Chico Salmon
1964–1972 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians
658G
.249AVG
.290OBP
.354SLG
More career statistics
415H
31HR
149RBI
46SB
1Rare feat
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 · Strikeouts | 233 | 232 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,802 | 1,803 |
| Batting · Runs | 202 | 203 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 46 | 45 |
| Batting · Walks | 89 | 90 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 658 | 1,802 | 1,667 | 202 | 415 | 70 | 6 | 31 | 149 | 89 | 233 | 46 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 590 | .249 | .290 | .354 | .644 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1964-08-22 to 1964-09-05
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1968-08-06 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1964-08-30 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1969-08-16 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 306 | 857 | 207 | 15 | 66 | 50 | 94 | .264 | .300 | .364 |
| Away | 352 | 946 | 208 | 16 | 83 | 40 | 138 | .236 | .262 | .345 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 38 | 63 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | .232 | .270 | .339 |
| May | 109 | 307 | 69 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 38 | .240 | .270 | .296 |
| June | 110 | 330 | 84 | 9 | 43 | 16 | 39 | .275 | .303 | .425 |
| July | 126 | 340 | 72 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 42 | .231 | .276 | .292 |
| August | 143 | 423 | 97 | 10 | 36 | 17 | 59 | .248 | .270 | .396 |
| September | 121 | 311 | 72 | 6 | 32 | 15 | 42 | .250 | .280 | .347 |
| October | 11 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .296 | .345 | .370 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 80 | 211 | 48 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 26 | .242 | .265 | .318 |
| new-york-yankees | 70 | 176 | 44 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 18 | .273 | .318 | .410 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 70 | 222 | 52 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 22 | .252 | .297 | .369 |
| boston-red-sox | 69 | 183 | 50 | 9 | 27 | 11 | 30 | .299 | .333 | .527 |
| chicago-white-sox | 63 | 198 | 44 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 23 | .244 | .278 | .344 |
| minnesota-twins | 61 | 178 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 21 | .206 | .225 | .241 |
| california-angels | 58 | 129 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | .252 | .271 | .328 |
| baltimore-orioles | 51 | 122 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 14 | .237 | .270 | .272 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 |  Cleveland Guardians | 86 | 283 | 87 | 4 | 25 | 10 | .307 | – | – |
| 1965 | Cleveland Guardians | 79 | 120 | 29 | 3 | 12 | 7 | .242 | – | – |
| 1966 | Cleveland Guardians | 126 | 422 | 108 | 7 | 40 | 9 | .256 | – | – |
| 1967 | Cleveland Guardians | 90 | 203 | 46 | 2 | 19 | 10 | .227 | – | – |
| 1968 | Cleveland Guardians | 103 | 276 | 59 | 3 | 12 | 7 | .214 | – | – |
| 1969 |  Baltimore Orioles | 52 | 91 | 27 | 3 | 12 | – | .297 | – | – |
| 1970 | Baltimore Orioles | 63 | 172 | 43 | 7 | 22 | 2 | .250 | – | – |
| 1971 | Baltimore Orioles | 42 | 84 | 15 | 2 | 7 | – | .179 | – | – |
| 1972 | Baltimore Orioles | 17 | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | .062 | – | – |