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Bill Akers
William G. Akers (Bump)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 178 lb.

Debut September 8, 1929
Final Game July 27, 1932
Born December 25, 1904 in Chattanooga, TN
Died April 13, 1962 in Chattanooga, TN

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1929 24 DET AL  24   83   15   22   4  1   1    9   2  0  10   9  .265  .351  .373   87   31   4           1    
 1930 25 DET AL  85  233   36   65   8  5   9   40   5  5  36  34  .279  .375  .472  112  110   8           0    
 1931 26 DET AL  29   66    5   13   2  2   0    3   0  1   7   6  .197  .274  .288   46   19   0           0    
 1932 27 BSN NL  36   93    8   24   3  1   1   17   0     10  15  .258  .330  .344   85   32   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      174  475   64  124  17  9  11   69   7  6  63  64  .261  .349  .404   93  192  14   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        442   60  115  16  8  10   64   7  6  59  60  .261  .349  .404   93  179  13   0   0   1   0
 Career High     85  233   36   65   8  5   9   40   5  5  36  34  .279  .375  .472  112  110   8   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1929 24 DET AL   98   65   11   4.5   112| .265  .292| .351  .358| .373  .421| .724  .780|  87  .458  -1.5  -0.1 100%
 1930 25 DET AL  277  181   40   5.9   117| .279  .298| .375  .362| .472  .438| .847  .800| 112  .551   4.0   0.4  50%
 1931 26 DET AL   73   54    5   2.5   110| .197  .290| .274  .358| .288  .415| .562  .772|  46  .222  -5.6  -0.5   0%
 1932 27 BSN NL  105   71   11   4.2   100| .258  .279| .330  .332| .344  .404| .674  .736|  85  .446  -1.8  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       553  371   67   4.8   112| .261  .292| .349  .355| .404  .425| .753  .780|  93  .479  -4.9  -0.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1929 24 DET AL SS 24 43 57 7 13 .935 .937 4.17 4.67 1930 25 DET AL SS 49 97 155 15 38 .944 .940 5.14 4.56 3B 26 22 29 5 5 .911 .944 1.96 2.84 1931 26 DET AL SS 21 44 42 6 8 .935 .936 4.10 4.77 2B 2 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 1.00 5.50 1932 27 BSN NL 3B 20 16 35 4 1 .927 .944 2.55 2.74 SS 5 6 9 3 3 .833 .943 3.00 5.08 2B 5 5 2 0 0 1.000 .972 1.40 5.44
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1931 26 DET AL 2B 2 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 1.00 5.50 1932 27 BSN NL 2B 5 5 2 0 0 1.000 .972 1.40 5.44 1930 25 DET AL 3B 26 22 29 5 5 .911 .944 1.96 2.84 1932 27 BSN NL 3B 20 16 35 4 1 .927 .944 2.55 2.74 1929 24 DET AL SS 24 43 57 7 13 .935 .937 4.17 4.67 1930 25 DET AL SS 49 97 155 15 38 .944 .940 5.14 4.56 1931 26 DET AL SS 21 44 42 6 8 .935 .936 4.10 4.77 1932 27 BSN NL SS 5 6 9 3 3 .833 .943 3.00 5.08
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 99 190 263 31 62 .936 .939 4.58 4.66 3B 46 38 64 9 6 .919 .944 2.22 2.80 2B 7 7 2 1 0 .900 .968 1.29 5.46 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 152 235 329 41 68 .932 .940 3.71 4.13
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

November 17, 1931: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the Kansas City (American Association).

August 5, 1932: Traded by the Boston Braves with Bruce Cunningham and Bill McAfee to the Baltimore (International) for Buck Jordan.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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