Bill Akers

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 178lb (180cm, 80kg)

Born: December 25, 1904 in Chattanooga, TN us

Died: April 12, 1962 in Chattanooga, TN

Buried: Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

Debut: September 8, 1929 (Age 24-257d, 6,953rd in major league history)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 27, 1932 (Age 27-215d)
vs. CHC 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: William G. Akers

Nicknames: Bump

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.3

475

124

.261

RBI

OBP

.349

SLG

.404

OPS

.753

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	12 (11)	Apr 27	DET	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
2	13	Apr 28	DET		CHW	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
3	14	Apr 29	DET		CHW	L,6-8	GS	31	6.2	1	3	1	5	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	21 (6)	May 6	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	28 (6)	May 13	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	29	May 17	DET		SLB	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
7	30	May 19 (1)	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	3	4	0	7	1
8	31	May 19 (2)	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
9	32	May 20	DET		SLB	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
10	33	May 21	DET	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
11	42 (8)	May 31	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	52 (9)	Jun 12	DET		NYY	L,2-14	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	53	Jun 13	DET		NYY	L,9-10	GF	17	4.0	3	3	0	6	2
14	54	Jun 14	DET		PHA	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	55	Jun 15	DET		PHA	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
16	56	Jun 16	DET		PHA	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
17	61 (4)	Jun 22 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	GF	26	6.0	1	3	0	4	1
18	69 (7)	Jun 29	DET		PHA	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	4	7	0	11	1
19	70	Jun 30	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	71	Jul 1	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	18	4.1	0	2	0	2	0
21	72	Jul 2 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
22	73	Jul 2 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
23	74	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	4	3	0	7	2
24	75	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	3	5	0	8	1
25	76	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	2	8	1	11	1
26	77	Jul 6	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
27	78	Jul 7 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
28	79	Jul 7 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	0	2	3	5	0
29	90 (10)	Jul 17	DET		BOS	L,2-12	GF	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	92 (1)	Jul 19	DET		BOS	W,10-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	97 (4)	Jul 24	DET		NYY	L,2-5	GF	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	98	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,7-14	CG	46	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
33	99	Jul 26	DET		NYY	W,12-8	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	100	Jul 27	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
35	101	Jul 28	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	38	8.1	2	1	0	3	1
36	102	Jul 29	DET	@	CLE	L,7-14	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	103	Jul 30	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	104	Jul 31	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	8.2	1	2	1	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	105	Aug 1	DET		CHW	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	106	Aug 2	DET		CHW	W,13-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
41	107	Aug 3	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
42	108	Aug 4	DET		CHW	W,7-3	CG	48	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
43	109	Aug 5	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
44	110	Aug 6	DET		CLE	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
45	111	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	112	Aug 9	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
47	113	Aug 10	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
48	114	Aug 11	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	115	Aug 12	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	13	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
50	119 (3)	Aug 17	DET	@	WSH	W,15-1	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	122 (2)	Aug 20	DET	@	PHA	L,6-10	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
52	125 (2)	Aug 23	DET	@	PHA	L,0-2	GF	24	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
53	126	Aug 24	DET		SLB	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
54	127	Aug 25	DET		SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
55	128	Aug 27	DET	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
56	129	Aug 28	DET	@	SLB	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
57	132 (2)	Aug 31	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	133	Sep 1 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
59	134	Sep 1 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	2	5	1
60	135	Sep 4	DET		SLB	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	5	1	9	2
61	136	Sep 6	DET		SLB	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	2	2	2	6	1
62	137	Sep 7	DET		SLB	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	2	7	1	10	1
63	138	Sep 9	DET		PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	139	Sep 10	DET		PHA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
65	140	Sep 12	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
66	141	Sep 13 (1)	DET		NYY	W,11-10	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
67	142	Sep 13 (2)	DET		NYY	W,9-4	CG	24	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
68	143	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
69	144	Sep 15	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
70	145	Sep 16	DET		BOS	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
71	146	Sep 17	DET		BOS	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
72	147	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
73	148	Sep 19	DET		WSH	L,4-8	GS	0	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	149	Sep 20	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
75	150	Sep 21	DET		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	2	6	1	9	0
							75gm		590.0	119	184	20	323	43