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Chico Salmon
Ruthford Eduardo Salmon

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut June 28, 1964
  vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 14, 1972
Born December 3, 1940 in Colon, Panama
Died September 17, 2000 in Bocas Del Toro, Panama

Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1964 23 CLE AL  86  283   43   87  17  2   4   25  10  6  13  37  .307  .340  .424  113  120   2   2   0   2   2
 1965 24 CLE AL  79  120   20   29   8  0   3   12   7  4   5  19  .242  .281  .383   87   46   5   1   0   2   2
 1966 25 CLE AL 126  422   46  108  13  2   7   40  10  1  21  41  .256  .289  .346   82  146   6   3   2   0   4
 1967 26 CLE AL  90  203   19   46  13  1   2   19  10  4  17  29  .227  .288  .330   81   67   2   1   1   1   4
 1968 27 CLE AL 103  276   24   59   8  1   3   12   7  7  12  30  .214  .253  .283   63   78   5   1   0   3   5
 1969 28 BAL AL  52   91   18   27   5  0   3   12   0  0  10  22  .297  .375  .451  130   41   0   1   1   2   1
 1970 29 BAL AL  63  172   19   43   4  0   7   22   2  2   8  30  .250  .287  .395   86   68   3   0   0   1   3
 1971 30 BAL AL  42   84   11   15   1  0   2    7   0  0   3  21  .179  .205  .262   32   22   2   1   0   0   3
 1972 31 BAL AL  17   16    2    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .063  .063  .125  -46    2   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      658 1667  202  415  70  6  31  149  46 24  89 233  .249  .290  .354   84  590  25  10   4  11  25
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        410   50  102  17  1   8   37  11  6  22  57  .249  .290  .354   84  145   6   2   1   3   6
 Career High    126  422   46  108  17  2   7   40  10  7  21  41  .307  .340  .424  113  146   6   3   2   3   5
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1964 23 CLE AL  302  208   41   5.3    95| .307  .254| .340  .323| .424  .395| .764  .718| 113  .602   4.6   0.5  62%
 1965 24 CLE AL  133  103   12   3.1    93| .242  .252| .281  .322| .383  .386| .664  .708|  87  .388  -2.3  -0.2  63%
 1966 25 CLE AL  452  328   44   3.6    90| .256  .248| .289  .315| .346  .383| .635  .698|  82  .465 -10.7  -1.2  90%
 1967 26 CLE AL  224  168   20   3.2    86| .227  .245| .288  .315| .330  .368| .618  .683|  81  .432  -4.6  -0.5  71%
 1968 27 CLE AL  297  235   19   2.2    79| .214  .237| .253  .306| .283  .351| .536  .657|  63  .293 -12.9  -1.5  50%
 1969 28 BAL AL  104   66   16   6.5    96| .297  .255| .375  .332| .451  .385| .826  .718| 130  .690   4.0   0.4   0%
 1970 29 BAL AL  184  137   19   3.7    98| .250  .259| .287  .334| .395  .395| .682  .729|  86  .435  -4.4  -0.4  50%
 1971 30 BAL AL   90   75    4   1.4    91| .179  .254| .205  .326| .262  .377| .467  .703|  32  .131  -7.9  -0.8   0%
 1972 31 BAL AL   16   16    0   0.0    85| .063  .250| .063  .319| .125  .361| .188  .680| -46  .000  -2.9  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      1802 1336  175   3.5    90| .249  .249| .290  .319| .354  .379| .644  .698|  84  .449 -37.0  -4.0  65%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1964 23 CLE AL OF 53 70 1 0 0 1.000 .981 1.34 1.79 1.83 2.04 39 350.0 RF 52 68 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.33 1.61 1.79 1.88 39 347.0 2B 32 51 62 2 10 .983 .980 3.53 4.54 5.23 5.17 23 194.3 1B 13 70 4 0 4 1.000 .991 5.69 8.12 9.34 9.43 8 71.3 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.50 3.00 1.80 0 3.0 1965 24 CLE AL 1B 28 127 7 2 10 .985 .991 4.79 7.88 8.39 9.56 16 143.7 OF 17 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.71 1.78 2.08 2.04 3 52.0 LF 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.00 1.49 2.29 1.87 3 43.3 2B 5 7 4 0 3 1.000 .982 2.20 4.38 4.50 5.07 1 22.0 3B 5 5 5 1 1 .909 .962 2.00 2.88 2.20 3.14 4 41.0 RF 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 1.56 1.58 1.89 0 5.7 CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.05 3.00 2.40 0 3.0 1966 25 CLE AL SS 61 106 147 11 32 .958 .960 4.15 4.41 4.54 4.79 57 501.7 2B 28 52 65 6 10 .951 .975 4.18 4.38 4.89 5.09 26 215.3 1B 24 141 6 2 10 .987 .991 6.12 8.18 8.52 9.59 17 155.3 OF 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 0.70 1.82 1.91 2.10 2 33.0 LF 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.67 1.44 1.69 1.83 2 32.0 3B 6 9 7 0 1 1.000 .952 2.67 2.80 3.60 3.04 4 40.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1967 26 CLE AL OF 28 31 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.14 1.76 2.63 2.05 6 109.3 1B 24 96 2 1 7 .990 .991 4.08 8.32 7.39 9.53 11 119.3 2B 24 44 64 4 10 .964 .979 4.50 4.19 5.55 4.95 18 175.0 LF 24 23 0 0 0 1.000 .975 0.96 1.40 2.43 1.87 4 85.3 SS 14 28 33 0 9 1.000 .964 4.36 4.09 5.49 4.62 10 100.0 3B 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 2.73 2.70 3.15 0 10.0 CF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.07 2.50 2.45 2 18.0 RF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.57 1.50 1.80 0 6.0 1968 27 CLE AL 2B 45 76 92 5 18 .971 .977 3.73 4.34 4.46 5.11 37 339.0 3B 18 13 20 1 2 .971 .951 1.83 2.67 2.82 3.05 10 105.3 SS 15 24 31 1 6 .982 .962 3.67 4.07 4.37 4.79 11 113.3 OF 13 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 0.85 1.80 1.77 2.07 6 56.0 1B 11 28 2 1 3 .968 .990 2.73 8.32 6.00 9.60 5 45.0 LF 11 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 0.64 1.45 1.31 1.86 5 48.0 RF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.55 4.50 1.91 1 8.0 1969 28 BAL AL 1B 17 70 3 0 6 1.000 .992 4.29 8.33 9.25 9.63 3 71.0 2B 9 11 18 5 3 .853 .976 3.22 4.58 4.37 5.22 8 59.7 SS 9 8 15 1 0 .958 .966 2.56 4.43 3.76 4.96 6 55.0 3B 3 1 6 2 0 .778 .959 2.33 2.73 4.85 3.18 1 13.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.12 0 1.7 1970 29 BAL AL SS 33 36 52 5 9 .946 .967 2.67 4.39 4.27 4.94 21 185.3 2B 12 19 22 3 2 .932 .979 3.42 4.64 4.01 5.35 12 92.0 3B 11 3 13 1 1 .941 .947 1.45 2.67 2.53 3.06 4 57.0 1B 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 8.15 6.75 9.67 0 4.0 1971 30 BAL AL 1B 9 42 2 0 4 1.000 .991 4.89 8.10 7.92 9.59 4 50.0 2B 9 26 12 2 5 .950 .979 4.22 4.76 5.34 5.32 9 64.0 3B 6 6 8 1 2 .933 .959 2.33 2.73 4.85 3.05 2 26.0 SS 5 1 8 3 1 .750 .968 1.80 4.32 4.50 4.90 2 18.0 1972 31 BAL AL 1B 2 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.50 8.05 4.50 9.90 0 2.0 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.70 2.57 2.96 1 7.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1964 23 CLE AL 1B 13 70 4 0 4 1.000 .991 5.69 8.12 9.34 9.43 8 71.3 1965 24 CLE AL 1B 28 127 7 2 10 .985 .991 4.79 7.88 8.39 9.56 16 143.7 1966 25 CLE AL 1B 24 141 6 2 10 .987 .991 6.12 8.18 8.52 9.59 17 155.3 1967 26 CLE AL 1B 24 96 2 1 7 .990 .991 4.08 8.32 7.39 9.53 11 119.3 1968 27 CLE AL 1B 11 28 2 1 3 .968 .990 2.73 8.32 6.00 9.60 5 45.0 1969 28 BAL AL 1B 17 70 3 0 6 1.000 .992 4.29 8.33 9.25 9.63 3 71.0 1970 29 BAL AL 1B 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 8.15 6.75 9.67 0 4.0 1971 30 BAL AL 1B 9 42 2 0 4 1.000 .991 4.89 8.10 7.92 9.59 4 50.0 1972 31 BAL AL 1B 2 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.50 8.05 4.50 9.90 0 2.0 1964 23 CLE AL 2B 32 51 62 2 10 .983 .980 3.53 4.54 5.23 5.17 23 194.3 1965 24 CLE AL 2B 5 7 4 0 3 1.000 .982 2.20 4.38 4.50 5.07 1 22.0 1966 25 CLE AL 2B 28 52 65 6 10 .951 .975 4.18 4.38 4.89 5.09 26 215.3 1967 26 CLE AL 2B 24 44 64 4 10 .964 .979 4.50 4.19 5.55 4.95 18 175.0 1968 27 CLE AL 2B 45 76 92 5 18 .971 .977 3.73 4.34 4.46 5.11 37 339.0 1969 28 BAL AL 2B 9 11 18 5 3 .853 .976 3.22 4.58 4.37 5.22 8 59.7 1970 29 BAL AL 2B 12 19 22 3 2 .932 .979 3.42 4.64 4.01 5.35 12 92.0 1971 30 BAL AL 2B 9 26 12 2 5 .950 .979 4.22 4.76 5.34 5.32 9 64.0 1965 24 CLE AL 3B 5 5 5 1 1 .909 .962 2.00 2.88 2.20 3.14 4 41.0 1966 25 CLE AL 3B 6 9 7 0 1 1.000 .952 2.67 2.80 3.60 3.04 4 40.0 1967 26 CLE AL 3B 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 2.73 2.70 3.15 0 10.0 1968 27 CLE AL 3B 18 13 20 1 2 .971 .951 1.83 2.67 2.82 3.05 10 105.3 1969 28 BAL AL 3B 3 1 6 2 0 .778 .959 2.33 2.73 4.85 3.18 1 13.0 1970 29 BAL AL 3B 11 3 13 1 1 .941 .947 1.45 2.67 2.53 3.06 4 57.0 1971 30 BAL AL 3B 6 6 8 1 2 .933 .959 2.33 2.73 4.85 3.05 2 26.0 1972 31 BAL AL 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.70 2.57 2.96 1 7.0 1965 24 CLE AL CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.05 3.00 2.40 0 3.0 1967 26 CLE AL CF 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.07 2.50 2.45 2 18.0 1964 23 CLE AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.50 3.00 1.80 0 3.0 1965 24 CLE AL LF 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.00 1.49 2.29 1.87 3 43.3 1966 25 CLE AL LF 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.67 1.44 1.69 1.83 2 32.0 1967 26 CLE AL LF 24 23 0 0 0 1.000 .975 0.96 1.40 2.43 1.87 4 85.3 1968 27 CLE AL LF 11 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 0.64 1.45 1.31 1.86 5 48.0 1969 28 BAL AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.12 0 1.7 1964 23 CLE AL OF 53 70 1 0 0 1.000 .981 1.34 1.79 1.83 2.04 39 350.0 1965 24 CLE AL OF 17 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.71 1.78 2.08 2.04 3 52.0 1966 25 CLE AL OF 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 0.70 1.82 1.91 2.10 2 33.0 1967 26 CLE AL OF 28 31 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.14 1.76 2.63 2.05 6 109.3 1968 27 CLE AL OF 13 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 0.85 1.80 1.77 2.07 6 56.0 1969 28 BAL AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.12 0 1.7 1964 23 CLE AL RF 52 68 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.33 1.61 1.79 1.88 39 347.0 1965 24 CLE AL RF 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 1.56 1.58 1.89 0 5.7 1966 25 CLE AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1967 26 CLE AL RF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.57 1.50 1.80 0 6.0 1968 27 CLE AL RF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.55 4.50 1.91 1 8.0 1966 25 CLE AL SS 61 106 147 11 32 .958 .960 4.15 4.41 4.54 4.79 57 501.7 1967 26 CLE AL SS 14 28 33 0 9 1.000 .964 4.36 4.09 5.49 4.62 10 100.0 1968 27 CLE AL SS 15 24 31 1 6 .982 .962 3.67 4.07 4.37 4.79 11 113.3 1969 28 BAL AL SS 9 8 15 1 0 .958 .966 2.56 4.43 3.76 4.96 6 55.0 1970 29 BAL AL SS 33 36 52 5 9 .946 .967 2.67 4.39 4.27 4.94 21 185.3 1971 30 BAL AL SS 5 1 8 3 1 .750 .968 1.80 4.32 4.50 4.90 2 18.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 164 286 339 27 61 .959 .978 3.81 4.42 4.84 5.13 134 1161.3 SS* 137 203 286 21 57 .959 .962 3.57 4.33 4.52 4.81 107 973.3 1B* 130 578 26 6 45 .990 .991 4.65 8.16 8.22 9.56 64 661.7 OF* 122 131 2 0 0 1.000 .980 1.09 1.79 1.99 2.05 56 602.0 57 5 63# RF* 63 74 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.19 1.60 1.84 1.88 40 367.7 LF* 57 48 0 0 0 1.000 .978 0.84 1.44 2.03 1.86 14 213.3 3B* 54 37 64 6 7 .944 .954 1.87 2.72 3.04 3.07 26 299.3 CF* 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 2.06 2.57 2.44 2 21.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 607 1235 717 60 170 .970 .977 3.22 4.52 4.75 5.17 387 3698
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1969   ALCS  BAL MIN     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BAL NYM     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1970   WS    BAL CIN     W   1   1   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   3   1   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   2-1   4   2   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Caught Stealing
1964 AL-6-8

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1959 Season: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent.

Before 1960 Season: Sent from the Washington Senators to the San Francisco Giants in an unknown transaction.

Before 1961 Season: Sent from the San Francisco Giants to the Detroit Tigers in an unknown transaction.

Before 1963 Season: Sent from the Detroit Tigers to the Milwaukee Braves in an unknown transaction.

October, 1963: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Mike de la Hoz (April 1, 1964) to the Milwaukee Braves to complete the trade.

October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Seattle Pilots from the Cleveland Indians as the 11th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

March 31, 1969: Traded by the Seattle Pilots to the Baltimore Orioles for Gene Brabender and Gordy Lund.

August 22, 1972: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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