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Bill
Akers		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 178
 
Born: December 25, 1904 in Usa, TN, CHATTANOOGA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 25 SLB NL $ 300,000   32 32 34 31 28 29 46 44 45 58 52 54 69 66 67
1931 26 SLB NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 8
1932 27 CIN NL     5 5 5 4 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1933 28 SEM AL $ 400,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7
1934 29 SEM AL $ 400,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7
1935 30 SEM AL $ 400,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 8
1936 31 SEM AL $ 400,000   4 4 4 4 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
1937 32 SEM AL     4 4 4 4 3 3 7 6 7 8 7 7 7 7 7
1938 33 OAK AL $ 904,000   4 4 4 4 3 3 6 6 6 8 7 7 7 6 7
1939 34 SDP NL $ 450,000   3 3 3 2 1 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
1940 35 SDP NL     2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 1 2 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 904,000   32 32 34 31 28 29 46 44 45 58 52 54 69 66 67
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 25 SLB NL 144 471 54 113 20 7 4 60 0 0 57 48 .240 .318 .338 .656 52.0 6.4
1931 26 SLB NL 148 467 65 110 21 5 8 59 2 0 60 40 .236 .320 .353 .673 51.2 5.7
1932 27 CIN NL 43 44 6 6 0 0 2 4 1 0 3 3 .136 .188 .273 .460 2.3 0.0
1933 28 SEM AL 149 476 69 139 28 12 12 63 1 1 57 60 .292 .363 .477 .840 81.6 12.0
1934 29 SEM AL 144 533 74 130 22 2 4 48 0 0 61 73 .244 .320 .315 .635 52.0 3.0
1935 30 SEM AL 155 479 66 111 21 7 7 56 0 0 57 64 .232 .311 .349 .660 48.9 3.2
1936 31 SEM AL 158 508 85 140 26 4 15 66 0 0 97 66 .276 .391 .431 .823 86.6 17.1
1937 32 SEM AL 84 215 42 55 12 0 6 22 0 0 33 31 .256 .355 .395 .750 30.2 5.9
1938 33 OAK AL 62 57 12 12 2 0 1 4 0 0 11 8 .211 .338 .298 .636 5.6 0.4
1939 34 SDP NL 68 111 13 16 3 0 2 13 0 0 14 21 .144 .240 .225 .465 3.4 0.0
1940 35 SDP NL 29 26 8 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .154 .267 .154 .421 1.3 0.0
    AAA   56 212 28 45 5 2 2 26 9 3 21 51 .212 .283 .283 .566 18.3  
11 Years Sim 1184 3387 494 836 155 37 61 396 4 1 454 421 .247 .334 .368 .702 415.1 53.8
1 Years AAA 56 212 28 45 5 2 2 26 9 3 21 51 .212 .281 .283 .564 18.3  
162 Game Average 463 67 114 21 5 8 54 0 0 62 57 .247 .334 .368 .702 56.8  
Career Highs 158 533 85 140 28 12 15 66 2 1 97 73 .292 .391 .477 .840 86.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2246 306 541 96 22 38 270 4 1 276 269 .241 .321 .354 .675 269.8
vs LH   1141 188 295 59 15 23 126 0 0 178 152 .259 .357 .397 .754 169.5
Home 596 1679 258 412 86 19 24 182 1 0 236 208 .245 .337 .362 .699 216.5
Away 588 1708 236 424 69 18 37 214 3 1 218 213 .248 .331 .375 .705 222.8
RISP   840 0 202 39 5 16 319 0 0 123 114 .240 .329 .356 .685 107.9
Pinch Hitting   70 7 12 0 0 2 11 1 0 6 8 .171 .234 .257 .491 4.5
Close/Late   326 54 78 11 4 4 35 0 0 42 42 .239 .323 .334 .657 37.8
Mar/Apr 180 536 84 137 22 5 14 67 0 0 67 76 .256 .333 .394 .726 73.7
May 224 584 84 151 32 7 10 59 0 0 81 75 .259 .348 .389 .737 81.7
June 201 567 79 123 19 1 7 66 2 0 101 69 .217 .335 .291 .626 64.9
July 191 569 80 141 29 8 16 82 0 0 63 61 .248 .322 .411 .734 76.6
August 193 595 82 141 26 6 7 70 1 0 58 66 .237 .301 .336 .637 62.4
Sep/Oct 191 536 84 143 27 10 7 52 1 1 84 74 .267 .364 .394 .757 80.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 25 SLB NL SS 141 140 1215.0 211 526 48 113 .939 5.46   5.0
1931 26 SLB NL SS 144 139 1187.7 229 528 39 106 .951 5.74   5.6
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1932 27 CIN NL SS 5 2 20.0 4 9 0 1 1.000 5.85   0.1
    1B 3 2 15.0 16 3 0 1 1.000 11.40   0.0
    3B 11 0 13.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.03   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1933 28 SEM AL SS 148 146 1220.3 215 586 45 104 .947 5.91   6.7
1934 29 SEM AL SS 142 141 1211.3 199 555 34 110 .957 5.60   7.5
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1935 30 SEM AL SS 154 152 1253.3 204 566 47 94 .942 5.53   5.2
1936 31 SEM AL SS 156 151 1286.7 204 581 42 95 .949 5.49   3.7
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1937 32 SEM AL SS 72 56 505.7 74 252 15 44 .956 5.80   2.1
    2B 1 0 6.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1938 33 OAK AL 3B 20 5 78.7 8 14 1 2 .957 2.52   0.2
    SS 23 3 60.7 8 28 1 8 .973 5.34   0.2
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1939 34 SDP NL SS 28 15 146.7 18 68 9 12 .905 5.28   0.5
    3B 22 15 140.7 6 56 5 3 .925 3.97   0.8
1940 35 SDP NL 2B 4 4 35.0 6 17 2 3 .920 5.91   0.2
    SS 10 2 31.0 8 16 3 2 .889 6.97   0.2
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1023 947 8138.3 1374 3715 283 689 .947 5.63   36.9
  3B 60 20 242.7 15 73 6 5 .936 3.26   1.2
  2B 6 4 42.0 8 21 2 4 .935 6.21   0.2
  1B 4 2 17.0 19 3 0 1 1.000 11.65   0.0
Career Totals   1093 973 8439.9 1416 3812 291 699 .947 5.57   38.3
Career Highs   157 152 1287.7 229 586 48 113 1.000 6.75    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1934 29 SEM AL 7 24 3 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 .167 .160 .417 .577
1935 30 SEM AL 12 45 2 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .244 .244 .267 .511
1936 31 SEM AL 4 14 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .214 .267 .214 .481
Career Post-Season Batting 23 83 8 18 1 0 2 6 0 0 1 7 .217 .224 .301 .525
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1936-6-.391
 Games
1933-9-149
1936-3-158
 Triples
1933-5-12
 Walks
1936-2-97
 Strikeouts
1934-8-73
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Jerry Priddy (933)
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  8. Bill Melton (923)
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History
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1930, off Dutch Henry (MID)
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/1930, off Johnny Morrison (ATL)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Atlanta on 5/3/1931
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,157,143 through salary arbitration
Released by Cincinnati on 9/29/1932
Signed as a free agent by Seattle (M) on 2/2/1933 to a 4-year deal worth $400,000 per year
Hit for the cycle against Detroit on 8/8/1933
5/1/1936: Signed a contract extension with Seattle (M), $1,710,000 per year, for 2 years
Released by Seattle (M) on 10/13/1937
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/5/1938 to a 1-year deal worth $904,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/3/1939 to a 2-year deal worth $450,000 per year
Released by San Diego on 10/17/1940
 
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