#95 Karl Spooner, Starting Pitcher, 24 yrs, Boston Red Sox Monday, 10/2/1955 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Karl Spooner
6/23/1931 24 USA,NY, 6"0 185
Starting Pitcher R L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Prospect rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 2 / 6 (Fair) Good Normal Normal 3.0 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 1955 (Automatic) 1 Year(s), 137 Days (309 total Days) 172 Day(s) 1 Year(s), 137 Days (309 total Days) 1 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 8 | 5 | 7 | 85-88 Mph |
Versus LHB | 8 | 5 | 7 | |
Versus RHB | 7 | 4 | 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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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/12 | @WS1 | L 2-6 | * | 7.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | L | | | | |
8/16 | @KC | W 3-2 | * | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | W | PoG | | | |
8/20 | CHA | W 8-2 | * | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | W | PoG | | | |
8/25 | @CLE | L 4-7 | * | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | L | | | | |
8/29 | BAL | L 0-4 | * | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | L | | | | |
9/2 | @CHA | L 3-6 | * | 8 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | L | | | | |
9/7 | DET | L 3-6 | * | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | L | | | | |
9/12 | @BAL | L 5-11 | * | 3.1 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | L | | | | |
9/16 | @CHA | W 8-3 | * | 8.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | W | | | | |
9/21 | CLE | W 6-4 | * | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | W | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 32 | 32 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 4.73 | 230.1 | 217 | 128 | 121 | 124 | 146 | 8 | 25.0 | 1 | 18 | 56.3 |
Projected | 34 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 4.73 | 242.0 | 228 | 135 | 127 | 130 | 154 | | | | | |
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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 |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 13.6 | 8.5 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.38 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 280 | 59 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 35 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .211 | .295 | .296 | .591 |
vs. RHB | 578 | 158 | 39 | 2 | 22 | 94 | 104 | 89 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .363 | .462 | .825 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3.46 | 117.0 | 100 | 51 | 45 | 54 | 77 |
Road | 16 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 6.04 | 113.1 | 117 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 69 |
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 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.33 | 52.0 | 44 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 40 |
May | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.19 | 36.1 | 35 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 29 |
June | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 8.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
July | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.35 | 43.0 | 37 | 16 | 16 | 27 | 23 |
August | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.34 | 56.0 | 51 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 30 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6.69 | 35.0 | 42 | 28 | 26 | 13 | 22 |
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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 |
Total | 59 | 59 | 20 | 24 | 0 | 4.57 | 427.2 | 408 | 235 | 217 | 46 | 241 | 284 | 9 | 1 | 1.52 | .286 | |
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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 |
Total | 59 | 144 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 43 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .243 | .236 | .479 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 32 | 32 | 8 | 47 | 3 | 57 | 2 | .965 | 230.1 | 2.23 | | | | |
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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...
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