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Bill
Almon		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 200
 
Born: November 21, 1952 in Usa, RI, PROVIDENCE
 
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
1974 21 SEM AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1975 22 SEM AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6
1976 23 SEM AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1977 24 BAL AL     4 4 5 3 3 3 6 5 6 5 4 4 6 5 5
1978 25 BAL AL     4 4 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 5 4 4 6 5 5
1979 26 BAL AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1980 27 BAL AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5
1981 28 BAL AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5
1982 29 BAL AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5
1983 30 BAL AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5
1984 31 PHN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 5
1985 32 PHN NL $ 1,028,571   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 4 6 5 5
1986 33 SEM AL     5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 4 6 5 5
1987 34 DET AL $ 400,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 4 3 4 5 5 5
1988 35 DET AL $ 400,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 5 4 4
1989 36 DET AL $ 400,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,028,571   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
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
1974 21 AA   136 556 79 159 21 3 10 67 11 10 53 79 .286 .348 .388 .737 73.8  
1975 22 AA   137 510 45 132 21 2 7 47 11 4 66 79 .259 .344 .349 .693 65.1  
1976 23 AA   137 545 53 139 23 1 13 82 13 9 43 85 .255 .310 .372 .682 62.4  
1977 24 AAA   137 575 66 139 25 4 13 55 13 9 38 95 .242 .289 .367 .656 59.9  
1978 25 AAA   136 517 79 141 20 2 7 30 11 11 43 74 .273 .329 .360 .688 59.5  
1979 26 BAL AL 98 304 27 70 11 4 2 26 1 2 19 52 .230 .273 .313 .586 23.9 0.9
    AAA   53 200 28 60 14 0 3 27 5 6 18 28 .300 .358 .415 .773 27.6  
1980 27 BAL AL 148 464 52 117 23 5 5 56 21 3 27 88 .252 .294 .356 .650 47.5 4.7
1981 28 BAL AL 67 164 17 33 3 1 1 10 7 4 8 31 .201 .238 .250 .488 9.0 0.0
1982 29 BAL AL 38 52 10 10 2 0 0 2 7 0 2 11 .192 .222 .231 .453 2.4 0.0
    AAA   23 75 10 29 5 2 1 7 3 3 9 10 .387 .452 .547 .999 15.8  
1983 30 BAL AL 25 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.5 0.3
1984 31 PHN NL 144 453 53 104 23 3 8 42 15 5 34 83 .230 .284 .347 .630 42.5 4.6
1985 32 PHN NL 99 301 40 76 15 3 3 24 10 3 18 63 .252 .295 .352 .647 28.0 3.0
1986 33 SEM AL 111 319 35 77 13 3 1 18 5 6 18 56 .241 .283 .310 .594 26.1 1.9
1987 34 DET AL 50 59 6 16 1 1 0 2 1 3 3 16 .271 .306 .322 .628 5.1 0.5
1988 35 DET AL 24 29 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 13 .138 .156 .138 .294 0.6 0.0
    AAA   34 150 20 43 5 2 5 17 2 2 7 26 .287 .318 .447 .765 20.2  
1989 36 AAA   129 485 50 127 17 2 7 40 14 9 45 125 .262 .325 .348 .673 55.5  
10 Years Sim 804 2148 249 508 91 20 20 182 69 27 130 414 .236 .280 .325 .605 185.6 15.9
6 Years AAA 512 2002 253 539 86 12 36 176 48 40 160 358 .269 .324 .378 .702 238.5  
3 Years AA 410 1611 177 430 65 6 30 196 35 23 162 243 .267 .332 .371 .703 201.4  
9 Years Minors 922 3613 430 969 151 18 66 372 83 63 322 601 .268 .328 .375 .702 439.9  
162 Game Average 432 50 102 18 4 4 36 13 5 26 83 .236 .280 .325 .605 37.4  
Career Highs 148 464 53 117 23 5 8 56 21 6 34 88 .333 .333 .356 .667 47.5  
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   1263 141 289 52 13 9 99 37 20 60 274 .229 .264 .312 .576 98.6
vs LH   885 108 219 39 7 11 83 32 7 70 140 .247 .302 .345 .647 95.6
Home 400 1019 119 258 41 6 12 90 33 16 67 196 .253 .299 .341 .640 103.1
Away 404 1129 130 250 50 14 8 92 36 11 63 218 .221 .262 .312 .574 91.1
RISP   497 0 106 10 4 5 146 0 0 36 99 .213 .265 .280 .545 36.8
Pinch Hitting   24 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 .167 .200 .208 .408 0.3
Close/Late   234 48 57 9 4 2 10 0 0 15 49 .244 .287 .342 .629 22.6
Mar/Apr 115 311 46 85 18 2 4 26 12 4 19 60 .273 .317 .383 .700 36.9
May 136 362 32 78 14 4 0 22 11 4 18 63 .215 .251 .276 .528 23.8
June 144 390 42 84 12 5 5 35 13 2 33 79 .215 .278 .310 .588 35.6
July 122 331 41 77 16 2 2 27 11 2 28 73 .233 .292 .311 .603 31.5
August 140 393 50 104 19 2 7 42 11 9 20 66 .265 .300 .377 .676 42.0
Sep/Oct 131 361 34 80 12 5 2 30 10 6 12 73 .222 .245 .299 .545 24.2
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
1979 26 BAL AL SS 97 96 790.3 143 365 8 70 .984 5.78   3.7
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1980 27 BAL AL SS 148 144 1212.3 210 536 21 108 .973 5.54   8.0
1981 28 BAL AL SS 36 35 312.0 50 127 5 21 .973 5.11   1.2
    3B 14 11 95.0 4 30 1 1 .971 3.22   0.4
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1982 29 BAL AL 3B 14 13 105.7 6 19 3 1 .893 2.13   0.2
    SS 9 2 32.0 4 18 0 4 1.000 6.19   0.2
    CF 6 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 30 BAL AL SS 4 0 8.0 3 3 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.1
    CF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 1 1 0 .500 1.80   0.0
    LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1984 31 PHN NL SS 125 123 1063.0 155 458 26 68 .959 5.19   4.3
    3B 16 8 89.0 7 24 3 1 .912 3.13   0.3
    2B 3 3 26.0 7 11 2 4 .900 6.23   0.1
1985 32 PHN NL SS 79 67 622.0 110 262 14 43 .964 5.38   2.2
    3B 12 10 89.7 7 33 2 0 .952 4.02   0.5
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1986 33 SEM AL SS 59 50 446.0 73 183 9 36 .966 5.17   2.4
    LF 13 11 94.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.11   0.3
    3B 8 8 61.0 8 10 0 3 1.000 2.66   0.2
1987 34 DET AL 3B 29 4 77.3 9 15 3 1 .889 2.79   0.2
    SS 9 8 68.7 13 21 0 5 1.000 4.46   0.3
    LF 4 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1988 35 DET AL SS 8 8 67.0 10 20 2 3 .938 4.03   0.3
    CF 6 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    3B 4 0 5.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.1
    LF 2 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46    
  SS 574 533 4621.3 771 1993 85 358 .970 5.38   22.6
  3B 102 54 529.7 41 136 13 8 .932 3.01   1.9
  LF 24 11 113.7 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.14   0.4
  CF 20 0 29.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.62   0.0
  2B 4 3 28.0 7 12 2 4 .905 6.11   0.1
  RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   725 601 5325.6 848 2141 101 370 .967 5.05   25.1
Career Highs   148 144 1212.3 210 536 31 108 .985 5.78    
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
1981 28 BAL AL 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250
1985 32 PHN NL 12 36 0 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 .278 .270 .333 .604
Career Post-Season Batting 15 44 0 11 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 14 .250 .244 .295 .540
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  4. Dick Bartell (962)
  5. Rocky Krsnich (957)
  6. Ed Brinkman (954)
  7. Rafael Belliard (954)
  8. Ken Hamlin (949)
  9. Dick Schofield (946)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 39th overall pick, by Seattle in 1974
Injured on 6/2/1974 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days
Had first career hit (double) on 6/2/1979, off Joe Sambito (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 6/17/1979, off John Montefusco (PIT)
Injured on 9/28/1980 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
4/3/1982: Signed a minor league contract extension with Baltimore
4/3/1983: Signed a minor league contract extension with Baltimore
Traded from Baltimore to Philadelphia on 2/2/1984 (Going to PHN: SS Dave Rosello, SS Bill Almon, P Gil Patterson, CF Dick Davis, 1B Jerry Turner. Going to BAL: P Dave Laroche, SS Enzo Hernandez, P Allen Ripley, 1B Steve Staggs)
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,028,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 4/3/1986 to a 1-year deal worth $836,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 10/3/1986
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/16/1987 to a 4-year deal worth $400,000 per year
Injured on 8/10/1988 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
 
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