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Spud Chandler
Spurgeon Ferdinand Chandler

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 181 lb.
School University of Georgia

Debut May 6, 1937
Final Game September 26, 1947
Born September 12, 1907 in Commerce, GA
Died January 9, 1990 in S.Pasadena, FL

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The only Yankee pitcher to date to win the MVP award, which Chandler won in 1943.

Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1937 29 NYY AL   7   4  12  10   6   2   0  0   82.3   79   31   26   8   20   31   1   1   336       0  2.84  4.44  156 1.202
 1938 30 NYY AL  14   5  23  23  14   2   0  0  172.0  183   86   77   7   47   36   2   0   737       1  4.03  4.55  113 1.337
 1939 31 NYY AL   3   0  11   0   0   0   5  0   19.0   26    7    6   0    9    4   0   1    90       0  2.84  4.34  153 1.842
 1940 32 NYY AL   8   7  27  24   6   1   2  0  172.0  184  100   88  12   60   56   6   1   741       0  4.60  4.03   88 1.419
 1941 33 NYY AL  10   4  28  20  11   4   5  4  163.7  146   68   58   5   60   60   0   3   682       0  3.19  3.94  124 1.259
 1942 34 NYY AL  16   5  24  24  17   3   0  0  200.7  176   64   53  13   74   74   4   4   829       1  2.38  3.44  145 1.246 MVP-27,AS
 1943 35 NYY AL  20   4  30  30  20   5   0  0  253.0  197   62   46   5   54  134   4   3   989       1  1.64  3.23  197 0.992 MVP-1,AS
 1944 36 NYY AL   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  0    6.0    6    3    3   1    1    1   1   1    24       0  4.50  3.50   78 1.167
 1945 37 NYY AL   2   1   4   4   2   1   0  0   31.0   30   16   16   2    7   12   0   1   127       0  4.65  3.47   75 1.194
 1946 38 NYY AL  20   8  34  32  20   6   2  2  257.3  200   71   60   7   90  138   1   3  1028       1  2.10  3.47  165 1.127 MVP-16,AS
 1947 39 NYY AL   9   5  17  16  13   2   0  0  128.0  100   41   35   4   41   68   0   2   519       1  2.46  3.56  145 1.102 AS
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .717 109  43 211 184 109  26  14  6 1485.0 1327  549  468  64  463  614  19  20  6102       5  2.84  3.74  132 1.205
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    18   7  36  31  18   4   2  1  255.3  228   94   80  11   79  105   3   3  1050   0   0  2.84  3.74  132 1.205
 Career High     20   8  34  32  20   6   5  4  257.3  200  100   88  13   90  138   6   4  1028   0   1  1.64  4.55  197 0.992

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 29 NYY AL  12   30    2    4   0  0   0    6   0  1   1   7  .133  .161  .133  -25    4   5           0    
 1938 30 NYY AL  23   69   10   14   1  0   3    4   0  0   1  23  .203  .214  .348   39   24   3           0    
 1939 31 NYY AL  11    5    2    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   1  .400  .500  .600  181    3   0           0   0
 1940 32 NYY AL  27   60    5    9   1  0   2    7   0  0   4  31  .150  .215  .267   26   16   4           1   0
 1941 33 NYY AL  28   60    4   11   0  0   0    4   0  0   1  18  .183  .197  .183    1   11   3           0   0
 1942 34 NYY AL  24   71    6   15   2  0   0    5   0  0   8  14  .211  .291  .239   51   17   6           0   0 MVP-27,AS
 1943 35 NYY AL  30   97    9   25   5  0   2    7   0  0   1  22  .258  .287  .371   91   36   3           3   4 MVP-1,AS
 1944 36 NYY AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0   0
 1945 37 NYY AL   4   12    1    4   0  0   0    4   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   90    4   0           0   0
 1946 38 NYY AL  34   94    9   14   5  2   0    3   0  0   2  27  .149  .167  .245   13   23   5           0   3 MVP-16,AS
 1947 39 NYY AL  17   49    5   12   3  0   2    4   0  0   1  10  .245  .260  .429   90   21   3           0   2 AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     211  548   53  110  18  2   9   45   0  1  20 154  .201  .234  .290   42  159  33   0   0   4   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        421   41   84  14  2   7   35   0  1  15 118  .201  .234  .290   42  122  25   0   0   3   7
 Career High     34   97   10   25   5  2   3    7   0  1   8  31                          36   6   0   0   3   4

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 29 NYY AL   36   32    1   0.8   118| .133  .291| .161  .367| .133  .434| .294  .800| -25  .033  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1938 30 NYY AL   73   58    5   2.3   118| .203  .290| .214  .369| .348  .432| .562  .801|  39  .176  -7.3  -0.7   0%
 1939 31 NYY AL    6    3    2  17.7   113| .400  .285| .500  .360| .600  .422|1.100  .782| 181  .908   0.7   0.1   0%
 1940 32 NYY AL   69   55    3   1.4   107| .150  .274| .215  .347| .267  .416| .482  .763|  26  .095  -6.8  -0.6   0%
 1941 33 NYY AL   64   52    2   1.0   106| .183  .274| .197  .351| .183  .404| .380  .755|   1  .058  -8.7  -0.9   0%
 1942 34 NYY AL   85   62    5   2.2    93| .211  .263| .291  .337| .239  .369| .530  .706|  51  .235  -4.4  -0.5   0%
 1943 35 NYY AL  104   79   10   3.4    88| .258  .257| .287  .332| .371  .355| .658  .687|  91  .456  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1944 36 NYY AL    2    2    0   0.0    94| .000  .271| .000  .339| .000  .371| .000  .710|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1945 37 NYY AL   12    8    1   3.4    92| .333  .267| .333  .340| .333  .363| .666  .704|  90  .434  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1946 38 NYY AL  101   88    4   1.2    96| .149  .265| .167  .339| .245  .381| .412  .720|  13  .095 -11.5  -1.2   0%
 1947 39 NYY AL   53   42    5   3.2    96| .245  .261| .260  .341| .429  .376| .689  .717|  90  .377  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      605  481   38   2.1   101| .201  .270| .234  .345| .290  .390| .524  .735|  42  .203 -47.2  -4.7   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1937 29 NYY AL   P   12      9   23    0    1 1.000  .955  2.67  1.09  3.50  2.04   10   82.3
 1938 30 NYY AL   P   23     18   50    0    3 1.000  .952  2.96  1.12  3.56  2.11   23  172.0
 1939 31 NYY AL   P   11      1    7    0    0 1.000  .952  0.73  0.98  3.79  1.94    0   19.0
 1940 32 NYY AL   P   27      4   50    2    3  .964  .956  2.00  1.05  2.83  2.04   24  172.0
 1941 33 NYY AL   P   28     15   42    1    1  .983  .960  2.04  1.16  3.13  2.14   20  163.7
 1942 34 NYY AL   P   24     25   46    2    8  .973  .957  2.96  1.30  3.18  2.31   24  200.7 AS
 1943 35 NYY AL   P   30     10   63    3    4  .961  .963  2.43  1.27  2.60  2.27   30  253.0 AS
 1944 36 NYY AL   P    1      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  1.10  4.50  2.10    1    6.0
 1945 37 NYY AL   P    4      5    5    0    0 1.000  .952  2.50  1.27  2.90  2.24    4   31.0
 1946 38 NYY AL   P   34     13   60    1    7  .986  .951  2.15  1.01  2.55  2.01   32  257.3 AS
 1947 39 NYY AL   P   17      6   36    1    1  .977  .955  2.47  0.95  2.95  1.92   16  128.0 AS
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1937 29 NYY AL   P   12      9   23    0    1 1.000  .955  2.67  1.09  3.50  2.04   10   82.3
 1938 30 NYY AL   P   23     18   50    0    3 1.000  .952  2.96  1.12  3.56  2.11   23  172.0
 1939 31 NYY AL   P   11      1    7    0    0 1.000  .952  0.73  0.98  3.79  1.94    0   19.0
 1940 32 NYY AL   P   27      4   50    2    3  .964  .956  2.00  1.05  2.83  2.04   24  172.0
 1941 33 NYY AL   P   28     15   42    1    1  .983  .960  2.04  1.16  3.13  2.14   20  163.7
 1942 34 NYY AL   P   24     25   46    2    8  .973  .957  2.96  1.30  3.18  2.31   24  200.7
 1943 35 NYY AL   P   30     10   63    3    4  .961  .963  2.43  1.27  2.60  2.27   30  253.0
 1944 36 NYY AL   P    1      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  1.10  4.50  2.10    1    6.0
 1945 37 NYY AL   P    4      5    5    0    0 1.000  .952  2.50  1.27  2.90  2.24    4   31.0
 1946 38 NYY AL   P   34     13   60    1    7  .986  .951  2.15  1.01  2.55  2.01   32  257.3
 1947 39 NYY AL   P   17      6   36    1    1  .977  .955  2.47  0.95  2.95  1.92   16  128.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 211    106  385   10   28  .980  .956  2.33  1.12  2.98  2.12  184 1485.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       211    106  385   10   28  .980  .956  2.33  1.12  2.98  2.12  184   1485

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1941   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   1   3.60  0  1  0  0   5     4   2   2   2 
 1942   WS    NYY STL     L   2   1   1.08  0  1  1  0   8.1   5   1   1   3 
 1943   WS    NYY STL     W   2   2   0.50  2  0  0  2  18    17   1   3  10 
 1947   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   0   9.00  0  0  0  0   2     2   2   3   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        3-1   6   4   1.62  2  2  1  2  33.1  28   6   9  16 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1941   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   2   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 1942   WS    NYY STL     L   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1943   WS    NYY STL     W   2   6   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .167  .167  .167   0  0   1   0   0 
 1947   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        3-1   6  10   0   2  0  0  0   1   0   3  .200  .200  .200   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1942   NYY AL   *  1  0  0   4     2   0   0   0   2  0   1  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1943   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1946   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1947   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1942   NYY AL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
 1943   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1946   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1947   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/4      1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1942 (P)
1943
1946
1947

Awards
1943-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1943-AL-MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1942-AL-27-0.01
1943-AL-1-0.73
1946-AL-16-0.04
Car-291-0.78 shares

ERA
1941 AL-3.19-7
1942 AL-2.38-3
1943 AL-1.64-1
1946 AL-2.10-2

Wins
1942 AL-16-5
1943 AL-20-1
1946 AL-20-4

Won-Loss %
1938 AL-.737-3
1941 AL-.714-2
1942 AL-.762-5
1943 AL-.833-1
1946 AL-.714-5
1947 AL-.643-10
Car-.717-2

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1938 AL-1.337-5
1941 AL-1.259-4
1942 AL-1.246-8
1943 AL-.992-1
1946 AL-1.127-3

Hits Allowed/9IP
1941 AL-8.03-5
1942 AL-7.89-5
1943 AL-7.01-4
1946 AL-6.99-3

Bases on Balls/9IP
1938 AL-2.46-4
1943 AL-1.92-2

Strikeouts/9IP
1943 AL-4.77-5
1946 AL-4.83-10

Games
1946 AL-34-10

Saves
1941 AL-4-7

Innings
1943 AL-253.0-4
1946 AL-257.3-6

Strikeouts
1943 AL-134-3
1946 AL-138-6

Games Started
1943 AL-30-4
1946 AL-32-5

Comp. Games
1942 AL-17-7
1943 AL-20-1
1946 AL-20-6

Shutouts
1937 AL-2-9
1938 AL-2-5
1941 AL-4-2
1942 AL-3-9
1943 AL-5-1
1946 AL-6-2

Home Runs Allow.
1942 AL-13-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1946 AL-90-8

SO to Walk
1943 AL-2.48-1

Hit Batsmen
1940 AL-6-1
1942 AL-4-8
1943 AL-4-10

Batters Faced
1943 AL-989-5
1946 AL-1028-6

Adjusted ERA+
1941 AL-124-8
1942 AL-145-4
1943 AL-197-1
1946 AL-165-2
Car-132-31

Oldest Player
1947 AL-39-9

Black Ink: Pitching - 14 (152) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 90 (248) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 32.0 (124) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 69.5 (163) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
April 12, 1948: Released by the New York Yankees.
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Uniforms
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The only Yankee pitcher to date to win the MVP award, which Chandler won in 1943.

All-Star 1942 (P) 1943 1946 1947	Awards 1943-ML-Major League Player of the Year 1943-AL-MVP	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1942-AL-27-0.01 1943-AL-1-0.73 1946-AL-16-0.04 Car-291-0.78 shares	ERA 1941 AL-3.19-7 1942 AL-2.38-3 1943 AL-1.64-1 1946 AL-2.10-2	Wins 1942 AL-16-5 1943 AL-20-1 1946 AL-20-4	Won-Loss % 1938 AL-.737-3 1941 AL-.714-2 1942 AL-.762-5 1943 AL-.833-1 1946 AL-.714-5 1947 AL-.643-10 Car-.717-2
BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1938 AL-1.337-5 1941 AL-1.259-4 1942 AL-1.246-8 1943 AL-.992-1 1946 AL-1.127-3	Hits Allowed/9IP 1941 AL-8.03-5 1942 AL-7.89-5 1943 AL-7.01-4 1946 AL-6.99-3	Bases on Balls/9IP 1938 AL-2.46-4 1943 AL-1.92-2	Strikeouts/9IP 1943 AL-4.77-5 1946 AL-4.83-10	Games 1946 AL-34-10	Saves 1941 AL-4-7
Innings 1943 AL-253.0-4 1946 AL-257.3-6	Strikeouts 1943 AL-134-3 1946 AL-138-6	Games Started 1943 AL-30-4 1946 AL-32-5	Comp. Games 1942 AL-17-7 1943 AL-20-1 1946 AL-20-6	Shutouts 1937 AL-2-9 1938 AL-2-5 1941 AL-4-2 1942 AL-3-9 1943 AL-5-1 1946 AL-6-2	Home Runs Allow. 1942 AL-13-9
Bases On Balls Allow. 1946 AL-90-8	SO to Walk 1943 AL-2.48-1	Hit Batsmen 1940 AL-6-1 1942 AL-4-8 1943 AL-4-10	Batters Faced 1943 AL-989-5 1946 AL-1028-6	Adjusted ERA+ 1941 AL-124-8 1942 AL-145-4 1943 AL-197-1 1946 AL-165-2 Car-132-31	Oldest Player 1947 AL-39-9