Bill Salkeld
1945–1950 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, PRK, VDA
356G
.273AVG
.402OBP
.433SLG
More career statistics
232H
31HR
132RBI
6SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 8 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 101 | 103 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,048 | 1,050 |
| Batting · RBI | 132 | 133 |
| Batting · Walks | 182 | 184 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 356 | 1,048 | 850 | 111 | 232 | 39 | 2 | 31 | 132 | 182 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 368 | .273 | .402 | .433 | .835 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1949-08-09 to 1949-08-23
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1945-08-04 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1945-08-04 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1949-05-30 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 191 | 556 | 127 | 19 | 89 | 95 | 46 | .282 | .399 | .477 |
| Away | 165 | 494 | 105 | 12 | 44 | 89 | 57 | .263 | .393 | .383 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 26 | 73 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 5 | .349 | .438 | .397 |
| May | 51 | 168 | 35 | 5 | 17 | 41 | 12 | .285 | .452 | .455 |
| June | 67 | 205 | 48 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 21 | .293 | .405 | .476 |
| July | 57 | 162 | 29 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 17 | .230 | .370 | .437 |
| August | 77 | 213 | 49 | 9 | 33 | 31 | 32 | .271 | .376 | .464 |
| September | 76 | 224 | 49 | 5 | 33 | 36 | 15 | .261 | .379 | .372 |
| October | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 61 | 183 | 41 | 2 | 17 | 37 | 15 | .291 | .426 | .376 |
| new-york-giants | 57 | 176 | 30 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 14 | .208 | .347 | .396 |
| cincinnati-reds | 52 | 153 | 37 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 11 | .311 | .431 | .521 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 50 | 129 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 19 | .235 | .411 | .347 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 48 | 149 | 32 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 19 | .260 | .376 | .407 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 42 | 126 | 36 | 7 | 26 | 14 | 17 | .324 | .397 | .595 |
| boston-braves | 27 | 71 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | .333 | .408 | .492 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 18 | 59 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | .250 | .373 | .312 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 95 | 267 | 83 | 15 | 52 | 2 | .311 | – | – |
| 1946 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 69 | 160 | 47 | 3 | 20 | 2 | .294 | – | – |
| 1947 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 47 | 61 | 13 | – | 8 | – | .213 | – | – |
| 1948 |  Boston Braves | 78 | 198 | 48 | 8 | 28 | 1 | .242 | – | – |
| 1949 | Boston Braves | 66 | 161 | 41 | 5 | 25 | 1 | .255 | – | – |
| 1950 |  Chicago White Sox | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |