#95 Karl Spooner, Starting Pitcher, 30 yrs, Detroit Tigers Saturday, 10/21/1961 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Karl Spooner
6/23/1931 30 USA,NY, 6"0 190
Starting Pitcher R L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good Normal Normal 1.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 10,000,000 1965 7 Year(s), 137 Days (1341 total Days) 172 Day(s) 7 Year(s), 137 Days (1341 total Days) 7 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 7 | 4 | 6 | 85-88 Mph |
Versus LHB | 7 | 4 | 6 | |
Versus RHB | 7 | 4 | 6 | |
Talent | 8 | 4 | 7 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 57 3
| | Pitches: Knuckleball Fastball Curveball Screwball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 4 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 29 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4.50 | 32.0 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 29 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4.50 | 32.0 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 21 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 5 | 2 | 50.0 | 29 | 17 | 12.1 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 10 | 1 | 10.0 | 3.77 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 37 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .326 | .405 | .731 |
vs. RHB | 77 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .312 | .429 | .740 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.05 | 20.2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 9 |
Road | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7.15 | 11.1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 12 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.11 | 6.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
May | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.70 | 7.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
June | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
July | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
August | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Sept./Oct. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1954 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4.38 | 197.1 | 191 | 107 | 96 | 19 | 117 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 1.56 | .296 | BOS |
1955 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 4.73 | 230.1 | 217 | 128 | 121 | 27 | 124 | 146 | 8 | 1 | 1.48 | .277 | BOS |
1956 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6.66 | 101.1 | 118 | 80 | 75 | 11 | 66 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 1.82 | .343 | BOS |
1957 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3.13 | 46.0 | 40 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | .257 | BOS PIT |
1958 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.42 | 79.0 | 70 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 32 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 1.29 | .267 | PIT |
1959 | 45 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5.14 | 56.0 | 52 | 36 | 32 | 7 | 40 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1.64 | .271 | PIT |
1960 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5.80 | 40.1 | 38 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 26 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | .287 | PIT |
1961 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4.50 | 32.0 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.34 | .227 | DET |
Total | 244 | 81 | 40 | 49 | 6 | 4.74 | 782.1 | 751 | 442 | 412 | 90 | 452 | 536 | 14 | 1 | 1.54 | .287 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1954, AAA | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.28 | 59.1 | 42 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 1.16 | .288 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1954 | 27 | 67 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .269 | .290 | .299 | .588 | BOS |
1955 | 32 | 77 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .203 | .182 | .384 | BOS |
1956 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .257 | .486 | BOS |
1957 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | BOS PIT |
1958 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | PIT |
1959 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | PIT |
1960 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PIT |
Total | 244 | 219 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 75 | 2 | 0 | .201 | .215 | .215 | .430 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 29 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | 32.0 | 3.38 | | | | |
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Had first career hit on 5/17/1954, off Johnny Schmitz (NYY)... Earned first career win on 5/24/1954... Injured on 5/28/1955 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 4 weeks... Traded from Boston to Pittsburgh on 7/22/1957 (Going to PIT: P Karl Spooner, CF Felix Mantilla. Going to BOS: CF Willie Mays)... Injured on 4/6/1958 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week... Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/17/1961 to a 5-year deal worth $10,000,000 per year...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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Losses 1955 - 14 - 10th
| K's 1955 - 146 - 9th
| BB 1955 - 124 - 5th
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