Bill Salkeld
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Bill Salkeld | |
William Franklin Salkeld | |
Bat/Throw: | L/R |
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Height: | 5' 10" |
Weight: | 190 |
Born: | 1917-3-8 at Pocatello, ID (US) |
Died: | 1967-4-22 at Los Angeles, CA (US) |
Interred: | Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, CA (US) |
More info | |
Statistics: | Retrosheet |
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Profile
Personal
- Resided in Sun Valley, California in 1953.
- Self-identified as being of English-Danish ancestry.
- Listed hobby as golf in 1953.
- Was out of baseball with a leg injury in 1937 and 1938.
Pre-professional career
- Attended Sacramento Main High School.
- Played baseball and football in high school.
Outside of baseball
- Is an assistant manager of a wholesale flower shipper during the off-season.
Achievements
- Got a single his first time at bat when he was only 17.
- Hitting a home run off Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians in the fifth game of the 1948 World Series was his biggest baseball thrill.
- Was manager of Tucson in the 1939 Arizona-Texas League when he was only 22 years old.
Contract signing
- Was signed by Sacramento when he was 17.
Sources
- 1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition).