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Bill Almon
William Francis Almon

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.
School Brown

MLB Debut September 2, 1974
Final Game June 14, 1988
Born November 21, 1952 in Providence, RI (age 71)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 21 SDN NL   23   36    2    8   1   0   0    5   0   0    2   10  .222  .282  .250  .532    75     9   0   0   1   1   0  
 1975           [Did not play]
 1976 23 SDN NL   10   29    3    6   2   0   0    1   1   2    1    9  .207  .233  .276  .509    72     8   0   0   0   0   0  
 1977 24 SDN NL  162  651   79  152  18  12   5   46  15   5   31  138  .233  .267  .321  .588    82   209  40   4   1   0  10  
 1978 25 SDN NL   95  318   52   82  14   1   0   21   7   1   15   60  .258  .291  .308  .599    86    98   0   0   0   0  12  
 1979 26 SDN NL    7    8    2    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .125  .125  .125  .250    34     1   0   0   0   0   1  
 1980 27 CHA AL   34   99    4   13   2   2   0    5   3   0    6   25  .131  .178  .192  .369    52    19   3   2   0   0   1  
 1981 28 CHA AL   42  161   16   38   7   0   0    5  10   2   13   34  .236  .297  .280  .577    82    45   0   0   1   1   5  
         ATN NL  100  367   46   95   9   3   1   31  17  10   31   69  .259  .316  .308  .624    87   113   6   1   0   0  10  
         TOT     142  528   62  133  16   3   1   36  27  12   44  103  .252  .310  .299  .609         158   6   1   1   1  15 
 1982 29 ATN NL   29   76    7   18   1   2   0    5   2   1    5    9  .237  .293  .303  .595    86    23   1   0   0   1   2  
 1983 30 KCA AL   74  257   20   52  19   0   2   30   3   0   17   45  .202  .250  .300  .550    75    77   2   2   0   0   5  
 1984 31 ATN NL   50  165   15   25   4   0   4   16   0   1    9   38  .152  .193  .248  .442    63    41   0   2   0   0   6  
 1985 32 CIN NL   83  231   26   65  13   0   5   25   3   4   20   47  .281  .339  .403  .741   101    93   3   0   2   0   4  
 1986 33 NYN NL    5    3    4    1   0   0   1    2   1   0    1    0  .333  .500 1.333 1.833   267     4   0   0   0   0   0  
 1987 34 OAA AL   56   75   10   17   6   0   0    5   0   0   12   25  .227  .333  .307  .640    89    23   0   0   0   0   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons      770 2476  286  573  96  20  18  198  62  26  163  511  .231  .279  .308  .587         763  55  11   5   3  58
 Per 600 PA           549   63  127  21   4   4   44  14   6   36  113                                 169  12   2   1   1  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With SDN      297 1042  138  249  35  13   5   74  23   8   49  219  .239  .273  .312  .585         325  40   4   2   1  23
   With ATN      179  608   68  138  14   5   5   52  19  12   45  116  .227  .280  .291  .571         177   7   3   0   1  18
   With CIN       83  231   26   65  13   0   5   25   3   4   20   47  .281  .339  .403  .741          93   3   0   2   0   4
   With CHA       76  260   20   51   9   2   0   10  13   2   19   59  .196  .252  .246  .498          64   3   2   1   1   6
   With KCA       74  257   20   52  19   0   2   30   3   0   17   45  .202  .250  .300  .550          77   2   2   0   0   5
   With OAA       56   75   10   17   6   0   0    5   0   0   12   25  .227  .333  .307  .640          23   0   0   0   0   2
   With NYN        5    3    4    1   0   0   1    2   1   0    1    0  .333  .500 1.333 1.833           4   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1236 3330  390  846 138  25  36  296 128  60  250  636  .254  .305  .343  .648        1142  44  29  24   6  53
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1974 21 SDN NL   5    2   2.6  16   1   0  .062   2    5    2  .400    0    0  .000  PH            -160   
 1975           [Did not play]
 1976 23 SDN NL  40    1   1.6   2   0   0  .000   1    9    7  .778    0    0  .000  SS   3e30     -113   
 1977 24 SDN NL  27   57   2.8   0   0   0  .000  41  174  105  .603    0    0  .000  SS   3e44      -51   
 1978 25 SDN NL  50   26   2.9   9   2   0  .222   8   56   38  .679    0    0  .000  2B   4e27      -17   
 1979 26 SDN NL  38    0    .0   3   0   0  .000   0    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  PH            -306   
 1980 27 CHA AL  28    4   1.2   1   0   0  .000   5   21   12  .571    0    0  .000  2B   4e41     -128   
 1981 28 CHA AL  30   13   2.9   0   0   0  .000   3   45   32  .711    0    0  .000  SS   3e27     -140   
         ATN NL  24   34   3.2   8   2   0  .250  14  106   78  .736    0    0  .000  SS   3e27      -93   
         TOT                     8   2   0  .250  17  151  110  .728    0    0  .000
 1982 29 ATN NL  11    6   2.9   5   1   0  .200   7   25    8  .320    0    0  .000  SS   4e48      -72   
 1983 30 KCA AL  70   19   2.5   4   0   0  .000   4   37   26  .703    0    0  .000  UT            -114   
 1984 31 ATN NL  47    6   1.2   1   1   0 1.000  13   33   15  .455   47   12  .797  UT            -186   
 1985 32 CIN NL  45   30   4.7  13   4   0  .308   4   58   37  .638    0    0  .000  SS   4e10       -2   
 1986 33 NYN NL  50    2  32.3   2   1   1  .500   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  UT            1132   
 1987 34 OAA AL   1    8   3.6   4   0   0  .000   1    3    1  .333    0    0  .000  UT              43   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 13 Seasons          214   2.8  68  12   1  .176 103  574  362  .631   47   12  .797                 -71   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 0.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1974 21 SDN NL  SS     7     3     5    2    1   .800     4    32.1   2.23
 1975           [Did not play]
 1976 23 SDN NL  SS    10    15    27    1    7   .977     5    61.0   6.20
 1977 24 SDN NL  SS   162   237   545   41   97   .950   162  1373.0   5.13
 1978 25 SDN NL  2B    80   201   166    8   46   .979    78   639.1   5.17
                 3B     4     0     4    0    0  1.000     0     5.1   6.75
 1979 26 SDN NL  2B     1     2     2    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   4.50
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1980 27 CHA AL  2B    28    85    74    4   25   .975    27   233.2   6.12
                 SS     4     4     9    1    0   .929     3    27.1   4.28
 1981 28 CHA AL  SS    42    77   139    3   21   .986    42   375.1   5.18
         ATN NL  SS    95   165   276   14   59   .969    85   779.1   5.09
 1982 29 ATN NL  SS    21    40    58    7   10   .933    20   169.0   5.22
 1983 30 KCA AL  LF    34    73     3    0    0  1.000    32   292.0   2.34
                 SS    27    37   117    4   21   .975    26   226.1   6.12
                 RF     4     5     0    0    0  1.000     1    17.0   2.65
                 2B     3     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   1.80
                 3B     2     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.2   6.75
                 1B     1     2     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0  13.50
 1984 31 ATN NL  C     28   145    15    8    0   .952    28   240.0   6.00
                 3B    13    15    31    5    3   .902    13   117.0   3.54
                 1B     8    62     5    0    5  1.000     7    61.0   9.89
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1985 32 CIN NL  SS    59   109   186    2   32   .993    52   467.2   5.68
                 1B     6    19     2    1    4   .955     3    25.2   7.36
                 3B     4     0     6    1    2   .857     3    22.0   2.45
                 LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     1    11.0   0.82
 1986 33 NYN NL  3B     1     1     1    0    1  1.000     0     4.0   4.50
                 1B     2     3     1    0    0  1.000     0     3.0  12.00
 1987 34 OAA AL  LF    20    15     0    0    0  1.000    15    66.0   2.05
                 3B     3     2     1    0    0  1.000     1    11.0   2.45
                 2B    30     1     0    1    0   .500    26     9.0   1.00
                 SS     3     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   3.60
                 1B     2     4     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0  12.00
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     2.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS   430   688  1363   75  248   .965   399  3516.1   5.25
                 2B   142   289   243   13   71   .976   132   895.0   5.35
                 LF    56    89     3    0    0  1.000    48   369.0   2.24
                 C     28   145    15    8    0   .952    28   240.0   6.00
                 3B    27    19    44    6    6   .913    17   162.0   3.50
                 1B    19    90     9    1    9   .990    10    94.2   9.41
                 RF     6     5     0    0    0  1.000     2    20.0   2.25
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1978 NLCS  SDN PIN   L    1   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1974  SDN   84-78   Mike Tomeo
 1976  SDN   87-75   Mike Tomeo
 1977  SDN   67-95   Mike Tomeo
 1978  SDN  101-61   Mike Tomeo
 1979  SDN   75-87   Mike Tomeo
 1980  CHA   56-106  Ben Lea
 1981  CHA   70-92   Ben Lea
 1981  ATN   84-78   Rick Field
 1982  ATN   87-75   Rick Field
 1983  KCA   77-85   Thomas Toney
 1984  ATN   77-85   Rick Field
 1985  CIN   81-81   Alan Boodman
 1986  NYN  108-54   Jon Fellows
 1987  OAA   99-63   Drew Kennedy

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