Bill Almon
San Diego Padres 1974–1979; Montreal Expos 1980; New York Mets 1980; Chicago White Sox 1981–1982; Oakland Athletics 1983–1984; Pittsburgh Pirates 1985–1986; New York Mets 1987; Pittsburgh Pirates 1987; Philadelphia Phillies 1988
Percentile snapshot
1981 season — qualified batters
of 138 qualified 1981 batters (min 328 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 16 | 40 | 38 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .316 | .350 | .342 | .692 | 100.6 | 97.3 | .332 | 0.2 |
| 1975 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 132.0 | 127.8 | .377 | 0.1 |
| 1976 | 14 | 60 | 57 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .246 | .271 | .351 | .622 | 78.7 | 81.5 | .290 | 0.1 |
| 1977 | 155 | 670 | 613 | 75 | 160 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 43 | 37 | 114 | 20 | 9 | .261 | .303 | .336 | .639 | 79.7 | 79.0 | .295 | 1.3 |
| 1978 | 138 | 442 | 405 | 39 | 102 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 33 | 74 | 17 | 5 | .252 | .308 | .309 | .616 | 74.4 | 79.1 | .284 | 0.4 |
| 1979 | 100 | 226 | 198 | 20 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 48 | 6 | 5 | .227 | .299 | .258 | .556 | 51.1 | 57.9 | .255 | -0.3 |
| 1980 | 66 | 160 | 150 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 0 | .193 | .238 | .260 | .498 | 34.5 | 40.4 | .233 | -0.5 |
| 1981 | 103 | 377 | 349 | 46 | 105 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 21 | 60 | 16 | 6 | .301 | .341 | .375 | .717 | 111.3 | 109.4 | .334 | 2.4 |
| 1982 | 111 | 336 | 308 | 40 | 79 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 25 | 49 | 10 | 8 | .256 | .313 | .354 | .667 | 85.4 | 84.1 | .306 | 1.1 |
| 1983 | 143 | 495 | 451 | 45 | 120 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 63 | 26 | 67 | 26 | 8 | .266 | .302 | .361 | .663 | 82.9 | 86.3 | .296 | 0.5 |
| 1984 | 106 | 225 | 211 | 24 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 42 | 5 | 7 | .223 | .253 | .374 | .628 | 71.7 | 76.1 | .278 | -0.8 |
| 1985 | 88 | 274 | 244 | 33 | 66 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 61 | 10 | 7 | .270 | .330 | .414 | .744 | 110.3 | 108.0 | .342 | 1.3 |
| 1986 | 102 | 230 | 196 | 29 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 4 | .219 | .319 | .383 | .701 | 91.8 | 90.9 | .323 | 0.4 |
| 1987 | 68 | 83 | 74 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .230 | .313 | .284 | .597 | 68.8 | 63.8 | .286 | 0.1 |
| 1988 | 20 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .207 | .192 | .399 | 12.6 | 14.3 | .201 | -0.2 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-04-27 | PHI @ PIT Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 1986-06-22 | PIT @ WSH Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1977-08-17 | SD @ CIN Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 1985-09-16 | STL @ PIT Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 1981-04-23 | BAL @ CWS Gameday | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.