- C 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B  C+ D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D+
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B  A+ B-
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 5/11/1940
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
2 3 4
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (2B)
C+ (50.1 %) C+ (47.0 %) F  (2.1 %)

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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 
1961 Minors 25.00 0 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 2 5 / 6 5 / 5 3 / 3 15 / 25
1961 Majors 11.71 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 4 0 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 4 / 11
1962 Majors 46.24 3 / 8 2 / 6 5 / 8 5 / 9 2 / 3 6 / 7 5 / 5 28 / 46
1963 Majors 55.27 4 / 8 3 / 9 9 / 12 3 / 5 4 / 5 10 / 10 6 / 6 39 / 55
1964 Majors 46.13 3 / 7 1 / 4 2 / 3 6 / 7 4 / 6 7 / 9 8 / 10 31 / 46
1965 Minors 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2
1965 Majors 54.37 2 / 6 2 / 13 3 / 6 1 / 6 3 / 4 6 / 10 4 / 9 21 / 54
1966 Majors 51.20 1 / 8 4 / 8 1 / 4 3 / 10 2 / 4 5 / 9 6 / 8 22 / 51
1967 Majors 48.28 1 / 2 0 / 5 3 / 11 0 / 6 2 / 10 2 / 8 1 / 6 9 / 48
1968 Majors 46.93 2 / 8 1 / 5 2 / 9 0 / 6 2 / 5 2 / 6 1 / 7 10 / 46
1969 Majors 56.60 0 / 6 0 / 10 1 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 9 5 / 12 0 / 9 7 / 56
1970 Majors 56.40 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 8 1 / 12 0 / 6 1 / 11 2 / 56
1971 Majors 41.60 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 5 1 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 5 1 / 41
1972 Majors 53.75 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 53
1973 Majors 32.61 0 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 9 1 / 32
1974 Majors 35.66 0 / 3 0 / 1 2 / 7 0 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 9 2 / 35
1975 Majors 38.90 0 / 4 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 38
1976 Majors 29.66 0 / 1 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 7 1 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 29
1977 Majors 23.49 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 23
1978 Minors 6.00 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 6
1978 Majors 18.88 66 25 0 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 18
Total 66 25 0 16 / 105 14 / 110 30 / 110 20 / 104 28 / 99 50 / 127 36 / 116 194 / 771
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.