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Spud Chandler

Spurgeon Ferdinand Chandler

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 181 lb.

Born: September 12, 1907 in Commerce, GA
High School: Carnesville HS (Carnesville, GA)
School: University of Georgia (Athens, GA)(All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1937
Team: Yankees 1937-1947

Final Game: September 26, 1947
Died: January 9, 1990 in South Pasadena, FL
Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, St. Petersburg, FL
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1937 29 NYY AL 12 36 30 2 4 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 7 .133 .161 .133 .295 -26 4 0 5 1
1938 30 NYY AL 23 73 69 10 14 1 0 3 4 0 0 1 23 .203 .214 .348 .562 39 24 0 3 1
1939 31 NYY AL 11 6 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .600 1.100 181 3 0 0 0 1
1940 32 NYY AL 27 70 60 5 9 1 0 2 7 0 0 4 31 .150 .215 .267 .482 26 16 0 1 4 1
1941 33 NYY AL 28 64 60 4 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 18 .183 .197 .183 .380 1 11 0 0 3 1
1942 34 NYY AL 24 85 71 6 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 8 14 .211 .291 .239 .531 51 17 0 0 6 1 AS,MVP-27
1943 35 NYY AL 30 104 97 9 25 5 0 2 7 0 0 1 22 .258 .287 .371 .658 91 36 4 3 3 1 AS,MVP-1
1944 36 NYY AL 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 /1
1945 37 NYY AL 4 12 12 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 90 4 0 0 0 /1
1946 38 NYY AL 34 101 94 9 14 5 2 0 3 0 0 2 27 .149 .167 .245 .411 13 23 3 0 5 1 AS,MVP-16
1947 39 NYY AL 17 53 49 5 12 3 0 2 4 0 0 1 10 .245 .260 .429 .689 90 21 2 0 3 1 AS
11 Yrs 211 606 548 53 110 18 2 9 45 0 1 20 154 .201 .234 .290 .524 42 159 9 4 33
162 Game Avg. 162 465 421 41 84 14 2 7 35 0 1 15 118 .201 .234 .290 .524 42 122 3 25

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1937 29 NYY AL 12 36 -7 -0 0 0 4 -4 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .473 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1938 30 NYY AL 23 73 -8 0 0 0 8 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1939 31 NYY AL 11 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .512 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1940 32 NYY AL 27 70 -8 0 0 0 8 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1941 33 NYY AL 28 64 -9 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1942 34 NYY AL 24 85 -5 0 0 0 8 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .517 .502 0.4 0.0 6 $ 1 AS,MVP-27
1943 35 NYY AL 30 104 -2 0 0 0 9 7 0.8 2 9 0.8 .527 .505 0.8 0.0 9 $ 1 AS,MVP-1
1944 36 NYY AL 1 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .465 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1945 37 NYY AL 4 12 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .525 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1946 38 NYY AL 34 101 -12 0 0 0 10 -1 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 $ 1 AS,MVP-16
1947 39 NYY AL 17 53 -1 0 0 0 6 5 0.5 1 6 0.5 .530 .503 0.5 -0.0 6 $ 1 AS
11 Seasons 211 606 -51 0 0 0 62 11 1.2 15 26 1.2 .506 .501 1.2 0.0 26 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1937 29 NYY AL 36 32 1 0.8 119 .174 .133 .292 .161 .368 .133 .436 .295 .804 -26 .033 -6.0 -0.6 .148 .000 .000
1938 30 NYY AL 73 58 5 2.3 118 .256 .203 .290 .214 .369 .348 .432 .562 .801 39 .176 -7.3 -0.7 .455 .159 .145 .0
1939 31 NYY AL 6 3 2 17.7 113 .500 .400 .285 .500 .360 .600 .422 1.100 .782 181 .908 0.7 0.1 1.333 .400 .200
1940 32 NYY AL 70 55 3 1.4 107 .259 .150 .274 .215 .347 .267 .416 .482 .763 26 .095 -6.8 -0.6 .412 .183 .117 .0
1941 33 NYY AL 64 52 2 1.0 106 .262 .183 .274 .197 .351 .183 .404 .380 .755 1 .058 -8.7 -0.9 .245 .017 .000
1942 34 NYY AL 85 62 5 2.2 93 .263 .211 .263 .291 .337 .239 .369 .531 .706 51 .235 -4.4 -0.5 .446 .141 .028
1943 35 NYY AL 104 79 10 3.4 88 .315 .258 .257 .287 .332 .371 .355 .658 .687 91 .456 -1.6 -0.2 .526 .124 .113 .0
1944 36 NYY AL 2 2 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .271 .000 .339 .000 .371 .000 .710 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1945 37 NYY AL 12 8 1 3.4 92 .364 .333 .266 .333 .339 .333 .362 .667 .701 90 .434 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1946 38 NYY AL 101 88 4 1.2 97 .209 .149 .265 .167 .339 .245 .381 .411 .720 13 .094 -11.5 -1.2 .301 .117 .096
1947 39 NYY AL 53 42 5 3.2 96 .270 .245 .262 .260 .341 .429 .376 .689 .717 90 .377 -1.1 -0.1 .564 .204 .184 .0
11 Yrs 606 481 38 2.1 101 .262 .201 .270 .234 .345 .290 .390 .524 .735 42 .203 -47.3 -4.7 .406 .124 .089 .0
162 Game Avg. 465 369 29 2.1 101 .262 .201 .270 .234 .345 .290 .390 .524 .735 42 .203 -47.3 -4.7 .406 .124 .089

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1941 33 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1942 34 NYY AL WS STL L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 35 NYY AL WS STL W 2 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 1 0 0
1947 39 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 6 11 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 2 0 0 1 0 0
4 WS 6 11 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 2 0 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1942 NYY AL 34 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 NYY AL 35 DNP
1946 NYY AL 38 DNP
1947 NYY AL 39 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1937 29 NYY AL 36 0.0% 19.4% 2.8% 0.0% 0% 7.00 4.3 5.0 64%
1938 30 NYY AL 73 4.1% 31.5% 1.4% 5.5% 29% 23.00 3.0 23.0 17.3 59%
1939 31 NYY AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 16.7% 50% 1.00 5.0 5.0 67%
1940 32 NYY AL 70 2.9% 44.3% 5.7% 4.3% 33% 7.75 1.9 30.0 8.6 39%
1941 33 NYY AL 64 0.0% 28.1% 1.6% 0.0% 0% 18.00 3.3 15.0 66%
1942 34 NYY AL 85 0.0% 16.5% 9.4% 2.4% 13% 1.75 5.1 14.2 67%
1943 35 NYY AL 104 1.9% 21.2% 1.0% 6.7% 28% 22.00 4.4 48.5 13.9 70%
1944 36 NYY AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50%
1945 37 NYY AL 12 0.0% 8.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 12.0 3.0 92%
1946 38 NYY AL 101 0.0% 26.7% 2.0% 6.9% 50% 13.50 3.5 31.3 66%
1947 39 NYY AL 53 3.8% 18.9% 1.9% 9.4% 42% 10.00 4.9 24.5 12.3 70%
11 Yrs 606 1.5% 25.4% 3.3% 4.8% 26% 7.70 3.6 60.9 12.2 64%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.1% 8.9% 6.2% 26% 1.02 9.8 66.6 8.4 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1937 29 12 36 30 2 4 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 7 .133 .161 .133 .295 -26 4 0 5
1938 30 35 109 99 12 18 1 0 3 10 0 1 2 30 .182 .198 .283 .481 19 28 0 8
1939 31 46 115 104 14 20 2 0 3 11 0 1 3 31 .192 .215 .298 .513 27 31 0 0 8
1940 32 73 185 164 19 29 3 0 5 18 0 1 7 62 .177 .215 .287 .502 27 47 0 1 12
1941 33 101 249 224 23 40 3 0 5 22 0 1 8 80 .179 .210 .259 .469 20 58 0 1 15
1942 34 125 334 295 29 55 5 0 5 27 0 1 16 94 .186 .231 .254 .485 28 75 0 1 21
1943 35 155 438 392 38 80 10 0 7 34 0 1 17 116 .204 .245 .283 .528 42 111 4 4 24
1944 36 156 440 393 38 80 10 0 7 34 0 1 17 116 .204 .244 .282 .526 42 111 4 4 25
1945 37 160 452 405 39 84 10 0 7 38 0 1 17 117 .207 .246 .284 .530 43 115 4 4 25
1946 38 194 553 499 48 98 15 2 7 41 0 1 19 144 .196 .232 .277 .508 38 138 7 4 30
1947 39 211 606 548 53 110 18 2 9 45 0 1 20 154 .201 .234 .290 .524 42 159 9 4 33

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1937 29 12 38 32 3 5 0 0 0 10 0 1 7 .156 .182 .156 .338 1 12
1938 30 24 75 71 8 13 1 0 3 3 0 1 24 .183 .194 .324 .518 4 23
1939 31 12 6 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 .400 .500 .600 1.100 1 11
1940 32 28 71 62 5 9 1 0 2 7 0 4 32 .145 .209 .258 .467 3 27
1941 33 29 66 62 4 11 0 0 0 4 0 1 19 .177 .190 .177 .368 2 28
1942 34 25 90 75 6 16 2 0 0 5 0 9 15 .213 .298 .240 .538 5 24
1943 35 32 112 105 11 29 6 0 2 8 0 1 23 .276 .303 .390 .693 12 30
1944 36 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1945 37 4 12 12 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 4
1946 38 36 106 99 10 15 5 2 0 3 0 2 28 .152 .168 .242 .411 4 34
1947 39 18 55 51 6 13 3 0 2 5 0 1 10 .255 .269 .431 .701 6 17
11 Yrs 221 633 575 55 117 19 2 9 49 0 21 160 .203 .237 .290 .527 39 211
162 Game Avg. 162 464 421 40 86 14 1 7 36 0 15 117 .203 .237 .290 .527 29 211

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1950 BBWAA ( 1.2%)
1951 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1956 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1962 BBWAA ( 1.2%)
1964 BBWAA ( 3.0%)

All-Star Games
1942 (P)
1943
1946
1947

Awards (yr lg award)
1943 ML Major League Player of the Year
1943 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1942 AL (27, 1%)
1943 AL (1, 73%)
1946 AL (16, 4%)
1 MVP
0.78 Career Shares (308th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1943 AL  6.8 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1947 AL  born 1907-09-12 (9th)

                           

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