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Bill Almon
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 256 of 1252 players

William Francis Almon
Born: November 21, 1952 at Providence, R.I.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.03 Weight: 190

Bill Almon was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on December 30, 2011, August 11, 2012, January 7, 2013, March 31, 2014, August 12, 2015, January 12, 2016, and January 26, 2023.

First Mets game: July 11, 1980
Last Mets game: September 30, 1987

Uniform Numbers:

Uniform Number	Start Date	End Date
25	July 11, 1980	October 5, 1980
2	May 29, 1987	October 4, 1987

Bill Almon also played for the following teams:

San Diego Padres 1974 - 1979; Montreal Expos 1980; Chicago White Sox 1981, 1982; Oakland Athletics 1983, 1984; Pittsburgh Pirates 1985 - 1987; Philadelphia Phillies 1988

Signed with New York Mets as a free agent on July 11, 1980.

Released by the New York Mets on December 19, 1980.

Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the New York Mets in exchange for Al Pedrique and Scott Little on May 29, 1987.

Traded by the New York Mets to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Shawn Barton and Vladimir Perez on March 21, 1988.

Click the icon to see a graph of Bill Almon's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1980 48 112 13 19 3 2 0 4 8 1 27 0 2 0 0 0 26 .170 .232 .225

1987 49 54 8 13 3 0 0 4 8 0 16 0 1 0 0 0 16 .241 .296 .339

2 years 97 166 21 32 6 2 0 8 16 1 43 0 3 0 0 0 42 .193 .253 .264

Games where Bill Almon had 4 or more Hits
At Cincinnati (NL) 07/19/80.

Games played by position
1980: Shortstop 22, Second Base 18, Third Base 8
1987: Shortstop 22, Second Base 10, First Base 2, Outfield 1, Right Field 1

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Bill Almon was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1980 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1987 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Totals 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 24 0