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Bill Salkeld

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: March 8, 1917 in Pocatello, ID us

Died: April 22, 1967 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA

Debut: April 18, 1945 (Age 28-041d, 9,903rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 21, 1950 (Age 33-044d)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: William Franklin Salkeld

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Relatives: Grandfather of Roger Salkeld

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.8

850

232

.273

111

RBI

132

OBP

.402

SLG

.433

OPS

.835

OPS+

128

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	5 (2)	Apr 21	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
3	9 (3)	Apr 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	41	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
4	11 (1)	Apr 29 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	13 (1)	May 2 (2)	PIT		STL	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
6	14	May 6 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	19 (4)	May 13 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	20	May 14	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	22 (1)	May 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
10	24 (1)	May 20 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	27 (2)	May 23	PIT		BSN	W,9-8	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
12	28	May 24	PIT		BSN	W,10-9	GS	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
13	30 (1)	May 27 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,16-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	32 (1)	May 29	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	33	May 30 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	34	May 30 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,10-14	GF	24	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	35	May 31	PIT		BRO	L,4-6	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	37 (1)	Jun 2	PIT		PHI	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	38	Jun 3 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,7-6	GS	0		5	0	1	6	0
20	39	Jun 3 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,9-11	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
21	41 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,9-1	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	42	Jun 6	PIT		CIN	L,0-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	43	Jun 7	PIT		CIN	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
24	44	Jun 8	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
25	45	Jun 9	PIT	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	46	Jun 10 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,8-6	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	47	Jun 10 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,4-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	48	Jun 12	PIT		CHC	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	50 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
30	51	Jun 15	PIT		STL	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
31	52	Jun 16	PIT		STL	L,10-13	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	54 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	PIT		STL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
33	55	Jun 20	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
34	56	Jun 21	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	27	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	61 (4)	Jun 27 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	7	0	0	7	1
36	63 (1)	Jun 29	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	65 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
38	68 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-7	GS	33	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
39	70 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-13	CG	43	8.0	6	2	1	9	0
40	77 (6)	Jul 15 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	80 (2)	Jul 17	PIT		BRO	L,2-5	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	81	Jul 18 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
43	82	Jul 18 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-4	GS	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	83	Jul 19	PIT		NYG	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	84	Jul 20	PIT		NYG	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
46	85	Jul 21 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
47	87 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	88	Jul 22 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	89	Jul 23	PIT		BSN	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	90	Jul 24	PIT		BSN	W,6-5	CG	50	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
51	92 (1)	Jul 27	PIT	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
52	93	Jul 28	PIT	@	STL	L,0-2	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
53	94	Jul 29 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,9-6	GS	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	96 (1)	Aug 1	PIT	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	97	Aug 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	99 (1)	Aug 4	PIT		STL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	100	Aug 5 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-10	CG	52	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	103 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
59	105 (1)	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	107 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
61	109 (1)	Aug 13	PIT	@	BSN	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	111 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	112	Aug 15 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,11-9	GS	30	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	115 (2)	Aug 17	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
65	117 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
66	121 (3)	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
67	123 (1)	Aug 25	PIT		CIN	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
68	124	Aug 26 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
69	126 (1)	Aug 28	PIT		CHC	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
70	128 (1)	Aug 30	PIT		CHC	W,6-4	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	129	Aug 31	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	130	Sep 2 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
73	132 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	2	4	0
74	134 (1)	Sep 4	PIT	@	STL	T,8-8	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
75	136 (1)	Sep 6	PIT		BRO	W,17-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
76	138 (1)	Sep 8	PIT		BRO	W,6-5	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	140 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,3-14	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
78	141	Sep 10	PIT		PHI	W,9-5	CG	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	142	Sep 11 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	143	Sep 11 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	GF	0	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	144	Sep 13 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
82	146 (1)	Sep 15	PIT		NYG	L,5-9	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
83	147	Sep 16 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	GS	38	8.2	7	0	0	7	0
84	149 (1)	Sep 23	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
85	150	Sep 26 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
86	153 (2)	Sep 29 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
87	155 (1)	Sep 30	PIT		CHC	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							86gm		654.0	279	40	9	328	8