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Vin Scully League
4-23-2083
Jim Akers Catcher
Retired (1983, Age 40)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .260 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .689 Status Deceased (2024) Option Years 0  
H 668 Age at Death 81 Date of Birth 04-22-1943
HR 23 Drafted Round 3, Pick 51
(1961)		 Majors Svc Time 15 years
(140 games)
RBI 295
SB 37
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R D  Power vs. L C  Velocity D    Mentor vR C+
Speed C+ Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range C- WS Rings 0
1B F  (3.5%) LF --- Arm A  WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF ---   Health D+ LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 25% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1970 TB
97
167
23
39
10
2
1
15
21
 23 1 0
2
 2 2
.658
.323
.335
.102
.234
1971 TB
114
239
32
66
10
7
1
25
29
 38 1 2
2
 1 1
.743
.354
.389
.113
.276
1972 TB
132
241
26
59
8
0
4
30
29
 30 1 1
2
 2 0
.655
.327
.328
.083
.245
1973 TB-CLE
108
171
24
59
7
2
1
21
21
 30 1 0
3
 2 0
.847
.420
.427
.082
.345
1974 CLE
62
80
11
21
4
1
3
9
15
 11 1 0
3
 1 0
.835
.385
.450
.188
.262
1975 TB
114
195
20
48
4
2
0
19
15
 24 0 0
2
 0 0
.587
.300
.287
.041
.246
1976 TB
116
231
25
59
7
4
2
31
30
 28 0 3
4
 0 2
.683
.337
.346
.091
.255
1977 TB
128
394
45
101
18
3
6
58
50
 66 2 4
7
 0 1
.703
.340
.363
.107
.256
1978 STL-OAK
82
218
23
62
15
2
2
23
30
 38 0 2
4
 3 0
.767
.368
.399
.115
.284
1979 OAK
57
162
19
39
7
2
0
15
21
 25 1 0
2
 2 1
.640
.332
.309
.068
.241
1980 OAK
54
148
16
41
8
3
1
20
16
 34 0 0
3
 2 1
.739
.348
.392
.115
.277
1981 OAK
40
117
12
26
2
2
1
12
18
 21 2 1
1
 0 0
.632
.333
.299
.077
.222
1982 OAK
65
208
17
47
5
0
1
17
12
 30 0 3
2
 2 1
.529
.265
.264
.038
.226
1983 OAK-TB
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 0
0
 0 0
.667
.333
.333
.000
.333
Total
1170
2574
293
668
105
30
23
295
307
 398 10 16
37
 17 9
.689
.339
.350
.091
.260
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1983-11-01Jim Akers has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1983-08-13The Tampa Bay Burn have waived Jim Akers.
1983-07-24The Tampa Bay Burn have acquired Jim Akers from the waiver wire.
1983-05-12The Oakland BleacherBums have waived Jim Akers.
1983-04-11The Oakland BleacherBums have designated Jim Akers for assignment.
1979-09-07Jim Akers of the Oakland BleacherBums is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1979-07-29Jim Akers of the Oakland BleacherBums is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1978-05-08The Oakland BleacherBums have acquired Jim Akers from the waiver wire.
1978-04-28The St. Louis Honeybadgers have promoted Cap Higginson to the major league team. The St. Louis Honeybadgers have designated Jim Akers for assignment.
1978-04-28The St. Louis Honeybadgers have promoted Jim Akers to the major league team.
1978-04-18The St. Louis Honeybadgers have designated Jim Akers for assignment.
1978-04-11The St. Louis Honeybadgers have acquired Jim Akers from the waiver wire.
1978-04-01Trade #1548575 has been completed between the Tampa Bay Burn and the Cleveland Flight. The Cleveland Flight receive Jim Akers (Optioned), Paul Andrews (Optioned), Draft Pick 1980 Round 3 TB (Mike Sutton) from the Tampa Bay Burn in exchange for Red Blair.
1976-10-23Jim Akers of the Tampa Bay Burn is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1976-07-02Jim Akers of the Tampa Bay Burn is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1975-04-11Trade #1539001 has been completed between the Los Angeles Devils and the Tampa Bay Burn. The Tampa Bay Burn receive Jim Akers, Draft Pick 1978 Round 3 LAN (Mark Butcher) from the Los Angeles Devils in exchange for Jim Caldwell.
1975-04-11The Los Angeles Devils have placed Jim Akers on the trade block.
1975-04-11The Los Angeles Devils have acquired Jim Akers from the waiver wire.
1975-04-01The Cleveland Flight have promoted Nyls Heard to the major league team. The Cleveland Flight have waived Jim Akers.
1974-09-20Jim Akers of the Cleveland Flight is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1973-08-03Trade #1534651 has been completed between the Tampa Bay Burn and the Cleveland Flight. The Cleveland Flight receive Jim Akers, Nyls Heard, Tommy Wagner, Draft Pick 1974 Round 2 TB (Vance Snyder) from the Tampa Bay Burn in exchange for Tommy Carew, Early Schmidt, Draft Pick 1974 Round 2 CLE (Doc Mayer).
1970-07-07Jim Akers of the Tampa Bay Burn is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.