#95 Karl Spooner, Reliever, 26 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday, 10/3/1957 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Karl Spooner
6/23/1931 26 USA,NY, 6"0 185
Reliever 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 3 / 6 (Well Known) 5 / 6 (Very Popular) Good Normal Normal 5.0 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 $ 150,000 1957 (Automatic) 3 Year(s), 137 Days (653 total Days) 172 Day(s) 3 Year(s), 137 Days (653 total Days) 3 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 7 | 5 | 7 | 85-88 Mph |
Versus LHB | 8 | 5 | 7 | |
Versus RHB | 7 | 5 | 7 | |
Talent | 8 | 5 | 7 | |
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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 : 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 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3.13 | 46.0 | 40 | 17 | 16 | 29 | 28 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
Projected | 37 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3.13 | 48.0 | 42 | 18 | 17 | 31 | 29 | | | | | |
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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 | 3 | 25.0 | 34 | 18 | 13.7 | 7.8 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4 | 0 | .0 | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 4.22 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 65 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .277 | .324 | .477 | .801 |
vs. RHB | 104 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .353 | .279 | .632 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.57 | 17.2 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 14 |
Road | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2.86 | 28.1 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 14 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
May | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.77 | 11.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
June | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
July | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.04 | 17.2 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 |
August | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7.15 | 11.1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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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 |
Total | 113 | 73 | 27 | 35 | 1 | 4.82 | 575.0 | 566 | 332 | 308 | 62 | 336 | 392 | 11 | 1 | 1.57 | .294 | |
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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 |
Total | 113 | 183 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 57 | 2 | 0 | .224 | .241 | .240 | .481 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 35 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1 | .909 | 46.0 | 2.15 | | | | |
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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)...
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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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