Bill Akers

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Full Name: William G. Akers	Primary Position: SS,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/178	First Game: September 8, 1929
Birthdate: December 25, 1904	Final Game: July 27, 1932
Birthplace: Chattanooga, Tennessee	MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: April 13, 1962
Deathplace: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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Bill Akers (William G. Akers) was born on December 25, 1904 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He made his Major League debut on September 8, 1929 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1930, his rookie year, he hit .279 with 9 home runs and 40 RBI. Akers played for the Detroit Tigers and Boston Braves over the course of his 4 year career.

Most people believe that Bill Akers's best season was 1930, when he hit for a .279 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1929	DET	A	24	83	15	22	1	9	.265	.351	.373	4	1	10	9	1	4	2	0	0
1930	DET	A	85	233	36	65	9	40	.279	.375	.472	8	5	36	34	0	8	5	0	0
1931	DET	A	29	66	5	13	0	3	.197	.274	.288	2	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0
1932	BOS	N	36	93	8	24	1	17	.258	.330	.344	3	1	10	15	0	2	0	0	0
Total	NL		36	93	8	24	1	17	.258	.330	.344	3	1	10	15	0	2	0	0	0
Total	AL		138	382	56	100	10	52	.262	.353	.419	14	8	53	49	1	12	7	0	0
Total			174	475	64	124	11	69	.261	.349	.404	17	9	63	64	1	14	7	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1929	DET	A	SS	24	0	0	43	57	7	13	0	0	0	0	0	.935
1930	DET	A	SS	49	0	0	97	155	15	38	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1930	DET	A	3B	26	0	0	22	29	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.911
1931	DET	A	SS	21	0	0	44	42	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	.935
1931	DET	A	2B	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1932	BOS	N	SS	5	0	0	6	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1932	BOS	N	2B	5	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1932	BOS	N	3B	20	0	0	16	35	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.927
Total			3B	46	0	0	38	64	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	.919
Total			SS	99	0	0	190	263	31	62	0	0	0	0	0	.936
Total			2B	7	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.900

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Kansas City (American Association) to Boston Braves (November 17, 1931).
Traded by Boston Braves with Bruce Cunningham and Bill McAfee to Baltimore (International) in exchange for Buck Jordan (August 5, 1932).

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