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Chico
Salmon		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 3, 1940 in Panama, , COLON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1966    1972   
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
1964 23 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7
1965 24 CLN NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7
1966 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7
1967 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7
1968 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7
1969 28 CLN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7
1970 29 CLN NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7
1971 30 CLN NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
1972 31 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7
1973 32 CLN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
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
1964 23 CLN NL 7 16 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .313 .563 1.1 0.0
    AAA   109 442 37 115 17 1 7 45 7 5 22 71 .260 .295 .351 .646 44.1  
    AA   26 110 16 39 4 0 9 30 0 1 5 16 .355 .383 .636 1.019 23.4  
1965 24 AAA   93 179 30 49 8 1 4 26 3 0 12 21 .274 .319 .397 .716 22.7  
1966 25 CLN NL 25 77 10 25 4 0 2 10 1 1 4 11 .325 .358 .455 .813 11.0 2.6
    AAA   26 109 15 28 7 0 5 11 1 0 5 23 .257 .289 .459 .748 14.3  
1967 26 CLN NL 35 96 10 22 5 1 0 8 4 1 5 15 .229 .275 .302 .577 6.9 0.3
1968 27 CLN NL 23 35 5 11 3 1 0 2 1 1 2 5 .314 .351 .457 .808 3.9 0.6
1969 28 CLN NL 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.3 0.0
    AAA   111 483 58 121 16 2 13 49 5 2 17 67 .251 .276 .373 .649 48.6  
1970 29 AAA   129 509 65 156 30 2 18 76 5 2 22 50 .306 .335 .479 .815 76.5  
1971 30 AAA   137 533 82 171 31 2 15 80 4 6 44 52 .321 .373 .471 .844 86.5  
1972 31 CLN NL 15 50 4 9 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 9 .180 .212 .180 .392 0.2 0.0
1973 32 CLN NL 28 79 8 19 4 0 0 5 2 0 2 2 .241 .259 .291 .550 5.3 0.2
    AAA   10 20 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .200 .238 .300 .538 1.2  
7 Years Sim 135 361 39 91 17 2 2 31 9 3 16 45 .252 .286 .327 .613 28.6 3.7
7 Years AAA 615 2275 289 644 111 8 62 288 25 15 123 289 .283 .320 .421 .741 294.0  
1 Years AA 26 110 16 39 4 0 9 30 0 1 5 16 .355 .379 .636 1.016 23.4  
8 Years Minors 641 2385 305 683 115 8 71 318 25 16 128 305 .286 .323 .431 .754 317.4  
162 Game Average 433 46 109 20 2 2 37 10 3 19 54 .252 .286 .327 .613 34.4  
Career Highs 35 96 10 25 5 1 2 10 4 1 5 15 .325 .358 .457 .813 11.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   210 21 50 11 1 1 15 4 1 7 21 .238 .263 .314 .577 16.3
vs LH   151 18 41 6 1 1 16 5 2 9 24 .272 .317 .344 .661 16.1
Home 63 165 18 36 7 2 0 11 6 1 6 23 .218 .250 .285 .535 11.0
Away 72 196 21 55 10 0 2 20 3 2 10 22 .281 .316 .362 .678 21.3
RISP   69 0 19 3 0 1 25 0 0 2 4 .275 .296 .362 .658 7.0
Pinch Hitting   5 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .800 1.000 1.1
Close/Late   36 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .194 .194 .222 .417 0.9
Mar/Apr 13 39 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .154 .195 .154 .349 0.5
May 23 67 11 21 4 0 0 7 1 0 3 10 .313 .343 .373 .716 8.2
June 19 54 3 11 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 5 .204 .246 .259 .505 3.1
July 22 46 7 15 2 0 0 2 2 2 5 3 .326 .392 .370 .762 6.4
August 16 40 4 6 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 5 .150 .150 .250 .400 0.7
Sep/Oct 41 115 13 32 6 1 2 14 4 1 4 20 .278 .303 .400 .703 13.5
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
1964 23 CLN NL SS 3 2 18.3 0 10 0 2 1.000 4.91   0.1
    2B 2 1 12.0 2 8 1 0 .909 7.50   0.1
    3B 2 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
1966 25 CLN NL SS 7 7 58.0 11 17 3 3 .903 4.34   0.1
    2B 7 7 57.0 13 26 1 5 .975 6.16   0.3
    3B 4 4 32.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.41   0.1
    LF 2 2 16.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81   0.1
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    CF 2 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1967 26 CLN NL 2B 11 9 77.0 12 21 2 3 .943 3.86   0.3
    RF 6 6 53.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.01   0.1
    SS 6 6 51.0 5 23 1 2 .966 4.94   0.3
    3B 9 6 50.0 6 11 0 0 1.000 3.06   0.2
    CF 2 2 15.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60    
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
1968 27 CLN NL SS 9 6 53.0 10 19 1 9 .967 4.92   0.3
    3B 3 2 16.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
    2B 3 1 13.0 4 9 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.2
    1B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 28 CLN NL 2B 1 0 9.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.00   0.0
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1972 31 CLN NL CF 12 12 104.0 25 0 2 0 .926 2.16   0.3
    SS 2 0 3.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 7.38   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1973 32 CLN NL SS 14 9 82.0 9 31 2 6 .952 4.39   0.4
    2B 7 7 56.0 11 26 1 5 .974 5.95   0.3
    CF 6 6 51.0 11 1 1 0 .923 2.12   0.2
    RF 1 1 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
  SS 41 30 266.0 36 102 7 22 .952 4.67   1.3
  2B 31 25 224.0 42 91 5 16 .964 5.34   1.3
  CF 24 21 180.0 40 1 3 0 .932 2.05   0.5
  3B 19 14 116.0 7 21 0 0 1.000 2.17   0.3
  RF 10 8 71.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.39   0.1
  LF 2 2 16.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81   0.1
  1B 4 0 7.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   131 100 880.3 148 215 15 39 .960 3.71   3.6
Career Highs   35 29 247.3 38 58 4 11 1.000 5.03    
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
1972 31 CLN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 34th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1964
Had first career hit on 9/10/1964, off Joe Moeller (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/4/1966, off Fergie Jenkins (PIT)
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
9/22/1969: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $300,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 5/12/1970 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/18/1970 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/4/1971 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1972
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (N) to New York (N) on 7/31/1973 (Going to NYG: CF Chico Salmon, RF Len Gabrielson, C Jerry Grote. Going to CLN: LF Dave Nicholson)
Released by New York (N) on 10/31/1973
 
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