Bill Akers

1. "Bill Akers Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
2. "Bill Akers Minor League Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
3. "Bill Akers Is Sold To Beaumont Club". Decatur Herald. January 4, 1929. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Tiger Recruit Has Last Laugh on Commodores; Clown of 1928 Three-I Champs Making Good". Decatur Herald. January 26, 1930. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Exporters Get $10,000 From Tigers for Akers". The Shreveport Times. September 4, 1929. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Hogsett Pitches Tigers to Shutout Over Browns, 5 to 0: Bill Akers, Three-I Product Starts Four Double Plays To Check St. Louis Threats". Decatur Herald. September 23, 1929. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Bill Akers Best of Tigers' Four Three-Eye Grads". Decatur Herald. November 13, 1930. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Bill Akers, Former Tiger, State Policeman, and Attorney's Aide, Now a Soldier". Detroit Free Press. July 7, 1940. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "All-Star Manager? Bill Akers Insists on Picking Bill Akers". Detroit Free Press. August 25, 1940. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Ex-Texas Leaguer in Army Wants Farley for Chief". The Austin American. January 24, 1945. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Bengals Get Brower For Bill Akers". Detroit Free Press. June 11, 1931. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Jordan, Oriole First Sacker, Goes To Braves For 3 Players". The Baltimore Sun. August 6, 1932. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Orioles Get Shortstop George Redfern". The Baltimore Sun. June 15, 1933. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Bill Akers Enlists In U.S. Air Corps". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 28, 1940. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "Bait for Bugs". The Decatur Review. April 24, 1944. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
16. "Akers Covered Lot of Acres". Evening Herald. February 21, 1945. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference

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Bill Akers
Shortstop, third baseman, second baseman
Born: December 25, 1904 Chattanooga, Tennessee
Died: April 12, 1962(1962-04-12) (aged 57) Chattanooga, Tennessee
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 8, 1929, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
July 27, 1932, for the Boston Braves