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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   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1961 PIT-KC 27 107 17 36 4 1 2 12 13 11 0 0 3 .857 .408 .449 .336
1962 KC 119 429 43 102 18 0 8 36 37 71 4 7 8 .635 .299 .336 .238
1963 KC 138 521 66 129 23 5 17 78 54 90 5 6 15 .730 .321 .409 .248
1964 KC 120 429 44 110 22 3 14 68 47 81 7 9 9 .749 .330 .420 .256
1965 KC 138 511 76 144 25 0 21 71 42 68 3 1 3 .790 .336 .454 .282
1966 KC 136 476 47 109 16 2 11 57 45 81 5 1 2 .633 .293 .340 .229
1967 KC 137 443 46 117 19 2 16 63 39 78 2 4 3 .750 .326 .424 .264
1968 KC 138 423 77 122 22 1 23 72 42 65 6 2 3 .861 .353 .508 .288
1969 KC 138 513 101 174 25 5 27 104 50 75 9 5 4 .961 .396 .565 .339
1970 KC 139 512 96 160 25 10 22 87 51 82 10 3 2 .905 .376 .529 .312
1971 KC 107 368 61 99 16 6 17 70 41 67 6 3 5 .832 .349 .484 .269
1972 KC 132 473 82 125 19 1 23 65 60 67 8 6 1 .801 .347 .455 .264
1973 KC 124 304 47 95 17 1 8 48 34 40 7 2 2 .836 .382 .454 .312
1974 KC 141 321 37 84 15 0 9 47 38 52 2 3 3 .733 .341 .393 .262
1975 KC 142 379 49 102 15 2 11 51 32 55 2 3 6 .730 .324 .406 .269
1976 KC 112 281 39 79 11 1 12 38 29 41 1 1 8 .802 .346 .456 .281
1977 KC 118 223 32 65 9 1 6 29 21 42 2 2 5 .779 .357 .422 .291
1978 KC 36 100 13 19 7 0 2 13 8 12 2 0 4 .565 .245 .320 .190
Total 2142 6813 973 1871 308 41 249 1009 683 1078 81 58 86 .783 .341 .442 .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.