#63 Russ Springer, Reliever, 35 yrs, Kansas City Royals

#63 Russ Springer, Reliever, 35 yrs, Kansas City Royals
Wednesday, 11/3/2004

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Russ Springer

11/7/1968
35
USA,LA,ALEXANDRIA
6"4
210

Reliever
R
R

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Minimal
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2 / 6 (Fair)
1 / 6 (Insignificant)
Very inconsistent
Normal
Prone
1.0 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 6,420,420
2004
10 Year(s), 38 Days (1758 total Days)
172 Day(s)
11 Year(s), 11 Days (1903 total Days)
12 Year(s)
Not eligible
Out of Option Years

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	7	6	4	86-89 Mph
Versus LHB	7	6	3
Versus RHB	7	6	4
Talent	8	7	3

Pitching Ratings
Endurance :
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Holding Runners :

3
48
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	3	1	1	2
Versus LHP	1	3	1	1	2
Versus RHP	1	3	1	1	2
Talent	1	1	1	1	6

Running & Bunting Ratings
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1
3
2
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 3 (Range), .991 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
6/14	@DET	W 8-5		0.1	0	0	0	0	0
6/25	NYY	W 8-1		2	0	0	0	1	0
7/16	@BAL	W 9-1		0.1	0	0	0	0	0
7/21	CLE	L 0-15		1.1	1	0	0	1	3
8/4	TB	W 9-4		1.2	1	3	3	4	2
8/21	ANA	L 3-10		2	2	0	0	0	1
8/22	DET	L 6-18		1.2	3	5	5	1	1
9/8	CLE	L 0-8		3.1	1	0	0	0	5
9/23	CWS	L 2-10		0.2	0	0	0	0	0
10/4	SEA	L 3-6		1	1	0	0	0	0

Pitching Stats 2004

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	14	0	0	1	0	5.63	24.0	21	15	15	9	18	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	14	0	0	1	0	5.63	23.0	21	15	15	9	18

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	1	0	1.$	14	8	12.0	7.9	6.8	3.4	5	4	80.0	9	1	11.1	3.39

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	38	8	2	0	1	5	6	6	11	0	0	0	.211	.318	.342	.660
vs. RHB	52	13	4	0	1	7	9	3	7	0	0	2	.250	.310	.385	.695

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	10	0	0	1	0	5.68	19.0	16	12	12	8	16
Road	4	0	0	0	0	5.40	5.0	5	3	3	1	2
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

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
May	2	0	0	1	0	6.75	5.1	7	4	4	1	4
June	4	0	0	0	0	4.05	6.2	5	3	3	2	2
July	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.2	1	0	0	1	3
August	3	0	0	0	0	13.50	5.1	6	8	8	5	4
Sept./Oct.	3	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.0	2	0	0	0	5

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1993	29	0	2	2	0	6.75	40.0	46	31	30	7	39	19	0	0	2.13	.302	TEX
1994	8	0	0	0	0	5.40	11.2	14	7	7	1	7	9	0	0	1.80	.361	TEX
1995	12	0	1	1	0	4.34	18.2	18	9	9	3	10	16	0	0	1.50	.288	TEX
1996	65	0	8	10	5	4.23	106.1	100	56	50	12	48	87	0	0	1.39	.289	TEX
1997	20	0	1	3	0	9.21	28.1	41	29	29	3	22	30	0	0	2.22	.458	TEX
1998	64	0	5	8	16	4.70	88.0	76	55	46	13	32	80	0	0	1.23	.269	TEX ARI TB
1999	63	0	2	8	11	4.41	81.2	83	41	40	14	19	95	0	0	1.25	.333	TB
2000	62	0	8	3	11	3.25	113.2	84	46	41	13	29	98	0	0	0.99	.229	TB
2001	86	0	9	5	6	5.10	95.1	100	59	54	18	36	85	0	0	1.43	.304	ARI MON STL
2002	61	0	4	2	1	4.22	74.2	66	40	35	15	22	71	0	0	1.18	.264	STL
2003	39	1	1	3	0	4.88	55.1	49	34	30	11	30	40	0	0	1.43	.242	STL KC
2004	14	0	0	1	0	5.63	24.0	21	15	15	2	9	18	0	0	1.25	.271	KC
Total	523	1	41	46	50	4.71	737.2	698	422	386	112	303	648	0	0	1.36	.286

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1992, AAA	70	1	1	5	2	2.74	69.0	63	22	21	4	37	65	0	0	1.45	.314
1993, AAA	40	0	2	4	0	6.42	33.2	41	27	24	4	23	25	0	0	1.90	.366
1995, AAA	58	0	3	2	8	3.14	63.0	51	23	22	8	25	59	0	0	1.21	.264
1997, AAA	25	0	0	0	0	1.07	25.1	15	3	3	1	6	26	0	0	0.83	.246

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1995	7	0	2	0	1	11.74	7.2	11	10	10	6	11	0	0
1996	2	0	0	0	0	7.20	5.0	5	4	4	1	6	0	0
1997	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.1	8	0	0	1	1	0	0
Total	11	0	2	0	1	7.00	18.0	24	14	14	8	18	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1993	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TEX
1994	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TEX
1995	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TEX
1996	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TEX
1997	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TEX
1998	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TEX ARI TB
1999	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TB
2000	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TB
2001	86	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI MON STL
2002	61	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	STL
2003	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	STL KC
Total	509	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311

Fielding Stats 2004

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

24.0

0.75

Player History

Traded from St. Louis to Kansas City on 4/6/2003 (Going to STL: C Matt Lecroy. Going to KC: P Russ Springer)...
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 2003...

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