#62 Bill Spiers, Shortstop, 30 yrs, Kansas City Royals Monday, 10/16/1996 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bill Spiers
6/5/1966 30 USA,SC,ORANGEBURG 6"2 195
Shortstop L R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Loyal None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good Suffers Normal 2.5 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 : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1996 (Arbitration eligible) 3 Year(s), 129 Days (645 total Days) 172 Day(s) 5 Year(s), 39 Days (899 total Days) 7 Year(s) Arbitration eligible Out of Option Years
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
Versus LHP | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Versus RHP | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Talent | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 5 6 5 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings 1B : 8 (Range), .989 (Fielding Pct.) 3B : 2 (Range), .959 (Fielding Pct.) SS : 6 (Range), .963 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 9 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/23 | CAL | L 3-15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #1 | | |
9/24 | CAL | L 5-9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | #6 | | |
9/26 | @MIL | W 8-6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #3 | | |
10/3 | @CLE | L 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
10/5 | CAL | W 11-9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | #7 | PoG | |
10/8 | TOR | W 8-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | #7 | | |
10/9 | TOR | W 6-5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
10/12 | @TOR | L 6-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
10/13 | @TOR | L 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #7 | | |
10/16 | TOR | W 9-8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 135 | 458 | 136 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 71 | 70 | 54 | 60 | .297 | .372 | .410 | .783 | .722 | .114 |
Projected | 135 | 458 | 136 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 71 | 70 | 54 | 60 | .297 | .372 | .410 | .783 | .722 | .114 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 120 | 523 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 188 | 35 | 0 | 3 | .0 | 72.4 | 5.6 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 138 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .283 | .342 | .399 | .741 |
vs. RHP | 320 | 97 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 53 | 42 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .303 | .384 | .416 | .799 |
Close/Late | 43 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .233 | .321 | .349 | .670 |
Scoring Position | 120 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .350 | .438 | .467 | .905 |
Pinch Hitting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 68 | 223 | 70 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 35 | 26 | 27 | .314 | .383 | .439 | .822 |
Road | 67 | 235 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 35 | 28 | 33 | .281 | .352 | .383 | .735 |
This Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Last Week | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .750 | 1.000 | 1.750 |
March/April | 14 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | .353 | .405 | .588 | .994 |
May | 27 | 94 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 20 | .266 | .336 | .330 | .666 |
June | 27 | 93 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 13 | .280 | .337 | .495 | .831 |
July | 23 | 82 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 8 | .329 | .402 | .354 | .756 |
August | 26 | 97 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 8 | .278 | .357 | .371 | .728 |
Sept/Oct | 18 | 58 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 6 | .328 | .409 | .448 | .857 |
Postseason | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1991 | 15 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .273 | .283 | .273 | .555 | MIL |
1992 | 37 | 99 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .253 | .282 | .343 | .625 | MIL |
1994 | 126 | 412 | 107 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 53 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 5 | 6 | .260 | .325 | .323 | .648 | MIL |
1995 | 130 | 454 | 124 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 71 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .334 | .339 | .673 | MIL KC |
1996 | 135 | 458 | 136 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 71 | 70 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 3 | .297 | .372 | .410 | .783 | KC |
Total | 443 | 1467 | 404 | 58 | 7 | 15 | 191 | 214 | 139 | 6 | 8 | 204 | 7 | 10 | .275 | .339 | .355 | .694 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1989, AAA | 130 | 536 | 161 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 55 | 77 | 36 | 43 | 16 | 6 | .300 | .340 | .444 | .784 |
1990, AAA | 120 | 506 | 138 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 69 | 67 | 35 | 54 | 15 | 3 | .273 | .315 | .374 | .689 |
1991, AAA | 118 | 480 | 135 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 44 | 79 | 42 | 52 | 9 | 4 | .281 | .335 | .392 | .726 |
1992, AAA | 69 | 266 | 88 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 59 | 44 | 36 | 25 | 8 | 3 | .331 | .405 | .496 | .901 |
1993, AAA | 137 | 551 | 192 | 26 | 4 | 15 | 93 | 84 | 68 | 74 | 8 | 5 | .348 | .417 | .492 | .908 |
1994, AAA | 16 | 61 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .344 | .411 | .459 | .870 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1991 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1995 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .400 | .538 | .938 |
1996 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 |
Total | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .476 | .851 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
First Base | 71 | 71 | 786 | 61 | 61 | 852 | 5 | .994 | 638.1 | 12.01 | | | | |
Second Base | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.0 | 5.63 | | | | |
Third Base | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.0 | 3.60 | | | | |
Shortstop | 51 | 48 | 74 | 180 | 40 | 275 | 21 | .924 | 425.0 | 5.82 | | | | |
Rightfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
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Drafted in 2nd round, 47th overall pick, by Milwaukee in 1989... Injured on 8/18/1989 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks... Injured on 5/2/1990 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 3 weeks... Injured on 5/10/1991 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for one week... Had first career hit on 9/3/1991, off Rod Beck (NYY)... Hit first career homerun on 5/13/1992, off Tim Layana (CAL)... Traded from Milwaukee to Kansas City on 2/27/1995 (Going to MIL: P John Burkett. Going to KC: SS Bill Spiers)... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Toronto on 7/22/1996...
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