#95 Karl Spooner, Starting Pitcher, 36 yrs, Kansas City Athletics Friday, 10/20/1967 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Karl Spooner
6/23/1931 36 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) 3 / 6 (Well Known) Good Normal Prone 1.0 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 $ 500,000 1968 13 Year(s), 97 Days (2333 total Days) 172 Day(s) 13 Year(s), 115 Days (2351 total Days) 13 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 5 | 2 | 4 | 85-88 Mph |
Versus LHB | 5 | 3 | 4 | |
Versus RHB | 5 | 2 | 4 | |
Talent | 6 | 3 | 5 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 7 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 : 2 (Range), .986 (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 | 38 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 5.90 | 213.2 | 238 | 155 | 140 | 107 | 124 | 7 | 26.9 | 0 | 8 | 30.8 |
Projected | 38 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 5.90 | 213.0 | 238 | 155 | 140 | 107 | 124 | | | | | |
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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 |
| 3 | 0 | 1.$ | 12 | 2 | 14.9 | 10.0 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 5.48 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 246 | 64 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 46 | 48 | 27 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .326 | .439 | .765 |
vs. RHB | 599 | 174 | 32 | 3 | 21 | 104 | 107 | 80 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .290 | .374 | .459 | .833 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 19 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5.15 | 99.2 | 108 | 67 | 57 | 43 | 61 |
Road | 19 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6.55 | 114.0 | 130 | 88 | 83 | 64 | 63 |
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 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.03 | 32.2 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 19 |
May | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.04 | 47.2 | 50 | 34 | 32 | 26 | 35 |
June | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6.99 | 47.2 | 62 | 41 | 37 | 28 | 25 |
July | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6.54 | 53.2 | 57 | 42 | 39 | 23 | 29 |
August | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.66 | 20.2 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 12 |
Sept./Oct. | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 11.1 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
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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 |
1962 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 5.18 | 114.2 | 105 | 70 | 66 | 12 | 64 | 83 | 4 | 1 | 1.47 | .274 | DET BAL NYY |
1963 | 30 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 4.21 | 230.2 | 212 | 123 | 108 | 36 | 108 | 175 | 11 | 2 | 1.39 | .267 | NYY |
1964 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7.11 | 44.1 | 58 | 40 | 35 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1.85 | .340 | NYY LAN |
1965 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5.40 | 111.2 | 122 | 73 | 67 | 23 | 54 | 80 | 4 | 1 | 1.58 | .297 | MIN |
1966 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5.08 | 113.1 | 115 | 67 | 64 | 19 | 61 | 85 | 5 | 2 | 1.55 | .288 | MIN |
1967 | 38 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 5.90 | 213.2 | 238 | 155 | 140 | 31 | 107 | 124 | 7 | 0 | 1.61 | .300 | KC |
Total | 400 | 183 | 80 | 101 | 7 | 4.98 | 1610.2 | 1601 | 970 | 892 | 221 | 870 | 1112 | 48 | 7 | 1.53 | .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 |
1962, AAA | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.21 | 51.1 | 41 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 21 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 1.21 | .252 |
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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 |
1961 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | DET |
1962 | 28 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .238 | .205 | .443 | DET BAL NYY |
1963 | 30 | 79 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 1 | .203 | .212 | .215 | .428 | NYY |
1964 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | NYY LAN |
1965 | 21 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .350 | .650 | MIN |
1966 | 26 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .333 | .314 | .648 | MIN |
1967 | 38 | 74 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 1 | .176 | .187 | .176 | .362 | KC |
Total | 400 | 498 | 102 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 161 | 3 | 2 | .205 | .225 | .223 | .448 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 38 | 26 | 14 | 44 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 1.000 | 213.2 | 2.44 | | | | |
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Released by New York (A) on 7/28/1964... Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles (N) on 8/22/1964 to a 1-year deal worth $236,000 per year... Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/17/1965 to a 2-year deal worth $850,000 per year... Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/13/1967 to a 2-year deal worth $500,000 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
| SHO 1963 - 2 - 10th
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