Bill Almon was born on Friday, November 21, 1952, in Providence, Rhode Island. Almon was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 2, 1974, with the San Diego Padres. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Almon baseball stats page.
"Bill Almon was the first player taken in the 1974 draft by San Diego. He made the rest of the country take notice of our little corner of the world we call Rhode Island. You did us proud Bill." - Author / Poet Dan D'Alessio (September 29, 2004)
Bill Almon![]() Bill Almon Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#332) |
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Bill AlmonBill Almon Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| - | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
Bill AlmonBill Almon Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 1974 | 22 | Padres | 16 | 38 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .350 | .342 |
| 1975 | 23 | Padres | 6 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 |
| 1976 | 24 | Padres | 14 | 57 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .271 | .351 |
| 1977 | 25 | Padres | 155 | 613 | 75 | 160 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 37 | 1 | 114 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .261 | .303 | .336 |
| 1978 | 26 | Padres | 138 | 405 | 39 | 102 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 74 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .252 | .308 | .309 |
| 1979 | 27 | Padres | 100 | 198 | 20 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .227 | .299 | .258 |
| 1980 | 28 | Expos | 18 | 38 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .263 | .275 | .342 |
| 1980 | 28 | Mets | 48 | 112 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .170 | .225 | .232 |
| 1981 | 29 | White Sox | 103 | 349 | 46 | 105 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 21 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .301 | .341 | .375 |
| 1982 | 30 | White Sox | 111 | 308 | 40 | 79 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .256 | .313 | .354 |
| 1983 | 31 | Athletics | 143 | 451 | 45 | 120 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 26 | 3 | 67 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 8 | .266 | .302 | .361 |
| 1984 | 32 | Athletics | 106 | 211 | 24 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .223 | .253 | .374 |
| 1985 | 33 | Pirates | 88 | 244 | 33 | 66 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 61 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .270 | .330 | .414 |
| 1986 | 34 | Pirates | 102 | 196 | 29 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 30 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .219 | .319 | .383 |
| 1987 | 35 | Pirates | 19 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .238 | .250 |
| 1987 | 35 | Mets | 49 | 54 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .339 | .296 |
| 1988 | 36 | Phillies | 20 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .207 | .192 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 15 Years | 1,236 | 3,330 | 390 | 846 | 138 | 25 | 36 | 2 | 296 | 250 | 24 | 636 | 44 | 29 | 6 | 53 | .254 | .305 | .343 | ||
Bill AlmonBill Almon Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 1974 Padres | SS | 14 | 12 | 291 | 47 | 3.4 | 43 | 13 | 30 | 4 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .915 | 3.99 |
| 1975 Padres | SS | 2 | 2 | 60 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.95 |
| 1976 Padres | SS | 14 | 13 | 334 | 78 | 5.6 | 75 | 23 | 52 | 3 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 6.06 |
| 1977 Padres | SS | 155 | 155 | 4,034 | 882 | 5.7 | 841 | 303 | 538 | 41 | 87 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .954 | 5.63 |
| 1978 Padres | 2B | 7 | 6 | 161 | 33 | 4.7 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .970 | 5.37 |
| 1978 Padres | 3B | 114 | 99 | 2,648 | 314 | 2.8 | 293 | 72 | 221 | 21 | 20 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .933 | 2.99 |
| 1978 Padres | SS | 15 | 4 | 164 | 33 | 2.2 | 32 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .970 | 5.27 |
| 1979 Padres | 2B | 61 | 49 | 1,302 | 270 | 4.4 | 266 | 116 | 150 | 4 | 37 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .985 | 5.52 |
| 1979 Padres | CF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1979 Padres | SS | 25 | 8 | 327 | 72 | 2.9 | 69 | 26 | 43 | 3 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .958 | 5.70 |
| 1980 Expos | 2B | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .750 | 6.75 |
| 1980 Expos | SS | 12 | 7 | 234 | 45 | 3.8 | 41 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .911 | 4.73 |
| 1980 Mets | 2B | 18 | 13 | 345 | 83 | 4.6 | 79 | 31 | 48 | 4 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .952 | 6.18 |
| 1980 Mets | 3B | 9 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.93 |
| 1980 Mets | SS | 22 | 17 | 468 | 90 | 4.1 | 87 | 30 | 57 | 3 | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .967 | 5.02 |
| 1981 White Sox | SS | 103 | 102 | 2,682 | 547 | 5.3 | 530 | 190 | 340 | 17 | 78 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .969 | 5.34 |
| 1982 White Sox | 3B | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1982 White Sox | SS | 108 | 85 | 2,359 | 507 | 4.7 | 481 | 164 | 317 | 26 | 72 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .949 | 5.51 |
| 1983 Athletics | 1B | 38 | 23 | 664 | 230 | 6.1 | 229 | 208 | 21 | 1 | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .996 | 9.31 |
| 1983 Athletics | 2B | 5 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 1.0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
| 1983 Athletics | 3B | 40 | 35 | 901 | 101 | 2.5 | 92 | 34 | 58 | 9 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .911 | 2.76 |
| 1983 Athletics | CF | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.00 |
| 1983 Athletics | LF | 9 | 5 | 138 | 6 | 0.7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.17 |
| 1983 Athletics | RF | 14 | 8 | 228 | 27 | 1.9 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .963 | 3.08 |
| 1983 Athletics | SS | 52 | 36 | 903 | 153 | 2.9 | 144 | 51 | 93 | 9 | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .941 | 4.31 |
| 1984 Athletics | 1B | 44 | 22 | 633 | 199 | 4.5 | 197 | 184 | 13 | 2 | 18 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .990 | 8.40 |
| 1984 Athletics | 3B | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.13 |
| 1984 Athletics | C | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1984 Athletics | CF | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
| 1984 Athletics | LF | 33 | 19 | 597 | 49 | 1.5 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.22 |
| 1984 Athletics | RF | 17 | 9 | 259 | 21 | 1.2 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.19 |
| 1984 Athletics | SS | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.00 |
| 1985 Pirates | 1B | 7 | 3 | 74 | 28 | 4.0 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .929 | 9.49 |
| 1985 Pirates | 3B | 7 | 4 | 111 | 7 | 1.0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .857 | 1.46 |
| 1985 Pirates | CF | 6 | 2 | 63 | 6 | 1.0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.57 |
| 1985 Pirates | LF | 26 | 21 | 444 | 25 | 1.0 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.52 |
| 1985 Pirates | SS | 43 | 31 | 920 | 153 | 3.6 | 151 | 50 | 101 | 2 | 19 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .987 | 4.43 |
| 1986 Pirates | 1B | 4 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 3.3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .923 | 15.43 |
| 1986 Pirates | 3B | 28 | 12 | 385 | 38 | 1.4 | 35 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .921 | 2.45 |
| 1986 Pirates | LF | 53 | 27 | 786 | 55 | 1.0 | 55 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.89 |
| 1986 Pirates | RF | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .667 | 3.60 |
| 1986 Pirates | SS | 19 | 1 | 125 | 23 | 1.2 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .870 | 4.32 |
| 1987 Pirates | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1987 Pirates | LF | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1987 Pirates | SS | 4 | 3 | 78 | 18 | 4.5 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .944 | 5.88 |
| 1987 Mets | 1B | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 15.00 |
| 1987 Mets | 2B | 10 | 1 | 89 | 12 | 1.2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .917 | 3.34 |
| 1987 Mets | RF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1987 Mets | SS | 22 | 4 | 214 | 36 | 1.6 | 35 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .972 | 4.42 |
| 1988 Phillies | 1B | 1 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 13.50 |
| 1988 Phillies | 3B | 9 | 3 | 116 | 18 | 2.0 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .944 | 3.96 |
| 1988 Phillies | SS | 5 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 1.4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .857 | 4.50 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| SS Totals | 616 | 480 | 13,238 | 2,703 | 4.4 | 2,584 | 911 | 1,673 | 119 | 320 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .956 | 5.27 | |
| 3B Totals | 213 | 153 | 4,236 | 482 | 2.3 | 447 | 122 | 325 | 35 | 28 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .927 | 2.85 | |
| LF Totals | 123 | 72 | 1,980 | 135 | 1.1 | 135 | 129 | 6 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.84 | |
| 2B Totals | 102 | 69 | 1,939 | 407 | 4.0 | 396 | 174 | 222 | 11 | 50 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 5.51 | |
| 1B Totals | 96 | 49 | 1,425 | 487 | 5.1 | 481 | 444 | 37 | 6 | 36 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .988 | 9.11 | |
| RF Totals | 34 | 18 | 505 | 51 | 1.5 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .961 | 2.62 | |
| CF Totals | 9 | 2 | 81 | 8 | 0.9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.67 | |
| C Totals | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | |
| 15 Years | 1,194 | 843 | 23,407 | 4,273 | 3.6 | 4,100 | 1,835 | 2,265 | 173 | 434 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .960 | 4.73 | |
Bill AlmonBill Almon Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 1974 Padres | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.2 | 12.7 | - | - | - |
| 1975 Padres | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 3 | n/a | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
| 1976 Padres | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 57.0 | 6.3 | 9.5 | - | - | - |
| 1977 Padres | 20 | 9 | .690 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 306.5 | 5.4 | 14.3 | - | - | - |
| 1978 Padres | 17 | 5 | .773 | 5 | 15 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.5 | 19.3 | - | - | - |
| 1979 Padres | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4 | 23 | n/a | 198.0 | 4.1 | 24.8 | - | - | - |
| 1980 Expos | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 3 | n/a | 0.0 | 7.6 | 12.7 | - | - | - |
| 1980 Mets | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 4 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.1 | 28.0 | - | - | - |
| 1981 White Sox | 16 | 6 | .727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.3 | 5.8 | 8.5 | - | - | - |
| 1982 White Sox | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 77.0 | 6.3 | 11.8 | - | - | - |
| 1983 Athletics | 26 | 8 | .765 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 112.8 | 6.7 | 7.2 | - | - | - |
| 1984 Athletics | 5 | 7 | .417 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 30.1 | 5.0 | 13.2 | - | - | - |
| 1985 Pirates | 10 | 7 | .588 | 15 | 6 | n/a | 40.7 | 4.0 | 8.4 | - | - | - |
| 1986 Pirates | 11 | 4 | .733 | 30 | 11 | n/a | 28.0 | 5.2 | 7.3 | - | - | - |
| 1987 Pirates | 0 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 5 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.0 | 20.0 | - | - | - |
| 1987 Mets | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 18 | 4 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.4 | 13.5 | - | - | - |
| 1988 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 2 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.4 | 26.0 | - | - | - |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 15 Years | 128 | 60 | .681 | 133 | 110 | 17 | 92.5 | 5.2 | 11.3 | - | - | - |
Bill AlmonBill Almon Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 1974 San Diego Padres | 6 | $15,000.00 | - | - |
| 1975 San Diego Padres | 5 | $16,000.00 | - | - |
| 1976 San Diego Padres | 6 | $19,000.00 | - | - |
| 1977 San Diego Padres | 6 | $30,000.00 | - | - |
| 1978 San Diego Padres | 6 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1979 San Diego Padres | 6 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1980 Montreal Expos | 6 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1980 New York Mets | 25 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1981 Chicago White Sox | 34 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1982 Chicago White Sox | 34 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1983 Oakland Athletics | 34 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1984 Oakland Athletics | 34 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1985 Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | $255,000.00 | - | - |
| 1986 Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | $260,000.00 | - | - |
| 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | $250,000.00 | - | - |
| 1987 New York Mets | 2 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1988 Philadelphia Phillies | 15 | $250,000.00 | - | - |
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